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Chris's Collection: Objects that represent LA's 232 years
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Sep 4, 2013
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Chris's Collection: Objects that represent LA's 232 years
Los Angeles officially turns 232 today. To mark the occasion, Los Angeles Magazine has been celebrating with a virtual collection of objects that represents LA. in a feature they're calling Display Case.
Art LaBoe bobble head.
Art LaBoe bobble head.
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Famous Amos cookie tin.
Famous Amos cookie tin.
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Chris Nichols/LA Magazine
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Old glass Sparkletts bottle.
Old glass Sparkletts bottle.
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Chris Nichols/LA Magazine
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Los Angeles officially turns 232 today. To mark the occasion, Los Angeles Magazine has been celebrating with a virtual collection of objects that represents LA. in a feature they're calling Display Case.

Today is a very special birthday. Our fair city of Los Angeles officially turns 232 today.

That makes the city of Angels older than Chicago, Atlanta, and Washington DC.

To mark the occasion, Los Angeles Magazine has been celebrating with a virtual collection of objects that represents LA. in a feature they're calling Display Case. 

Editor Chris Nichols is curating the collection, and he stopped by recently with a few of the objects