Forgotten Los Angeles

22 Sept

Broadway & 3rd in DTLA in 1949.

10 Sept

Los Angeles this week.

1 Sept

Did a breakdown of Porky Pig driving down Sunset Boulevard in the 1940 short film “You Ought to Be in Pictures” (footage used is from 1937).

26 Aug

“Everyday People” ft. Kermit the Frog From “Dolly” on ABC, November 8, 1987.

26 Aug

Taped at the ABC Television Center in Los Feliz (Prospect Studios).

24 Aug

Check out this 1938 dating/personals board at Clifton’s Cafeteria in Downtown LA. Photos by Rex Hardy for LIFE Magazine

24 Aug

Adjusted the values here to be able to read it better. Some examples from the board: - “Physician & Surgeon wants to meet lady, 35-60” - “Widow wants to know Man, 60-65” - “Kansas Man wants to meet lady 25-35” - “Brunette, nice appearing, wants to meet man 45-50”

forgottenla.substack.comA Forgotten Madness: Part 2The Second Chapter in the Unbelievable True Crime Saga of Herbert Applestill.

14 Aug

Part 2 of the craziest California crime saga that you’ll ever read. Check it out! forgottenla.substack.com/p/a-forgotte...

forgottenla.substack.comA Forgotten Madness: Part 1The Untold Tale of the White Cap Bandit and His Many Other Lives of Crime

8 Aug

If you like wild crime stories and California history, click through and read my first chapter in the insane true story of a man once known to Inglewood police as "The White Cap Bandit."

Long before it was the Academy Museum, it was the May Company at Wilshire & Fairfax, 1940 Photo by Ansel Adams, via LAPL

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The Original Brown Derby, 1940 Photo by Ansel Adams, via LAPL

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25 Jan

Taken in Burbank, Aug 28, 1963, when 200 locals showed up to protest a Nazi event at McCambridge Park. 📷: Gordon Dean, via LAPL

25 Jan

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Taken downtown in 1937, at 3rd & Spring, where a woman protests immigration raids being performed in violation of the law. Photo via UCLA.

Mystery man behind her - likely standing with her cause.

Eagleson Co., 1930s.

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Taken downtown in 1937, at 3rd & Spring, where a woman protests immigration raids being performed in violation of the law. Photo via UCLA.

Misc. zooms.

The Lankershim Building over the years. This is the one she’s picketing next to, seen here in the 1890s, 1900, and 1954. It was built in 1887 and came down in the 1990s

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Taken downtown in 1937, at 3rd & Spring, where a woman protests immigration raids being performed in violation of the law. Photo via UCLA.

Same angle, 36 years apart. That’s the Hotel Ramona in the 1901 shot on the right, which came down in the 1910s.

Pretty sure this guy is reviewing job listings.

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Taken downtown in 1937, at 3rd & Spring, where a woman protests immigration raids being performed in violation of the law. Photo via UCLA.

Then & Now

Then & Now, third street tunnel

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Taken downtown in 1937, at 3rd & Spring, where a woman protests immigration raids being performed in violation of the law. Photo via UCLA.

More on the vehicle.

Dating the photo part 2: the newsstand

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Taken downtown in 1937, at 3rd & Spring, where a woman protests immigration raids being performed in violation of the law. Photo via UCLA.

How I was able to date the photograph, part 1:

9 June 2025

Taken downtown in 1937, at 3rd & Spring, where a woman protests immigration raids being performed in violation of the law. Photo via UCLA.

9 June 2025

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18 Apr 2025

When seven nazis showed up to picket the opening of “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner” at Westwood’s Village Theatre on December 22, 1967, leading 30 moviegoers to step out of line to beat the hell out of them before sending them running off into the night. 📷: Harry Chase / LA Times

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18 Apr 2025

8 Mar 2025

“It’s called Los Angeles” This comes from a mid-1960s travelogue put out by the Nesbitt’s Fruit Company. via Periscope www.instagram.com/reel/DG6x-3X...