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Photo Collection
The Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection contains images from the 1850s to the present, documenting all aspects of life in Southern California, with an emphasis on Los Angeles.
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Herald Examiner Photo Collection
Historic Buildings and Landscapes Survey Photo Collection
Housing Authority Photo Collection
Industrial LA Photo Collection
Kelly-Holiday Mid-Century Aerial Collection 
Los Angeles Neighborhoods Photo Collection
Los Angeles Photographers Photo Collection
Los Angeles Trade-Tech Photo Collection
Security Pacific National Bank Photo Collection
Shades of LA Photo Collection
Valley Times Photo Collection
Works Progress Administration Photo Collection