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A 1950 travel diary takes us on a journey by train, plane, automobile, and ship. Our author writes terrific entries describing the journey, the parties, the food and drink, and notes many famous people from Hollywood including her best friend, an Oscar nominated actress. An interesting connection to a famous and beloved race horse was discovered from this diary as well!
An example page of her writing and a pressed flower found within the pages.
They traveled on this train to California. Even after our extensive search, we still haven’t been able to find out who the author of this diary is.
Our author and her mother and their friends.
Actress Shirley Temple and her daughter who stayed at the same hotel as our author while in Hawaii.
Oscar nominated actress, Andrea Leeds Howard, our author’s best friend.
Early 1900’s photo of the Beverly Hills Hotel.
The Beverly Hills Hotel as it looked at the time our author visited in 1950.
To hear this episode:
https://www.sallysdiaries.com/podcast/episode/4ce1a9b2/12-hawaii-hollywood-and-a-horse
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