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Raymond Chandler in the 1940 census

kim — Sun, 01 Jul 2012 13:32:25 PDT

There's something perverse and delicious when mundane formality captures genius in its net. The census is one of the best tools for illuminating these queer intersections. The recently published...

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The Garden of Allah in the 1940 census

kim — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 12:42:59 PDT

Hollywood in its Golden Age was filled with beautiful, glamorous apartments, residence hotels and bungalow courts, quite a few of which have survived the harsh winds of time, neglect, temblors and...

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A moment in time: Beth Short in the 1940 census

kim — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 00:13:30 PDT

On April 10, 1940--seventy-two years ago today--a man named Edmund M. Hart walked the streets of Medford, Massachusetts in the county of Middlesex, knocking on doors and making inquiries about the...

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Downtown Los Angeles, 1946: Beth Short's last walk

kim — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 15:23:58 PDT

Here's another amazing discovery from the good folks at the Internet Archive. This May 1946 night time process shot through Downtown Los Angeles was filmed by Columbia for the Rita Hayworth vehicle...

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1947project's L.A. history presentation at Occidental College

kim — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 19:09:04 PST

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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The Black Dahlia and the News of the World

kim — Sun, 10 Jul 2011 11:41:24 PDT

After 168 years of publication, today’s edition of the News of the World is that scandal-plagued English tabloid’s last. The collapse of a major newspaper is fascinating to watch unfold, but any...

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A LAVA Sunday Salon extra: Nathan Marsak on L.A. Noire

kim — Sun, 19 Jun 2011 23:05:33 PDT

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Day One: The Arrival

nathan — Tue, 17 May 2011 21:21:17 PDT

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Interesting/Painful

nathan — Tue, 17 May 2011 03:36:05 PDT

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1947project plays LA Noire

nathan — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 00:34:27 PDT

(Signal Oil/Fine Arts Barker Bros) Greetings, 47fans! Been three years since our last post here, five-plus since those of the 1947 variety in particular. Of course...

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