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When Country Was King « TK Smith

By Michael Bates on March 6, 2026 6:01 PM | Permalink | TrackBacks (0)

When Country Was King « TK Smith

The ballrooms, dance halls, and honky-tonks of Los Angeles and Orange Counties in the 1940s and the bands that played them.

Panoramic view of Ventura and Reseda boulevards, Tarzana. - Panoramic view of Ventura and Reseda boulevards, Tarzana. (recto) - Photographs - Huntington Digital Library

By Michael Bates on March 6, 2026 5:49 PM | Permalink | TrackBacks (0)

Panoramic view of Ventura and Reseda boulevards, Tarzana. - Panoramic view of Ventura and Reseda boulevards, Tarzana. (recto) - Photographs - Huntington Digital Library

San Fernando Valley, 1946. The impressive Tarzana Rexall building, Lee's Roundup, a Western Swing dance hall. Here's the view today.

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