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Gamblor — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 09:18:48 -0800

Extra! Tabloid photographs from the Los Angeles Herald Express (1936-1961), showing celebrities, fashion, tragedy, (early) CHiPs, and babes with guns. Via the Virtual Gallery at the LA Public Library, which has many other fine exhibits, such as California in the 20s, the 1932 Olympics, celebrity golf, and a wonderful collection from the golden age of travel posters.

By: mk1gti

mk1gti — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 09:43:32 -0800

Wow, the golden age of travel series is spectacular. Check out the Pan Am Clipper at the end.

By: donfactor

donfactor — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 09:49:09 -0800

I kind of liked the LA tabloid collection. Took me back a ways. When I was a kid, my dad would bring a copy home every evening. Terrific post, thanks

By: nickyskye

nickyskye — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 09:52:45 -0800

Nice find Gamblor! Great post. That tragedy link, ouch! The tabloid pics are attention grabbing in their bittersweet simplicity. Schmaltzy. Oooh, the travel posters! Lovely! Beautiful. The photo archive search engine is good there too. Los Angeles before 1900, Dwellings, Marilyn Monroe. Pasadena got 210 pages of old pics. Lots of goodies. Thanks.

By: fire&wings

fire&wings — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 10:08:21 -0800

The tabloid pics are great. All those criminal ladies look so normal.

By: jonson

jonson — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 10:11:30 -0800

God bless you for this, Gamblor! I love old L.A., and actually have been ot the L.A.P.L. travel poster exhibit downtown, but it's great to be able to browse all this online.

By: grabbingsand

grabbingsand — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 10:15:10 -0800

Young Japanese girls brave the early morning rain to bid farewell to friends leaving for Manzanar relocation camp.

By: Milkman Dan

Milkman Dan — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 10:18:51 -0800

Er, right, so, that first link? This was my immediate morbid interpretation of the sign: People joyfully wishing they had proper burial etiquette. With clever "parking" innuendo...

By: Jody Tresidder

Jody Tresidder — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 10:26:30 -0800

Spectacular post. (The tabloid pics turn you into a wannabe pulp novelist in a heartbeat.)

By: the cuban

the cuban — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 14:07:06 -0800

great find.

By: spacelux

spacelux — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 22:02:59 -0800

Nice find! There's a lot of gems in there. I also thought it was amusing (in the tabloid section), what they used to do before photoshop: examples 1, 2, 3, 4.

By: frogan

frogan — Sat, 29 Jul 2006 00:19:19 -0800

Wow, L.A. actually looked like a fun place to live back then. You know, before the city slipped down the shit hole.

By: Enron Hubbard

Enron Hubbard — Sat, 29 Jul 2006 04:31:58 -0800

Almost "life-sized shoes" of police officer John M. Yates, who kicked Herald-Express photographer Eddie Phillips in the groin after Phillips took photograph of camera shy officer. A witness stated that the shoes "were the largest thing [I] ever saw that didn't have a liver in it."

By: crunchland

crunchland — Sat, 29 Jul 2006 06:17:59 -0800

previously discussed.

By: of strange foe

of strange foe — Sat, 29 Jul 2006 10:54:04 -0800

The Babe Ruth one is charming.

By: davcoo

davcoo — Sat, 29 Jul 2006 17:49:15 -0800

These are great! Thanks for posting.