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Corn dolly. Corn dollies or corn mothers are a form of straw work made as part of harvest customs of Europe before mechanisation. Scholars of the 18th and 19th centuries theorized that before Christianisation, in traditional pagan European culture it was believed that the spirit of the corn (in American English, "corn" would be "grain") lived ...
From that time on, the dolls were manufactured by Harry Heye Tammen in Los Angeles, and distributed in the east by the Arrow Novelty Company in New York City. [4] Starting in the 1940s, the faces were made of plastic. [5] McAboy supervised production of the dolls until she retired in 1952.
Lawyer, entrepreneur. Known for. Laura Scudder potato chips. Spouse. Charles Scudder. . . (m. 1908; died 1928) . Laura Clough Scudder (July 19, 1881 – March 13, 1959) was an entrepreneur in Monterey Park, California, [1] who made and sold potato chips and pioneered their packaging in sealed bags to extend freshness.
Businessman Harold "Matt" Matson and the husband-and-wife duo of Elliot and Ruth Handler founded Mattel as Mattel Creations in January 1945 in a garage in Los Angeles. [15] [16] The company name chosen is a portmanteau of the surname of Matson and first name of Elliot, with former chairman and CEO Bob Eckert revealing at a 2013 Christmas Day Peninsula Seniors lecture that the founders ...
Joel Daniel Coen (born November 29, 1954) [ 1 ] and Ethan Jesse Coen (born September 21, 1957), [ 2 ] together known as the Coen brothers (/ ˈkoʊən /), are an American filmmaking duo. Their films span many genres and styles, which they frequently subvert or parody. [ 3 ] Among their most acclaimed works are Blood Simple (1984), Raising ...
32 acres (13 ha) Established. 2001. Governing body. California Department of Parks and Recreation. Los Angeles State Historic Park, also known as LA Historic Park and the Cornfield, is a California State Park located near the Chinatown and Elysian Park neighborhoods of Los Angeles. The former rail yard and brownfield consists of a long open ...
The Wonderful Company LLC (also known as Wonderful Co., [2] formerly Roll Global) is a private corporation based in Los Angeles, California.With revenues of over $4 billion, [3] it functions as a holding company for Stewart and Lynda Resnick and as such is a vehicle for their personal investments in a number of businesses.
Clothing, footwear, bedding, furniture, jewelry, beauty products, and housewares. May Company California was an American chain of department stores operating in Southern California and Nevada, with headquarters at its flagship Downtown Los Angeles store until 1983 [ 1 ] when it moved them to North Hollywood.