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Jogging the collective memory of Los Angeles. People think LA has no history. They just don't know where to look.
Los Angeles
Joined April 2009
RT @ChrisNicholsLA: Ask Chris: Where was the first McDonald’s in L.A.? The world's oldest operating McDonald's is going strong in Downey b…
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RT @DJWaldie: The Cold War never ended. Its secrets live on in the hills of Los Angeles and even in backyards. This new episode of Lost LA…
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RT @ChrisNicholsLA: THANKS to everyone who shared the @USBC “Go Bowling” float in the @RoseParade today. I agree! Go bowling (and buy my bo…
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RT @laplphotos: [ca.194-] View of Hollywood Boulevard, looking west toward Highland Avenue. (Herman J Schultheis Collection)
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RT @militantangleno: ICYMI: Get to know 17 points of interest along today's #CicLAvia route along Sherman Way in the #SFV via The Militant'…
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RT @FriendsofGH: Join us on Sunday, December 15 for a PASADENA FIRST DISTRICT COMMUNITY CELEBRATION. Visit the Gamble House, beautifully de…
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Sat @ 12pm: The Banning Museum (in #Wilmington) is hosting a free Victorian Christmas on Dec 7. The event includes a walk through the Banning Mansion (1864), which is a city, state & national landmark. #VictorianArchitecture #VictorianChristmas
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Sun @ 12pm: The @HomesteadMuseum (in the City of Industry) is hosting a Holiday Open House-> On the museum’s blog, a look at early holiday celebrations (1854-1856) as reported in #LosAngeles newspapers:
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Consulting the Los Angeles Times Cook Book No. 2 for this #ArchivesFeast. This 1905 cookbook is online via the @HomesteadMuseum & @USCLibraries. #ArchivesHashtagParty
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Mixed-media artist Joseph L. Young (1919-2007) was born on this day.
detail, Architectural History of Los Angeles (mosaic, Joseph L. Young, 1953-55; copyright Estate of Joseph L. Young) at Parker Center, Los Angeles (Welton Becket & Associates, 1955)
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RT @MeredithBzdak: Save the Ray Kappe-Designed Stoner Residence in Long Beach - Sign the Petition! via @Change
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RT @esotouric: On Saturday's Charles Bukowski's Westlake walking tour, we'll reveal the most profoundly gorgeous, spooky thing we've discov…
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RT @4CornersBooks: Corita Kent was born #OnThisDay in 1918 ❤️ On 23 Nov, @coritaartcenter will celebrate the enduring spirit of Corita Ken…
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RT @ChrisNicholsLA: GOOGIE WORLD EXPO Continues with a once-in-a-lifetime BUS TOUR to landmarks of googie architecture. Join us this Saturd…
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RT @CalNatResources: #California is taking a bold step towards healing for past injustices! Working w/ California Native American #tribes…
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RT @UCLA: Red bricks and rich history! Explore the stories behind our iconic buildings in UCLA Magazine's 'The Secret Lives of Campus Build…
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"One incentive to write about #SouthernCalifornia was that it was so neglected. It was a place that was not taken seriously. And damn it, I wanted it to be taken seriously," Esther McCoy (born on November 18, 1904). #EstherMcCoy
Esther McCoy in the Bradbury Building (George Wyman,1893) photo: Julius Shulman, 1953 image courtesy Archives of American Art
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