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== Locations == | == Locations == | ||
[[Alden House]] | |||
[[Blue Lotus]] | [[Blue Lotus]] | ||
[[Drakusz House]] | |||
[[Griffith Park Aerodrome]] | |||
[[Hollywood Subway]] | |||
[[Magic Moe's]] | |||
[[St. Vibiana's Cathedral]] | |||
[[UCLA]] | [[UCLA]] | ||
[[University of Southern California]] | |||
[[Venice, CA]] | |||
== Events == | == Events == | ||
Revision as of 06:52, 13 June 2012
1920s Los Angeles was a boom town. In 1920 the population was around 500,000. By 1930 the city had grown to over 1,500,000.
Locations
University of Southern California
Events
- May 3, 1924 - Construction begins on the Belmont Tunnel, popularly referred to as the "Hollywood Subway."
- May 21, 1924 - A group of armed ranchers seized control of the Los Angeles Aqueduct and dynamite part of the system.
- August 19, 1924 - The Maxfield Building, designed by architect John M. Cooper, is completed. Located in downtown at 819 Santee Street, it is the first 'modern' skyscraper in Los Angeles.
External Links
- Los Angeles at Work 1920 - 1939. Los Angeles Public Library photo gallery.
- California In the 1920s. Los Angeles Public Library photo gallery.
- History of Lincoln Heights. Neighborhood web site.
- "In 1924 Los Angeles, a Scourge From the Middle Ages". Article in March 2006 edition of the Los Angeles Times recounting the bubonic plague outbreak of 1924-25.