Forgotten Los Angeles
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A deep dive into the rich history of this incredible city.
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All of this stuff is in my IG story today, but sharing some of it here too for those interested.
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All of this stuff is in my IG story today, but sharing some of it here too for those interested.
Taken downtown in 1937, at 3rd & Spring, where a woman protests immigration raids being performed in violation of the law.
Photo via UCLA.
Photo via UCLA.
June 11, 2025 at 6:16 AM
Zooming in
[Thread]
All of this stuff is in my IG story today, but sharing some of it here too for those interested.
[Thread]
All of this stuff is in my IG story today, but sharing some of it here too for those interested.
Taken downtown in 1937, at 3rd & Spring, where a woman protests immigration raids being performed in violation of the law.
Photo via UCLA.
Photo via UCLA.
June 9, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Taken downtown in 1937, at 3rd & Spring, where a woman protests immigration raids being performed in violation of the law.
Photo via UCLA.
Photo via UCLA.
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
📷: Harry Chase / LA Times
April 18, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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
📷: Harry Chase / LA Times
“It’s called Los Angeles”
This comes from a mid-1960s travelogue put out by the Nesbitt’s Fruit Company. via Periscope
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This comes from a mid-1960s travelogue put out by the Nesbitt’s Fruit Company. via Periscope
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March 8, 2025 at 3:20 AM
“It’s called Los Angeles”
This comes from a mid-1960s travelogue put out by the Nesbitt’s Fruit Company. via Periscope
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This comes from a mid-1960s travelogue put out by the Nesbitt’s Fruit Company. via Periscope
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Picket lines at the old Philharmonic Auditorium in Pershing Square as “America First” founder Gerald L.K. Smith speaks inside, June 25, 1945.
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February 5, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Picket lines at the old Philharmonic Auditorium in Pershing Square as “America First” founder Gerald L.K. Smith speaks inside, June 25, 1945.
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Black History: 20 snapshots of daily life in L.A. from 1910 to 1955.
1. The Lishey Family poses for a portrait at their home in Watts, 1910
via LAPL
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1. The Lishey Family poses for a portrait at their home in Watts, 1910
via LAPL
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February 3, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Black History: 20 snapshots of daily life in L.A. from 1910 to 1955.
1. The Lishey Family poses for a portrait at their home in Watts, 1910
via LAPL
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1. The Lishey Family poses for a portrait at their home in Watts, 1910
via LAPL
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Walking through the Second Street Tunnel circa 1930, crossing under Bunker Hill from Figueroa to Hill, into the heart of what was then the fastest-growing city in the nation - a place with endless potential that served as a beacon for those who dared to dream.
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February 2, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Walking through the Second Street Tunnel circa 1930, crossing under Bunker Hill from Figueroa to Hill, into the heart of what was then the fastest-growing city in the nation - a place with endless potential that served as a beacon for those who dared to dream.
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“Los Angeles City Limits” in Belgium in 1944, where homesick soldier Charles Stapleton changes German writing on a signpost after driving out the Nazis in the Battle of St. Vith.
L.A. is everywhere, even when it’s 5,700 miles away.
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Photo by Howard Siegman
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L.A. is everywhere, even when it’s 5,700 miles away.
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Photo by Howard Siegman
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January 25, 2025 at 9:02 PM
“Los Angeles City Limits” in Belgium in 1944, where homesick soldier Charles Stapleton changes German writing on a signpost after driving out the Nazis in the Battle of St. Vith.
L.A. is everywhere, even when it’s 5,700 miles away.
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Photo by Howard Siegman
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L.A. is everywhere, even when it’s 5,700 miles away.
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Photo by Howard Siegman
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Reposted by Forgotten Los Angeles
In July 1960, Martin Luther King Jr. and members of the California Christian Leadership Conference protested the Woolworth store at 7th and Broadway in #DTLA. #MartinLutherKing #MLKDay
◾️Bradley Center/CSUN Library: digital-collections.csun.edu/digital/coll...
◾️CA Eagle: archive.org/details/la_c...
◾️Bradley Center/CSUN Library: digital-collections.csun.edu/digital/coll...
◾️CA Eagle: archive.org/details/la_c...
January 20, 2025 at 5:00 PM
In July 1960, Martin Luther King Jr. and members of the California Christian Leadership Conference protested the Woolworth store at 7th and Broadway in #DTLA. #MartinLutherKing #MLKDay
◾️Bradley Center/CSUN Library: digital-collections.csun.edu/digital/coll...
◾️CA Eagle: archive.org/details/la_c...
◾️Bradley Center/CSUN Library: digital-collections.csun.edu/digital/coll...
◾️CA Eagle: archive.org/details/la_c...
This city is amazing. Its people are incredible. You are everything.
Be safe, L.A., and keep up the fight.
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Image: “L.A. Story” (1991)
Be safe, L.A., and keep up the fight.
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Image: “L.A. Story” (1991)
January 12, 2025 at 9:10 PM
This city is amazing. Its people are incredible. You are everything.
Be safe, L.A., and keep up the fight.
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Image: “L.A. Story” (1991)
Be safe, L.A., and keep up the fight.
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Image: “L.A. Story” (1991)
Thank you to the firefighters and first responders working through the night.
Be safe, L.A.
Photo: La Crescenta in 1933 [via UCLA]
Be safe, L.A.
