Series I. Historical Places and Sites in Los Angeles County 1870s-1970s
Scope and Content Note
Founding Years ca. 1970
Two Gabrielino Indians Constructing a Kish, County Museum Diorama ca. 1970
Gabrielino Indians' Houses, County Museum Diorama ca. 1970
Founding Father with a Horse, County Museum Diorama ca. 1970
Founding Fathers Expedition, County Museum Diorama ca. 1970
Colonist with a Baby ca. 1970
Soldado de Cuera ca. 1970
A Hernando Villa Painting: A Mission Scene ca. 1970
Photograph of the 1820 Presidio de San Diego map ca. 1970
San Juan Capistrano n.d.
Agustin Olvera: Portrait n.d.
John G. Downey: Portrait n.d.
Plaza 1870s-1970s
El Pueblo de Los Angeles ca.1970
Pico House, Merced Theatre and Masonic Temple 1876
Avila Adobe ca. 1890
Avila Adobe ca. 1920
Avila Adobe ca. 1920
Brunswig Drug Co. Building 1880
Security Pacific National Bank / L. A. Theater Mercedes 1970?
The Plaza Area ca. 1920
The Plaza Area 1869
The Pico House ca. 1880
The Pico House 1950?
The Plaza: The Kiosk 1970?
Church of our Lady Queen of the Angels, Biscailuz Building ca. 1970
The Plaza Church with its Gazebo 1970?
View of Marchessault St. 1910
Bella Union Hotel 1880?
The Plaza Fire House 1950?
Los Angeles Bicentennial, Eddie Albert at The Kiosk 1981
Los Angeles Bicentennial: LA's The Place Event 1981
Bella Union Hotel, The Plaza Area ca.1870
Los Angeles Reservoir ca. 1870
Sepulveda House: Centenaire de la Premiere République Française 1892
Los Angeles Central Area 1870s-1970s
St. Paul Episcopal Cathedral ca. 1923
Bradbury Building Interior n.d.
Los Angeles Times Building ca. 1950
Pacific Electric Building ca. 1910
Arcade Building, Interior n.d.
Scene in Chinatown 1880
Pershing Square: Biltmore Hotel & Philharmonic Auditorium ca.1930
Garfield Building 1932
Los Angeles Examiner Building ca.1920
Union Station 1960?
Los Angeles City Hall 1960?
Los Angeles City Hall 1930?
Lugo House ca. 1907
First African American Methodist Episcopal Church ca.1940
First African American Methodist Episcopal Church Plaque ca1970
MacArthur Park, Westlake ca. 1930
Los Angeles Times Building Bombing Oct.1, 1910
Broadway St. and 4th St. 1904
Broadway St. and 4th St. 1904
Fire Fighters on 3rd St. and Broadway St. ca. 1913
The Doughboys Arrive Home after WWI, LA Victory Parade 1919
The Doughboys Arrive Home after WWI, LA Victory Parade 1919
Farmers & Merchants Bank: 5th St. and Main St. ca. 1960
Los Angeles Stock Exchange Building ca. 1929
Hollenbeck Hotel & Bryson Block ca. 1890
Los Angeles: looking Towards Los Angeles High School 1887
Sonoratown ca. 1870
San Fernando Valley 1932-1968
Pico Adobe, Mission Hills 1932
Mission Wells n.d.
Los Encinos State Historic Park n.d.
Universal Studios ca. 1930
Chatsworth Community Church, Chatsworth 1968
Leonis Adobe, Calabasas n.d.
Western Area 1890-1968
Santa Monica Pier and Palisades ca. 1960
Loyola University ca. 1939
UCLA Royce Hall ca. 1935
Venice Beach on a Sunday ca. 1910
Ocean Park Beach ca. 1912
Ocean Park Beach: Beach Wear ca. 1910
Los Angeles Airport Opening Day Oct. 3,1931
Wilshire Boulevard, Oil Derrick in Background 1918
Wilshire Boulevard, Oil Derrick in Background 1918
Sawtelle Veterans Home ca. 1890
West Central 1883-1960
Griffith Park Planetarium 1953
The Beverly Hills Hotel n.d.
Ambassador Hotel n.d.
Barnsdall Home ca. 1920
Mulholland Dr. Aerial ca. 1920
The Charlie Chaplin Studio 1928
Wilshire Boulevard Temple ca. 1930
DeMille Studio Barn, Paramount Studio ca.1890
Third St. Looking Southwest ca.1930
Hollywood Sign, Mt. Lee n.d.
Hollywood Bowl n.d.
