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When I Think of Home: Images from L.A. Archives
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Introduction
The greater Los Angeles area is on the traditional lands of the Gabrielino/Tongva, Chumash, Fernandeño Tataviam and Yuhaaviatam/Maarenga’yam (Serrano) peoples. We acknowledge their presence here since time immemorial and recognize their continuing connection to the land, to the water and to their ancestors.
L.A. Firsts
Migration to Los Angeles in Pursuit of Health and Happiness
The Community and Cultural Enclaves of L.A.
Los Angeles Architecture and Landscapes
Historic Home Museums
Contributors
Chronology
Mapping the Exhibit
Acknowledgements
When I Think of Home: Images from L.A. Archives is the first digital History Keepers exhibit produced for the annual Archives Bazaar and would not have been possible without the collaboration of LAAS members and Archive Bazaar Exhibit subcommittee members.
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First Street North, Los Angeles Little Tokyo, May 1, 1972: "We all have the right to healthy communities. The growing resistance to corporate/government expropriation of communities — disguised as redevelopment — is symbolic of Asian America in movement. Chinatown in Honolulu and New York City, the International District in Seattle, Nihonmachi and Chinatown in San Francisco, Little Tokyo in Los Angeles: all bear witness to the determination of Asian Americans to create communities which help us move from a vital heritage to a vision of a better society." — Franklin Odo
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This "1781 Los Angeles" Bicentennial woodtype print is from an edition of 139 original, hand-pulled relief prints from Simpson’s Atelier of Melrose Press, set in antique wood type. The poster was originally produced in 1981 to celebrate the bicentennial of the founding of Los Angeles.
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Student lounge (“the Dugout”) fireplace, California Institute of Technology, 1936
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In 1924, Caltech students gained a home away from home with the dedication of a long-needed student center designed by noted architect Henry Greene. Student donations funded the massive fireplace: bricks were sold for $1 and engraved with the names of purchasers. Seniors offered the bronze motto, juniors the large bronze T, sophomores the mantel, and freshmen the andirons. For many years students gathered around the beloved fireplace for recreation, relaxation, and scientific discussions.
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Four girls in front of a Buddhist temple on Terminal Island, Los Angeles, December 21, 1932. Photograph by Anton Wagner.
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First Street North, Los Angeles Little Tokyo, May 1, 1972: "We all have the right to healthy communities. The growing resistance to corporate/government expropriation of communities — disguised as redevelopment — is symbolic of Asian America in movement. Chinatown in Honolulu and New York City, the International District in Seattle, Nihonmachi and Chinatown in San Francisco, Little Tokyo in Los Angeles: all bear witness to the determination of Asian Americans to create communities which help us move from a vital heritage to a vision of a better society." — Franklin Odo
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The original Sun Wing Wo Company general merchandise store in the Garnier Building, 1902
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The Sun Wing Wo Company opened in 1891 in the Garnier Building. The decorations suggest that this photo was likely captured during Lunar New Year festivities. The store sold merchandise to the Chinese community and provided community services such as letter writing, postal, and banking. The State of California forced the store to close in 1948 to construct the 101 Freeway. The store was re-created by the Chinese American Museum in 2003.
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Title page of the first edition of the Comidas Mexicanas cookbook. (Also see description in Autry submission, Comidas Mexican, part 2)
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Small cookbook published at the Pasadena Settlement House 864 S. Raymond Avenue, Pasadena, California. Includes recipes on facing pages in Spanish and English. Established circa 1911, Pasadena Settlement House was one of the most significant institutions serving the Mexican-American population, until the late 1940s. It also provided medical care and sewing classes for women.
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Picadillo recipe or hash submitted by SenoraTransita Tafoya for the Pasadena Settlement House cookbook, Comidas Mexicanas
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The Spanish Colonial Revival style house was built in 1927 by Los Angeles Times as a demonstration home. In 1943, after escaping the Nazis, German novelist Lion Feuchtwanger and his wife Marta purchased it and transformed the dilapidated house into a cultural hub for German-speaking emigres in Los Angeles. The Feuchtwangers regularly hosted readings and concerts, with guests like Thomas and Heinrich Mann, Bertolt Brecht, Charlie Chaplin, and many others.
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Easter Sunday of 1942, Shiimori family album, 1942
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Photographed is a property for sale prior to the forced evacuation. Two Japanese American women standing in front of a house for sale. The caption reads: Thousand of families had to sell their property on very short notice. This picture was taken on Easter Sunday of 1942. (Shiimori family album).
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May 2, 1992, Ardmore Park, Los Angeles Koreatown: At a large community wake in commemoration of teenager Eddie Lee (a Koreatown youth slain in a "friendly fire" incident while helping to safeguard a Korean-owned business on Day Two of the Los Angeles Rebellion), a group of Korean American residents join with others to decry the destruction and rioting that followed the April 29, 1992 "not-guilty" verdicts in the beating trial of motorist Rodney King. This rally and march, which numbered over 20,000 Angelenos and made its way through the streets of Koreatown, proved to be a watershed moment in the Korean-American community's struggle to be accepted as a vibrant part of the larger fabric of Los Angeles and American society.
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An Olympian's Oral History
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An Olympian's Oral History project features over 70 interviews conducted at the Olympian's residence. The majority of athletes lived in Southern California at the time of interview. Olympians shared their life experience from youth to adulthood with the common connection of competing in an Olympic Games.
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Flyer for talk by Los-Angeles-based labor organizer L. Gutierrez de Lara. According to historian David Struthers, de Lara was a major contributor to the Mexican branch of Los Angeles’ Socialist Party, whose 1907 founding marked “the first time a non-white group created an institutional home in a white-led leftist organization” there. He often spoke and taught socialist night school for Mexicans in the city; this flyer shows he was also active in San Francisco.
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This image shows a young man working on a hot rod car in a driveway in Long Beach in 1954. Hot rods (generally older cars modified for speed and acceleration) and the culture around them started to appear in Southern California in the 1930s, with races in dry lake beds northeast of Los Angeles, and remains popular today. This photograph was taken by Joseph Risinger, a photographer for the Long Beach Press Telegram.
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These boxes are artifacts from the City Market in Los Angeles. Most peddlers selling produce to Los Angeles residents in the late 1880’s were Chinese. A space was created to regulate the produce market as the demand increased. City Market opened in 1909 just south of Historic Chinatown. Led by Louie Quan, ownership was diverse including many identified as Chinese, Italian, Japanese and Russian. The marketplace helped formed East Adams into a small Chinese community.
