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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

Taped at the ABC Television Center in Los Feliz (Prospect Studios).

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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

Adjusted the values here to be able to read it better. Some examples from the board: - “Physician & Surgeon wants to meet lady, 35-60” - “Widow wants to know Man, 60-65” - “Kansas Man wants to meet lady 25-35” - “Brunette, nice appearing, wants to meet man 45-50”

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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

Full set: www.instagram.com/p/DbHBvSzEhG...

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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

For more info: www.instagram.com/p/DT618syFPc...

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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

Thanks. Does this thread work for you? Is it easy enough to read/follow? I’m still sort of experimenting in how best to conform my Instagram/facebook posts to Bluesky.

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

Mystery man behind her - likely standing with her cause.

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

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

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

Pretty sure this guy is reviewing job listings.

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

Same angle, 36 years apart. That’s the Hotel Ramona in the 1901 shot on the right, which came down in the 1910s.

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

Dating the photo part 2: the newsstand

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

How I was able to date the photograph, part 1:

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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 · 10/06/2025

I’ve been holding onto thai shot since Election Day, knowing that it was (unfortunately) going to become relevant later on. I honestly thought (worried) that it was going to be an uphill battle getting this seen and understood, so I’m thrilled that it’s caught on so quickly.

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Forgotten Los Angeles @forgottenla.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

No, totally fine. This one went extremely viral very fast, and I love that it’s speaking to so many people. I just personally feel that the context makes it even more compelling, so I just wanted to make the rounds and provide it for those who wanted to know more.

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Forgotten Los Angeles @forgottenla.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

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...

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Forgotten Los Angeles @forgottenla.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

Going to be zooming in on him and other pieces of the photo on my IG story tomorrow. Including some matches on the magazine stand. Here’s the original post: www.instagram.com/p/DKp38uMBit...

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Forgotten Los Angeles @forgottenla.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

1937. Context, from the IG original post:

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

Full post / caption: www.instagram.com/p/DKp38uMBit...

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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

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

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

19. Group of men and women, all wearing hats, pose next to a convertible parked on a street in Watts, ca. 1916 via LAPL

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

18. People dining at a Lincoln Avenue Restaurant, Aug. 4, 1955. via Pasadena Museum of History

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

17. An Orange Julius stand at Vernon & Central, owned by Verna Williams (left), seen here with her son Arthur, ca. 1940. via LAPL

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

16. Eddie Deason dances with an unknown woman in a Los Angeles living room, ca. 1943 via LAPL

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

15. Portrait of the Jones Family, taken at their Pasadena home in 1937 via Pasadena Museum of History

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

14. Naomi Bowen, poses against her car on West Dayton in Pasadena, 1944 via Pasadena Museum of History

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

13. Enjoying a night out at The Last Word nightclub at 4205 S. Central Avenue, ca. 1941 via LAPL

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