Hollywood Blvd. 1920
Mascarel Ranch, Hollywood-Wilshire District ca. 1883
La Brea Pitts before Development 1960
South Central Area 1918-1970
Armistice Day, Compton 11/11/1918 1918
Memorial Coliseum: Olympic Games 1932
USC, Mudd Memorial Hall 1929
USC, Widney Hall n.d.
Automobile Club of Southern California ca. 1920
St. Vincent de Paul Church: Interior n.d.
Patriotic Hall n.d.
Exposition Park, Los Angeles ca. 1925
The Watts Towers 1970?
Second Baptist Church 1959
Second Baptist Church 1959
The Dunbar Hotel (Formerly Hotel Somerville) 1928
28th St. YMCA Building ca. 1960
28th St.: YMCA Building 1928?
West Vernon School Summer Graduating Class of 1926 1926
Charles Alston Panel (Golden State Mutual Life Building) n.d.
Lincoln Theater / Crouch Temple n.d.
Southwestern/Southern Areas 1872-1960
Camping out at Redondo Beach 1900
Malaga Cove Elementary School (foreground), La Venta Inn n.d.
Torrance: Weston School 1890's?
Torrance Aerial 1924
Columbia Steel (foreground) & Union Tool (center), Torrance 1925
Amestoy Avenue School Gardena: Miss Yerian A1 Class May-54
Torrance Fire Department, Torrance n.d.
Lomita Railroad Museum n.d.
Rancho Aguaje de la Centinela, Inglewood ca.1915
Map Diseno del Rancho de Los Palos Verdes n.d.
Redondo Beach After the 1915 Storm 1927
Watson Home at Watson Station ca.1898
Eagle's Nest Stage Station, Catalina Island n.d.
The Wayfarer's Chapel, Rancho Palos Verdes Postcard ca.1950?
Avalon Harbor, Catalina Island n.d.
Drum Barracks: Camp San Pedro n.d.
Ruins of Adobe Custom House, Port MacArthur, San Pedro, 1899
Portuguese Point Natural Bridge n.d.
Harbor View, Los Angeles Harbor 1930
The Terminal Island, San Pedro Ferry 1896
The Terminal Island, San Pedro Ferry ca. 1940
Building the Breakwater, Los Angeles Harbor ca. 1890
Harbor Area WWII Shipyards ca.1940
Los Angeles Harbor: The Boys Come Home Nov. 1945
Great White Fleet Visits Japan 1908
San Pedro: Timm's Landing from Terminal Island ca. 1895
San Pedro: 6th St. and Front St. : one Week before the Fire 1888
San Pedro: 4th St. ca. 1925
Passenger Vessel Hermosa, Terminal Island ca. 1899
Signal Hill 1932
San Pedro Main St. ca. 1903
San Pedro Main St. & 3rd St. 1903
L.A. Harbor: US Pacific Fleet in Maneuvers n.d.
San Pedro Harbor: Panorama 1900?
Rancho Los Cerritos: Garden with John Bixy's Family Members 1872
Dominguez Hills: Oil Derrick 1950-60?
Metropolitan State Hospital 1923
Olympic Village, Baldwin Hills 1932
Long Beach: Lafayette Hotel & The Campbell Apartment Building ca.1935
San Pedro Harbor: Panorama of Dredging Operations ca. 1910
Southeast Area 1891-1927
Rancho Los Amigos Hospital (Originally County Poor Farm) ca. 1906
Pio Pico Adobe, Whittier n.d.
Paddison House, Norwalk n.d.
Hargitt House, Norwalk ca. 1894
Gilbert Sproul Museum, Originally Sproul House 1891
2650 Olympic Blvd. Aerial 1927
Battle of the Rio San Gabriel: Plaque n.d.
Eastern Los Angeles 1888-1960?
Pomona College: Summer Hall 1929
Oil District: Derricks on Glendale St. and 1st St. 1920?
Glendale Public Library n.d.
Rowland Home & Lillian Hudson Dibble Museum n.d.
Rancho La Puente ca.1930
Pomona County Fairgrounds n.d.
Queen Ann's Cottage, Baldwin Estate, Arcadia n.d.
Santa Anita Race Track, Arcadia, n.d.
Pylon Gateway, Hollenbeck Ave., San Bernardino ca. 1960
Holly Trinity Episcopal Church, Covina 1911
Lemon Residence, West Covina ca. 1880
Northeast Area 1890-1978?
Pasadena Playhouse Façade 1960?
Arroyo Seco Parkway (Pasadena Freeway) 1942
Hotel Green, Pasadena ca. 1920?
Pasadena Museum of History (The Fenyes Estate) n.d.
Pasadena Museum of History (The Fenyes Estate) 1942
Incline to Mt. Lowe-Echo Mountain ca. 1910
Rose Bowl, Arroyo Seco, Pasadena 1960?