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Japanese community, Cannery Street, Terminal Island
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Japanese community on Cannery Street, Terminal Island, December 21, 1932. Photograph by Anton Wagner.
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Japanese row houses, Terminal Way, Terminal Island (fishing nets in foreground)
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Japanese row houses on Terminal Way, Terminal Island, with fishing nets in the foreground, December 21, 1932. Photograph by Anton Wagner.
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Westchester is part of the city of Los Angeles. At the start of the twentieth century, Westchester was primarily an agricultural area, but in 1928, was selected as the site of Los Angeles International Airport. In 1929, Harry Culver offered 100 acres of land to build a new campus for Loyola University. As late as 1930, Manchester Blvd. was only a muddy road leading to Loyola University, now known as Loyola Marymount University.
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Nisei Week Princess, June Shoji, at Little Tokyo Nisei Week parade, 1965
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This photograph of Nisei Week in the Little Tokyo neighborhood of downtown Los Angeles shows the mid-1960s appearance of this ethnic enclave that has been home to the largest Japanese-American population in the United States. Founded around the beginning of the twentieth century and developed in part because of discriminatory laws that limited where Japanese Americans could live and work, the neighborhood became a dynamic economic and cultural hub.
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Wyvernwood Garden Apartments, built in 1939, was the first garden apartment complex in Los Angeles backed by the Federal Housing Administration. Intended for whites only, it continued housing segregation policies. Decades later, residents were primarily working-class people of color. The complex is a successful example of affordable housing designed to build community. Activists used this poster to challenge redevelopment plans. As of 2019, Wyvernwood’s 6,000 residents have successfully resisted efforts to demolish their homes.
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Crowd watching structural resting of Watts Tower, 1959
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A crowd of neighborhood locals watch as the Rodia towers are being prepared for a structural test to prove whether they should be allowed to stand or be torn down. The test was devised by engineer Bud Goldstone and the results refuted the City's claim that they were hazardous to passersby and saved them from demolition.
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Map submitted by Walter O"Malley for Dodger Stadium 1959
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This map is a series of paper overlays on a tract map where Dodger Stadium is today. Many of the notations are in O’Malley’s hand and show features never built or altered as time went on. There are blocks of home parcels visible in the middle of the field. Among them were the last families to be removed by force several months before this map was created in July 1959.
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Filipino family roasting pig over hot coals during the Lotus Festival at Echo Park in Los Angeles, Calif., 1976
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Black and white photograph from the Los Angeles Times collection (1976). Text accompanying the image reads “FILIPINO STYLE--The 35-pound suckling pig is started on its way over the hot coals by, from left, Laura Lee Eugenio, Mrs. Lilia Soledad, Mrs. Luis Eugenio, Ignacio Beboso and Lawrence Eugenio at the Fifth Annual Day of the Lotus Festival held at Echo Park Lake Saturday.”
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Milton and Dorothy Anderson in their Malibu Lakeside cottage, known as "Sleepy Hollow."
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Milton and Dorothy Anderson are pictured here in their 1929 Malibu Lakeside cottage, known as "Sleepy Hollow." Malibu Lakeside was a community founded in 1924 in the Santa Monica foothills. Many early residents were middle class Angelenos, using their cabins as a weekend escape from the city. Every homeowner held a stake in the Lakeside Mutual Water Company, which helped fund the community center. The community boasted a large redwood clubhouse, swimming pool, softball and tennis courts, and a playground.
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"Los Caminos de la Vida" by Trenely "Clover" Garcia provides a glimpse of South Central’s reality and a community filled with green spaces, the artist’s idealized vision of her neighborhood. Her work highlights one of many liquor stores in the area, that make alcohol and drugs easily accessible. Downtown’s skyscrapers, nightlife, art scene, all presenting gentrification, encroach upon neighborhood residents. However, images of Olmec heads and people evolving from nopales, symbolize pride and strength despite attempts of displacement.
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Panoramic portrait of African American firefighters in uniform in front of a Los Angeles fire station. While the fire station in the photograph is unidentified, it is likely Fire Station #30, the first of two all-Black fire stations founded in Los Angeles, important for establishing equality in the workplace for Black firefighters.
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Founded in 1921 by Donald W. Douglas Sr., Douglas Aircraft Company was headquartered in Santa Monica until 1975, with satellite plants in other cities. The war effort in the 1940s led to an astonishing expansion at Douglas, where peak wartime employment was recorded at 160,000 workers. Many families counted multiple members as Douglas workers. The growth resulted in new trailer homes sprouting up in Santa Monica, meeting an unprecedented demand for housing.
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A look at different culture and race in the city of Compton
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Two George Pepperdine College students studying in their Marilyn Hall dorm room
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Two students study in their dormitory room in Marilyn Hall on the original George Pepperdine College campus in South Los Angeles. George Pepperdine College opened in 1937 at 79th Street and Vermont Avenue in Los Angeles. In 1972, the Malibu campus of the newly renamed Pepperdine University opened, and the original Los Angeles campus was sold in the 1980s.
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Restrictive housing covenant, 1954
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This housing covenant was a standard issue document in any home purchase throughout Los Angeles. The specifics of Condition #9 forbid the sale or transfer of the property to anyone who wasn't Caucasian. This racism was perfectly legal for private property but was not enforceable in government facilities such as city halls and courthouses.
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Coral Beach (known today as Corral Beach) was managed by W. W. Madge and served both day-time beach goers and seasonal campers. This image, found in a scrapbook documenting the 1930s and 1940s at Coral Beach, shows the beach adorned with the tents and trailers of those campers. It was a seasonal home for many looking to escape the city during the summer months.
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A door is every home's special gateway. For the Ebell Club's Wilshire Boulevard grand entrance, it is our portal! The 1927 wrought iron masterpiece by John William Chard is revered as one of the finest in the West, rivaling the grandest European ironwork. Using 2000 individual pieces, he turns this unyielding medium into a delicacy, incorporating symbolic elements of a radiating sun, letters E (Ebell) and C (Club), tragedy/comedy masks, a palette and a scroll into the design.
