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...health overtaxed by Montmartre's fast-paced night life. Demanding the best in printing, colors and paper, he had gained little from his excursions into "commercial" art beyond the satisfaction of a job magnificently done. But by last week his posters, which had at one time decorated kiosks, boulevard hoardings and alley walls all over Paris, were collectors' items bringing prices up to $400 a copy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Montmartre Circus | 10/3/1949 | See Source »

Edgar J. Seherick, son of Mrs. J. J. Seherick and the late Mr. J. J. Seherick of 24 Monroe Boulevard will graduate next Thursday, June 23, from Harvard University...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE PRESS | 10/3/1949 | See Source »

...straightaway, flashlights ready to blink at the first sign of police. The first few cars took off with a roar, sped down the highway at 60, 70, 100 miles an hour. They ripped along two abreast, made oncoming motorists scurry to the side of the road. The boulevard's residents took one resigned look and telephoned the police...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CALIFORNIA: Gangway! | 9/26/1949 | See Source »

...squad cars sirened into the boulevard. The speedsters roared away in all directions, careering through side streets and bumping across empty fields with gnashing gears and wide-open throttles. As usual, police caught only a handful...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CALIFORNIA: Gangway! | 9/26/1949 | See Source »

...Dragons" & "Gents." Last week's rip through Sepulveda Boulevard (where 30 hot rodders condescended to mingle with jalopy racers) was just an impromptu "drag race," a hell-raising skirmish good for scaring the citizenry and testing the latest motor and fuel adjustments. The real hot rodders meet on weekends at the hard-packed sandy stretches in the dry lake beds of El Mirage, 106 miles northeast of Los Angeles. There, under careful racing conditions, hot-rod clubs known as the "Dragons," the "Cranks" or the "Gents" skim over the sand at speeds of 100 to 180 m.p.h...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CALIFORNIA: Gangway! | 9/26/1949 | See Source »

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