Pasadena City Hall, Northeast Area 1930
Verdugo Adobe, Rancho San Rafael, Glendale ca. 1890
Colorado Street Bridge, Pasadena 1970?
Occidental College 1960?
Meridian Iron House 1910?
Wyngate House, South Pasadena ca. 1935
Zane Gray House, Altadena 1976?
Zane Gray House, Altadena 1976
Echo Mountains Trail, Pasadena 1978?
Mr. Wilson Observatory, Northeast Area n.d.
El Molino Viejo n.d.
Adobe Flores, South Pasadena 1976
Garfield House, South Pasadena n.d.
Howard Longley Residence, South Pasadena n.d.
Christmas Tree Lane, Altadena n.d.
Fair Oaks Home, Altadena n.d.
Adobe Flores Before Restoration, South Pasadena n.d.
Miltimore House, South Pasadena n.d.
Oaklawn Bridge & Waiting Station, South Pasadena 1960
Ruins of Garfias Adobe, South Pasadena ca. 1880
The Gamble House, Pasadena n.d.
Huntington Hotel n.d.
Michael White Adobe 1947
Casa de Adobe ca. 1950?
Northern Los Angeles 1900-1935?
Grape Wine Loops, Ridge Route ca. 1900?
Grape Wine Loops, Ridge Route ca. 1900?
Ridge Route: 13 Miles to Sandberg's Hotel 1920
Pico Canyon, Mentryville n.d.
Pico Canyon, Mentryville ca.1920
Lang Station, Soledad Canyon 1936
Ruins of Llano Utopian Community, Antelope Valley n.d.
Series II Places & Events in Los Angeles Metropolitan Area 1860s-1980s
Scope and Content Note
Los Angeles Street Electric Lines & Railroad Workers 1860-1980s
Scope and Content Note
Railroads Workers ca. 1868
Building the Central Pacific Railroad, Chinese Workers ca. 1860
Building the Central Pacific, Chinese Workers: Diorama ca. 1868
Building the Central Pacific Railroad: Diorama ca.1868
Transportation in Los Angeles: 1828-1887: 4 colorized cards depicting street railroads ca. 1868
Grape Pickers 1885-1890?
Scope and Content Note
Grape Pickers Harvesting a Vineyard in the San Bernardino Valley 1885
Workers Harvesting Grapes 1890?
African American Related Sites & Images 1919-1960?
Scope and Content Note
Pulpit & Choir : First African American Methodist Episcopal Church, Rev. M. Ward 1919
Wedding Scene: Women in Gowns ?
118th St. School: Miss Al Wilson's Class Apr. 1956
Xerox of "Mother & Otto's Uncle, Grandmother leaning on the Car" ca. 1950
"Mother & Otto's Uncle, Grandmother leaning on the Car" ca. 1950
Elementary School Class Picture ca. 1960?
5 Portraits of Children 1945-1956
Portrait of Father & Child 1940?
Two Children in the Kitchen 1950?
Two Men Wearing Suits & a Child 1950?
Portrait of Two American Soldiers 1950?
Series III Manhattan Beach 1910-ca.1960
Scope and Content Note
Manhattan Beach: Women Walking their Dogs ca. 1920
Manhattan Beach: Streets ca. 1920
Manhattan Beach: Streets ca. 1920
Manhattan Beach: Marine Ave. 1921
Manhattan Beach: Foot of Marine Ave. ca. 1920
Manhattan Beach: Western Ave. ca. 1890
Manhattan Beach: Paving Highland Ave. 1914
Manhattan Beach: Paving Highland Ave. from 13th St. ca. 1910
Manhattan Ave.: Looking South 1920
Manhattan Beach: Ocean and Marine Ave.: Looking East 1920
Manhattan Inn 1920
Manhattan Ave. 1930
Manhattan Beach: Oldest Beach Cottage 1910?
Manhattan Beach: Bath House and Old Pier 1906
Manhattan Beach Pier ca. 1930
Manhattan Ave. from 3rd St. ca. 1915
Manhattan Pavilion 1920
Manhattan Pavilion 1920
Los Angeles: Merry Christmas Postcard Dec. 1930
Standard Oil Refinery, El Segundo 1910
Manhattan Beach Center St. ca. 1920?