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To make any place home, fill it with music! Gracing a Tearoom of The Ebell Club of LA is the very grand Steinway and Sons grand piano dated 1884. Gifted to the Ebell in 1960, it appears to have original parts. Soundboards are made from Sitka spruce from Alaska, and other wooden components, such as rims, are sourced from Canadian maple. Since its inception, Steinway has numbered every piano, making their instruments’ genealogy traceable.
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The Ebell club “closet” is a fantasy room for clothing lovers, with more than 1000 dresses, hats, shoes and other accessories along with theatrical costumes. Donated by members and community women since the club’s 1894 founding, the collection reflects what was worn by women of means who shopped local stores like Bullocks and Robinson’s, with some dressmaker and home sewn 1890s through 1900s tea dresses, 1920s evening and daywear and many 1930s-1970s styles.
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Jazz trumpeter, drummer, composer, and bandleader, Don Ellis at Ellis Island (club) on the Sunset Strip, Hollywood, California, 1967. The Don Ellis Band plays "In a Turkish Bath" in celebration of the release of "Electric Bath." Ray Neapolitan is on sitar for "In a Turkish Bath." Opening sequence shows the Sunset Strip and includes the following famous clubs: Dino's Lounge, Sneeky Pete's, The Galaxy, The Whisky, Shelly's Manne Hole, and Ellis Island.
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UCLA Ethnomusicology World Music Ensembles 1997: Music and Dance of Bali -- Music and Dance of Japan -- Music of Korea -- Music and Dance of the Near East -- Music and Dance of Ghana -- Afro-Cuban Ensemble -- African American Music Ensemble -- "Strings and Soul" with Kenny Burrell, Shujaat Khan, Jihad Racy -- Music of the Balkans -- Francis Bebey -- Herbie Hancock
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Amy Catlin and Haing S. Ngor (1940-1996) discuss Cambodian music and dance in Los Angeles on "In Studio." Haing S. Ngor won Best Supporting Actor for his performance in "The Killing Fields" at the 57th Annual Academy Awards in 1985.
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The photograph shows the original home of the Gay Community Services Center (GCSC) at 1614 Wilshire Blvd. The mansion, built in the 1870s, served as the GCSC's headquarters when it incorporated in 1971, and provided housing for LGBTQ homeless youth. The organization, now known as the Los Angeles LGBT Center, has continuously provided some form of transitional housing for the LGBTQ community for the last 50 years.
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©2020.SHELLEYGAZIN. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. PHOTOGRAPHS BY SHELLEY GAZIN Exhibition Catalogue, Designed & Published by Skirball Museum & Cultural C enter, Los Angeles, CA. Conceived by Gazin as means of enhancing her own spiritual and intellectual growth, Gazin chose her own “backyard” for inspiration to discover the diversity of today’s rabbis, the breadth of the calling, the various traditional, experimental movements, and the role played by women as religious and spiritual leaders. By giving the viewer a thought-provoking glimpse of respected leaders of the L.A. Jewish community, the collective image allows us to begin understanding who we are as a community. ~ Adapted from the catalogue essay by Barbara Gilbert, Senior Curator, Skirball Cultural Center.
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The Conference on Revolutionary Regroupment drew revolutionary socialists from all over the United States to Los Angeles to create a new revolutionary socialist party dedicated to the regroupment of American Trotskyism. The Conference's Statement of Purpose describes the goals for regroupment and the historical events that led to it.
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Take an aerial trip through Los Angeles landmarks, circa 1964, visiting city streets before sweeping stops to the Hollywood Bowl, Griffith Observatory, Dodger Stadium, City Hall, and Union Station. In the first shot, get a glimpse of the May Company Building, now home to the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures. Filmed on 16mm, this served as an audition reel for Pan Am World Airways. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive.
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This "1781 Los Angeles" Bicentennial woodtype print is from an edition of 139 original, hand-pulled relief prints from Simpson’s Atelier of Melrose Press, set in antique wood type. The poster was originally produced in 1981 to celebrate the bicentennial of the founding of Los Angeles.
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A Chance to Make History, Jackie Goldberg Flyer, 1993
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Jackie Goldberg is an openly lesbian politician and teacher who represents the 5th District on LAUSD's Board of Education. On June 8 1993, she became the first openly lesbian member of Los Angeles City Council. This campaign flyer specifically references her sexuality and commitment to "our issues" and argues that a vote for Goldberg is "a chance to make history."
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Aerial view of the Northrop Aircraft plant, Hawthorne, looking east from Prairie Avenue, 1946
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Aerial view, 1946, of the Northrop Aircraft plant in Hawthorne, between 120th St. (right) and Jack Northrop Ave. (right), looking east from Prairie Avenue, showing housing for Northrop employees. Note the difference between the houses in the foreground and the near left, which appear to have been built individually, one at a time, and the houses in the upper left and upper right, which were built by developers.
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An Excerpt From the Visual History with John Singleton (1968-2019)
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In this short reel film Director John Singleton describes his intentions and process for putting together a majority-Black film crew for his seminal 1991 film Boyz n the Hood, as well as the impact that including locals to South Central L.A., both in front of and behind the camera, had on the film.
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An Olympian's Oral History
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An Olympian's Oral History project features over 70 interviews conducted at the Olympian's residence. The majority of athletes lived in Southern California at the time of interview. Olympians shared their life experience from youth to adulthood with the common connection of competing in an Olympic Games.
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Antique Grand Piano, 1884
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To make any place home, fill it with music! Gracing a Tearoom of The Ebell Club of LA is the very grand Steinway and Sons grand piano dated 1884. Gifted to the Ebell in 1960, it appears to have original parts. Soundboards are made from Sitka spruce from Alaska, and other wooden components, such as rims, are sourced from Canadian maple. Since its inception, Steinway has numbered every piano, making their instruments’ genealogy traceable.
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Beyond Neutra & Schindler: Did Modern Design Improve the California Lifestyle? (September 22, 1976)
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The tape begins with short clips of the participants.
At 4:19, Shelly Kappe introducing Whitney Smith, A. Quincy Jones, John Lautner, and Carl Maston. Kappe silently presents a selection of slides depicting each panelist's work.
At 13:11, a brief video with highlights of last week's design forum is presented, featuring Gregory Ain, Harwell Harris, Thornton Abell, and Raphael Soriano. Ain argues that architecture is about solving a problem while Harris argues that architecture is about solving personal goals as opposed to social goals. Abell discusses form and function, and Soriano argues that style is thought with a minimum amount of words.
