[BifRayRock]

Originally Posted by rbpjr

was having a bad day...

Didn't want to unknowingly step on anyone's toes. Thought you were referencing the subject matter rather than the size of the posts.

All is good.

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Same general vicinity as above (Santa Monica Blvd. + Holloway - Town of Sherman ca. '22 compared with ca. '31 (Obviously a lot of changes in a few short years):

http://digitallibrary.usc.edu

As touched upon by article on J.Sloans, this area was evidently poorly policed when it came to enforcement of Prohibition. From what I have been told, they didn't even call them speakeasies on this [wild]side of town.


http://jpg1.lapl.org

Lucey's 5444 Melrose (193?) "Lucey's Restaurant, owned by Antonio Luciano, who went by the nickname Tony Lucey (hence the name "Lucey's" Restaurant), first opened its doors in the 1920s as a place to wet your whistle during prohibition."
http://jpg1.lapl.org


Mary Pickford "christens" Transcontinental Air Transport’s “City of Los Angeles” with a bottle of grape juice (during Prohibition), July 8, 1929 http://nprfreshair.tumblr.com

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