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Craigslist headquarters in the Inner Sunset District of San Francisco prior to 2010. The site serves more than 20 billion [17] page views per month, putting it in 72nd place overall among websites worldwide and 11th place overall among websites in the United States (per Alexa.com on June 28, 2016), with more than 49.4 million unique monthly visitors in the United States alone (per Compete.com ...
Ernest Carroll Moore (1871–1955), educator, co-founder of University of California, Los Angeles [120] Harvey Seeley Mudd (1888–1955), engineer and educator; William Mulholland (1855–1935), engineered the Los Angeles Aqueduct, Mulholland Dam, St. Francis Dam and other dams, Panama Canal consultant, namesake of Mulholland Drive [121] [81]
The Lark Ellen Home for Boys, designed by John J. Frauenfelder, Sawtelle (Los Angeles), 1924: main entrance. Date: May 1924: Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection, UCLA: Author: Unknown photographer for the Los Angeles Times
Bessie Herbert Bartlett was born in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of Albert Griffith Bartlett and Mary Ann McKeeby Bartlett. Her father was a cornettist and band leader; he ran a music store in Hollywood, and invited well-known musicians to Los Angeles to perform. Their home was located where the Pantages Theatre now stands. [1]
Bessie Ellen Davidson was born on 22 May 1879 in North Adelaide, South Australia, to a family of Scottish and English origin. She was the second child of David Davidson, who was in the mining industry, and Ellen Johnson Davidson. [1] Her great-grandfather William Gowan was a sculptor, and her grandmother Frances Gowan was a painter.
Bessie Burke, c. 1912. Bessie Bruington Burke (March 19, 1891 - 1968) was the first African American teacher and principal hired in the Los Angeles public school system. [1]In 1887, Burke's parents left their farms and teaching jobs in Kansas via a covered wagon.
Elizabeth Mary "Bessie" Beatty was born and raised in Los Angeles, one of four children of Thomas and Jane Boxwell Beatty, both immigrants from Ireland. [1] As a child in Long Beach, she staged a children's show to raise money for the Red Cross, casting her siblings in some of the roles. [2] She attended Occidental College, but did not graduate ...
Bessie Griffin, 1977. Bessie Griffin (née Arlette B. Broil; July 6, 1922 – April 10, 1989) was an American gospel singer. From junior high into the late 1940s, she sang with the Southern Harps, who were better known later as the Southern Revivalists of New Orleans, then performed with The Caravans for a year and toured with W. Herbert Brewster Jr. Mentored by Mahalia Jackson, she moved to ...