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Welcome to Los Angeles, 1926
RED JADE, my first Avery Shepard novel, takes place in and around Los Angeles in late 1926. Modern day time travelers might need to orient themselves if they were to visit that world, for the Los Angeles of “then” has some notable differences to “now.” Continue reading
Jack Dempsey
He started as the “Manassa Mauler” and became the Heavyweight Champion of the World- but for a little while, in the mid 1920s, Los Angles could claim Jack Dempsey as one of its own. Local fight fan gathered around their radios listened in disbelief on September 23, 1926 when the Champ lost his title to Gene Tunney in Philadelphia. Continue reading
Ye Bull Pen Inn
The Ye Bull Penn Inn restaurant had several homes but in 1926 it was here- at 633 S. Hope Street, where it had been serving fish, chicken and charbroiled steaks in a rustic, masculine setting since 1920. Continue reading
The Hotel Figueroa
The YWCA’s Figueroa Hotel opened at 939 S. Figueroa St. on August 15, 1926 with a gala dinner dance in the Fountain Floor ballroom. The “Hotel Unusual” catered to business, traveling and professional women and their husbands and children. Continue reading
The Breakers Hotel, Long Beach
When The Breakers Hotel opened on Long Beach’s Ocean Avenue in 1926, ocean bathers could exit out the back by way of a special elevator and walk right out across the sand. The building still stands, but the sea and sand is more than a short stroll away. Continue reading
J. H. Graham 