Category Archives: 1934

Mary Mallory: Hollywood Heights – ‘Convention City’

Posted on January 30, 2012 by

Jan. 11, 1934: “Convention City” opens at the Warner Bros. Hollywood and Downtown. The early days of the talkie film industry saw plenty of life situations covered realistically and explicitly on celluloid, ranging from nudity, extramarital or sexual relations, addictions, … Continue reading →

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LAPD Pistol Team – 1934 [Updated]

Posted on August 21, 2011 by

Photo: The LAPD pistol team puts on a demonstration at the Auto Club headquarters in 1934. Credit: “Three Cars in Every Garage: A Motorist’s History of the Automobile and the Automobile Club of Southern California,” Page 164. Did they really … Continue reading →

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The Mystery of J.W. Robinson [Updated]

Posted on August 13, 2011 by

A postcard showing the J.W. Robinson Co. Building has been listed on EBay. And it’s more of a mystery than I expected….

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Robbers Kill LAPD Officer in Shootout, July 24, 1934

Posted on July 25, 2011 by

Stanford Avenue and 33rd Street via Google maps’ street view. Stanford Avenue and 33rd Street is one of those little pockets of old houses in Los Angeles that looks like it hasn’t changed much since 1934, when two men in … Continue reading →

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Mary Mallory: Hollywood Heights

Posted on June 27, 2011 by

Photographs by Larry Harnisch / LADailyMirror.com Mural in the Los Angeles Times Globe Lobby, dated July 19, 1934, by Hugo Ballin Hugo Ballin is one of the greatest muralists in Los Angeles history, creating monumental murals in the 1920s and … Continue reading →

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