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Archive for February, 2011

An ARC Update

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by Winston Gieseke
Vice President, Museum/ARC

I hope you all had a wonderful holiday season and are working hard to keep your New Years resolutions!

Cecil B. DeMille: Special CC Police Officer!

I hope one of your goals for the new year was to seep yourself in Culver City history, and I invite you to stop by the museum and see our newest items on display. In addition to the exciting wardrobe pieces set up by our costume chair, Louise Coffey-Webb (see page 6 for details), we have an original badge presented to legendary movie director Cecil B. DeMille in 1927 when he was appointed a Special Police Officer of Culver City. The badge was donated to the museum by Culver City’s former
police chief, Ted Cooke.

(For you history buffs, 1927 was the same year “First Street” became known as Overland Avenue. For more interesting facts from our city’s rich history, visit CulverCityHistoricalSociety.org and check out our work-in-progress timeline.)

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February 1, 2011 | Categories: Events | Comments Off