Category: The Nickelodeon
Fades
Pity the blind
An Early Bodybuilder
In a 1907 article in the Los Angeles Times, Eugen Sandow offers this advice to women seeking to retain their youthful appearance, noting:
Princess Rajah
I don’t want to say anything to spoil the surprise. Another snip of film from Edison, c. 1904.
Acrobats
Americans at the turn of the century lacked many things, but they had some amazing live entertainment. Here’s a snip of a performance courtesy of Edison Studios, 1904. These guys rock. I have watched them dozens of times now and I still find them amazing.
Enjoy!
Los Angeles Panoramas
My little ode to my favorite city, covering a roughly 20-year period centered on 1907 with the idea of giving a general introduction to Los Angeles from the 1890s to the eve of World War I. (The Times bombing and the air meet at Dominguez Hills were in 1910, for example). The Skunks of Los Feliz actually discovered this sometime back but I didn’t want to tip my hand by saying anything. Fortunately, I received some very flattering comments. Although the music sounds very contemporary, I chose it because it was written in 1907.
Here’s a high resolution version, but it only works with the newest versions of Windows (sorry folks with Win 98SE) and doesn’t play well with Mac OS X.
Dahlia Days Podcast II
Want to hear what some of the passengers said about the last Crime Bus tour? Check out the latest podcast.
Here We Go!
Spring Street, Los Angeles, California
This links to Google video, which seems to have much better bandwidth for streaming video than You Tube. Spring Street, Los Angeles, in 1897, Edison Studios.