Get short, timely messages from 1947project.

Twitter is a rich source of instantly updated information. It's easy to stay updated on an incredibly wide variety of topics. Join today and follow @1947project.

Get updates via SMS by texting follow 1947project to 40404 in the United States
Codes for other countries

Two-way (sending and receiving) short codes:
Country Code For customers of
Australia
  • 0198089488 Telstra
Canada
  • 21212 (any)
United Kingdom
  • 86444 Vodafone, Orange, 3, O2
Indonesia
  • 89887 AXIS, 3, Telkomsel
Ireland
  • 51210 O2
India
  • 53000 Bharti Airtel, Videocon
Jordan
  • 90903 Zain
New Zealand
  • 8987 Vodafone, Telecom NZ
United States
  • 40404 (any)

1947project

  1. Silent film historians on Facebook recognize exact Great Neck, NY house featured in rediscovered W.C. Fields film! on.fb.me/JDcGkV
  2. Never-before-seen 1928 home movie footage of W.C. Fields, shot by George Mann (photog of lost Bunker Hill). bit.ly/K9kldJ #dtla
  3. Join photog George Mann on a time travel trip down La Cienega c. 1954 & discover the dark side of Restaurant Row. bit.ly/KGupK0
  4. Finally available, George Mann's rare, full-color images of historic Bunker Hill, printed from the negatives. bit.ly/pCrH6Z #dtla
  5. Coming soon to On Bunker Hill: rediscovered 1950s George Mann pix of La Cienega Restaurant Row, and the dark tale of an heir, fleeced.
  6. Finally available, George Mann's rare, full-color images of historic Bunker Hill, printed from the negatives. bit.ly/pCrH6Z #dtla
  7. Finally available, George Mann's rare, full-color images of historic Bunker Hill, printed from the negatives. bit.ly/pCrH6Z #dtla
  8. Yet more newly-discovered 1950s color Los Angeles restaurant pix! Visit Bixby Knolls Restaurant Row today. bit.ly/KwRCBU #longbeach
  9. Stay tuned for yet MORE unseen-since-the-1960s vintage color L.A. restaurant photos by the great George Mann! bit.ly/JsJONA
  10. Finally available, George Mann's rare, full-color images of historic Bunker Hill, printed from the negatives. bit.ly/pCrH6Z #dtla
  11. 1947project exclusive: 1st time since the 1960s, see George Mann's 3-D photos of lost LA restaurant signs. Ep 1: Malibu bit.ly/HQuXvp
  12. Legendary literary residence the Garden of Allah in Hollywood, frozen in time in the 1940 census. bit.ly/HXm9mh #1940census
  13. Sorting thru a new cache of unseen vintage LA restaurant photos from the George Mann archives. Stay tuned to On Bunker Hill for a treat!
  14. 72 years ago today: Beth Short, high school student not yet The Black Dahlia, recorded in Medford, MA #1940census. bit.ly/IHWf6a
  15. Finally available, George Mann's rare, full-color images of historic Bunker Hill, printed from the negatives. bit.ly/pCrH6Z #dtla
  16. Finally available, George Mann's rare, full-color images of historic Bunker Hill, printed from the negatives. bit.ly/pCrH6Z #dtla
  17. @footage You've done it again! LA history geeks in ecstasy over 1946 color Rita Hayworth #dtla b-roll. bit.ly/H5tMar
  18. Newly unearthed 1946 downtown Los Angeles footage replicates Black Dahlia murder victim Beth Short's last walk. bit.ly/H5tMar #dtla
  19. Finally available, George Mann's rare, full-color images of historic Bunker Hill, printed from the negatives. bit.ly/pCrH6Z #dtla
  20. Another lost gem from George Mann's archives: W.C. Fields & Earl Carroll's gals in THE MORMON'S PRAYER (1928). bit.ly/FPOmut