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Central Library staff photo taken from Flower Street with a view of the East side of the Library, 1926
Central Library staff photo taken from Flower Street with a view of the East side of the Library, [1926]. Institutional Collection/Los Angeles Public Library
Tina Lernø, Librarian, Digital Content Team, February 20, 2026

Do you own a hat? Other than a baseball cap? How would you feel about wearing a hat... every day? Well, if you were around in the 1920s, you would have been intimately familiar with hat-wearing, hat-caring, and hat etiquette!

While researching everything about L.A. 100 years ago, the thing that struck me over and over were the fashions and the hats! So many hats. Did people really wear...

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Graphic with Feels Like Home book cover

Feels Like Home: Epilogue - Part 20

James Sherman, Librarian, Literature & Fiction Department, Wednesday, December 2, 2020

This post is the twentieth and final excerpt serializing the book Feels Like Home.<


Young person taking a picture of two cute dogs.

21st Century Kids: Behind the Camera Lens

Mona Gilbert, Children's Librarian, Northridge Branch Library, Tuesday, December 1, 2020

“Photography is about light, composition and, most importantly, emotion.”—Larry Wilder


Author Noé Álvarez and his first-time memoir, Spirit Run: A 6,000-Mile Marathon Through North America’s Stolen Land

Native American Heritage Month: Interview With Author Noé Álvarez

Susan Fukushima, Adult Librarian, Felipe de Neve Branch Library, Monday, November 30, 2020

Noé Álvarez is a writer, a runner, and the son of Mexican immigrant parents descended from the Indigenous Purépecha people and raised in Yakima, Washington.


Graphic with Feels Like Home book cover

Feels Like Home: The Early Days at New Central - Part 19

James Sherman, Librarian, Literature & Fiction Department, Wednesday, November 25, 2020

This post is the nineteenth in a series of excerpts serializing the book Feels Like Home


Family discussion

How to Talk to Friends & Family Who Share Misinformation

Ana Campos, Principal Librarian, Central Library Services, Wednesday, November 25, 2020

We all have been given misinformation from family and friends at one time or another, but sometimes it is hard to tell if something is false or true. And when we know that the information is false, how do we talk to our family and friends about it? Or how can we verify the information is true?


Freelance journalist, Stuart Turton and his latest book, The Devil and the Dark Water

Interview With an Author: Stuart Turton

Daryl M., Librarian, West Valley Regional Branch Library, Tuesday, November 24, 2020

Stuart Turton is a freelance journalist who lives in West London with his wife. Stuart is not to be trusted—in the nicest possible way.


Collage of thank you books

Family, Food, and Gratitude

Laura Duncan, Librarian, Children's Literature Department, Tuesday, November 24, 2020

What is Thanksgiving all about? For me, the most important part of the holiday has always been getting together with family, or with friends if I was living far from home, and counting our blessings over a delicious meal.


Astronomy professor, Emily Levesque and her first popular science book, The Last Stargazers

Interview With an Author: Emily Levesque

Daryl M., Librarian, West Valley Regional Branch Library, Thursday, November 19, 2020

Emily Levesque is an astronomy professor at the University of Washington. She has observed for upward of fifty nights on many of the planet’s largest telescopes and flown over the Antarctic stratosphere in an experimental aircraft for her research.


Graphic with Feels Like Home book cover

Feels Like Home: The Early Days at New Central - Part 18

James Sherman, Librarian, Literature & Fiction Department, Wednesday, November 18, 2020

This post is the eighteenth in a series of excerpts serializing the book Feels Like Home


Linda Leigh and her zine, Life is a Bus, Enjoy the Ride

Interview With a Zine Maker: Linda Leigh of Skid Row Zine

Angi Brzycki, Senior Librarian, Digitization & Special Collections, Wednesday, November 18, 2020

Linda Leigh has been a grateful Street Symphony Fellow since 2018, as well as a proud member of the Urban Voices Project Choir since 2016. Linda is additionally regarded as an honored and revered elder amongst the Skid Row advocacy and artistic communities.


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