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When I Think of Home: Images from L.A. Archives

Pasadena Cycleway looking north from the Raymond Hotel, 1900

Horace Dobbins dreamed of building the first ever elevated cycleway from Pasadena to Los Angeles. The construction began in 1899 and the first phase was completed and just under 1.5 miles of cycle pathway from Hotel Green was open to the public on January 1st, 1900. Unfortunately, the next phase of construction of this cycleway never took place. This photograph shows a view looking north from Raymond Hotel. Tracks in foreground are Santa Fe Rail Road. Fair Oaks Avenue in Pasadena is on left side.

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1. A Chance to Make History, Jackie Goldberg Flyer, 1993
2. Charles Richter with seismometer that he kept in the living room of his home, ca. 1963 Many of us take our work home, but for Caltech seismologist Charles F. Richter (1900-1985) that meant keeping a full-sized seismograph in his living room, where he fielded earthquake queries at any time. Richter quipped that the instrument was a great conversation starter for his guests. In the 1930s Richter in collaboration with Beno Gutenberg had developed the eponymous earthquake magnitude scale, the first to characterize the absolute energy of shaking rather than structural damage.
3. House of lightning Entrance to Caltech’s High Voltage Research Laboratory, the first facility to produce million-volt discharges. It was home to groundbreaking research that helped "make" Caltech, including technological innovations for Southern California Edison, the transmutation of elements, neutron-beam generation, and radiation therapy. Lee Lawrie sculpted the dramatic art-deco frieze (1923) on Bertram Goodhue’s façade, depicting two men pulling a cable to create a powerful burst. The frieze was demolished in 1959 when the building was repurposed.
4. Clara Bow at home, ca. 1928.
5. Dean Martin with his wife Jeanne Martin at home, July 8, 1955.
6. Disneyland Opening
7. Dedication of the Arroyo Seco Parkway
8. Governor Knight at Freeway Opening Freeways are a staple of the landscape of Los Angeles County. In this image from 1954, Goodwin Knight (1896-1970), the 31st Governor of California who served from 1953-1959, cuts a ribbon at the opening of the Los Angeles River Freeway State Route 15. Today this freeway is known as the Long Beach Freeway/Interstate 710. This photograph was taken by Joseph Risinger, a photographer for the Long Beach Press Telegram.
9. Pasadena Cycleway looking north from the Raymond Hotel, 1900 Horace Dobbins dreamed of building the first ever elevated cycleway from Pasadena to Los Angeles. The construction began in 1899 and the first phase was completed and just under 1.5 miles of cycle pathway from Hotel Green was open to the public on January 1st, 1900. Unfortunately, the next phase of construction of this cycleway never took place. This photograph shows a view looking north from Raymond Hotel. Tracks in foreground are Santa Fe Rail Road. Fair Oaks Avenue in Pasadena is on left side.
10. Fat Liberation Manifesto, 1973 The Fat Liberation Manifesto expressed the values of the first feminist Fat Liberation organization, the Fat Underground. Formed in 1973 by radical therapists Judy Freespirit and Sara Golda Bracha Fishman, it took a revolutionary stance against the harmful practices of the diet industry and doctors. As Freespirit wrote, "In the beginning, people giggled when we talked about Fat Liberation. Now . . . there are hundreds of thousands of fat activists and allies."
11. SOUL Newspaper
12. Founding Celebration II: Del Martinez and Lauren Jardine, 1987 Connexxus was one of the first Los Angeles based non-profit organizations ran by and for women, particularly lesbians. Del Martinez and Lauren Jardine, shown here, opened Connexxus in January of 1985 on Santa Monica Boulevard in West Hollywood. The thriving center included a library, coffee house, and meeting spaces and services like workshops and counseling. In 1986, it opened Connexxus East / Centro de Mujeres and reached out to Latina lesbians specifically.