At 25:13 the live discussion begins. Carl Maston remembers Raphael Soriano and reflects on some stories from Soriano's history. Whitney Smith jokes about how various generations all believe they are going to save the world. He talks about the importance of communication, the AIA, and he compares the profession to a fraternity. A.Quincy Jones discusses the importance of ecological design. Lautner defines architecture as a search for a better human environment, the need for meaning in the work, and the difficulty of progress.
John Lautner discusses his arrival in California and getting started as a young architect. Whitney Smith brings up the subject of programming and collaboration. A. Quincy Jones discusses client relationships and programming in terms of a project for a factory. Carl Maston talks about clients in rocky marriages who turn to two things as a solution; building a home or having a baby.
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Britt House (Eugene Britt Residence)
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The Britt House Mansion is a colonial revival design. Colonial revival is a copy of Georgian 100 years after the Georgian era. It is on 1 1/2 acres. The exterior walls are all three bricks deep. All the outside terra cotta (sills, lintels, key-stones, ornamental panels, chimney caps, portico columns) were originally in cream white. The interior is vintage Craftsman dating back to the 1905-1914 time period.
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Brochure excerpt for the Hollywood Miniature, 1946
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This is an excerpt from a larger brochure highlighting the six miniatures made in the 1930s that toured the country from 1946 to 1948, as a celebration of Hollywood and Los Angeles. This page is the short text explaining the miniature of Hollywood and how it came to be. The brochure covers all the models but we are including just the pages on this specific model. The brochure was created to promote the tour of the models.
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Brochure excerpt for the Hollywood Miniature, 1946
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This is an excerpt from a larger brochure highlighting the six miniatures made in the 1930s that toured the country from 1946 to 1948, as a celebration of Hollywood and Los Angeles. This page is an image of the Hollywood Miniature. It is the companion to the text page submitted separately. The brochure covers all the models but we are including just the pages on this specific model. The brochure was created to promote the tour of the models.
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Buddhist temple, Terminal Way, Terminal Island
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Four girls in front of a Buddhist temple on Terminal Island, Los Angeles, December 21, 1932. Photograph by Anton Wagner.
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California Design, 1985
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Poster designed by April Greiman and John Coy, with Michael Cronan, Linda Hinrichs, Michael Manwaring, Michael Vanderbyl, and Eric Martin for the American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA). The image was created on an Apple Macintosh and is one of the earliest examples of digital design, 1985, offset lithograph, 24 × 36.5
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Chavez Ravine, 2016
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Chavez Ravine by Miyo Stevens-Gandara depicts Dodger’s Stadium, a triumphant icon of Los Angeles pride and identity, with the bulldozed phantom of the Chavez Ravine community that existed in its place before the stadium’s construction. Stevens-Gandara draws parallels between the historical accounts and testimonies of the Chavez Ravine community’s displacement and the present issue of gentrification and displacement facing communities everywhere.
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Children Playing in Front of Porch
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This photograph depicts children playing in front of a porch at 2019 Atlantic Street. The image was taken by the Los Angeles Bureau of Housing and Sanitation, under director M. S. Siegel, as part of a project to document poor and slum housing conditions in Los Angeles during 1938.
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City Market Produce Boxes
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These boxes are artifacts from the City Market in Los Angeles. Most peddlers selling produce to Los Angeles residents in the late 1880’s were Chinese. A space was created to regulate the produce market as the demand increased. City Market opened in 1909 just south of Historic Chinatown. Led by Louie Quan, ownership was diverse including many identified as Chinese, Italian, Japanese and Russian. The marketplace helped formed East Adams into a small Chinese community.
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Colorado Street Bridge, 1913
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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.
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Comidas Mexican cookbook, 1937
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Title page of the first edition of the Comidas Mexicanas cookbook. (Also see description in Autry submission, Comidas Mexican, part 2)
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Comidas Mexicanas cookbook, 1937
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Small cookbook published at the Pasadena Settlement House 864 S. Raymond Avenue, Pasadena, California. Includes recipes on facing pages in Spanish and English. Established circa 1911, Pasadena Settlement House was one of the most significant institutions serving the Mexican-American population, until the late 1940s. It also provided medical care and sewing classes for women.
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Compton Architecture
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This High school and house is dated back in the 1800's, showcasing Compton's historical architecture.
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Crowd watching structural resting of Watts Tower, 1959
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A crowd of neighborhood locals watch as the Rodia towers are being prepared for a structural test to prove whether they should be allowed to stand or be torn down. The test was devised by engineer Bud Goldstone and the results refuted the City's claim that they were hazardous to passersby and saved them from demolition.
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Dean Martin with his wife Jeanne Martin at home, July 8, 1955.
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Actor, singer, and comedian Dean Martin was one of the most popular American entertainers of the 20th century. This photograph, with wife Jeanne Martin, offers a glimpse into life at home in Los Angeles with the entertainer.
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Dedication and blessing ceremony of La Casa Nueva, 28 December 1923
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The difference between a house and a home is reflected in La Casa Nueva at the Homestead Museum. The Spanish Colonial Revival house, filled with references to the family and California history, was intended to be a family home for years to come, but the death of Laura Gonzalez Temple was an obvious blow to those plans. Catholic Bishop Cantwell blesses the home in her memory on the first anniversary of her death in December 1923.
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Dedication of the Arroyo Seco Parkway
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The Arroyo Seco Parkway opened to the motoring public in 1940 just in time for Tournament of Roses festivities in Pasadena. At the dedication ceremony, California Governor Culbert L. Olso declared the Arroyo Seco Parkway to be the "first freeway in the West." It was hailed both as a "modern" and "novel" road by state highway engineers due to its safety features.
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Di Carlo Family's Roper Table-Top Stove, Muller House Museum Kitchen
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Roper table-top stove in the kitchen of the Muller House Museum, donated by a prominent local family, the Di Carlos, who operated a large baking business in San Pedro for nearly a century.
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Disneyland Opening
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In 1955, Walt Disney realized his longstanding dream of constructing a new type of family-friendly amusement park. Originally, his idea was to build Mickey Mouse Park near his Disney Studios in Burbank, but Burbank’s City Council rejected his plan and Anaheim became the home of the groundbreaking theme park Disneyland.
