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“This photo was taken in Lviv, Ukraine in 1968, when it was part of USSR. You can see on girl’s face how Soviet Ukrainian children ‘enjoyed’ official demonstrations in support of Communist party and Moscow government,” writes a reader. “This photo is very popular in Ukraine, but as far as I know they still haven’t … Continue reading "Girl At The May Day Parade – Lviv 1968"
Take a look back to a time when some of the most important moments of the 20th century were occurring, even though not everyone realized it yet.
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This store was like walking back in time, very elegant with very high ceilings, the store stood by itself, the 4th floor of the main wing had a great clearance center. Th windows here were for the beauty salon and general offices.
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The Daily Breeze ran a story about the Foster's Freeze in old Torrance--the Baldwin family that bought the place in the mid 70s is retiring. Where does that leave South Bay residents who crave an occasional orange freeze? Well, the new proprietor says nothing will change, and that's good. Especially since, as the Breeze revealed, a demolition permit was issued only a month ago at the property owners' request, but was quickly rescinded. The place actually opened in 1947, as store #23 of the Foster's Freeze chain. According to the company website, George Foster opened the first Foster's Freeze opened in 1946, on La Brea Ave. in Inglewood, introducing the world to soft-serve cones. If store #23 opened only a year later, either soft-serve cones were addictive or business start-ups cost a lot less in those days. Or maybe the numbering was skewed. The Save Historic Old Torrance Association (from whom I borrowed the top picture) claims that this Fosters is the 3rd oldest in Los Angeles County, behind nearby Hawthorne's and Glendale's. This picture (undated, by Jim Melashem, in the Los Angeles Public Library collection) shows the Glendale store, across the street from the Mobil station. Looks like the 50s. Wasn't the Torrance Fosters Freeze used in the second Charlie's Angels movie?
The opening of the May Company department store on February 18, 1952 filled every available parking space in Lakewood Center’s vast lot, with a record-breaking 200,000 customers crowding into the store during its first days. The four-level store featured a tearoom, a hospital with nurses on duty at all times (and a physician at certain hours), and an auditorium available to Lakewood organizations for meetings. Each retail department was decorated in its own color scheme to complement the merchandise. Among its departments was “the West’s largest youth department... planned deliberately on the basis of the vast number of children in this family community.” Perhaps too futuristic was a traffic control tower on the building’s roof so that a spotter could direct cars to empty parking spaces through a system of colored lights. The system wasn’t a success. (Rothschild Photo)
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