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Between the 1920s and the 1930s, Los Angeles possessed a wealth...
Between the 1920s and the 1930s, Los Angeles possessed a wealth of restaurants and diners, each with their own theme or gimmick. For Tip’s Restaurant, it was “Thick Steaks, Thin Pancakes.” ...
My wife and I have been talking about taking the Coast Starlight...
My wife and I have been talking about taking the Coast Starlight sleeper car from L.A. to Seattle for years and we finally got around to it this summer. Having your own cabin for the trip is deli...
More travel inspiration. And we took it to heart (see above).
More travel inspiration. And we took it to heart (see above).
Damn, traveling via Pan Am Clipper looks awful appealing right...
Damn, traveling via Pan Am Clipper looks awful appealing right now. I wish I could report traveling of any kind could explain my absence from these pages in recent months but it was actually a fa...
The Los Feliz Boulevard Brown Derby above Hollywood started off...
The Los Feliz Boulevard Brown Derby above Hollywood started off life in 1929 as Willard’s Chicken Inn, home of the “Far-Famed Chicken.” The dome was designed to have water piped up to the t...
The Astra 600 is a pistol that few people in the United States...
The Astra 600 is a pistol that few people in the United States have ever heard of. It is a Spanish weapon made during the Second World War by Astra-Unceta y Compañía SA. The model 600 was a sp...
One of the earliest drive-in diners in Los Angeles was...
One of the earliest drive-in diners in Los Angeles was Carpenter’s Sandwiches, which opened in the 1920s. The family-run operation grew to seven locations in Hollywood and nearby districts of L...
My second novel, Dead Letter File is available now on Amazon....
My second novel, Dead Letter File is available now on Amazon. This is the ebook, but the print version will be arriving soon. Dead Letter File’s story is not connected to Sudetenland, yet the s...
Czechoslovak Military Intelligence had a huge network of...
Czechoslovak Military Intelligence had a huge network of operatives established within Germany before 1938. The man who set up the that operation over many years was Lt. Colonel František Morave...
Another beauty that is no longer with us. The north rail station...
Another beauty that is no longer with us. The north rail station in 2nd district of Vienna was one of the major train stations in Europe. Like many other civic structures constructed during the 1...
The Ministry of War in Paris before World War II dates to 1877....
The Ministry of War in Paris before World War II dates to 1877. It was built in the city’s 7th arrondissement on the south side of the Seine River and boasted than 1,000 rooms. Underneath the c...
The Char léger Modèle 1935 R was the most numerous tank in...
The Char léger Modèle 1935 R was the most numerous tank in French service during 1938 at more than 1,200. The R35 was a light infantry support tank intended to battle opposing troops and machin...
Anyone looking to read more about the 1938 Sudeten Crisis will...
Anyone looking to read more about the 1938 Sudeten Crisis will enjoy picking up Berlin Diary (1941) by William Shirer. He was a journalist who worked for Hearst and went on to be one of Edward R....
This is one of those photographs that is simply captivating. It...
This is one of those photographs that is simply captivating. It is September 24, 1938 and the Czechoslovak government has ordered full mobilization against the German threat. People in the street...
Kurt von Schuschnigg was Austrian chancellor and leader of the...
Kurt von Schuschnigg was Austrian chancellor and leader of the Fatherland Front party in 1938. As street riots orchestrated by Nazi symathizers escalated, Schuschnigg called out his own supporter...
A shameless plug for my first novel.
A shameless plug for my first novel.
Old newspaper accounts were a great help when I was researching...
Old newspaper accounts were a great help when I was researching my novel. September 25th, 1938 is an important day in my book and the best front page from that date I ever found was this was one ...
Erin over at Oh, for the HOOK of a BOOK! hit me up for a...
Erin over at Oh, for the HOOK of a BOOK! hit me up for a fantastic interview during my latest tour through Historical Fiction Virtual Book Tours. She really made me laugh since I have a reputati...
A promotional Hudson Super-Six outside the State, War and Navy...
A promotional Hudson Super-Six outside the State, War and Navy Building in Washington D.C. The message on the side is playing up how that model had clocked 1,819 miles in 24 hours on the Sheepshe...
When the Soviet Tupolev SB-2 entered service in 1936 it was one...
When the Soviet Tupolev SB-2 entered service in 1936 it was one of the most advanced aircraft of its day –flying faster and higher than any fighter then in service. In-flight photos of the ligh...