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Hodden, with wadmal, represent two similar cultural fabrics in Scottish history. Hodden is an early-modern period name for a primarily Gaelic fabric, earlier named lachdann [1] in Gaelic, and even earlier lachtna [2] in Old Irish; while wadmal was a Scandinavian fabric, in the now-Scottish islands and Highlands. Both are usually woven in 2/2 ...
740–748 San Pedro St. Downtown Los Angeles: Prefabricated metal building erected in 1903 150: Los Angeles City Hall: March 24, 1976: 200 N. Spring St. Downtown Los Angeles: Tallest base-isolated structure in the world built in 1928. A Neoclassical base with an Art Deco tower. 156: LAFD Station No. 1: July 7, 1976: 2230 Pasadena Ave. Los Angeles
Oldest residence in San Diego. [45] Mission San Miguel Arcángel: San Miguel: 1821 Church The original church burned down in 1806 and was rebuilt out of adobe from 1816 to 1821. [46] Convento Building: Los Angeles: 1822 Convent: The adobe convent is the only original building left of Mission San Fernando Rey de España. [47] Neary-Rodriguez ...
San Francisco store at 50 Grant Avenue, 1912 to 1948 San Francisco store on Union Square, 1948 to 1994 Former I. Magnin store in Oakland, California. In the early 1870s, Dutch-born Mary Ann Magnin and her husband Isaac Magnin left England and settled in San Francisco. Mary Ann opened a shop in 1876 selling lotions and high-end clothing for infants.
The FIDM Museum & Library, Inc. was founded in 1978 to serve the Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising (FIDM) and the community. Since January 1999, the museum's operations have been separate from the Library in order to offer more specialized care and attention to the specific needs of a costume collection, and museum-trained personnel have been added to the staff.
Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times features columnist, partakes in an immersive, game-like experience at the Atwater Village branch library in Los Angeles. The project, called the Bureau of Nooks and ...
The 25-story, 94 m (308 ft) tall building was completed in 1927. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on April 17, 1997. [7] The building was totally restored and renovated between 1999 and 2001.
The Flax businesses were founded between 1919 and 1946 by four Flax brothers, with locations in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Chicago. The business entities have always been independent of each other, yet through common branding they have represented a coast-to-coast Flax Art Supply presence.