Kiddie Cop on the Beat
traffic, police, plucky youth200 BlockMore than anything, 5-year-old Ronnie Bell wanted to be a police officer when he grew up. Six weeks ago, he and his mother moved to 111 S. Figueroa, right next...
View ArticleA Red Light Raid: 317 S. Flower St
prostitution, police, Saratoga Hotel300 BlockMay 22, 1919317 S. Flower Street, Saratoga Hotel A building permit for a 3-story brick lodging house that would become the Saratoga Hotel was issued to W.W....
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robbery, shooting, police, marines, navy300 Block, 300 Block, 300 Block Location: 350 Clay Street Date: June 3, 1946In the not-quite-twelve hours since John M. Kelly was discharged from the Marine...
View ArticleThe Many Faces of 123 South Figueroa
accident, police, motorcycle, homelessness, depression, WPA, PromenadeFigueroa Street, 200 Block After the DWP and Dorothy Chandler went up, postcard photographers said whoopee! something to shoot...
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