It's a shame what was done to these Japanese-Americans; however, it is also understandable given what had happened in December. Truck jammed high w. suitcases, blankets & household equipment, as well as children, all bearing registrati<WBR>on tags, as last of Redondo Beach residents of Japanese ancestry were moved to assembly center at Arcadia, CA. March 31, 1942 Group of evacuees of Japanese ancestry lined up outside train after arriving at Santa Anita Assembly Center from San Pedro as row of US soldiers face them. Arcadia, CA, March 31, 1942
THE RUSSIANS ARE COMING, THE RUSSIANS ARE COMING ! Hermosa Beach, 1951 (No, it is not a Jr. KKK outfit. It is a bomb protection suit) 1951
Palos Verdes 1961 Interesting set of photos taken while the freighter Dominator was being run aground. Must have been a storm during the night, 'cause it sure looks like a nice day this day.
Cahuenga Pass Highway w. light traffic running along its six lanes fr. San Fernando Valley through the Santa Monica Mountains. 1947
I remember the portable buildings while the schools grew, but I sure don't remember tents. High school students attending schools in temporary tents until high school addition is completed in December. Inglewood, September 1955
No. Palos Verdes didn't have an amusement park with a roller coaster. Marineland was close, but no coaster. This was curiously familiar so, it must be Pacific Ocean Park..by Santa Monica...this was the ticket booth-entrance: POP was it was known... Isn't it always strange that when a business fails and shuts down, that within a year or so, for some reason, it bursts into flames...
Treasure hunting's been a bit thin, can you dig another California culture thing ? Note that in 1965 the SoCal boys already had ball bearings and pivoting wheels. The rest of us were taking apart the old skate-key roller skates (you clamped them to your shoes) and nailing them to a 1x6. Not sure exactly when we got the ball bearing boards, maybe it was '65, '66. Huntington Beach 1965
For you non-Los Angeles folks: This is looking towards downtown about 6 miles away. Around the ridge on the right is where Dean Jeffries shop is/was. And just beyond that would be the Hollywood Bowl. The camera is looking south.
We started seeing them around '64 or so. Before that it was a board and roller skates split in the two parts and nailed to the board.. We'd smash down those tabs that would hold the skate to your shoe with a hammer so they would be flat against the wood board.
Remember the sound of hitting a pebble with those steel wheels and that sound as it scratched along the sidewalk under the wheel? You could hear a kid do that from a block away!
That 27 on Deuce rails was featured in an early HRM, 53 or 54 that my dad had. It belonged to two guys one of whom was named Lou Banta I cant remember the other guys name. They may have owned/operated that Mobil station also. A unique aspect of that car is the shallow channel, not very common then or now. I believe the article had a Burnett cutaway drawing as well.
Is it an optical illusion or is it LH drive top photo, RH drive bottom photo? Top pic says "Cypress Mobil Service"; bottom pic says "Cypress" on his shirt. What do you know about the car Doug?
yea this is traffic city in the morning! the on ramp and off ramp have been closed for years now! its cool to see how it was before they made it look like shit!
No, the steering wheel is kindof high so it looks like its RH drive... "Cypress" is the name of the neighborhood, it's next to the area of Los Angeles known as "Glassell Park". There are dozens of areas within the city limits that have their own "title"...Echo Park, Watts, Koreatown, Chinatown, Wilshire, Pico, Atwater, Avacado Heights, Montecito Heights and on and on. Special Ed knows about the car...I'll get him tho chime in.
Last time I went down to the Dominator was about 13, 14 yrs ago. There was only rusted pieces of the ship left. It was a big TV thing when it happened.
...... Highland Park, North highland Park, Eagle Rock, ad infinitum. I still have my first bail bondsman's number memorized; SYcamore 22882.
Hamburger's Department Store later called May Co. was one of the 3 biggest department stores downtown. When I would go downtown shopping for a Christmas present for my parents I would first stop at the Broadway, then go to Bullocks's finishing at May Co.. I liked May Co. best. I was allowed to go downtown even though I was only 10, 11 years old by myself. Times are different now...
Isn't that something! Imagine having your 6-11 year old downtown selling papers! And you went downtown by yourself as a 10 year old, Sam, just remarkable. I rode by bike to school first day of first grade in Miami in 1959, about 1-1/2 miles. 9 year old newsie and his 7 year old brother "Red." Tough specimen of Los Angeles newsboys.
Los Angeles, Calif., April 1942 - A shop just before Japanese were evacuated from "Little Tokyo" Los Angeles, California<WBR>. Sign on a closed laundry Little Tokyo
Santa Anita reception center, Los Angeles County, California<WBR>. The evacuation of Japanese and Japanese-A<WBR>mericans from West coast areas under United States Army war emergency order.
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