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When not trawling the archives for tales of past century misbehavior, several of your 1947project/ On Bunker Hill bloggers host Esotouric bus adventures on themes of... | |
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| March 18, 1927
Los Angeles
Police are searching for "bandit queen" Rose Berk with renewed effort after today's arrest of one of her henchmen, Fred J. Cook. Berk (aka Rose Buckingham, aka Rose Burke)... | |
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| Gentle reader, 1947project has moved... to Bunker Hill. For the next twelve months, our dogged blog team will be exploring this lost neighborhood in all its permutations. Yes, we'll be reporting... | |
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| Gentle reader, the new manifestation of 1947project has emerged. For the first time, our crime-a-day blog becomes a house-by-house survey, exploring the great lost downtown neighborhood of... | |
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| March 19, 1927
Long Beach, CA
Fred and Lela McElrath had been married for 25 years, and raised three children together, now grown. But just as the couple should have been settling down... | |
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| March 18, 1927
Los Angeles
Police are searching for "bandit queen" Rose Berk with renewed effort after today's arrest of one of her henchmen, Fred J. Cook. Berk (aka Rose Buckingham, aka... | |
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| Peel an eye, gentle reader, as this site will soon undergo a great transformation. Every March for the past three years, 1947project has selected a new year for our social historians to explore.... | |
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| March 17, 1927
Bakersfield
Frustrated at being rejected for employment as a nurse by Kern Hospital, twenty-one year old Gladys Maryon Lindley came up with a plan – become a... | |
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| March 15, 1927
Los Angeles
Traditionally, the term greengrocer refers to a retail tradesperson who sells fresh fruits and vegetables. Should you be down on Temple Street, you might find... | |
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March 16, 1927
Los Angeles
Clarence and Ona Brown were married in 1922, but now Ona wants a divorce. “When I married... | |
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