A Fourth Of July Gallery

The Coliseum fireworks show in 1952 (above) was an enduring event.

Here’s a publicity photo from 1955 that featured Miss Firecracker (Camille Williams) and an American Legion Special Events director.

Here is a cheesier publiticy photo taken outside the Coliseum in 1955. If you look closely, you can see the truck driver has lipstick on his forehead.

The event was big enough in 1959 to draw Vice President Richard Nixon, his 11-year-old daughter Julie and Japanese Consul General Yukio Hasumi.

And finally, another look at the 1952 show.

56 thoughts on “A Fourth Of July Gallery

  1. Thank you Scott. Beautiful photo of Nixon, his daughter, and the Japanese Counsel General.

    I wonder what ever happened to Miss Firecracker.

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      1. Just checked —she was California Beauty Queen of the 50’s —she was born in 1931 and passed in 2015.

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  2. Nice to see pics of what used to be and could still be if the commie leftists would stfu and get unwoke. It is time to take back what they have stolen from us. Our culture.

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    1. Gabby aka The Guy who posts as So Cal's Wife & LawyerJohn & Plow Horse & Pudly & steveg49 & DOJ & Scott Wolf and Frank Young's avatar Gabby aka The Guy who posts as So Cal's Wife & LawyerJohn & Plow Horse & Pudly & steveg49 & DOJ & Scott Wolf and Frank Young says:

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      1. If Trump were threatening Americans with F-16’s, the other side would be screaming to high heaven! But when it’s their guy, it’s no problem.

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      2. Gabby aka The Guy who posts as So Cal's Wife & LawyerJohn & Plow Horse & Pudly & steveg49 & DOJ & Scott Wolf and Frank Young's avatar Gabby aka The Guy who posts as So Cal's Wife & LawyerJohn & Plow Horse & Pudly & steveg49 & DOJ & Scott Wolf and Frank Young says:

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      3. it must suck when you lack the discretionary income to buy your own stash of coke….poor pussy boy…..go service your sister-wife

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      4. Gabby aka The Guy who posts as So Cal's Wife & LawyerJohn & Plow Horse & Pudly & steveg49 & DOJ & Scott Wolf and Frank Young's avatar Gabby aka The Guy who posts as So Cal's Wife & LawyerJohn & Plow Horse & Pudly & steveg49 & DOJ & Scott Wolf and Frank Young says:

        It will suck tomorrow night when you have all your teeth knocked out at the Mugging at Miami, Cowardly Gabby. and no, I won’t be volunteering to give you a blood transfusion afterwards. I bet Inquisitive Libtard will volunteer.

        Chickenshit Gabby is a Butthurt Narcissist
        JULY 4, 2023 AT 4:38 AM
        Chickenshit Gabby is just your typical modern day leftist – low IQ and prone to violence. Meanwhile, Chickenshit Gabby is routinely mocked, and rightfully so, for claiming a friendship with another man’s wife. Chickenshit Gabby would do everyone a favor if he decided to follow another sports program, since Chickenshit Gabby neither attended nor has anything to do with USC.

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      5. Just to be clear, gotroy22(aka fake gabby) needs treatment for her paranoid schizophrenia condition. It is a fairly common (and can be severe) mental illness: about 0.32% of the population suffers from it. [Let’s see. There were 331 million Americans in the 2020 Census. I don’t believe they diagnose it (for sure) until one’s late teenage years, so let’s apply it to those Americans and Traitors like Fake Gabby 18 and over. Google says that 258 million Americans are 18 years old & older: 258 million x 0.0032 = 825,600 people adults who suffer from paranoid schizophrenia, just like Fake Gabby…

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      6. Gabby aka The Guy who posts as So Cal's Wife & LawyerJohn & Plow Horse & Pudly & steveg49 & DOJ & Scott Wolf and Frank Young's avatar Gabby aka The Guy who posts as So Cal's Wife & LawyerJohn & Plow Horse & Pudly & steveg49 & DOJ & Scott Wolf and Frank Young says:

        I can’t wait to watch the Mugging in Miami tomorrow night. Cowardly Gabby will finally get her just reward for threatening posters here.

        Chickenshit Gabby is a Butthurt Narcissist
        JULY 4, 2023 AT 10:36 PM
        South Beach Boxing on Washington and 7th. No excuses! Be there at 4pm ET. Not a minute later. No fucking excuses, Chickenshit Gabby. Identify yourself when you get there and I’ll be waiting for you. If you don’t show, then you will confirm yourself as chickenshit.

