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Showing posts with label California. Show all posts
Showing posts with label California. Show all posts

Friday, March 29, 2013

Ruth St. Denis

The Denishawn School of Dancing and Related Arts, founded in 1915 by Ruth St. Denis and Ted Shawn in Los Angeles, California, helped many perfect their dancing talents. Ruth St. Denis performing a solo work. Wikipedia

Thursday, November 15, 2012

Zep Diner

The Zep Diner was located near a Goodyear tire plant and north of the blimp hangers in Carson, where Goodyear has anchored its West Coast blimp fleet since the late 1920s. posted by 
daughterofthegoldenwest

Saturday, September 1, 2012

Vintage Photo

Star Touring Car, 1924, 1926, Glen Knabenshue,  youngest son of pioneer aeronaut Roy Knabenshue at the wheel of a 1925 Star Four Touring, Los Angeles, California, c 1925 
Source: earlyaeroplanes

Tuesday, August 28, 2012

Gregory Peck

Eldred Gregory Peck (April 5, 1916 – June 12, 2003) was an American actor. Gregory Peck was born in La Jolla, California. One of the world's most popular film stars from the 1940s to the 1960s, Peck continued to play important roles well into the 1980s.
Source: listal | wikipedia

Friday, August 24, 2012

Delia Magaña

Delia Magaña (February 2, 1903 – March 31, 1996) was a Mexican film and television actress, singer, and dancer. Although she started as a silent film actress, Magaña became best known for her comic supporting roles in her later years. For her 60 years in the film industry, as well as for contributing to the American cinema, Magaña's name and hand print are preserved in the sidewalk outside Mann's Chinese Theater in Hollywood, California.
Source: wikipedia | sisterwolf

Thursday, August 23, 2012

Vintage Photo

American Indian women wearing `European’ dresses with stockings and shoes, two are also wearing feather headdress, 1930s
Source: whataboutbobbed

Tuesday, August 21, 2012

Madame Sul-Te-Wan

Madame Sul-Te-Wan was an American actress. The daughter of freed slaves, she began her career in entertainment touring the east coast with various theatrical companies and moved to California to become a member of the fledgling film community. Her career spanned over five decades, and, in 1986, she was inducted into the Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame.
Source: wikipedia | vintageblackfolk