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The Dodge House on Kings Road (1916-1970)
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1860: Henry Hancock Acquires Rancho La Brea
1874: Desperado Tiburcio Vasquez Captured
1892: Victor Ponet Builds an Estate
1918: Nazimova Sets the Tone
1923: Wallace Reid’s Celebrity Scandal
1927: Garden of Allah Opens
1929: Chateau Marmont Opens
1931: Sunset Tower Opens
1932: Early Drag Show on the Strip
The Man Who Invented the Sunset Strip
1934: Cafe Trocadero Opens
1935: Bogart Moves to the Strip
1935: Bruz Fletcher’s Camp Style on the Strip
1944: Mother of All Celebrity Brawls
1948: Mobster King of the Strip
1948: Hollywood Madam Arrested
1951: Famous Stripper Arrested on the Strip
1954: Marilyn ‘Wrong Door’ Scandal
1958: Billionaire Cracks up on the Strip
1959: Garden’s Raucous Closing Party
