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| 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.
| | #REDIRECT [[Los Angeles (Dark Jazz)#Los Angeles in the 1920s]] |
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| == Locations ==
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| [[Alden House]]
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| [[Blue Lotus]]
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| [[Drakusz House]]
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| [[Griffith Park Aerodrome]]
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| [[Hollywood Subway]]
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| [[Magic Moe's]]
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| [[St. Vibiana's Cathedral]]
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| [[UCLA]]
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| [[University of Southern California]]
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| [[Venice, CA]]
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| == Events ==
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| * May 3, 1924 - Construction begins on the Belmont Tunnel, popularly referred to as the "[[Hollywood Subway]]."
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| [[File:Aqueduct_Sabotage_1924.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Investigators examine dynamite from aqueduct sabotage (1924).]]
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| * May 21, 1924 - A group of armed ranchers seized control of the Los Angeles Aqueduct and dynamite part of the system.
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| * 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.
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| == External Links ==
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| * [http://www.lapl.org/virgal/laatwork/index.html Los Angeles at Work 1920 - 1939]. Los Angeles Public Library photo gallery.
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| * [http://www.lapl.org/virgal/ca_in20s/index.html California In the 1920s]. Los Angeles Public Library photo gallery.
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| * [http://www.lincolnheightsla.com/ History of Lincoln Heights]. Neighborhood web site.
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| * [http://articles.latimes.com/2006/mar/05/local/me-then5 "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.
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