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Don Ellis at Ellis Island (club) on the Sunset Strip (1967)
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Jazz trumpeter, drummer, composer, and bandleader, Don Ellis at Ellis Island (club) on the Sunset Strip, Hollywood, California, 1967. The Don Ellis Band plays "In a Turkish Bath" in celebration of the release of "Electric Bath." Ray Neapolitan is on sitar for "In a Turkish Bath." Opening sequence shows the Sunset Strip and includes the following famous clubs: Dino's Lounge, Sneeky Pete's, The Galaxy, The Whisky, Shelly's Manne Hole, and Ellis Island.
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Easter Sunday of 1942, Shiimori family album, 1942
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Photographed is a property for sale prior to the forced evacuation. Two Japanese American women standing in front of a house for sale. The caption reads: Thousand of families had to sell their property on very short notice. This picture was taken on Easter Sunday of 1942. (Shiimori family album).
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Ebell Vintage Costume Collection
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The Ebell club “closet” is a fantasy room for clothing lovers, with more than 1000 dresses, hats, shoes and other accessories along with theatrical costumes. Donated by members and community women since the club’s 1894 founding, the collection reflects what was worn by women of means who shopped local stores like Bullocks and Robinson’s, with some dressmaker and home sewn 1890s through 1900s tea dresses, 1920s evening and daywear and many 1930s-1970s styles.
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El Exmo. Sr. Presidente interino de los Estados-Unidos Mexicanos ... Se erige en ciudad el pueblo de los Angeles de la Alta California ...
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In the 1830s, Mexican California was embroiled in power struggles between north and south. This decree documents competition for the provincial capital. It not only elevated the pueblo of Los Angeles to the dignity of a city, the first in Alta California, but also designated Los Angeles as the capital. This measure passed the National congress due to the efforts of Carlos Antonio CarriIlo, provincial deputy from California to the Mexican congress and the author of the Exposition of 1831.
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Fat Liberation Manifesto, 1973
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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."
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Filipino family roasting pig over hot coals during the Lotus Festival at Echo Park in Los Angeles, Calif., 1976
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Black and white photograph from the Los Angeles Times collection (1976). Text accompanying the image reads “FILIPINO STYLE--The 35-pound suckling pig is started on its way over the hot coals by, from left, Laura Lee Eugenio, Mrs. Lilia Soledad, Mrs. Luis Eugenio, Ignacio Beboso and Lawrence Eugenio at the Fifth Annual Day of the Lotus Festival held at Echo Park Lake Saturday.”
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Flyer for Talk by Gutierrez de Lara
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Flyer for talk by Los-Angeles-based labor organizer L. Gutierrez de Lara. According to historian David Struthers, de Lara was a major contributor to the Mexican branch of Los Angeles’ Socialist Party, whose 1907 founding marked “the first time a non-white group created an institutional home in a white-led leftist organization” there. He often spoke and taught socialist night school for Mexicans in the city; this flyer shows he was also active in San Francisco.
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Founding Celebration II: Del Martinez and Lauren Jardine, 1987
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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.
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Governor Knight at Freeway Opening
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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.
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HABS photograph of Rancho Los Cerritos, 1934
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Veranda and east side of Rancho Los Cerritos adobe. Photograph taken as part of the Historic American Buildings Survey, this image features the adobe after the 1931 remodel, March 8, 1934.
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Group portrait, Los Angeles Fire Department
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Panoramic portrait of African American firefighters in uniform in front of a Los Angeles fire station. While the fire station in the photograph is unidentified, it is likely Fire Station #30, the first of two all-Black fire stations founded in Los Angeles, important for establishing equality in the workplace for Black firefighters.
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Happy to be in Los Angeles, California
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Los Angeles in 1949 meant a lot of ex-military personnel were finding a new life for their families. Many of my Romero uncles, aunts, grandparents and cousins had migrated to LA from Albuquerque by this time. The Romeros had been in NM since 1751. They chose the neighborhoods close to Downtown and each other. My father's first house was 160 W. 76 St., South Los Angeles. Genealogy helped me tell this story. —Cathy Romero
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Happy to be in Los Angeles, California
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Los Angeles in 1949 meant a lot of ex-military personnel were finding a new life for their families. Many of my Romero uncles, aunts, grandparents and cousins had migrated to LA from Albuquerque by this time. The Romeros had been in NM since 1751. They chose the neighborhoods close to Downtown and each other. My father's first house was 160 W. 76 St., South Los Angeles. Genealogy helped me tell this story. —Cathy Romero
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Highlights from the Academy Visual History Program: Oral Histories with Filmmakers
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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.
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Hollywood Miniature
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In the 1930s 6 miniatures were made of Los Angeles. The largest was a 12ft by 12ft model of Hollywood, giving a snapshot into the world of the community at the time. The models toured the country from 1946 to 1948 before they disappeared into storage for over 40 years. Hollywood Heritage procured the model and since 2018 have worked on restoring the model to its former status.
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Home of an Aerospace Engineer, 1958
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Aerospace Engineer RC Englehart not only helped to create the Apollo Command and Service Modules (CSM), but he also helped to create his family home. Engleheart lovingly sketched out every measurement of his Downey home on Taylorcraft Aviation engineering paper. This is only one of several pages of careful measurements and notes of the Englehart family home, still strongly standing today.
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House of lightning
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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.
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Hoy Marchamos Mañana Votamos (Today We March, Tomorrow We Vote), 2006
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Los Angeles is home to millions of migrants and immigrants, many of whom are undocumented. A photograph of the March 25, 2006 demonstration for immigrant rights—the largest demonstration in California history with more than one million participants—promoted the May 1, 2006 immigrant rights march, attended by approximately 500,000. It opposed HR 4437, The Border Protection, Anti-terrorism, and Illegal Immigration Control Act of 2005 (passed in the House, defeated in the Senate).
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Japanese community, Cannery Street, Terminal Island
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Japanese community on Cannery Street, Terminal Island, December 21, 1932. Photograph by Anton Wagner.
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Japanese row houses, Terminal Way, Terminal Island (fishing nets in foreground)
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Japanese row houses on Terminal Way, Terminal Island, with fishing nets in the foreground, December 21, 1932. Photograph by Anton Wagner.
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Khmer Dance and Music Project: Amy Catlin & Haing S. Ngor appear on 'In Studio'
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Amy Catlin and Haing S. Ngor (1940-1996) discuss Cambodian music and dance in Los Angeles on "In Studio." Haing S. Ngor won Best Supporting Actor for his performance in "The Killing Fields" at the 57th Annual Academy Awards in 1985.
