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Title |
The Red Lion Tavern, Silver Lake, 2014 |
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Description |
Red Lion Tavern owner and staff interviews at the Red Lion Tavern, 2366 Glendale Boulevard, Silver Lake, 2014 August 16. The SLHC interviewed Aidas J. Mattis and Edita L. Mattis (owners) and Roswita Mattern, Elsa Hohls and Elke Christopher (longtime employees). The group related the history of the iconic Red Lion Tavern from its beginnings as a British pub in 1959 and how it become a landmark German bar and restaurant in 1963. It was eventually purchased by Uwe Bracken and Hans Loderich in 1981, later joined by Walter Hohls. Since 2004, it has been owned by the Mattis family (mother and son), Edita met her future husband there after church one Sunday when it was a very popular place with St. Casimir Lithuanian Church parishioners. Roswita, Elsa and Elke shared stories of regular customers and their antics including one who painted a crosswalk across Glendale Boulvard so he could cross the street more safely. Part of a series of oral histories "The people of Silver Lake". Available on YouTube at https://youtu.be/hmwdT-cJM08 |
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Subject (topic) |
People of Silver Lake |
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Subject (personal name) |
Mattis, Aidas J.; Mattis, Edita; Hohls, Elsa; Maltern, Roswita; Christopher, Elke |
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Geographic subject (roadway) |
2366 Glendale Boulevard |
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Geographic subject (city or populated place) |
Los Angeles |
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Geographic subject (county) |
Los Angeles |
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Geographic subject (state) |
California |
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Geographic subject (country) |
USA |
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Geographic subject (other) |
Silver Lake; Red Lion Tavern |
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Geographic coordinates |
34.099234,-118.258890 |
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Coverage date |
1959/2014 |
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Contributor |
Silver Lake Neighborhood Council. Silver Lake Historical Committee. Silver Lake History Collective; Masterson, Michael, interviewer; Larsen, Marco, camera |
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Date created |
2014-08-16 |
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Type |
video |
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Format |
1 video (00:45:04) |
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Format (aat) |
oral histories (document genres) |
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Format (imt) |
video/mp4 |
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Language |
English |
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Contributing entity |
Silver Lake Neighborhood Council. Silver Lake Historical Committee. Silver Lake History Collective |
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Part of collection |
Silver Lake History Collective |
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Rights |
Silver Lake Neighborhood Council; Mattis, Aidas J.; Mattis, Edita; Hohls, Elsa; Maltern, Roswita; Christopher, Elke |
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Physical access |
All requests for permission to publish or quote from the collection must be submitted in writing to the Manuscripts Librarian. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained. |
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Repository name |
USC Libraries. Special Collections. Bob Herzog Memorial Archives |
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Repository address |
Doheny Memorial Library 206, 3550 Trousdale Parkway, Los Angeles, California, 90089-0189 |
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Repository email |
specol@usc.edu |
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Filename |
SLHC_RedLion_08-16-14.mp4 |
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Archival file |
Volume14/SLHC_RedLion_08-16-14.mp4 |
