Los Angeles in the Interwar Period

The atlas holds 7 people and 19 moments here, from 1918 to 1939. The most recorded lives are Albert Einstein, Walt Disney and Ronald Reagan.

Albert Einstein
from 1931 to 1933
5 moments here
German-born theoretical physicist who transformed modern physics through special and general relativity, foundational work on quantum theory, and…
Walt Disney
from 1923 to 1939
4 moments here
Walter Elias Disney was an American animator, film producer, voice actor, and entrepreneur. His documented movements include childhood residences in…
Ronald Reagan
in 1937
2 moments here
American broadcaster, actor, labor leader, governor of California, and 40th president of the United States.…
Charlie Chaplin
from 1918 to 1932
2 moments here
English actor, comedian, director, writer, producer and composer whose screen persona, the Tramp, became an international icon.…
Marilyn Monroe
from 1926 to 1935
2 moments here
American actress and model born Norma Jeane Mortenson. This chronology maps verified places where Monroe lived, worked, traveled, performed, filmed,…
Marlene Dietrich
from 1931 to 1934
2 moments here
German-American actress and singer Marlene Dietrich (Marie Magdalene Dietrich) was born in Berlin and achieved international fame through stage,…
Judy Garland
in 1935
2 moments here
American actress, singer, and vaudevillian, born Frances Ethel Gumm. Garland rose from childhood vaudeville and MGM musical films to become a major…