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  As promised, here’s a roundup of recent mystery photos, ready for a second guess. I have added some obscure, cryptic clues. Email me Ronald and Nancy Reagan with a Hoosierland hoopster. Theda Bara, right, and an actress from one … Continue reading →

Los Angeles Times file photo Just for a change, I decided to have a "what" question instead of another "who" question featuring an old movie star. Well, what is it? Watering trough for horses? (Tim Ahern) Absolutely right. This watering … Continue reading →

Los Angeles Times file photo Well? Everybody guessed Eve Arden. (Banner software was first). The gentleman on the right will be more of a challenge. He is not, as someone guessed, Brooks West, Arden’s husband. The young fellow on the … Continue reading →

Los Angeles Times file photo Well? Lily Pons? (Layne Nielson) Absolutely right. The other individual has nothing to do with the music world and should be a bit of a challenge. Email me

Los Angeles Times file photo Well? Hedda Hopper and Louella Parsons? Alas no. Margaret Dumont? Sorry, no. Doris Kenyon and Theda Bara? (Alexa Foreman). Theda Bara yes! Very good. Doris Kenyon, alas no. Email me

Los Angeles Times file photos Well? This has been interesting. Some people correctly guessed Diana Lynn (Alexa Foreman, Howard Decker and Arye Michael Bender) others guessed Margaret O’Brien, Gloria Jean and Lana Turner (alas, no). A few assumed that both … Continue reading →

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Above, Sigmund Freud prepares to leave Vienna for London, where he died the next year … At left, the owner of a foundry testifies that Police Capt. Earle Kynette came to his business about a week before the Harry Raymond … Continue reading →

And this one? OK, Ronald Reagan and his wife, Nancy, are the easy ones. Who is the Mystery Man on the left? Merv Griffin? Sorry, I’m afraid not. Edwin Meese? Alas, no. Jesse Unruh? I’m afraid not. Email me

Photograph by Larry Sharkey / Los Angeles Times I had so much fun going through Ronald Reagan’s pictures I decided to post another one. Who is she? City Councilwoman Rosalind "Roz" Wyman? (Ken Odessky). Absolutely right. Very good! Email me

Los Angeles Times file photo OK, who are they? Notice Reagan’s clenched right hand as he puts his arm around Mystery Woman No. 1 — no fooling around with this boy. Everybody recognizes Ronald Reagan. The two women are more … Continue reading →

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Above, Myrna Loy, co-star of "Test Pilot." Below, vegetable peddler George Sakalis tells of police intimidation in the trial of Capt. Earle Kynette … In Rome, throngs of Italians cheer a smiling Adolf Hitler, yelling "Viva!" and "Heil!" … The … Continue reading →