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Lanterman House Exterior, West Elevation, 1915
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Built in 1915, the Lanterman House was one of the first reinforced concrete homes built west of the Mississippi River. This innovative building material was chosen because of the Lanterman’s interest in preventing fire and earthquake damage. Designed by Arthur Haley, the house features a U-shaped Mexican Colonial hacienda design with a fountain courtyard in the middle, pergolas with plantings on all sides of the house, and English Arts and Crafts design elements throughout.
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Letter from Agnes Temple to Thomas W. Temple II, November 11, 1924
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In addition to Mrs. Temple's death, the four children were away at school during the five-year construction process and for two more years after it was finished in 1927. This November 1924 letter from daughter Agnes to her brother Thomas discusses progress on the house during a visit from her during a time when she attended a girl's school in Los Angeles. Surviving letters show the eagerness of the family to enjoy their home, but conditions dramatically changed.
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Life in the Rancho Los Cerritos Courtyard
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Stereograph view of the Rancho Los Cerritos inner courtyard with buggy and two men visible, most likely a Mexican worker and (in background) a Chinese cook.Spring 1872. Photograph taken by Los Angeles photographer William Godfrey.
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Los Angeles as it appeared in 1871
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Bird's eye view of Los Angeles surrounded by vignettes symbolizing key moments and features in the city's history to 1871, including ranchos; old and new city halls; a view of the pueblo in 1853; zanjas and waterwheels; Placerita Canyon, site of discovery of gold; early vehicular traffic (the Spanish carreta); hacienda life; Chinese dragons from fiesta parades; the Battle of La Mesa 1847; the Federal Building, site of many vigilante hangings; and more.
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Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, home to many sports teams and events
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Minutes, agendas, and ancillary documents (reports, letters, supporting documents for meetings) of the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Commission.
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Los Caminos de la Vida, 2018
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"Los Caminos de la Vida" by Trenely "Clover" Garcia provides a glimpse of South Central’s reality and a community filled with green spaces, the artist’s idealized vision of her neighborhood. Her work highlights one of many liquor stores in the area, that make alcohol and drugs easily accessible. Downtown’s skyscrapers, nightlife, art scene, all presenting gentrification, encroach upon neighborhood residents. However, images of Olmec heads and people evolving from nopales, symbolize pride and strength despite attempts of displacement.
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Manchester Boulevard, 1928
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Westchester is part of the city of Los Angeles. At the start of the twentieth century, Westchester was primarily an agricultural area, but in 1928, was selected as the site of Los Angeles International Airport. In 1929, Harry Culver offered 100 acres of land to build a new campus for Loyola University. As late as 1930, Manchester Blvd. was only a muddy road leading to Loyola University, now known as Loyola Marymount University.
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Luxury Townhomes
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Poster is made by the Colby Poster Printing Company. It uses bold lettering and bright colors to grab viewers’ attention. It’s an advertising poster for Luxury Townhomes.
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Map submitted by Walter O"Malley for Dodger Stadium 1959
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This map is a series of paper overlays on a tract map where Dodger Stadium is today. Many of the notations are in O’Malley’s hand and show features never built or altered as time went on. There are blocks of home parcels visible in the middle of the field. Among them were the last families to be removed by force several months before this map was created in July 1959.
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March for Community, 2013
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Wyvernwood Garden Apartments, built in 1939, was the first garden apartment complex in Los Angeles backed by the Federal Housing Administration. Intended for whites only, it continued housing segregation policies. Decades later, residents were primarily working-class people of color. The complex is a successful example of affordable housing designed to build community. Activists used this poster to challenge redevelopment plans. As of 2019, Wyvernwood’s 6,000 residents have successfully resisted efforts to demolish their homes.
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Milton and Dorothy Anderson in their Malibu Lakeside cottage, known as "Sleepy Hollow."
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Milton and Dorothy Anderson are pictured here in their 1929 Malibu Lakeside cottage, known as "Sleepy Hollow." Malibu Lakeside was a community founded in 1924 in the Santa Monica foothills. Many early residents were middle class Angelenos, using their cabins as a weekend escape from the city. Every homeowner held a stake in the Lakeside Mutual Water Company, which helped fund the community center. The community boasted a large redwood clubhouse, swimming pool, softball and tennis courts, and a playground.
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Mirlo Gate Lodge Tower House
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This two story 508 sq. foot building in Palos Verdes Estates is a rare example of round stonemasonry. Built on the city parkland, it was originally a gatekeeper’s lodge but it was never used for this purpose. Photographer is unknown. Originally part of the Palos Verdes Homes Association. Architects include: Clarence E. Howard, S.C. Waters, Vernor X. Lyon.The architect, Clarence E. Howard, hired at the behest of the well-known Olmsted Brothers, designed a number of residential and commercial buildings in the City. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2019.
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Movie Replica of Japanese Submarine
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A replica of a Japanese submarine built for a movie in 1964 by 20th Century Fox, located at Berth 227 in Terminal Island. In the background is the Vincent Thomas Bridge, a suspension bridge that crosses the Los Angeles Harbor linking San Pedro and Terminal Island. This photograph was taken by Joseph Risinger, a photographer for the Long Beach Press Telegram.
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Nisei Week Princess, June Shoji, at Little Tokyo Nisei Week parade, 1965
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This photograph of Nisei Week in the Little Tokyo neighborhood of downtown Los Angeles shows the mid-1960s appearance of this ethnic enclave that has been home to the largest Japanese-American population in the United States. Founded around the beginning of the twentieth century and developed in part because of discriminatory laws that limited where Japanese Americans could live and work, the neighborhood became a dynamic economic and cultural hub.
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Muller House Museum Living Room
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Muller House Museum living room, with print of the steamer "Cabrillo" built by William Muller, and Muller's own woodworking on mantel, fireplace surround, and bookcases. The Muller House was constructed in 1899 in San Pedro and originally stood at 129 Front Street.
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People of Compton
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A look at different culture and race in the city of Compton
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Pasadena Cycleway looking north from the Raymond Hotel, 1900
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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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Picadillo (Hash) recipe, from Comidas Mexicanas cookbook, 1937
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Picadillo recipe or hash submitted by SenoraTransita Tafoya for the Pasadena Settlement House cookbook, Comidas Mexicanas
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Rendering, Tennis Court House
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Experimentations in domestic architecture are a feature of the landscape in L.A. Renowned L.A. architect Edward Fickett, known for his work on large tract-home developments, designed the Tennis Court House for a 1971 issue of Architecture and Interiors magazine, which featured case study houses for the community of Bon Vivant in Woodland Hills. The “roof” of the house takes the unusual form of a tennis court sitting atop the living spaces below.
