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Originally Posted by MartinTurnbull
I just came across this place, called "Mammy's Shack." Evidentally, it was in Culver City and famous for its squab dinners. Has anybody come across this before? Any specific address? Dates?
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Originally Posted by Tourmaline
5687 West Washington Blvd., CC
Noticed a few articles (Van Nuys News) about the place from '25 through mid '30s but have not been able to access them.
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Following up on the Van Nuys News references, they seem to be about a business called Mammy's Shack at 16918 Ventura Boulevard.
The articles aren't accessible without a subscription, but they do include a freely readable transcript of the text. The text has been scanned through a computer, so some parts are more intelligible than others.
I also found
a Microsoft Word document about Sons of the Pioneers musician Hugh Farr. It includes the paragraph below:
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The family moved around a lot, eventually ending up in Encino, California, where Hugh tried construction work. Before too long he had found work at Mammy's Shack, a bar on Ventura Boulevard and he decided making music was more in his line. He stayed at Mammy's Shack for three years until the place burned to the ground.
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The story seems to be confirmed by
a PDF file about the Farr Brothers.
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Great work by everyone who posted above. So many interesting things to read
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