13. Research photographs of Boyle Heights taken by location scout Rony Shinoin for REAL WOMEN HAVE CURVES (2002) REAL WOMEN HAVE CURVES (2002), directed by Patricia Cardoso, is celebrated for its nuanced portrayal of a working-class Mexican American family. Starring America Ferrera in her feature film debut, it is an unprecedented exploration of gender politics and the immigrant experience. These photographs, along with other production materials donated by Patricia Cardoso, will be on display at the 2021 opening of the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles, California.
14. The Writer Speaks: Robert Towne
15. Tarzana: Home of Tarzan
16. Movie Replica of Japanese Submarine
17. Untitled [3] July, 1978, Los Angeles Little Tokyo: As dancers go through their routine, a crew of cinematographers shoot a scene recreating the 1935 Nisei Week Grand Parade and ondo as part of Visual Communications' feature-length narrative HITO HATA: RAISE THE BANNER. Capturing the spirit and energy of the Nisei Week Japanese Festival required the participation of nearly 200 performers and extras, as well as the unprecedented good-will of Little Tokyo merchants who were notorious for refusing to allow film crews to close down the streets of Little Tokyo for Hollywood movie productions.
18. Highlights from the Academy Visual History Program: Oral Histories with Filmmakers This short reel provides a highlight overview of the Academy Visual History Program, which has recorded over 225 long-form visual histories in 9 countries and 11 languages. As the ecosystem in which we make and share films becomes increasingly multi-regional and international, the Academy Foundation and Film Archive seeks to document those shifts by including voices which are essential to a more global appreciation of cinema history.
19. An Excerpt From the Visual History with John Singleton (1968-2019)

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Contents of this tag:
1. The Writer Speaks: Robert Towne
2. SOUL Newspaper
3. Pasadena Cycleway looking north from the Raymond Hotel, 1900 Horace Dobbins dreamed of building the first ever elevated cycleway from Pasadena to Los Angeles. The construction began in 1899 and the first phase was completed and just under 1.5 miles of cycle pathway from Hotel Green was open to the public on January 1st, 1900. Unfortunately, the next phase of construction of this cycleway never took place. This photograph shows a view looking north from Raymond Hotel. Tracks in foreground are Santa Fe Rail Road. Fair Oaks Avenue in Pasadena is on left side.
4. Dedication of the Arroyo Seco Parkway
5. Fat Liberation Manifesto, 1973 The Fat Liberation Manifesto expressed the values of the first feminist Fat Liberation organization, the Fat Underground. Formed in 1973 by radical therapists Judy Freespirit and Sara Golda Bracha Fishman, it took a revolutionary stance against the harmful practices of the diet industry and doctors. As Freespirit wrote, "In the beginning, people giggled when we talked about Fat Liberation. Now . . . there are hundreds of thousands of fat activists and allies."
6. Founding Celebration II: Del Martinez and Lauren Jardine, 1987 Connexxus was one of the first Los Angeles based non-profit organizations ran by and for women, particularly lesbians. Del Martinez and Lauren Jardine, shown here, opened Connexxus in January of 1985 on Santa Monica Boulevard in West Hollywood. The thriving center included a library, coffee house, and meeting spaces and services like workshops and counseling. In 1986, it opened Connexxus East / Centro de Mujeres and reached out to Latina lesbians specifically.
7. House of lightning Entrance to Caltech’s High Voltage Research Laboratory, the first facility to produce million-volt discharges. It was home to groundbreaking research that helped "make" Caltech, including technological innovations for Southern California Edison, the transmutation of elements, neutron-beam generation, and radiation therapy. Lee Lawrie sculpted the dramatic art-deco frieze (1923) on Bertram Goodhue’s façade, depicting two men pulling a cable to create a powerful burst. The frieze was demolished in 1959 when the building was repurposed.
8. Governor Knight at Freeway Opening Freeways are a staple of the landscape of Los Angeles County. In this image from 1954, Goodwin Knight (1896-1970), the 31st Governor of California who served from 1953-1959, cuts a ribbon at the opening of the Los Angeles River Freeway State Route 15. Today this freeway is known as the Long Beach Freeway/Interstate 710. This photograph was taken by Joseph Risinger, a photographer for the Long Beach Press Telegram.
