We’re In Good Company

The Hollywood Sign debuted 100 years ago, the same year that Solheim adopted its first set of By-Laws.  Other entities with 1923 beginnings were the Los Angeles Coliseum, the Biltmore Hotel, Disney Brothers Cartoon Studios, and Aimee Semple McPherson’s Angelus Temple (now the Foursquare Gospel Church).

Why 1923?  Los Angeles was booming, with a surging real estate market, the movie industry, oil wells and great weather.  “It’s because Los Angeles delivers the goods.  You betcha.”  Unabashed boosterism.

And Solheim?  Its existence was due to one man who was a booster for service to “Good Old Folks”, and who had the ability to gather a group of dedicated, committed men to fulfill his dream.

Sources: 

“The Hollywood sign debuted 100 years ago in 1923, the year of L.A.’s ‘Big Bang’” by Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, February 16, 2023

“Solheim Lutheran Home, Its Life and Times, 1923-1996” by Elizabeth Batchelder and Joyce Dohlin, 1996

Photo:  Hollywood Sign