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Eagleson Co., 1930s.
June 11, 2025 at 6:16 AM
Eagleson Co., 1930s.
Mystery man behind her - likely standing with her cause.
June 11, 2025 at 6:16 AM
Mystery man behind her - likely standing with her cause.
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
It was built in 1887 and came down in the 1990s
June 11, 2025 at 6:16 AM
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
It was built in 1887 and came down in the 1990s
Pretty sure this guy is reviewing job listings.
June 11, 2025 at 6:16 AM
Pretty sure this guy is reviewing job listings.
Same angle, 36 years apart. That’s the Hotel Ramona in the 1901 shot on the right, which came down in the 1910s.
June 11, 2025 at 6:16 AM
Same angle, 36 years apart. That’s the Hotel Ramona in the 1901 shot on the right, which came down in the 1910s.
Then & Now, third street tunnel
June 11, 2025 at 6:16 AM
Then & Now, third street tunnel
Dating the photo part 2: the newsstand
June 11, 2025 at 6:16 AM
Dating the photo part 2: the newsstand
More on the vehicle.
June 11, 2025 at 6:16 AM
More on the vehicle.
How I was able to date the photograph, part 1:
June 11, 2025 at 6:16 AM
How I was able to date the photograph, part 1:
Some context from the original post.
June 11, 2025 at 5:55 AM
Some context from the original post.
In case you didn’t see the original post, the extra context makes it seem like even more of a flat circle, as she is likely protesting the use of immigration forces to target first amendment rights.
www.instagram.com/p/DKp38uMBit...
www.instagram.com/p/DKp38uMBit...
June 10, 2025 at 10:13 AM
In case you didn’t see the original post, the extra context makes it seem like even more of a flat circle, as she is likely protesting the use of immigration forces to target first amendment rights.
www.instagram.com/p/DKp38uMBit...
www.instagram.com/p/DKp38uMBit...
Context, from the IG original post:
June 10, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Context, from the IG original post:
1937.
Context, from the IG original post:
Context, from the IG original post:
June 10, 2025 at 10:05 AM
1937.
Context, from the IG original post:
Context, from the IG original post:
Context, from the IG original post:
June 10, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Context, from the IG original post:
June 9, 2025 at 12:37 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.
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.
April 18, 2025 at 5:05 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
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
www.instagram.com/reel/DG6x-3X...
This comes from a mid-1960s travelogue put out by the Nesbitt’s Fruit Company. via Periscope
www.instagram.com/reel/DG6x-3X...
Picket lines at the old Philharmonic Auditorium in Pershing Square as “America First” founder Gerald L.K. Smith speaks inside, June 25, 1945.
Story: www.instagram.com/p/DFq6sZNSjN...
Story: www.instagram.com/p/DFq6sZNSjN...
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.
Story: www.instagram.com/p/DFq6sZNSjN...
Story: www.instagram.com/p/DFq6sZNSjN...
20. Impeccably dressed men stand in front of railroad cars. Mr. Ivey is at left; at right is Mr. Kirk, a mailman in Los Angeles.
via LAPL
via LAPL
February 3, 2025 at 9:28 PM
20. Impeccably dressed men stand in front of railroad cars. Mr. Ivey is at left; at right is Mr. Kirk, a mailman in Los Angeles.
via LAPL
via LAPL
19. Group of men and women, all wearing hats, pose next to a convertible parked on a street in Watts, ca. 1916
via LAPL
via LAPL
February 3, 2025 at 9:28 PM
19. Group of men and women, all wearing hats, pose next to a convertible parked on a street in Watts, ca. 1916
via LAPL
via LAPL
18. People dining at a Lincoln Avenue Restaurant, Aug. 4, 1955.
via Pasadena Museum of History
via Pasadena Museum of History
February 3, 2025 at 9:28 PM
18. People dining at a Lincoln Avenue Restaurant, Aug. 4, 1955.
via Pasadena Museum of History
via Pasadena Museum of History