Sunday, March 31, 2019

Pierre "Wrongway" Beauregard Rides Again

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I spend God only knows how many hours poring over old books, old city directories, and very old newspapers in search of clues about the forg...
Friday, March 22, 2019

Eugene Meyer: A Nameplate, a Cemetery Plot, and Old LA's Best Department Store

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Eugene Meyer - another cousin of Don Solomon Lazard - was born in Alsace in 1842, and came to Los Angeles at age 21 to work for Lazard's...
Friday, March 15, 2019

Four Decades of Service: Maurice Kremer

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We've met "Don Solomon" Lazard . Today we'll meet his cousin and onetime business partner. Maurice Kremer was born in Fr...
Tuesday, March 12, 2019

Coming Up: French-Jewish Citizens of Early Los Angeles

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I can't stand watching the news anymore. One of the things that appalls me the most is the rise in anti-Semitism, both in the USA and ...
Thursday, March 7, 2019

Arbin Mathieu's Next Chapter

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If you're reading this blog, you know who Philippe Mathieu was. I've mentioned that prior to founding his namesake restaurant (and...
Monday, March 4, 2019

Damien Marchesseault's Death Was Much Weirder Than I Thought

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My seventh-grade history teacher made a point of teaching all of his students that "there is no such thing as a 'final history'...
Monday, February 25, 2019

Gaston Méliès Comes to Hollywood...Err, Santa Paula

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(Huge thanks to Santa Paula historian Mitch Stone for his help in researching this entry. Merci, Mitch!) Any serious film buff knows who G...
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