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Forgotten Los Angeles @forgottenla.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Did a breakdown of Porky Pig driving down Sunset Boulevard in the 1940 short film “You Ought to Be in Pictures” (footage used is from 1937).

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Forgotten Los Angeles @forgottenla.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

“Everyday People” ft. Kermit the Frog From “Dolly” on ABC, November 8, 1987.

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Forgotten Los Angeles @forgottenla.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Check out this 1938 dating/personals board at Clifton’s Cafeteria in Downtown LA. Photos by Rex Hardy for LIFE Magazine

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Forgotten Los Angeles @forgottenla.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Part 2 of the craziest California crime saga that you’ll ever read. Check it out! forgottenla.substack.com/p/a-forgotte...

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A Forgotten Madness: Part 2

The Second Chapter in the Unbelievable True Crime Saga of Herbert Applestill.

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Forgotten Los Angeles @forgottenla.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

If you like wild crime stories and California history, click through and read my first chapter in the insane true story of a man once known to Inglewood police as "The White Cap Bandit."

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A Forgotten Madness: Part 1

The Untold Tale of the White Cap Bandit and His Many Other Lives of Crime

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Forgotten Los Angeles @forgottenla.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Long before it was the Academy Museum, it was the May Company at Wilshire & Fairfax, 1940 Photo by Ansel Adams, via LAPL

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Forgotten Los Angeles @forgottenla.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

The Original Brown Derby, 1940 Photo by Ansel Adams, via LAPL

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Forgotten Los Angeles @forgottenla.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Taken in Burbank, Aug 28, 1963, when 200 locals showed up to protest a Nazi event at McCambridge Park. 📷: Gordon Dean, via LAPL

A woman in sunglasses stands in a crowd, holding a picket sign that reads “Nazi Rats Should Be Outlawed.”

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Forgotten Los Angeles @forgottenla.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

Zooming in [Thread] All of this stuff is in my IG story today, but sharing some of it here too for those interested.

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Forgotten Los Angeles @forgottenla.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

Taken downtown in 1937, at 3rd & Spring, where a woman protests immigration raids being performed in violation of the law. Photo via UCLA.

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Forgotten Los Angeles @forgottenla.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

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

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Forgotten Los Angeles @forgottenla.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

“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...

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Forgotten Los Angeles @forgottenla.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

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...

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Forgotten Los Angeles @forgottenla.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

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 www.instagram.com/p/DFn6QQkSlI...

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Forgotten Los Angeles @forgottenla.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

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. www.instagram.com/p/DFkTl66Rp6...

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Forgotten Los Angeles @forgottenla.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

“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. - Photo by Howard Siegman www.instagram.com/p/DFQz0S7yY3...

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@LAhistory @lahistory.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

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...

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Forgotten Los Angeles @forgottenla.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

This city is amazing. Its people are incredible. You are everything. Be safe, L.A., and keep up the fight. - Image: “L.A. Story” (1991)

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Forgotten Los Angeles @forgottenla.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

Thank you to the firefighters and first responders working through the night. Be safe, L.A. Photo: La Crescenta in 1933 [via UCLA]

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Forgotten Los Angeles @forgottenla.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

The Bullocks Wilshire Christmas Tree, 1930s 📷: Mott Studios / CA State Library www.instagram.com/p/DD53laMpyN...

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Forgotten Los Angeles @forgottenla.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

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...

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Forgotten Los Angeles @forgottenla.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

West on Wilshire at Berendo, as seen in 1941 and today. More: www.instagram.com/p/DDDautNyfh...

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Forgotten Los Angeles @forgottenla.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

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 www.instagram.com/p/DCwwwA9SPR...

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Forgotten Los Angeles @forgottenla.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

Leaving LAX in 1962, but also me this morning. Photo by Ralph Crane for LIFE Magazine instagram.com/p/DCwwwA9SPR8/

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Forgotten Los Angeles @forgottenla.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

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. www.instagram.com/reel/DCu9HNN...

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Forgotten Los Angeles @forgottenla.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

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. www.instagram.com/reel/DCsPId4...

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Forgotten Los Angeles @forgottenla.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

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. www.instagram.com/p/DCqpS8bxkL...

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Forgotten Los Angeles @forgottenla.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

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 www.instagram.com/p/DCaFjc3yrx...

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Forgotten Los Angeles @forgottenla.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Northbound 405 to Sunset Boulevard in 1982 www.instagram.com/reel/DCWdjEi...

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