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      7. Gabby aka The Guy who posts as So Cal's Wife & LawyerJohn & Pudly & Plow Horse & steveg49 & DOJ & Scott Wolf and Frank Young's avatar Gabby aka The Guy who posts as So Cal's Wife & LawyerJohn & Pudly & Plow Horse & steveg49 & DOJ & Scott Wolf and Frank Young says:

        Four hours until Cowardly Gabby’s beat down and look who hasn’t left for the airport yet- Cowardly Gabby!

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      8. I am in Miami banging your daughter….the pussy is exactly how you described it….thanks for sharing

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    2. veg-head and his follow MAGATs….with 20 different opinions on what woke means….it’s fucking embarrassing

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      1. Gabby aka The Guy who posts as So Cal's Wife & LawyerJohn & Plow Horse & Pudly & steveg49 & DOJ & Scott Wolf and Frank Young's avatar Gabby aka The Guy who posts as So Cal's Wife & LawyerJohn & Plow Horse & Pudly & steveg49 & DOJ & Scott Wolf and Frank Young says:

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      2. Gabby aka The Guy who posts as So Cal's Wife & LawyerJohn & Plow Horse & Pudly & steveg49 & DOJ & Scott Wolf and Frank Young's avatar Gabby aka The Guy who posts as So Cal's Wife & LawyerJohn & Plow Horse & Pudly & steveg49 & DOJ & Scott Wolf and Frank Young says:

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  3. Fetal Alcohol syndrome signs and symptoms:
    Poor memory
    Trouble with attention and with processing information
    Difficulty with reasoning and problem-solving
    Difficulty identifying consequences of choices
    Poor judgment skills
    Jitteriness or hyperactivity
    Rapidly changing moods
    Inclined to vote Democratic
    Social and behavioral issues

    Problems in functioning, coping and interacting with others may include:

    Difficulty in school
    Trouble getting along with others
    Poor social skills
    Trouble adapting to change or switching from one task to another
    Problems with behavior and impulse control
    Poor concept of time
    Problems staying on task
    Difficulty planning or working toward a goal

    Anybody recognize a poster here?

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      1. What posters have said about the blog dunce, also known as the village idiot. He’ll deny it was said about him

        So Cal,
        I don’t mind political talk (topical, etc) but going to the same sorry trope of Biden & Dementia reeks of desperation for acceptance, and I am NOT a fan of Biden. It’s low hanging fruit and it’s lazy. Take it to Facebook

        So Cal,
        Say what you want about Biden, you’re entitled to your opinion. Please find another forum to vent your grievances other than “InsideUSC”. You said the blog was a place to root for USC athletic programs. Instead of looking like a major hypocrite post content related to its intended purpose.

        SoCal, I really can’t believe you attended USC? YOU must admit you have turned this blog into hating Biden for a long time since Wolf changed server. Talk Trojan football or any of their 19/20 teams competing in
        the NCAA

        So Cal, You’ve been telling us every day for two years now how Biden is senile and unfit to run the country and now he’s also a ruthless dictator capable of systematically destroying his opposition. Did you change your mind or is JB doing double duty?

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      2. Gabby aka The Guy who posts as So Cal's Wife & LawyerJohn & Plow Horse & Pudly & steveg49 & DOJ & Scott Wolf and Frank Young's avatar Gabby aka The Guy who posts as So Cal's Wife & LawyerJohn & Plow Horse & Pudly & steveg49 & DOJ & Scott Wolf and Frank Young says:

        Look at Cowardly Gabby with delusions of grandeur that he is the Blog Monitor. I can’t wait for you to get knocked out tomorrow night and maybe your personality will improve !

        Or will you chicken out again?

        Chickenshit Gabby is a Butthurt Narcissist
        JULY 4, 2023 AT 10:07 PM
        Meet me in Miami at 4pm ET tomorrow, Chickenshit Gabby! If you aren’t there, you are only proving your name. I don’t want to hear any excuses! None! No fucking excuses! Tomorrow at 4pm ET! Be there or everyone will know for a fact that you are a true chicken

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      3. There’s a description for gotroll22’s condition, here it is…

        Imposter syndrome is the condition of feeling anxious and not experiencing success internally. This condition often results in people feeling like “a fraud” or “a phony” and doubting their abilities.

        In other words, the imposter is a no life low life loser with nothing better to do than to subconsciously hate on himself.

        It’s condition manifests itself when he or she has to pretend to be someone else because it’s own being is too pathetic.

