Baby Farm
March 10, 1927 Bellflower Police received a tip that next to the home of Ray Foss in Bellflower, several people had been observed burying something that may have been the body of an infant....
View ArticleA Most "Pernicious, Revolting, Nefarious and Immoral" Love Cult
March 11, 1927 Los AngelesFifteen-year-old Lloyd Alley, arrested today in Los Angeles, is said to have made statements "tantamount to a confession" of his involvement with the "Sacred School of the...
View ArticleThe Sunday Paper
In the past two weeks, I've come to understand why Kim usually waits until Fridays to post her 1947p stories. Ever since this leap year, I've found myself with the Sunday paper, which, while...
View ArticleGrossery Shopping
March 15, 1927 Los AngelesTraditionally, the term greengrocer refers to a retail tradesperson who sells fresh fruits and vegetables. Should you be down on Temple Street, you might find grocer Edith...
View ArticleBehind Every Great Man...
March 16, 1927 Los Angeles Clarence and Ona Brown were married in 1922, but now Ona wants a divorce. “When I married him,” said Mrs. Brown, while weeping bitterly during her testimony before...
View ArticleIn the Line of Duty
March 16, 1927 Los AngelesIf the drys are gonna catch the wets, they’re gonna have to wet themselves. So to speak. At the trial of John H. Wyncoop, former chief field agent for the boys of the...
View ArticleIt's a Man's World
March 17, 1927 Bakersfield Frustrated at being rejected for employment as a nurse by Kern Hospital, twenty-one year old Gladys Maryon Lindley came up with a plan – become a man! Dressed in men’s...
View ArticleJust An Old-Fashioned Girl … Driving the Getaway Car
March 18, 1927 Los AngelesPolice are searching for "bandit queen" Rose Berk with renewed effort after today's arrest of one of her henchmen, Fred J. Cook. Berk (aka Rose Buckingham, aka Rose Burke) is...
View ArticleA Second Chance
March 19, 1927 Long Beach, CAFred and Lela McElrath had been married for 25 years, and raised three children together, now grown. But just as the couple should have been settling down into contented...
View ArticleMoving Day!
Gentle reader, 1947project has moved... to Bunker Hill. For the next twelve months, our dogged blog team will be exploring this lost neighborhood in all its permutations. Yes, we'll be reporting on...
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