by Kim Cooper | Sep 5, 2020 | The Esotouric Blog
As history loving Angelenos enter our sixth trying month of shuttered archives and libraries, the Getty Research Institute just dropped a thrilling bombshell with the release of the Research Collections Viewer, an online access tool to high resolution scans of...
by Kim Cooper | Sep 4, 2020 | The Esotouric Blog
Our newest special newsletter edition for subscribers is out today, featuring a fascinating artifact that’s tucked away in a non-public area of the Morgan, Walls and Clements’ 1927 Mayan Theatre on Hill Street downtown. (We also have a free newsletter...
by Kim Cooper | Aug 29, 2020 | The Esotouric Blog
Above: Nathan Marsak confirms that reports of the disappearance of the Adohr Milk Farms neon are premature Los Angeles sign freaks have been all in a lather this week, as word spread like gas from a leaking neon tube about a previously unknown 1920s-era Adohr Milk...
by Kim Cooper | Aug 27, 2020 | The Esotouric Blog
Like so many of you, the pandemic has shrunk the size of our world. We haven’t gone out much at all since March, only to witness once-in-a-lifetime sign removals, keep the car engine humming on our socially distanced local road trips, and attend to unavoidable...
by Kim Cooper | Aug 22, 2020 | The Esotouric Blog
If you’ve spent any time cruising the surface streets of Alhambra, you’ve encountered the gorgeous Art Deco neon pole signs that mark the city boundaries.You see ALHAMBRA when entering town and COME AGAIN SOON on your way out. One of these 1930s-era signs...
