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HomepageThe author of Tarzan started the original El Caballero Country Club on land once owned by General Otis of the LA Times
Bird WonderlandBird Wonderland Ventura Boulevard housed MGM's first heard roaring lion, the cockatoo in Casablanca, Dinah Shore's birds, Satan the movie tiger old LA
Canoga FarmsFrank Flowers dried fruits allowed Our Lady of Grace's first mass on the packing room floor of Canoga Farms Encino history
Closed Sfv HospitalsNorth Hollywood's Riverside Hospital (1950-1998), from Baby Boomer maternity ward to Dr. Brotman and then iconic Sacred Hearts set for Scrubs.
Early Sherman Oaks HomesExplore early 20th Century Sherman Oaks homes. See vintage photos, historical facts, and learn how our local historian can research your house!
El CaballeroThe author of Tarzan started the original El Caballero Country Club on land once owned by General Otis of the LA Times
First Black Lawyers Los AngelesThe first black lawyers of Los Angeles were from the Caribbean Robert O' Hara Benjamin, also a newspaper man, then Ceruti Southern California NAACP leader
First Chinese LawyersChan Chung Ling was the first Chinese lawyer in California, You Chung Hong founded Los Angeles’ Chinatown, and Hong Yen Chang was prevented from
First Lawyers Of CaliforniaCalifornia's first lawyers were Mexicans and Los Angeles' first judge was Augustin Olvera who was learning to speak English in 1850
Germains NurseryGermains Nursery landscaped Los Angeles from the late 1800s until 1957 from grow lot at Valley Glen Park on Ethel
Griffith ParkLos Angeles myth the Rancho Los Feliz curse a cause of Griffith Park being donated to the City of Los Angeles.
Hal WallisHal Wallis, A-list Hollywood producer built an English estate in Sherman Oaks on present day site of Millikan Junior High before receiving the Commander of the
Highway Patrol TvSherman Oaks & Valley Village 1958 and now, Mellethin's Laurel Canyon Office, Burbank, Victory, Ventura Blvd. Vintage
Ice CapadesIce Capades North Hollywood Bewitched 1972, place for San Fernando Valley youth to grow up passage from literature
La HistoryOld Los Angeles photographs, images, and information not available elsewhere including, but not limited to, pop culture, suburbia, and mid-century Los Angeles
PolicyVintage Los Angeles community guidelines — please follow these rules so everyone enjoys the group. No name-calling, personal attacks, or harassment.
Retro Swimming PoolsAn Explosion of Display Swimming Pools Fronted Mid-Century Sherman Oaks, Ventura Boulevard in a one-mile radius
San FernandoPlentiful land, poultry farms, and ranches were the backdrop of the early San Fernando Valley before wide scale tract home development in the late 1940s
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Urban TrashVW slow car made fast fantasy Drag racing, Chandler Blvd.San Fernando Valley, vintage Sherman Oaks, California 1980s

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