Manhattan Beach: The Tree Section from Sand Hill(Rosecrans Ave. ) 1912
Manhattan Beach: The Tree Section from Sand Hill(Rosecrans Ave. ) 1912
Standard Oil Refinery El Segundo: Construction of Warf ca. 1900
Ball Team, Hermosa Beach 1913
Manhattan Beach Pier ca. 1960
Manhattan Beach Commercial Area ca. 1940
Manhattan Beach Second City Hall 1914
Manhattan Beach Second City Hall ca. 1910
Manhattan Beach Street Intersection, Commercial Area ca. 1940
Manhattan Beach: Street Intersection ca. 1940
Manhattan Beach Housing ca. 1940
Manhattan Beach Housing ca. 1940
Manhattan Hardware and Gibbons Delicatessen ca. 1945
Manhattan Beach View Over the Ocean ca. 1910
Manhattan Patio Restaurant La Mar Cash Club ca. 1945
Manhattan Beach: Sepulveda Blvd. ca. 1910
Manhattan Beach: Land and Inhabitants ca. 1900
Manhattan Beach: Man Working his Land ca. 1890
Manhattan Beach: Cottages ca. 1900
Manhattan Beach Views, Postcard ca. 1930
Manhattan Beach: Street Railroad and Passengers ca. 1930
Manhattan Beach Train Trucks & Workers 1910?
Manhattan Beach Freight Train 1910?
Manhattan Beach Housing ca. 1940
Manhattan Beach: Tree Line Along the Road ca. 1930
Manhattan Beach: Land & Housing ca. 1930
Manhattan Beach: Men Working the Land ca. 1913
Manhattan Beach Cottages ca. 1910
Manhattan Beach: Scene at the Beach, Xerox ca. 1930
Manhattan Beach: Land and Housing ca. 1930
Series IV The Plaza Area ca. 1980
Scope and Content Note
Plaza Church ca. 1980
Father Junipero Serra: Statue ca. 1980
Sepulveda House ca. 1980
Garnier Block ca. 1980
Union Station, Los Angeles Central Area ca. 1980
Union Station, Los Angeles Central Area ca. 1980
Pico House ca. 1980
Pico House, Merced Theatre and Masonic Temple ca. 1980
Chinatown ca. 1980
Avila Adobe ca. 1980
Olvera Street Cross ca. 1980
Bell of Dolores ca. 1980
Biscailuz Building (Mexican Cultural Institute) ca. 1980
Felipe De Neve: Sculpture ca. 1980
Felipe De Neve: Sculpture (Close Up) ca. 1980
Olvera Street ca. 1980
Fire House No. 1 ca. 1980
Los Angeles Times Building, Central Area ca. 1980
Los Angeles River, Tapia Park, Western Area ca. 1980
40 Photographs of paintings, sculptures, and museum dioramas featuring Los Angeles history ca. 1980
Series V Oversize Prints & Miscellaneous 1870-1923
Scope and Content Note
Woodcock LA Studios 1923
Scope and Content Note
Patrick Watson Home: Interior 1920-1922
Patrick Watson Home: Façade 1920-1922
Patrick Watson Home: Interior 1920-1922
Patrick Watson Home: Interior 1920-1922
Patrick Watson Home: Garage 1920-1922
Patrick Watson Home at Watson Station: Façade ca. 1920
Patrick Watson Home ca. 1920
Carson or Watson Cattle 1920-1922
Carson Barn 1920-1922
Dominguez Adobe, Southern Area 1920-1923
Patrick Watson or Carson Family Chicken Yard 1920-1923
Patrick Watson Ranch, North of Wilmington 1920-1923
Miscellaneous 1870-ca. 1970
Scope and Content Note
Pomona County Band, Eastern Los Angeles ca. 1870
Manhattan Beach Aerial, South to Palos Verdes 1930
The Wright Airplane 1904?
City Street with Pedestrians, Geo. H. Real Estate Co. ca. 1900
City Street: Commercial Area ca. 1900
University Club ca. 1925
Elk Club n.d.
United States Post Office 1930?
Los Angeles High School n.d.
Car Crashed into Gas Station 1950?
Federal Grand Jury, Los Angeles ca. 1935
Group of Ladies Gathered in a Garden ca. 1910
Group of Gentlemen and Two Ladies in a Garden ca. 1915
Group of University Students on a Flight of Stairs 1920?
Group of University Students on a Flight of Stairs 1920?
Group of People Posing, Indoors 1920?
Dominguez, Elizabeth Chambeus, Grace Jones, Josephine Terrill, Doris Fowler, Marjorie Grant, Wells Ashley, Margaret Duff, and Ruth Lee 1920?
Frank, Nellie, and Ruth on the Beach, Ocean Park 1920?
Two Men Working the Land, Water Tank and House in the Background 1920?
Group of People in a Sightseeing Car, Mission in Background 1920?
Barn n.d.
Aerial View of Oil & Industrial Plants 1950?
Path Leading to a California Mission n.d.
Print of Suggested Restoration for San Fernando Mission, 1948 n.d.
Stewarts Orchard Ranch n.d.
Spanish Building Under Construction n.d.
Cemetery: Wood Crosses Marking Graves n.d.
Sunset Brooks 1970