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      4. Gabby aka The Guy who posts as So Cal's Wife & LawyerJohn & Plow Horse & Pudly & steveg49 & DOJ & Scott Wolf and Frank Young's avatar Gabby aka The Guy who posts as So Cal's Wife & LawyerJohn & Plow Horse & Pudly & steveg49 & DOJ & Scott Wolf and Frank Young says:

        Even Bill Clinton didn’t snort coke in the White House, Cowardly Gabby! The Biden Crime Family can do anything and you support them.

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      5. It really is hilarious how many times she’s copied & pasted things in order to feel better about her delusions. I have neither the time nor the desire to go back and copy all the stuff people have posted about her.

        That’s the difference between being mentally unstable and not.

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      6. Gabby aka The Guy who posts as So Cal's Wife & LawyerJohn & Plow Horse & Pudly & steveg49 & DOJ & Scott Wolf and Frank Young's avatar Gabby aka The Guy who posts as So Cal's Wife & LawyerJohn & Plow Horse & Pudly & steveg49 & DOJ & Scott Wolf and Frank Young says:

        Cowardly Gabby will be creeping around on all 4s calling for her Mommie after she gets beaten to a pulp tomorrow!

        Chickenshit Gabby is a Butthurt Narcissist
        JULY 4, 2023 AT 10:36 PM
        South Beach Boxing on Washington and 7th. No excuses! Be there at 4pm ET. Not a minute later. No fucking excuses, Chickenshit Gabby. Identify yourself when you get there and I’ll be waiting for you. If you don’t show, then you will confirm yourself as chickenshit.

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      7. Frank Young
        JULY 1, 2023 AT 4:50 AM
        Gotroy,

        Gabby (original) and Plow Horse both refused challenges to travel to the others home turf to fight so I suggested they meet halfway in Barstow.
        Gabby accepted and Plow Horse went silent.
        Why are you not calling out Plow Horse as the one who is avoiding a fair fight?

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      8. Gabby aka The Guy who posts as So Cal's Wife & LawyerJohn & Plow Horse & Pudly & steveg49 & DOJ & Scott Wolf and Frank Young's avatar Gabby aka The Guy who posts as So Cal's Wife & LawyerJohn & Plow Horse & Pudly & steveg49 & DOJ & Scott Wolf and Frank Young says:

        Fake Gabby thinks posting his scock puppets comments excuses him from chickening out from 2 invitations to put up or shut up!

        Chickenshit Gabby is a Butthurt Narcissist
        JULY 4, 2023 AT 10:36 PM
        South Beach Boxing on Washington and 7th. No excuses! Be there at 4pm ET. Not a minute later. No fucking excuses, Chickenshit Gabby. Identify yourself when you get there and I’ll be waiting for you. If you don’t show, then you will confirm yourself as chickenshit.

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      9. She loves to copy posts about ME from months ago, yet claims I’m obsessed with her! LMAO

        Her stupidity knows no bounds!!

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      10. What posters have said about slo troll. It chaps his ass when reminded of his stupidity

        Stop lying. Jesus! That cocaine was found in the visitor area AND NOT THE WEST WING! Biden is not that important to be so obsessed with! What’s wrong with you Qanon nutjobs? Biden sucks! We all know it! Why don’t you run for President? Fishwives!!!

        So Cal,
        I don’t mind political talk (topical, etc) but going to the same sorry trope of Biden & Dementia reeks of desperation for acceptance, and I am NOT a fan of Biden. It’s low hanging fruit and it’s lazy. Take it to Facebook

        So Cal,
        Say what you want about Biden, you’re entitled to your opinion. Please find another forum to vent your grievances other than “InsideUSC”. You said the blog was a place to root for USC athletic programs. Instead of looking like a major hypocrite post content related to its intended purpose.

        SoCal, I really can’t believe you attended USC? YOU must admit you have turned this blog into hating Biden for a long time since Wolf changed server. Talk Trojan football or any of their 19/20 teams competing in
        the NCAA

        So Cal, You’ve been telling us every day for two years now how Biden is senile and unfit to run the country and now he’s also a ruthless dictator capable of systematically destroying his opposition. Did you change your mind or is JB doing double duty?

        A FEW OF THE MANY

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      11. Gabby aka The Guy who posts as So Cal's Wife & LawyerJohn & Pudly & Plow Horse & steveg49 & DOJ & Scott Wolf and Frank Young's avatar Gabby aka The Guy who posts as So Cal's Wife & LawyerJohn & Pudly & Plow Horse & steveg49 & DOJ & Scott Wolf and Frank Young says:

        Cowardly Gabby is melting down now that she no showed to fly to Miami!

