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Just up the street, at the corner of Crenshaw and Washington Blvd. one month after this ad appeared in the Times, French actress Sarah Bernhardt (1844-1923) became one of the first celebrities to be injured in an automobile accident in the City of Angels.
http://articles.latimes.com/2010/oct...-then-20101023
This LA Times article, in retelling the tale, mentions many aspects of 1913 LA we like to ponder.