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Lou Gehrig Plays Sandlot Baseball 1927

The Iron Horse Takes Some Time To Play With The Boys After the New York Yankees swept the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 1927 World Series, Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig went on a barnstorming tour across the country. This news … Continue reading

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The “Artwork” Of The 110 Harbor Freeway Los Angeles

Why Go To The Museum of Contemporary Art or The Getty?  If you live around Los Angeles and are too busy to go to a museum to see paintings you can always get your fill of art while driving to … Continue reading

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Film Director Joseph H. Lewis On Why Films, Hollywood & L.A. Changed For The Worse

Observations On Hollywood Trash Peter Bogdanovich early in his career was a film writer for magazines. Over the years he interviewed many people in the film industry and continued to do so even after becoming a successful director himself.  The interviews with … Continue reading

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Walter Alston Managing

Dodgers Manager Goes Through Various Emotions – 1955 2012 marks the 50th anniversary of the Los Angeles Dodgers playing at Dodgers Stadium. For the first fifteen of those years at Chavez Ravine, the manager was Walter Alston who was most notably … Continue reading

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Classic Hollywood #2

At The Beverly Wilshire Hotel Howard Hughes and Marian Marsh December 12, 1934 at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel for the “Mayfair Ball” (click photo to enlarge) The Mayfair Ball was the largest social gathering in Los Angeles in the 1930′s. … Continue reading

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