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Nicholas Beyelia, Librarian, History and Genealogy Department

Sarah Bernhardt larger than life merged with a phto of the hollywood sign

Divine Prominence: Sarah Bernhardt in Los Angeles, 1891

October 28, 2024

On a pleasant summer evening in 1891, the Los Angeles Herald's theater critic attended a play that ran for exactly one night.

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Theater, LA History

Ste. Ostrich in Manhattan: The Visitations of a Martyr book(1990)

Looking at Art: Ste. Ostrich in Manhattan: The Visitations of a Martyr

October 09, 2024

Ste. Ostrich in Manhattan: The Visitations of a Martyr (1990) was written and illustrated by Lois Morrison, with Julie Chen serving as the paper engineer.

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Art, Special Collections, Looking at Art, Art Department, Art of the Book

Colorize photo of Judge Nicole Cannon with a pro-superimposed political advertisement

Loose Cannon: Reassessing Los Angeles Municipal Judge Noel Cannon, Part II

March 22, 2024

The Derringer Press Conference

The Derringer press conference is what Judge Cannon became infamous for, and the blowback would be mighty.

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Women's History Month

Loose Cannon: Reassessing Los Angeles Municipal Judge Noel Cannon, Part I

March 15, 2024

On Wednesday, May 17, 1967, a petite woman sporting a pink babydoll dress and white patent leather Mary Jane shoes pulled a pearl-handled Derringer revolver and pointed it in the direction of Los Angeles reporters and photographers.

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Women's History Month

A colorized 1930 pen & ink drawing of the Los Angeles Biltmore Hotel by Harold E. Powe

The Host of the Coast: 100 Years of the Los Angeles Biltmore

September 30, 2023

1923 proved to be a banner year for construction in Los Angeles.

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LA History, Biltmore Hotel

Graphic: Part VII: “Gone West”

May 23, 2023

This is the final part of a seven-part blog series exploring the long-forgotten Los Angeles arts & culture magazine The Graphic.

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Graphic Series, Special Collections

Thank You, Gloria Molina

May 22, 2023

The name Gloria Molina has been in my consciousness ever since I can remember. As a fourth-generation Mexican American growing up in Los Angeles, it was impossible not to know that name but rather than being a distant figure as so many L.A.

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Gloria Molina, LA History

Graphic: Part VI: The Art of The Graphic, 1917-1918

May 16, 2023

This is part six of a seven-part blog series exploring the long-forgotten Los Angeles arts & culture magazine, The Graphic.

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Graphic Series, Special Collections

Graphic: Part V: The Birth Of A "Society Journal"

May 09, 2023

This is part five of a seven-part blog series exploring the long-forgotten Los Angeles arts & culture magazine, The Graphic.

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Graphic Series, Special Collections

1930s advertisment of a women in a yellow and black coat

Graphic: Part IV: Albert Porter, Charles Lapworth and Elbridge Rand Years

May 02, 2023

This is part four of a seven-part blog series exploring the long-forgotten Los Angeles arts & culture magazine The Graphic.

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Graphic Series, Special Collections

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LAPL Blog

Nicholas Beyelia, Librarian, History and Genealogy Department

Pages

Divine Prominence: Sarah Bernhardt in Los Angeles, 1891

Looking at Art: Ste. Ostrich in Manhattan: The Visitations of a Martyr

Loose Cannon: Reassessing Los Angeles Municipal Judge Noel Cannon, Part II

The Derringer Press Conference

Loose Cannon: Reassessing Los Angeles Municipal Judge Noel Cannon, Part I

The Host of the Coast: 100 Years of the Los Angeles Biltmore

Graphic: Part VII: “Gone West”

Thank You, Gloria Molina

Graphic: Part VI: The Art of The Graphic, 1917-1918

Graphic: Part V: The Birth Of A "Society Journal"

Graphic: Part IV: Albert Porter, Charles Lapworth and Elbridge Rand Years

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Entrevista con el periodista y escritor mexicano José Gil Olmos

Interview With Cartoonist and Illustrator Medar de la Cruz

Interview With an Author: Tim Major

Online Learning With Your Library’s e-Resources

Transgender Awareness Week