Niles District Fremont, CA September 21, 1998

In addition to the well known antique stores of Niles there is it's original claim to fame. That of Charlie Chaplin. In the early days of silent films Chaplin lived and ran his studio Essanay Studios, here in Niles. I've heard a number of different reasons as to why they left. One of them was that there was a couple of years where the weather just wasn't all that great. Looking elsewhere they headed down to LA. Who knows just how true that is...for all I know they just wanted to be close to Disneyland for holding company picnics. I think he may have filmed "The Tramp" here. They, being residents, sure pride themselves on the fact that Chaplin was from Niles for sure. Every year they hold "Charlie Chaplin Days". Perhaps it's somesort of a "Founders Day" type of thing. Thinking about it though I can't help but picture people waddling around town wearing black hats and carrying a cane. More on Niles>>

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