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History, Los Angeles County
This blog is about Los Angeles' unique history reflected in the buildings, parks, and public spaces of the city and county.
Friday, September 7, 2012
Rams Band, 1953
This is for everyone who remembers the Los Angeles Rams, our previous football team. Their games were played at the Coliseum.
The Rams were not LA's first football team--we had the Hollywood Bears and the LA Bulldogs before them. The Rams were here from 1946 to 1980, when they moved to Anaheim--close enough, though not LA. In 1994, they rode away from the sunset, east to St.Louis.
They had an official band while in LA (long before the Embraceable Ewes) and thanks to Joe Hill, I have a picture of the band at a concert given in 1953, at the Veterans Memorial Auditorium in Culver City (the place with the giant film strip in the fountain).
Johnny Boudreau was the Band Director, and they worked all home games from 1946 to 1980.
They played before the game and at half time.
Joe is in the top row, far left. No idea who the little majorette and cohort are at bottom right, nor do I know if there's a story behind these piebald uniforms. Maybe Joe will comment--what colors were they, and why the two-tone design?
History, Los Angeles County
This blog is about Los Angeles' unique history reflected in the buildings, parks, and public spaces of the city and county.
Friday, September 7, 2012
Rams Band, 1953
This is for everyone who remembers the Los Angeles Rams, our previous football team. Their games were played at the Coliseum.
The Rams were not LA's first football team--we had the Hollywood Bears and the LA Bulldogs before them. The Rams were here from 1946 to 1980, when they moved to Anaheim--close enough, though not LA. In 1994, they rode away from the sunset, east to St.Louis.
They had an official band while in LA (long before the Embraceable Ewes) and thanks to Joe Hill, I have a picture of the band at a concert given in 1953, at the Veterans Memorial Auditorium in Culver City (the place with the giant film strip in the fountain).
Johnny Boudreau was the Band Director, and they worked all home games from 1946 to 1980.
They played before the game and at half time.
Joe is in the top row, far left. No idea who the little majorette and cohort are at bottom right, nor do I know if there's a story behind these piebald uniforms. Maybe Joe will comment--what colors were they, and why the two-tone design?
