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Monday, October 28. 2019

Gene Autry Museum Of The American West

The sons and I went yesterday to the Gene Autry Museum Of The American West, in north Griffith Park in Los Angeles. I'd heard good things but in all my decades in Southern California hadn't been there. If you are looking for a truly wonderful experience, go. There are costumes and homages to all the Western film cowboys from the silents to recent, including many Black ones in films you probably never heard of.  The museum has the complete Colt company collection of firearms from the 1800's forward, including those specially made for US Presidents. And much more.


There was one room showing clips from Gene Autry films. One clip only showed the song below, without the intro or follow-up. The jaws dropped among some of the women in the room, while the men (if they could get away with it) smiled.




Posted by Bruce Kesler at 15:15 | Comments (2) | Trackbacks (0)

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Sounds like a fun time, Bruce.

If/when I make it back to that part of the world I would like to see it.
#1 feeblemind on 2019-10-28 19:12 (Reply)
To bad it is in LA, I do not visit anything in CA.
#2 BykerBob on 2019-10-29 21:57 (Reply)

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