7th & Broadway in front of the Lankershim Hotel. 1970

 1970, View of the overturned snorkel truck as seen from the fire escape of the Lankershim Hotel. A huge crowd gathered as firemen hosed off Broadway Street; it took three hours to right the vehicle and tow it away. (E. Bruce Howell - Herald Examiner Collection).  Thanks to LAPL.  If you're in the mood, check out these other photos of 7th and Broadway.

7th Street, San Pedro, Remigrating Japanese Americans to Internment Camps in Arcadia and Manzanar, CA, 1942

Manzanar, CA.  Japanese Internment began in February 1942.

LA was second only to Detroit in auto production.

LA was second only to Detroit in auto production: Ford: DTLA, Maywood, Pico Rivera, Long Beach; Chrysler: Commerce; GM: South Gate, Van Nuys; Studebaker: Vernon; Nash: El Segundo; Willys-Overland: Maywood;

— Chris Moore (@pathfinder17m) February 16, 2026

Cincinnati's Incline, 1872-1894

Buck Owens to George Jones to Marty Robbins

A Buck Owens halftime show would heal the nation. pic.twitter.com/YJ217xyVPC

— Ry (@ryjlocal) February 8, 2026

I liked Buck Owens, 1929-2006, a lot.  Then the Hee Haw singers, 1969-1997.  And though I'd heard Tammy Wynette's [1942-1998] "Stand by Your Man" a lot on the radio, I didn't really know who George Jones, 1931-2013, was.  Owens sounds an awful lot like George Jones. But I guess the standard for a lot of these western singers was Marty Robbins, 1925-1982.

San Fernando Valley Had Its Own Song, a 1944, #1 Hit Sung by None Other Than Bing Crosby

Duarte to Ontario, CA January 17, 2013

San Gabriel River Bed looking north up the canyon to Mt. Baldy.

San Gabriel River Bed looking north up the canyon.

El Encanto Park, Duarte, CA. 

El Encanto Park, Duarte, CA. 

El Encanto Park, Duarte, CA. 

"tree sculpture" Ontario's public parks art, Ontario, CA. 

Street art, Ontario, CA.