Showing posts with label Charles Ducommun. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Charles Ducommun. Show all posts
Saturday, September 30, 2017

We're Still Here, Part 5: The Natural History Museum

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It may seem odd to some of my readers that the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County  would have, let alone display, anything relate...
Sunday, April 16, 2017

We're Still Here, Part 1: Olvera Street and LA's Old Pueblo

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The acknowledged foremost authority on Frenchtown, Helene Demeestre, has called at least one of her Frenchtown lectures "Without a Tra...
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Tuesday, December 13, 2016

The Warren Buffett of Early LA: Mayor Joseph Mascarel

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Joseph Mascarel, second French mayor of Los Angeles, on a small information kiosk outside the French Hospital. Joseph Mascarel was bo...
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Monday, October 17, 2016

Joan of Arc in Chinatown: A Brief History of Los Angeles' French Hospital

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Jeanne d'Arc in front of the French Hospital (now the Pacific Alliance Medical Center) The first hospital in Los Angeles, St. Vin...
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Friday, September 16, 2016

Welcome to the French Museum of Los Angeles/Bienvenue à la Musée des Français à Los Angeles

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Today is my birthday. What I would like to do is go to a museum. Specifically, a museum that tells Frenchtown's countless stories. ...
Saturday, June 25, 2016

Emergency Edition: Doughboy in Danger! Tell Everyone!

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Just last month, I wrote about Humberto Pedretti's Doughboy statue - the World War I memorial anchoring Pershing Square. (Or what passe...