April 16 Crime Bus Tour: Nightmares of Bunker Hill
Oh, you delightful sickniks! After tabulating the votes for the next Crime Bus date, I saw that the majority of respondents asked for the tour to roll on Easter Sunday, 4/16.And so it did, to the...
View ArticleHere We Go!
Spring Street, Los Angeles, California This links to Google video, which seems to have much better bandwidth for streaming video than You Tube. Spring Street, Los Angeles, in 1897, Edison Studios.
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Los Angeles Celebrates Its Past
July 14, 1907 - Los Angeles Led by the Rev. Juan Caballeria (or Cabelleria), the city is preparing to celebrate its 126th anniversary Aug. 2 with concerts, Mass in the Plaza church and cannon fire. The...
View ArticleHistorians' Clearinghouse
Fast forward to the future for a moment and plan to attend what sounds like a wonderful event for researchers: A bazaar in which many local archivists will be available at the Huntington to discuss...
View ArticleThe Historic Brick Streets and Curbs of NE LA
Nick Santangelo saw my post about the historic cobblestones exposed when Lincoln Heights was getting its roads repaved, and wanted to share photos of some of the brick streets and gutters in Highland...
View ArticleReader, have you seen...?
Gentle reader, Although we selfishly wish you to stay here all day, frittering, may we nonetheless suggest a pair of historically-minded websites you might explore?Backroads of American Music operates...
View Article1947project's L.A. history presentation at Occidental College
On March 6, 2012, social historians, bloggers and tour guides Nathan Marsak and Richard Schave spoke to students in Dr. J.B.C. Axelrod's History 395 course "Reading and Writing L.A." at Occidental...
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