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Glen Creason, Librarian III, History & Genealogy Department

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1918 Poster about influenza

When L.A. Fought the Pandemic and Won

April 18, 2020

It was a time when Angelenos should have been preparing to head out into the streets waving victory flags and knocking back belts of whiskey before the commencement of the dreaded Volstead act.

Maps, Safer at Home, LA History
Sepulveda becomes a lonely road, [1963]. Valley Times Collection

Sad Soli-Tunes Playlist to Listen to at Home

March 31, 2020

I would rather sit on a pumpkin, and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion.―Henry David Thoreau

Freegal, e-Media, Music, Safer at Home
Glen Creason and Loida Garcia-Febo looking at a new map

Major Gift to Our Map Collection

May 25, 2019

An over one-hundred-year-old, beautifully detailed map of downtown Los Angeles has been received by the History and Genealogy department from the Historical Society of Southern California.

Maps, Los Angeles History, Map Cave
The Junior League created this tourist map in 1980 showing a festive looking Chinatown

Chinatown: On the Map

March 13, 2019

Chinatown in Los Angeles has been demeaned and misunderstood for about a century and a half.

Chinatown, Maps, Los Angeles History, Asian Pacific American Heritage Month
close up view of Forest Lawn Cemetery

Where the Souls Sleep on All Saints Eve

October 31, 2018

Halloween has become a huge, month-long celebration in these modern times and not just for candy and death as I recall it meant when I was a brat.

Fall Traditions, Halloween, Día de los muertos
Glen Creason and his daughter Katya celebrate the re-opening of Central Library on a closed-off 5th Street

Central Reopens: Reflections

September 25, 2018

The day my own dear Central Library reopened I got my name in the L.A. Times which elicited ragging from pals around the city.

Central 25, History Department, LAPL History, Library Stories
pictorial map of california (detail)

California Admission Day

September 10, 2018

The last time I looked upon Admission Day as an important holiday for our dear Golden state was probably back in Sister Leocritia ’s grade 4 classroom at St. Helen school back when electricity was new.

Maps, History, California History
vintage postcard of central library

Rising From the Ashes: A Love Letter to Central Library

April 28, 2018

"It happened in New York, April 10th, nineteen years ago. Even my hand balks at the date. I had to push to write it down, just to keep the pen moving on the paper.

History, Central Library, Maps, History Department, LAPL History, Los Angeles History, Central 25
yogi bear and boo boo bear cartoon

Visit a National Park With the Library As Your Guide

April 21, 2018

The best way to celebrate the National Park System in America is to stand on the hallowed ground of any one of them and just look around. They never fail to fill you with wonder and genuine pride in the treasures that exist in this country.

Maps, Los Angeles History, Travel, Vacation, National Parks, History
illustration of sun with face from pictorial map

L.A. Stories from the Map Cave: Pageant of the Pacific

May 17, 2017

To celebrate Asian Pacific American Heritage Month at the Los Angeles Public Library, we have occasion to show off one of the greatest pictorial maps ever created: The Pageant of the Pacific by the artist

Maps, Video, History Department, Central Library, Heritage Months, Asian Pacific American Heritage Month

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