Posted Jun 3, 2013, 7:48 PM
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Felt Factory for Los Angeles...
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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality
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Alfred Dolge, a German-born industrialist, arrived in California sometime soon after departing New York in 1898. By 1904 he developed a manufacturing town called Dolgeville, which became Southern California's first experiment in city planning for the working class. Sorry but Dolgeville just does not have a classy ring to it. I went to Alhambra High just a few blocks from this area. Cheryl Tiegs, famous model, attended AHS.*
Evidently "Dolgeville" is now a part of Alhambra. Read all about old Dolge here and Cheryl below that. My sister knew Cheryl but I never met her.:
http://losangelesrevisited.blogspot....ambra-cal.html
* http://img2.timeinc.net/people/i/201...iegs-1-435.jpg
Last edited by CityBoyDoug; Jun 3, 2013 at 8:01 PM.
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