by James Roman
The Squaw Man 82, 83, 84, 85, 87, 88, 268
The Standard 270, 274
The Ten Commandments 251, 259
The Three Stooges 126
The Trouble With Angels 121
The Viper Room 215, 270, 276
The Way We Were 224
The Wedding Singer 191
The West Wing 232
The Wet Parade 144
The Witches of Eastwick 121
Thirteen 120, 290
Thomas, Richard 105
Thor 210
Three’s Company 290
Tibbett, Lawrence 251
Tiffany & Co. 104, 283
Timberlake, Justin 121
Time 138, 256, 286
Toberman, Charles E. 259, 261
Todd, Mike 167
Tomlin, Lily 121
Tootsie 92, 247
Top Hat 251
Torero, Mario 135
Tork, Peter 105
Toyota, Yasuhisa 202
Tracy, Spencer 280
Transcontinental Railroad 30, 40, 42, 46, 78
Transformers 176, 251
Triangle Film Corporation 79
Trillin, Calvin 136
Trousdale Estates 120
True Lies 233, 234
Truman, President 172
Tucker, Chris 121
Twilight 198
Twin Dragon Gateway 222, 228
Two Years Before the Mast 23, 300
U
Union Pacific 42, 46, 48
Union Square 6, 242
Union Station 37, 40, 110, 176, 222, 223, 224, 229
Universal Studios 96, 200
V
Valentino, Rudolph 192, 217, 248, 268
Valley of the Dolls 185
Vampira 217, 248
Van Gogh 210
Variety 97
Venice Beach 284
Venice Boardwalk 284, 289
Venice Blvd 285, 288, 289
Venice Canals 284, 288
Venice Reconstituted 135
Verdugo, Jose Maria 21
Vertigo 251
Via Rodeo 270, 282, 283
Viceroy 12
Viceroyalty 10
Villaraigosa, Mayor Antonio 134
Vitaphone 93
W
Wahlberg, Mark 121
Walk of Stars 244
Walt Disney Concert Hall 50, 201, 202, 203, 230, 232, 236
Walt Disney Studios 21
War Games 252
Warner Brothers 92, 94, 99, 164
Warner, Harry 92, 94
Warner, Jack 92, 94
Warner, Sam 93, 94
War of the Worlds 239
Waterworld 75
Watts 136, 137, 156
Watts Towers 136
Watts Towers of Simon Rodia State Historic Park 137
Wayne, John 275
We Are Not A Minority 135
Weissmuller, Johnny 180, 185
West Coast Land and
Water Company 59
Western Addition 6
West Hollywood 3, 5, 122, 127, 128, 129, 197, 270, 272, 276, 278, 301
West, Kanye 277
West, Mae 82
West Washington Boulevard 218, 289
Westwood Memorial Park 218
What Ever Happened To Baby Jane? 250
What Women Want 121
Where The Boys Are 169
Whisky a Go Go 126, 270, 277
Whitaker, Clem 140, 141
Whiteman, Paul 105
White Men Can’t Jump 290
Whitley Heights 244
Whitley, Hobart Johnstone 244
Who Framed Roger Rabbit? 56, 63
Whose Line Is It Anyway? 250
Widney, Robert M. 39
Wiggins 48, 49, 301
Wilder, Billy 218, 279
Williams, Andy 104, 188
Williams, Harold M. 208
Williams, Robin 273
Will Rogers Memorial Park 270, 280
Wilson, Carl 218
Wilson, President 98
Windsor Square 100, 102, 103, 242, 251, 252
Winkler, Margaret 95, 96
Winkler, Otto 166
Winter Kills 121
Winters, Jonathan 121
Wonderful Wizard of Oz 217
Wonderland 95, 96, 234
Wong, Anna May 218
Wood, Natalie 218
Woodruff, S. H. 102
Woodward, Joanne 168, 273
World War I 53, 74, 99, 114
Wray, Faye 217, 248
Wright, Frank Lloyd 194, 196, 201, 264, 269, 300
Writers Guild 260
Wyman, Jane 217
Wyman, Roz 175
X
X-Men 121
Xtreme Sports 290
Y
Yang-na 10, 12, 13, 15, 16
You are the Star 135
Young, Neil 277
Yut Ho 34, 36, 40
Z
Zappa, Frank 277
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p; Donelle Dadigan, president, The Hollywood Museum, November 23, 2013.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
James Roman and Museyon Guides would like to thank the following organizations and individuals for their guidance and assistance in creating Chronicles of Old Los Angeles.
Hon. John Duran
Los Angeles Public Library
Beverly Hills Public Library
Donelle Dadigan
Steve Nyclemoe
Dave Schlesinger
Carol Merrill-Mirsky
Jim Geiger
Rob Gordon
Doug Hutchinson
Brian Mylius
Paul Neumann
Rusty Hamrick
David Ahlander
Phebe Arlen
Cyril Nishimoto
Bill Watanabe
Jessica Kaye
Library of Congress
UCLA Library
University of Southern California
Libraries
Pacific Electric Railway Historical Society
Water and Power Associates, Inc.
CREDITS
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San Gabriel Mission near Pasadena, Cal., 1900-1920, Library of Congress, LC-DIG-stereo-1s01714
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The anti-Chinese wall—The American wall goes up as the Chinese original goes down / F. Grätz, 1882, Library of Congress, LC-USZC4-4138
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South Pacific Train to San Francisco entering Newhall Tunnel about 1898. C.C. Pierce, photographer. Probably the south entrance to the tunnel.
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Detail of an 1876 Southern Pacific map, showing the railroad’s lines through Southern California, Bancroft Library, UC Berkeley.
BANC PIC 1963.002:1822—A
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Albert B. Fall, Ed Doheny, 11/24/26, Library of Congress, LC-DIG-npcc-16240
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Signal Hill in Los Angeles County, c. 1923, Library of Congress, PAN US GEOG
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Huntington Beach Municipal Pier, c. 1914; Pacific Electric Railway Car (upper left), concession stands (lower left), bandshell (right), and pier in background, Library of Congress, HAER CAL,30-HUBE,1-103
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A Pacific Electric car rolls along the shoreline of the blue Pacific, Charles D. Savage Photo, Donald Duke Collection, Pacific Electric Railway Historical Society Collection
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Two men examining kit of dynamite and wire found during sabotage incidents of Owens Valley Aqueduct, Calif., circa 1924, UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.