Photo: La Crescenta in 1933 [via UCLA]
January 10, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Thank you to the firefighters and first responders working through the night.
Be safe, L.A.
Photo: La Crescenta in 1933 [via UCLA]
Be safe, L.A.
Photo: La Crescenta in 1933 [via UCLA]
The Bullocks Wilshire Christmas Tree, 1930s
📷: Mott Studios / CA State Library
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📷: Mott Studios / CA State Library
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December 23, 2024 at 5:37 AM
The Bullocks Wilshire Christmas Tree, 1930s
📷: Mott Studios / CA State Library
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📷: Mott Studios / CA State Library
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Very sad that we’re going to be losing Patra this weekend.
Known to many just as a quick spot to grab a decent bite on your way to a Dodger Game, this Greek-named burger joint has been serving Echo Park for more than fifty years.
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Known to many just as a quick spot to grab a decent bite on your way to a Dodger Game, this Greek-named burger joint has been serving Echo Park for more than fifty years.
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December 18, 2024 at 11:45 PM
Very sad that we’re going to be losing Patra this weekend.
Known to many just as a quick spot to grab a decent bite on your way to a Dodger Game, this Greek-named burger joint has been serving Echo Park for more than fifty years.
www.instagram.com/p/DDvNq49yY9...
Known to many just as a quick spot to grab a decent bite on your way to a Dodger Game, this Greek-named burger joint has been serving Echo Park for more than fifty years.
www.instagram.com/p/DDvNq49yY9...
December 1, 2024 at 11:49 PM
Taken at an LAX ‘plane show’ in 1956, right at the start of the Jet Age, as more than a hundred prospective passengers are lined up, waiting to take a tour of the newest TWA plane.
📷: Ralph Crane / LIFE
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📷: Ralph Crane / LIFE
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November 24, 2024 at 9:13 PM
Taken at an LAX ‘plane show’ in 1956, right at the start of the Jet Age, as more than a hundred prospective passengers are lined up, waiting to take a tour of the newest TWA plane.
📷: Ralph Crane / LIFE
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📷: Ralph Crane / LIFE
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Leaving LAX in 1962, but also me this morning.
Photo by Ralph Crane for LIFE Magazine
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Photo by Ralph Crane for LIFE Magazine
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November 24, 2024 at 9:07 PM
Leaving LAX in 1962, but also me this morning.
Photo by Ralph Crane for LIFE Magazine
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Photo by Ralph Crane for LIFE Magazine
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Los Angeles, as seen through the lens of 1920s VFX
BSky only lets me post one minute here, so click through to IG for the full 90 seconds.
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BSky only lets me post one minute here, so click through to IG for the full 90 seconds.
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November 24, 2024 at 12:38 AM
Los Angeles, as seen through the lens of 1920s VFX
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BSky only lets me post one minute here, so click through to IG for the full 90 seconds.
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L.A. Traffic in 1982
First shot is the 10, looking west from the 110 interchange, and then we cut in for closeups. Last shot is Sepulveda under the famous runway bridge at LAX.
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First shot is the 10, looking west from the 110 interchange, and then we cut in for closeups. Last shot is Sepulveda under the famous runway bridge at LAX.
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November 22, 2024 at 11:44 PM
L.A. Traffic in 1982
First shot is the 10, looking west from the 110 interchange, and then we cut in for closeups. Last shot is Sepulveda under the famous runway bridge at LAX.
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First shot is the 10, looking west from the 110 interchange, and then we cut in for closeups. Last shot is Sepulveda under the famous runway bridge at LAX.
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Like a palace of light in an ocean of night, you’re looking at a portal into a thousand different worlds.
This was Santa Monica’s Bundy Theatre, which stood at 3414 Pico Blvd from 1941 to 1963, when it was torn down to make way for the Santa Monica Freeway.
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This was Santa Monica’s Bundy Theatre, which stood at 3414 Pico Blvd from 1941 to 1963, when it was torn down to make way for the Santa Monica Freeway.
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November 22, 2024 at 9:48 AM
Like a palace of light in an ocean of night, you’re looking at a portal into a thousand different worlds.
This was Santa Monica’s Bundy Theatre, which stood at 3414 Pico Blvd from 1941 to 1963, when it was torn down to make way for the Santa Monica Freeway.
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This was Santa Monica’s Bundy Theatre, which stood at 3414 Pico Blvd from 1941 to 1963, when it was torn down to make way for the Santa Monica Freeway.
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Glendale Blvd in Echo Park, looking north toward the Sunset Blvd Bridge.
1. 1904, when it was a rail trestle
2. 1925, w/ one lane of traffic each way
3. 1934, after widening
4. 2024, as it appears today
Photos via USC
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1. 1904, when it was a rail trestle
2. 1925, w/ one lane of traffic each way
3. 1934, after widening
4. 2024, as it appears today
Photos via USC
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November 18, 2024 at 11:13 PM
Glendale Blvd in Echo Park, looking north toward the Sunset Blvd Bridge.
1. 1904, when it was a rail trestle
2. 1925, w/ one lane of traffic each way
3. 1934, after widening
4. 2024, as it appears today
Photos via USC
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1. 1904, when it was a rail trestle
2. 1925, w/ one lane of traffic each way
3. 1934, after widening
4. 2024, as it appears today
Photos via USC
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November 17, 2024 at 7:08 PM