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83Chat Noir: The First Cabaret
You've seen this poster in art shops and on walls. Did you know it referred to a real place: the first cabaret? Le Chat Noir opened in 1881 in a tiny apartment in Montmartre. When it closed in 1897 (in a...
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80Immigration Policy in the Depression
"Los Angeles Police Chief Sends Patrolmen to Guard Border" Like the headline? Care to guess when it was printed? February 15, 1936. Here's the kicker question: Which border was being guarded? It wasn't the...
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79Guillotined by The Third Reich: Helmut Hirsch
In the overwhelming death tolls of Hitler's concentration camps, the single execution of one young man gets easily overlooked. Helmut Hirsch died in 1937, before World War II broke out. He left no descendants....
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94Hitler and the Volkswagen
Although Volkswagen plays down the connection (who wouldn't?), the company got its start during the Third Reich. Based on the Fuerher's desire to rebuild Germany into a rich nation where all families could own...
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81Soap: Fatty Acids and Plant Ashes--Who Thought of That?
Soap . . . we use it for everything. Basically, soap is composed of fat (from animals or plants) and an alkali, like ashes. The ash, mixed with water, causes the fat to break down into glycerine and sodium...
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75Hollywood Costume Design
Dressed: A Century of Hollywood Costume Design is the latest book by Deborah Nadoolman Landis. Landis knows her stuff: she's President of the Hollywood Costume Designers Guild and has been nominated for an...
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72Venice, California History
People go there for the views of the ocean, the body builders, and the eclectic street life. There's no more enjoyable bike ride in the USA than up and down the bike paths of Venice Beach. The sand is on one...
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83Gladiators: The Facts
Greeks say the Etruscans (the ancient tribe in Tuscany) started the games, but there's no physical evidence of that. As far as scholars can tell, small scale gladiatorial combat was the standard entertainment...
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79The Battle of Chavez Ravine, Short Version
In 1962, the Dodgers played their first game at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles. The bums lost, but it may have been caused by the bad karma at Chavez Ravine. Chavez Ravine in Los Angeles has been many things: a...
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76If I Did It: 1955
In the summer of 1955, Emmett Till traveled from Chicago to Mississippi to stay with relatives. He had just turned fourteen. His mother, Mamie Till Bradley, worried about how the sometimes smart-alecky Emmett...
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