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May Company department store on Wilshire, looking south, 1940

Posted on December 19, 2014 by

There are lots of photos of the May Company department store on Wilshire Blvd floating around, but this is the first I’ve seen of the view from the May Company looking south across Wilshire. This was taken in 1940, the … Continue reading →

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Wilshire Boulevard, looking west from Lafayette Park

Posted on July 25, 2014 by

The right sort of clouds can really make a photograph pop, can’t it? I don’t have a date on this one, and I’m not even sure what the photographer was standing on when he took this shot of Wilshire Blvd … Continue reading →

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May Company department store, corner of Wilshire & Fairfax, Los Angeles, 1940

Posted on January 21, 2014 by

In this aerial shot from 1940, we can see the May Company department store on the corner of Wilshire Boulevard and Fairfax Ave. It later became the Los Angeles County Museum of Art West building and will soon be transformed … Continue reading →

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Timeline – 1954 to 1973

Posted on July 4, 2011 by

← Back to previous TIMELINE page – 1948 to 1953   1954           Top stars: John Wayne, Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis, Gary Cooper, (21/218) Top 10 Moneymakers 1954 John Wayne Martin and Lewis Gary Cooper James Stewart Marilyn Monroe Alan … Continue reading →

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Timeline – 1943 to 1947

Posted on July 4, 2011 by

← Back to previous TIMELINE page (1934 to 1942)   1943 Top stars: Betty Grable, Bob Hope, Abbott & Costello (21/164) Top grossing films of 1943: For Whom the Bell Tolls The Song of Bernadette This is the Army Stage … Continue reading →

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Timeline – 1934 to 1942

Posted on July 4, 2011 by

← Back to previous TIMELINE page – 1881 to 1933   1934           Top stars: Will Rogers, Clark Gable, Janet Gaynor. (21/117) Songs released in 1934 – http://xroads.virginia.edu/%7E1930s2/Time/1934/1934fr.html The Very Thought of You, The Ray Noble Orchestra… Moonglow – Benny Goodman … Continue reading →

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Hollywood Timeline

Posted on July 3, 2011 by

HOLLYWOOD TIMELINE While researching for the Garden of Allah novels, I created a timeline of what was going on in Hollywood, Los Angeles, the U.S. and the world at large with a specific focus on the events that would affect … Continue reading →

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Bibliography

Posted on July 2, 2011 by

If you’ve enjoyed reading the Hollywood’s Garden of Allah novels, and are interested in learning more about the golden years of Hollywood, here is a list of the books I read while researching for the series. On the TIMELINE and … Continue reading →

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