9. A Chance to Make History, Jackie Goldberg Flyer, 1993
10. Dean Martin with his wife Jeanne Martin at home, July 8, 1955.
11. Untitled [3] July, 1978, Los Angeles Little Tokyo: As dancers go through their routine, a crew of cinematographers shoot a scene recreating the 1935 Nisei Week Grand Parade and ondo as part of Visual Communications' feature-length narrative HITO HATA: RAISE THE BANNER. Capturing the spirit and energy of the Nisei Week Japanese Festival required the participation of nearly 200 performers and extras, as well as the unprecedented good-will of Little Tokyo merchants who were notorious for refusing to allow film crews to close down the streets of Little Tokyo for Hollywood movie productions.
12. Disneyland Opening
13. Clara Bow at home, ca. 1928.
14. Charles Richter with seismometer that he kept in the living room of his home, ca. 1963 Many of us take our work home, but for Caltech seismologist Charles F. Richter (1900-1985) that meant keeping a full-sized seismograph in his living room, where he fielded earthquake queries at any time. Richter quipped that the instrument was a great conversation starter for his guests. In the 1930s Richter in collaboration with Beno Gutenberg had developed the eponymous earthquake magnitude scale, the first to characterize the absolute energy of shaking rather than structural damage.
15. Research photographs of Boyle Heights taken by location scout Rony Shinoin for REAL WOMEN HAVE CURVES (2002) REAL WOMEN HAVE CURVES (2002), directed by Patricia Cardoso, is celebrated for its nuanced portrayal of a working-class Mexican American family. Starring America Ferrera in her feature film debut, it is an unprecedented exploration of gender politics and the immigrant experience. These photographs, along with other production materials donated by Patricia Cardoso, will be on display at the 2021 opening of the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles, California.
16. Movie Replica of Japanese Submarine
17. Tarzana: Home of Tarzan
The Research Library and Archives has been collecting material relating to the history of Pasadena since 1924. The archives contains approximately 1 million historic images (including photos, negatives, postcards, stereographs) of Pasadena and surrounding areas. There are 45 cubic feet of maps and plans of the area, as well as a set of Sanborm fire insurance maps for Pasadena. There is a large collection of ephemera, scrapbooks, and photo albums relating to the history of the city. There are about 250 special collections, including the Sylvanus Marston set of architectural drawings; the Tournament of Roses Collection; the Giddings-Hollingsworth Family Collection; the Fenyes-Curtin-Paloheimo Papers; the Black History Collection; the Hugh Anderson/Model Grocery Company Collection. There are more than 1,000 books and 50 linear feet of periodicals on the history of the city and general Southern California area, including a nearly complete run of Pasadena city directories from 1895-1976.
Contents of this tag:
1. Pasadena Cycleway looking north from the Raymond Hotel, 1900 Horace Dobbins dreamed of building the first ever elevated cycleway from Pasadena to Los Angeles. The construction began in 1899 and the first phase was completed and just under 1.5 miles of cycle pathway from Hotel Green was open to the public on January 1st, 1900. Unfortunately, the next phase of construction of this cycleway never took place. This photograph shows a view looking north from Raymond Hotel. Tracks in foreground are Santa Fe Rail Road. Fair Oaks Avenue in Pasadena is on left side.
2. Colorado Street Bridge, 1913 This bridge was designed by architects Waddell and Harrington of Missouri but the local contractor from Los Angeles, John Drake Mercereau, changed the design to use natural strong footing in the Arroyo saving money to the city and giving the bridge it's distinctive curve. It was the first high bridge across the Arroyo Seco with an eleven-arched reinforced concrete structure. It connected Pasadena with Highland Park and gave way to more development of both sides of the Arroyo.
3. Dedication of the Arroyo Seco Parkway