Exploring the History of Hollywood High School - the Traughber Family’s Alma Mater
Traughbers, Margaret Traugher, Hollywood High School, Hollywood, 1359 N. La Brea Avenue Tonya Graham McQuade Traughbers, Margaret Traugher, Hollywood High School, Hollywood, 1359 N. La Brea Avenue Tonya Graham McQuade

Exploring the History of Hollywood High School - the Traughber Family’s Alma Mater

In which I discuss the history of Hollywood High School, from which my grandmother, Margaret Ruth Traughber, and her brothers all graduated; and share photos and stories from her 1927 senior yearbook.

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Living Across from Charlie Chaplin Studio: The Traughbers’ First-Hand View of the Hollywood Movie Industry (and a Look at Charlie Chaplin)
Traughbers, 1359 N. La Brea Avenue, Hollywood, Charlie Chaplin, Charlie Chaplin Studio, Frank Traugber, Margaret Traughber, William Francis Traughber, Nora Petree Traughber Tonya Graham McQuade Traughbers, 1359 N. La Brea Avenue, Hollywood, Charlie Chaplin, Charlie Chaplin Studio, Frank Traugber, Margaret Traughber, William Francis Traughber, Nora Petree Traughber Tonya Graham McQuade

Living Across from Charlie Chaplin Studio: The Traughbers’ First-Hand View of the Hollywood Movie Industry (and a Look at Charlie Chaplin)

In which I discuss my grandmother ‘s experience growing up in Hollywood at 1359 N. La Brea Avenue across from Charlie Chaplin’s Studio, her brother Frank’s experience working for Charlie Chaplin, and her family’s experience of having a “front row view” of the growth of the Hollywood movie industry. Oh, and I also talk a lot about Charlie Chaplin!

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