Archive for September, 2009

Redondo Beach Plunge advertisement

Monday, September 28th, 2009

From the Manhattan Beach Messenger – August 30, 1940

1920 Inglewood CA earthquake damage

Wednesday, September 16th, 2009

Hotel InglewoodFrom the Los Angeles Historian archives: Two pictures taken in the City of Inglewood, California, after the 4.9 magnitude earthquake that occurred on June 21, 1920. The two story building with the Rexall Drug Store on the bottom was the Hotel Inglewood.

Inglewood-2-copyTo see more pictures taken after the Inglewood earthquake, check out the Online Archive of California.

USC Daily Trojan ad for The Beach Boys at Pandora’s Box

Wednesday, September 16th, 2009

Pandora's BoxFrom the November 6, 1962 edition of the University of Southern California’s “Daily Trojan” newspaper: an advertisement for a Beach Boys gig at the Sunset Strip coffee house, Pandora’s Box, on November 11, 1962. John of “John & Judy” is John Maus aka John Walker of The Walker Brothers. He used to give David Marks and Carl Wilson guitar lessons at his parents house in Inglewood.