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Restoration of the 37-foot Douglas Fir Stick Flagpoel at the Muller House Museum
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Restoration of the 37-foot Douglas fir stick flagpole in front yard of the Muller House Museum. The flagpole comes from the former E. K. Wood Lumber Company, San Pedro. Restorer: John J. Smith, San Pedro Bay Historical Society.
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Restrictive housing covenant, 1954
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This housing covenant was a standard issue document in any home purchase throughout Los Angeles. The specifics of Condition #9 forbid the sale or transfer of the property to anyone who wasn't Caucasian. This racism was perfectly legal for private property but was not enforceable in government facilities such as city halls and courthouses.
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Returning evacuated Japanese Americans, 1945
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Photograph shows Japanese Americans returning to Los Angeles after they were incarcerated during World War II (WWII). In the center a family is pictured standing amidst their belongings, next to a mobile camper. Black and white image, 1945.
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Wrought iron portal
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A door is every home's special gateway. For the Ebell Club's Wilshire Boulevard grand entrance, it is our portal! The 1927 wrought iron masterpiece by John William Chard is revered as one of the finest in the West, rivaling the grandest European ironwork. Using 2000 individual pieces, he turns this unyielding medium into a delicacy, incorporating symbolic elements of a radiating sun, letters E (Ebell) and C (Club), tragedy/comedy masks, a palette and a scroll into the design.
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Villa Aurora on Paseo Miramar, Pacific Palisades
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The Spanish Colonial Revival style house was built in 1927 by Los Angeles Times as a demonstration home. In 1943, after escaping the Nazis, German novelist Lion Feuchtwanger and his wife Marta purchased it and transformed the dilapidated house into a cultural hub for German-speaking emigres in Los Angeles. The Feuchtwangers regularly hosted readings and concerts, with guests like Thomas and Heinrich Mann, Bertolt Brecht, Charlie Chaplin, and many others.
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Wong Family in front of Home, 1960
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Henry and Heong Wong are pictured here with their children, Violet, Rose, Howard, and Edward in front of their family home on 10th Street in Los Angeles (not pictured is their son Morland). The family were the owners of Henry’s Market, a small grocery store in LA. New economic opportunities provided generations of Chinese American families to build a life in Los Angeles and a long-term future in America.
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May 2, 1992, Ardmore Park, Los Angeles Koreatown: At a large community wake in commemoration of teenager Eddie Lee (a Koreatown youth slain in a "friendly fire" incident while helping to safeguard a Korean-owned business on Day Two of the Los Angeles Rebellion), a group of Korean American residents join with others to decry the destruction and rioting that followed the April 29, 1992 "not-guilty" verdicts in the beating trial of motorist Rodney King. This rally and march, which numbered over 20,000 Angelenos and made its way through the streets of Koreatown, proved to be a watershed moment in the Korean-American community's struggle to be accepted as a vibrant part of the larger fabric of Los Angeles and American society.
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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.
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First Street North, Los Angeles Little Tokyo, May 1, 1972: "We all have the right to healthy communities. The growing resistance to corporate/government expropriation of communities — disguised as redevelopment — is symbolic of Asian America in movement. Chinatown in Honolulu and New York City, the International District in Seattle, Nihonmachi and Chinatown in San Francisco, Little Tokyo in Los Angeles: all bear witness to the determination of Asian Americans to create communities which help us move from a vital heritage to a vision of a better society." — Franklin Odo
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UCLA Ethnomusicology World Music Ensembles 1997
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UCLA Ethnomusicology World Music Ensembles 1997: Music and Dance of Bali -- Music and Dance of Japan -- Music of Korea -- Music and Dance of the Near East -- Music and Dance of Ghana -- Afro-Cuban Ensemble -- African American Music Ensemble -- "Strings and Soul" with Kenny Burrell, Shujaat Khan, Jihad Racy -- Music of the Balkans -- Francis Bebey -- Herbie Hancock
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Trailer Parks Housing for Douglas Aircraft Employees during WWII
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Founded in 1921 by Donald W. Douglas Sr., Douglas Aircraft Company was headquartered in Santa Monica until 1975, with satellite plants in other cities. The war effort in the 1940s led to an astonishing expansion at Douglas, where peak wartime employment was recorded at 160,000 workers. Many families counted multiple members as Douglas workers. The growth resulted in new trailer homes sprouting up in Santa Monica, meeting an unprecedented demand for housing.
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Two George Pepperdine College students studying in their Marilyn Hall dorm room
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Two students study in their dormitory room in Marilyn Hall on the original George Pepperdine College campus in South Los Angeles. George Pepperdine College opened in 1937 at 79th Street and Vermont Avenue in Los Angeles. In 1972, the Malibu campus of the newly renamed Pepperdine University opened, and the original Los Angeles campus was sold in the 1980s.
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The Writer Speaks: Robert Towne
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Robert Towne is a successful screenwriter with films such as The Last Detail, Shampoo, and Mission: Impossible among his many credits . In this oral history excerpt, he recounts his childhood in San Pedro and some of the inspiration behind the Los Angeles of the past he envisioned for the 1974 neo-noir film Chinatown.
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The Writer Speaks: Jean Rouverol Butler
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Jean Rouverol Butler (1916-2017) and her husband Hugo were victims of the Hollywood Blacklist during the 1950s, when the House Un-American Activities Committee investigated the political affiliations of Hollywood workers. Many people lost their careers and screenwriters such as Hugo and Jean were particularly targeted. In this excerpt, Jean recounts the night two men came to the door to deliver a subpoena. She and her family fled LA, eventually settling in Mexico, returning to CA 13 years later.
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The Writer Speaks: Garry Marshall
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Garry Marshall (1934-2016) was a prolific and successful film and television writer, director and producer. He is known for creating the TV series Happy Days and its spins-offs and directing such classic films as Pretty Woman, Beaches and The Princess Diaries. Originally from New York, Marshall describes in this excerpt his early career writing jokes and the writing job that brought him to Los Angeles.
