Pop Culture Historian Preserves LA’s Past While Looking to the Future

Pop Culture Historian Preserves LA’s Past While Looking to the Future
Alison Martino, creator of the Vintage Los Angeles online community, sits for a meal in a vintage restaurant. Courtesy of Alison Martino
Chris Karr
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Alison Martino calls herself a “DeLorean of the internet”—comparing herself to the iconic car that serves as a time machine in the movie “Back to the Future.”
The daughter of show business royalty, Martino has made it her life’s mission to preserve the pop-culture history of Southern California by creating Vintage Los Angeles, an online community with a thriving archive dedicated to documenting L.A.’s history, architecture, and show business.
Chris Karr
Chris Karr
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Chris Karr is a California-based reporter for the The Epoch Times. He has been writing for 20 years. His articles, features, reviews, interviews, and essays have been published in a variety of online periodicals.
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