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Postcard commemorating the first International Air Meet in the United States.

Those Daring Young Men: The 1910 Los Angeles International Aviation Meet

January 10, 2022

112 years ago a remarkable event took place on Dominguez Hill in what is now the City of Carson, Los Angeles County. A scant six years after the Wright Brothers’ historic flight at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, an International Air Meet brought throngs to witness feats of aeronautical daring-do.


Girl with a sailor friend

Shades of L.A.: The Filipino American Experience

October 06, 2021

Thirty years ago the Los Angeles Public Library embarked on a ground-breaking, collection-building project—reaching out to the diverse communities of the region for family photographs that would provide depth and nuance to an understanding of this region’s multi-cultural history.


Hollywood Lunar New Year parade

Happy Chinese New Year!

February 11, 2021

The Chinese New Year bring celebrations that include firecrackers, parades, fish, dragons, lions, and lucky money in red envelopes.


Exterior view of the Lincoln Heights Branch of the Los Angeles Public Library

Helping Everyone to Help Themselves - Andrew Carnegie and Libraries

January 28, 2020

Andrew Carnegie was born in Dunfermline, Scotland, in 1835 and immigrated to the United States in 1848. Landing in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, 13-year-old Andrew Carnegie started working as a bobbin boy, changing spools of thread in a cotton mill. He worked twelve hours a day, six days a week.


3 women eating fruitcake

The Festive Feasts of Los Angeles

December 19, 2019

Ready for the holidays? Hungry?


Indians accept proclamation

Native American Heritage Month - Images From the Collection

November 19, 2019

November is Native American Heritage Month. The land that now constitutes California once housed the most diverse population of indigenous people in the Western hemisphere, with 150 different Native American tribes inhabiting the area.


Gravestones at New Calvary Cemetery

The Final Farewell—Funerals, Burials, and Memorials in Southern California

October 22, 2019

Southern Californians have panache. From the clothes they wear to the dishes they cook to the homes they make, they create their own style—often a mixture of tradition and innovation—and show it proudly. This flair for living does not stop once they stop living.


Mexican American musical group ca 1960

Snapshots from the Melting Pot – Celebrating the Heritage of Folks Who Helped Make Los Angeles Great

September 16, 2019

National Latino Heritage Month is a month dedicated to highlighting the culture and contributions of Americans whose origins can be traced to Mexico plus Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua, and other Central American countries as well as Cuba and the Caribbean.


Baby splashing in a pool

Bringing the Heat!

July 30, 2019

The Los Angeles basin cannot escape the fact that its climate tends to extremes, particularly of the hot variety. Global warming and galloping urbanization have exacerbated the situation Temperatures have increased over the past century, while heatwaves are becoming ever more common and last longer.


Ethel Schultheis looks into a large fountain

Mr. and Mrs. Schultheis go to Santa Barbara

June 19, 2019

We have written before about Herman Schultheis, the German-born photographer and jack of all film-related trades. With his wife, Ethel, Herman arrived in Los Angeles in 1937 with high hopes of a career in the film industry.


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