The winter Olympic Games have begun in Torino, and I can't help but think back to the role Los Angeles has played in Olympic history. Everyone knows of the work the City did in 1984 - the most success (financially) Olympics ever. But 1932 is when it all started. Baldwin Hills was the site of the first ever Olympic Village. That was for the men, but the woman stayed in the more luxurious downtown Chapman Park Hotel, which was razed in the late 1960s for the Equitable Building.
The Library has some great photos with detailed captions here.
One thing was for sure: in 1932, girls loved to spell things out with oversized letters...
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