Past Due: 100 Years of Central Library Episode 8 - Find That Photo!

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Past Due: 100 Years of Central Library Episode 8 - Find That Photo!

Dive into the Los Angeles Public Library’s photo collections, both historic and current, to find the most unique photos documenting the history of Los Angeles or current happenings at LAPL. On this episode, we learn more about the Photo Collection from Senior Librarian Christina Rice, catch up with Keith and Krystal from our Social Media team, and delve into the mystery of a long-lost Julian Garnsey wallpaper.

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woman covered up to her neck in grapes

Resources Mentioned

Corn Queen and her court
Corn Queen and her court. Eyre Powell Chamber of Commerce Collection/Los Angeles Public Library
woman in a crown holding a giant fork
Corn Queen. Eyre Powell Chamber of Commerce Collection/Los Angeles Public Library
Nancy Columbia, dressed warmly in an Eskimo tog
Shown is an Inuit beauty, identified as Nancy Columbia, dressed warmly in an Eskimo tog. Eyre Powell Chamber of Commerce Collection/Los Angeles Public Library
beach with oil derricks
An umbrella provides shade for a lone couple in Huntington Beach. On the bluff behind them are rows of oil derricks. Herman J. Schultheis Collection/Los Angeles Public Library
Children’s Literature Department in the East Wing
Children’s Literature Department in the East Wing, with Julian Garnsey's animal wallpaper visible along the right. Institutional Collection/Los Angeles Public Library
Detail Julian Garnsey wallpaper
Detail Julian Garnsey wallpaper. Institutional Collection/Los Angeles Public Library
window with wallpaper
Detail of Julian Garnsey wallpaper, with crab, squirrel, bear, rabbit, pelican, owl, and lion visible. Institutional Collection/Los Angeles Public Library

Participant(s) Bio

Christina Rice

Christina Rice began her career with the Los Angeles Public Library in 2005 and has been the Senior Librarian of the library's historic photo collection since 2009. She has curated multiple library exhibitions, including LAPL150: Our Story is Yours (2023) and Life on a String: The Yale Puppeteers and the Turnabout Theatre (2021). She is the author of Central Library POPS! (Angel City Press, 2026), Mean...Moody...Magnificent! Jane Russell and the Marketing of a Hollywood Legend (University Press of Kentucky, 2021) and Ann Dvorak Hollywood's Forgotten Rebel (University Press of Kentucky, 2013). 

Keith Kesler and Krystal Ruiz

Keith Kesler has been the Social Media Librarian at Los Angeles Public Library since 2016. His work has been featured in the NY Times, L.A. Times, Washington Post, People, Sports Illustrated, and many other publications. Most notably, he produced the video for the Linda Linda’s "Racist Sexist Boy," which reached over 20 million people and won two Webby Awards.  

Krystal Ruiz has been a Public Relations Specialist at the Los Angeles Public Library since 2022. Her primary focus is to inform Angelenos of the endless possibilities available inside the Library's do-it-yourself makerspace, Octavia Lab. In addition to her role as a Public Relations Specialist, she also creates original content for the various @lapubliclibrary social media channels. 

Sheridan Jay Cazarez

Moderator: Sheridan Jay Cazarez is a librarian in the Exploration & Creativity Department at the Los Angeles Public Library. He's presented on bilingual early literacy programming, translation practices, and labor advocacy at the REFORMA National, California Library Association, Seguimos Creando Enlaces, and American Library Association conferences. Find his original translations of songs and rhymes for young children on his website, Bibliocuentos.com.