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The original Sun Wing Wo Company general merchandise store in the Garnier Building, 1902
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The Sun Wing Wo Company opened in 1891 in the Garnier Building. The decorations suggest that this photo was likely captured during Lunar New Year festivities. The store sold merchandise to the Chinese community and provided community services such as letter writing, postal, and banking. The State of California forced the store to close in 1948 to construct the 101 Freeway. The store was re-created by the Chinese American Museum in 2003.
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The Darling House in Claremont
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Designed by the Greene and Greene architectural firm of Pasadena, the Darling House was built for Mrs. Mary Darling at College Avenue and 8th Street in 1903. In 1921, the house was sold to Pomona College professor, M. B. Jones. This photograph is part of the Wheeler Scrapbooks, which chronicle life at Pomona College and in the city of Claremont from 1884 to 1938. The digitized scrapbooks are featured on the Claremont Colleges Digital Library.
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Tarzana: Home of Tarzan
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Tarzana is located on the site of the former ranch of author Edgar Rice Burroughs, and is named after Burroughs' fictional character Tarzan. This Tarzana guide and directory includes information on shopping, recreation, tourism, history, real estate, commerce, industry, restaurants, honorary officials, public officials, and local organizations.
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Student lounge (“the Dugout”) fireplace, California Institute of Technology, 1936
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In 1924, Caltech students gained a home away from home with the dedication of a long-needed student center designed by noted architect Henry Greene. Student donations funded the massive fireplace: bricks were sold for $1 and engraved with the names of purchasers. Seniors offered the bronze motto, juniors the large bronze T, sophomores the mantel, and freshmen the andirons. For many years students gathered around the beloved fireplace for recreation, relaxation, and scientific discussions.
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Streetscape of the corner of Wilshire Boulevard and South Normandie, Los Angeles, 1942
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Streetscape of the corner of Wilshire Boulevard and South Normandie, Los Angeles in 1942 taken by Art Center photography student Marion Strahl. Among the landmarks in the photograph is the Wilshire Christian Church.
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St. Joseph's Altar Society event, La Casa Nueva, 1928
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Though La Casa Nueva was finished in 1927, the children remained away at school for two more years. Occasional events, like this church society party, were held there, but the home was largely empty. By the time the Temples reunited in summer 1929 after the children graduated from their respective schools, financial problems worsened. The next spring, the house was leased and the family moved, soon to lose it in 1932 during the Great Depression.
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SOUL Newspaper
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Soul newspaper was one of the original black music publications in Los Angeles. It was created in the aftermath of the Watts Riots. Nothing says LA more that SOUL.
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Silver Lake Terrace promotional pamphlet
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Pamphlet touting the benefits of living in Silver Lake Terrace, one of the many new and vigorously promoted subdivisions that popped up throughout Southern California during the real estate boom of the 1920s.“‘Where have I been that I did not know of this beautiful locality?’ is the question that comes involuntarily from scores of people who visit Silver Lake Terrace.”
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Rosa Parks
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The Rosa Parks poster was created by designer and ArtCenter professor Ty Drake in commemoration of the Juneteenth day.
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Based in the Little Tokyo area of Downtown Los Angeles, VC was founded in 1970 by a group of pioneering independent filmmakers to record, collect, and preserve a visual record of Asian Pacific American cultural heritage. VC originally worked as a film collective, concentrating on honestly portraying accurate images of Asian Americans and meticulously capturing pivotal social movements. VC produced groundbreaking works about the Asian American experience, including: CHINATOWN 2-STEP, a documentary on the suburbanization of Chinese American community in Los Angeles and the role of the Chinatown Drum and Bugle Corps; MANONG, a film on the first generation Filipino American immigrants; and WATARIDORI, a documentary on early Japanese American immigrant pioneers. VC published three books, In Movement: A Pictorial History of Asian Pacific America, Little Tokyo: One Hundred Years in Pictures, and Moving the Image: Independent Asian Pacific American Media Arts. Productions were used for education and activism that addressed setting up ethnic studies programs on local campuses, city redevelopment issues, the redress campaign for Japanese Americans interned during World War II, and the declaration of martial law in the Philippines. VC’s own past in all media, narrative films, documentaries and educational projects are intertwined with the Asian Pacific American movements of the 1970s, and in itself represents a rich resource for researchers of the Asian Pacific American movements. The Archives’ purpose is to document the history of the organization by organizing, preserving, and creating access to a variety of media art and primary materials recording impactful political moments and depicting the Asian Pacific American heritage for staff use, as well as by scholars who are interested in Visual Communications’ role in the Asian American communities and history. The holdings include over 300,000 photographic images, 1,500 titles in the Media Resource Library, 100 films and videos produced by Visual Communications, and over 1,000 hours of oral histories of pan-Asian Pacific American content. As a valuable resource of Asian media art representations, The Archives is open to a wide variety of users, and we encourage the public, artists, filmmakers, students, faculty and others to pursue an intercultural understanding of the Asian American heritage. VC’s vision for the archives is to accurately reflect and represent the diversity of the American populace and to cement Asian Pacific American experiences in the historical record through the preservation, access, and dissemination of our materials, which provide historical context and insight of Asian Pacific American influence not only for Asian Pacific Americans, but also for all Americans.
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May 2, 1992, Ardmore Park, Los Angeles Koreatown: At a large community wake in commemoration of teenager Eddie Lee (a Koreatown youth slain in a "friendly fire" incident while helping to safeguard a Korean-owned business on Day Two of the Los Angeles Rebellion), a group of Korean American residents join with others to decry the destruction and rioting that followed the April 29, 1992 "not-guilty" verdicts in the beating trial of motorist Rodney King. This rally and march, which numbered over 20,000 Angelenos and made its way through the streets of Koreatown, proved to be a watershed moment in the Korean-American community's struggle to be accepted as a vibrant part of the larger fabric of Los Angeles and American society.
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First Street North, Los Angeles Little Tokyo, May 1, 1972: "We all have the right to healthy communities. The growing resistance to corporate/government expropriation of communities — disguised as redevelopment — is symbolic of Asian America in movement. Chinatown in Honolulu and New York City, the International District in Seattle, Nihonmachi and Chinatown in San Francisco, Little Tokyo in Los Angeles: all bear witness to the determination of Asian Americans to create communities which help us move from a vital heritage to a vision of a better society." — Franklin Odo
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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.
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