ππ²πͺ ππΈπ»πͺ (she/her) · @giamora
452 followers · 665 posts · Server mastodon.green
Hey, pachuco! Remembering the race-based #ZootSuitRiots 80 years later with a lovely #LATimes feature about this truly American style.
#Fashion #History #LAHistory #CaliforniaHistory #MexicanAmericanHistory
#zootsuitriots #latimes #fashion #history #lahistory #californiahistory #mexicanamericanhistory
Keri Blakinger · @keribla
3488 followers · 676 posts · Server mstdn.social
Apparently there is a phone book buried in a copper box in the cornerstone of the Los Angeles Hall of Justice.
Also a personnel list. Because I guess they've literally been burying public records in this city for almost a whole century.
This is from 1925:
#lasd #lahistory #History #losangeles