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hello/ can you tell me what was 326 and a half south spring street los angeles in 1918 as my gt grandfather lived there his name was Frank Newall
I am his gt grandson Francis Newall
Hello Francis,
326 1/2 S. Spring was a rooming house above a cafe-saloon known in 1918 as Jeffries Bar because it was owned by the ex-heavyweight champion Jim Jeffries. Jeffries sold the bar in 1918 but it was still known as the Jeffries Cafe or the 326 Club; You can see a photo of 326 S. Spring in its later years here http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics32/00050967.jpg. The bar entrance is on the street level; the stairs at right go up to the rooming house.
I remember a bar at that address in the 50s called the “numbers”.
Can anyone else remember? It was an after hours club and a TV commentator named Paul Coates did a late night video there.
Hi John: I’m not seeing which address this is attached to. The Numbers doesn’t ring a bell off hand; Coated had the tv show Bachelor’s Haven in the early ’50s but I don’t have any other info.
Hi Anna, I don’t have any information on that property. No permit for the construction at that address which usually means an older pre-1913 building, but the 1913 Sanborn map doesn’t show any building on that site. There was a residence using that address by 1933, but that’s all I’ve got.
Hello! I enjoy your writing! I was wondering if you think the 1954 theatrical movie Dragnet was based on the murder if Harry Greenberg? I think it is as most Dragnet stories were based on actual crimes. Thank you for all your great research and writing!
J. H. Graham 
hello/ can you tell me what was 326 and a half south spring street los angeles in 1918 as my gt grandfather lived there his name was Frank Newall
I am his gt grandson Francis Newall
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Hello Francis,
326 1/2 S. Spring was a rooming house above a cafe-saloon known in 1918 as Jeffries Bar because it was owned by the ex-heavyweight champion Jim Jeffries. Jeffries sold the bar in 1918 but it was still known as the Jeffries Cafe or the 326 Club; You can see a photo of 326 S. Spring in its later years here http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics32/00050967.jpg. The bar entrance is on the street level; the stairs at right go up to the rooming house.
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I remember a bar at that address in the 50s called the “numbers”.
Can anyone else remember? It was an after hours club and a TV commentator named Paul Coates did a late night video there.
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Hi John: I’m not seeing which address this is attached to. The Numbers doesn’t ring a bell off hand; Coated had the tv show Bachelor’s Haven in the early ’50s but I don’t have any other info.
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Brilliant research on Lee Francis. Excellent!
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Thank you.
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You are very and most welcome! It is very deserving.
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Love your site and appreciate the early LA history and photos
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Thank you Steve.
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Do you have a copy of the article Guy McAfee the Al Capone of Los Angeles(1931) ?
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Probably… haven’t seen those files in a while (buried).
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Guy McAfee Capone of Los Angeles, what month was this article issued in the Critic of Critics and who “By- Lined ” the article?
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No byline. May 1931.
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hello im doing research on the hollywood plantation hotel 1831 n vine do you know when it was built and any other info anna x
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Hi Anna, I don’t have any information on that property. No permit for the construction at that address which usually means an older pre-1913 building, but the 1913 Sanborn map doesn’t show any building on that site. There was a residence using that address by 1933, but that’s all I’ve got.
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Hello! I enjoy your writing! I was wondering if you think the 1954 theatrical movie Dragnet was based on the murder if Harry Greenberg? I think it is as most Dragnet stories were based on actual crimes. Thank you for all your great research and writing!
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It seems more like a highly fictionalized version of the 1951 “Two Tonys” case, with the gambling debt angle.
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