Since 1912, Western Costume Company has supplied costumes for film, television, stage, and school productions. In 1915, this costume house established the first production research library. Today the library’s holdings document what people around the world have worn throughout the ages. The library’s archival holdings consist of costume sketches, historic costumes, and the Twentieth Century Fox…

The Zoellner (FamilyString) Quartet and the Zoellner Conservatory of Music at 3839 Wilshire Boulevard was famous in America and in Los Angeles in particular. Albert Einstein, Charlie Chaplin, Will Rogers, and musical luminaries all knew Joseph Zoellner, Sr. and his 3 children, who all at one time taught at Carleton, Pepperdine, Occidental, and Ponoma Colleges. Amandus, my grandfather Joseph…