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      1. Gabby aka The Guy who posts as So Cal's Wife & LawyerJohn & Plow Horse & Pudly & steveg49 & DOJ & Scott Wolf and Frank Young's avatar Gabby aka The Guy who posts as So Cal's Wife & LawyerJohn & Plow Horse & Pudly & steveg49 & DOJ & Scott Wolf and Frank Young says:

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    1. Fetal Alcohol syndrome signs and symptoms:
      Poor memory
      Trouble with attention and with processing information
      Difficulty with reasoning and problem-solving
      Difficulty identifying consequences of choices
      Poor judgment skills
      Jitteriness or hyperactivity
      Rapidly changing moods
      Inclined to vote Republican
      Social and behavioral issues

      Problems in functioning, coping and interacting with others may include:

      Difficulty in school
      Trouble getting along with others
      Poor social skills
      Trouble adapting to change or switching from one task to another
      Problems with behavior and impulse control
      Poor concept of time
      Problems staying on task
      Difficulty planning or working toward a goal

      Anybody recognize a poster here?

      YES!!!!! slo cal (aka blog dunce) and gotroy22(aka fake gabby and pussy boy)

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      1. Gabby aka The Guy who posts as So Cal's Wife & LawyerJohn & Plow Horse & Pudly & steveg49 & DOJ & Scott Wolf and Frank Young's avatar Gabby aka The Guy who posts as So Cal's Wife & LawyerJohn & Plow Horse & Pudly & steveg49 & DOJ & Scott Wolf and Frank Young says:

        Cowardly Gabby is a chicken and a liar!

        Plow Horse
        JUNE 22, 2023 AT 9:57 PM
        Gabby:

        You have offended my wife, my mother and my father. All sexual inferences. I let the first two go because they are both deceased but not my wife. You are the one who offended my family, not visa versa. I have never brought your wife or parents into anything. It is therefore my call – boxing gym in Pasadena CA, Mr. tough guy. Give me a date and I will make the arrangements. Stop being a chickensh*t.

        And nobody believes you are friends with Dana White. If you ever read the news, he is a staunch conservative who left the country during Covid so that the Dems. couldn’t shut down UFC. He wouldn’t allow a pussy leftist like yourself anywhere near his octagon. Rummaging the dumpster outside of the premises for plastic bottles redeemable for 20 cents doesn’t mean you know Dana White you leftist, racist, pussy.

        Give me available dates.

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      2. Just to be clear, gotroy22(aka fake gabby) needs treatment for her paranoid schizophrenia condition. It is a fairly common (and can be severe) mental illness: about 0.32% of the population suffers from it. [Let’s see. There were 331 million Americans in the 2020 Census. I don’t believe they diagnose it (for sure) until one’s late teenage years, so let’s apply it to those Americans and Traitors like Fake Gabby 18 and over. Google says that 258 million Americans are 18 years old & older: 258 million x 0.0032 = 825,600 people adults who suffer from paranoid schizophrenia, just like Fake Gabby…

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      3. Everyone on the blog knows Cal was referring to her.

        Her denial about all things the rest of us consider reality is comical.

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      4. Gabby aka The Guy who posts as So Cal's Wife & LawyerJohn & Pudly & Plow Horse & steveg49 & DOJ & Scott Wolf and Frank Young's avatar Gabby aka The Guy who posts as So Cal's Wife & LawyerJohn & Pudly & Plow Horse & steveg49 & DOJ & Scott Wolf and Frank Young says:

        Fake Gabby is proud of her Dictator Senile Joe:

        STRUGGLING JOE: “Inprolly but… children are the kite strings… I’m sorry, they’re not somebody elsha shin, they alla chidrin… They’re kyestrings that lift our nation ambitions aloft. You wholetho strings!

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  4. I remember attending in the late 50’s – they had this stunt where a guy would stand on his head while attached to a long flexible pole and then as the pole was ‘raised’ he’d go swinging back and forth.
    Then there was ‘Mary’s Hour’ all pre-Vatican II

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  5. Shtoink Clownsters!

    “Texas A&M football lands top ’24 WR Cameron Coleman.” ~ ESPN

    L “I love Vegas” R takes one in the shorts. LR claims it feels good.

    Oh well, no biggie; “Cause SUCC has already signed eighty-three (83) new WR’s.

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  6. You should thank The Trojans that they tossed you some welfare in the form of Kyle Ford. It won’t make any difference. #Shouldn’tPlayWithMatchesOnTheForth

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    1. You hopa, hopa, hopa hope.

      I always have a safe and sane forth. Now on the other hand, Shitty P, loves a dangerous, near disastrous forth.

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