Hancock Park, Los Angeles
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Hancock Park is a residential neighborhood in the Wilshire area of Los Angeles, California. Developed in the 1920s, the neighborhood features architecturally distinctive residences, many of which were
The historic Petitfils-Boos House
Hancock Park Addition advertisement, 1921
Neighborhood sign at Highland Avenue and Melrose Avenue
HPOZ signage at Rossmore and Melrose Avenues
Nat King Cole
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Nathaniel Adams Coles, known professionally as Nat King Cole, was an American singer, jazz pianist, and actor. Cole's career as a jazz and pop vocalist started in the late 1930s and spanned almost thr
Hancock Park, Los Angeles
…Jorge Rocha. Residential development under the "Hancock Park" name began around 1919, allegedly because "his oil derricks were running dry." In 1948, Nat King Cole and his family purchased a $65,000 Tudor mansion in Hancock Park, becoming the first African American family to do so. This started a series of protests…
Cole in 1947
Nat King Cole, Paramount Theater, New York City, November 1946
King Cole Trio Time on NBC with Cole on piano, Oscar Moore on guitar, and Johnny Miller on double bass, 1947
The Capitol Records Building, known as "The House That Nat Built" on Vine St.