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Category: Disasters

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“Hurled Into The Furious Waves”: A Trio of Photos of Damaged Cabins at Topanga Beach, Malibu, 22 February 1926

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  • Posted on February 22, 2023February 23, 2023
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Wo/men at Work: Firefighters at Engine Company Number 20, Los Angeles, 9 February 1918

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  • Posted on February 9, 2023February 10, 2023
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Here Comes the Flood: The Deluge of December 1861-January 1862 in Greater Los Angeles

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  • Posted on January 10, 2023January 10, 2023
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Shake, Rattle and Roll: The Last “Big One” in Southern California, The Fort Tejon Earthquake of 9 January 1857

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  • Posted on January 9, 2023January 10, 2023
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Portrait Gallery: Cartes de Visites of Fredrick G. and Agnes Lambie Yapp, ca. late 1870s

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  • Posted on December 26, 2022December 27, 2022
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Through the Viewfinder at the Playa del Rey Lagoon, Los Angeles, ca. 1904

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  • Posted on December 18, 2022
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No Place Like Home: A Quartet of Photos of a Fire at the James C. Drake House, Los Angeles, 1 November 1909

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  • Posted on November 1, 2022November 2, 2022
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Take It to the Bank: A Temple and Workman Bank Check for Joseph Walter Drown, 16 September 1872, Part One

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  • Posted on September 16, 2022September 17, 2022
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“Are We Going to Wait for a Vicarious Sacrifice?”: A Photo of a San Gabriel Mountains Wildfire, September 1924

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  • Posted on September 7, 2022September 8, 2022
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Blast from the Past: Photos of the Dynamiting of the Brooklyn Theatre, Boyle Heights, June 1926

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  • Posted on June 23, 2022June 24, 2022
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Recent Posts

  • Treading the Boards with a Program from the Mason Opera House, Los Angeles, 30 March-1 April 1905
  • La La Landscapes: A Trio of Negatives of Landscaping at Westlake Park, 29 March 1905
  • Treading the Boards with a Program for “Desire Under the Elms,” Wilkes’ Orange Grove Theatre, Los Angeles, 28 March 1926
  • Striking a Chord with a Press Photo of Opera Singer Ernestine Schumann-Heink, February 1928
  • From Point A to Point B: Planning for the National Air Races at Los Angeles in Aviation Magazine, 26 March 1928

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A press photograph of Mary E. Foy, 1920. Foy was the first female head librarian of Los Angeles in 1880. Foy was honored by the democratic national committee in her work fighting for suffrage for women in California.
Sunday, March 19 at 2 p.m.
Gathering the Sparks of LA's Jewish Past with Edmon J. Rodman
Historic photo of Agnes Temple at the front door of La Casa Nueva ca. 1926 vs today.
A Memorial to the Pioneer Temple Family”: The Early History of Temple City, 1923-1930
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