Brotherly Advice

In a Los Angeles hotel room, US Senator John F. Kennedy (left) confers with brother Robert, his most trusted adviser, during the Democratic National Convention. John would eventually win the nomination of his party and go on to become President. 

The Black Dahlia

Elizabeth Short is pictured after her arrest in Santa Monica on September 23, 1943 for underage drinking. She was 19 at the time.

On the morning of January 15, 1947, on a vacant lot in Los Angeles, the nude severed body of Elizabeth Short was found. A product of a broken home, the 23 year old woman had relocated to California from the East Coast in hopes of discovering fame and fortune. She led a somewhat troubled, sometimes mysterious life, culminating in her murder, which to this day, remains unsolved. The Black Dahlia nickname is believed to have originated from her hairstyle and black attire, others believe the media created it in order to sensationalize the murder case.

The Mother Road

A lonely stretch of old Route 66 winds through Arizona just south of Las Vegas. Route 66, built in 1926, stretches 2448 miles from Chicago to Los Angeles and was the major cross country route at the time.

Safeway

In 1923, Skaggs Stores in San Francisco merged with the Sam Seelig chain in Los Angeles to become Safeway Stores. The above picture shows an unidentified Safeway location, probably in San Francisco's Nob Hill neighborhood.