Christina Rice, Senior Librarian, Photo Collection

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Resurrecting The Valley's Stories Through Photographs

June 29, 2014

The Los Angeles Public Library has been the custodian of  the photo collection from the Valley Times newspaper (1946-1970) for over thirty years, since receiving as part of the donation from the Security Pacific National Bank in 1981.


John Kennedy Shaking Hands in Crowd

King, the Kennedys, & Los Angeles

May 28, 2013

In the early 1960s, John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Robert Kennedy symbolized hope, change, and the dawn of a new era for a country that was caught in the clutches of Cold War fear, and in many cases, clinging to certain outdated social attitudes.


Group Photo in Front of Clock

The Photo Collection Year in Review

December 19, 2012

With the New Year looming ahead of us, it seemed like a perfect time to look back at the 2012 goings on in the Photo Collection.


Photo of Woman and Child Sitting By Lily Pond

How We Worked, How We Played: Herman Schultheis and Los Angeles in the 1930s

December 09, 2012

Los Angeles in the late 1930s was a city in transition. It was suffering through the Great Depression with the rest of the country, but forging ahead with progress. Old Chinatown and La Grande Station were being erased, but Union Station and a New Chinatown would soon emerge.


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