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Los Angeles (Calif.) -- History Changing Times: Los Angeles in Photographs, 1920-1990 
 "The UCLA Department of Special Collections is selecting and digitizing approximately 5,000 of the more than 3 million images contained in the Los Angeles Times and Los Angeles Daily News photographic archives. The photographs chronicle the history and growth of Los Angeles from the 1920s to 1990." Photos are searchable, or browsable by subject. From the University of California, Los Angeles, Library. http://unitproj1.library.ucla.edu/dlib/lat/ Topics: Last updated Oct 18, 2009 Chavez Ravine: A Los Angeles Story
Companion site to a Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) Independent Lens film about the Mexican-American families living in the Chavez Ravine area of Los Angeles who were, in the early 1950s, "forcefully evicted ... to make way for a low-income public housing project. ... But instead of building the promised housing" the city sold the land, and Dodger Stadium was built on the site. Features a history of Chavez Ravine, photographs of residents, and related links. http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/chavezravine/ Topics: Baseball, Photograph Collections Last updated Jun 29, 2005 Elizabeth Short: Black Dahlia Case
Los Angeles Times reporter Larry Harnisch thinks he knows who murdered Elizabeth Short, the Black Dahlia, in January of 1947. Harnisch provides what he calls new evidence which may end the mystery surrounding one of Los Angeles' most notorious unsolved crimes. There are no graphic crime scene photos here, but there are several images of documentary evidence to examine. http://www.lmharnisch.com/ Topics: Crime, Mysteries and More Last updated May 23, 2003 A Huey P. Newton Story: Watts Riots
This portion of a companion site to a film about Huey Newton, co-founder and leader of the Black Panther movement, features brief information about the Watts Riots. "On August 11, 1965, Los Angeles's South Central neighborhood of Watts became a scene of the greatest example of racial tension America had seen." It includes newsreel footage. Note: Not all links are functioning. http://www.pbs.org/hueypnewton/times/times_watts.html Topics: Activism, Black Resources Last updated Mar 8, 2005 Life as He Knew It: Photographs of Black Los Angeles From the Walter Gordon Collection
Companion to an exhibition that "is part of a collaborative effort between USC [the University of Southern California] and other local organizations to preserve community memory. This display allows the public to interact with the fifty-eight photographs" from the collection of Walter Gordon, "a practicing attorney in Los Angeles for sixty-seven years ... [who] became acquainted with many notable members of the African-American community." Photos are from the mid-20th century. http://www.usc.edu/libraries/about/programs_exhibitions/exhibitions/gordon/blog/ Topics: Black Resources, Photograph Collections: History Last updated Jan 24, 2007 Los Angeles Mapped
This exhibit "presents historical maps of Los Angeles from the collections of the Library of Congress Geography and Map Division." Some of the map themes and areas represented include "California as an Island," the Owens River Valley Aqueduct, movie star homes ("star maps"), Los Angeles oil fields in 1906, and the commuter rail system (red cars and yellow cars). http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/lamapped/ Topics: Maps Last updated Jun 15, 2006 Los Angeles: Past, Present & Future
A wonderfully diverse collection of resources on the city of Los Angeles and surrounding areas. Although the site includes information on present day LA and glimpses of the future, it is particularly good for historic photographs and images of early Los Angeles. Maintained by the Information Services Division of the University of Southern California and dedicated to its original creator the late Dennis Thomison, a Reference Librarian at USC. http://www.usc.edu/libraries/archives/la/ Topics: Last updated Dec 19, 2008 Seeing Stars in Hollywood
This site provides movie studios' histories; maps to celebrities' homes; how to get tickets to shows; where the stars shop, eat, and go to church; where they are buried; and more. Includes a calendar of events for various celebrity appearances. http://www.seeing-stars.com/ Topics: Film, Movies, & Video, Notable People, Performing Arts Last updated Jul 25, 2006 University of Southern California: USC Digital Archive
The archive provides digital resources on Los Angeles and southern California: "digital images of drawings, illuminated manuscripts, maps, photographs, posters, prints, rare illustrated books, as well as audio and video recordings." Includes collections devoted to African Americans, Korean Americans, Chinese Americans, Japanese relocation camps, and more. From the University of Southern California (USC). http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/search/controller/index.htm Topics: Photograph Collections: History Last updated Sep 22, 2009 Violence in the City--an End or a Beginning? A Report by the Governor's Commission on the Los Angeles Riots, December 2, 1965
Full text of the McCone Report, a study commissioned by California Governor Edmund G. Brown concerning the August 1965 Watts riots in Los Angeles. From the the University of Southern California (USC) Libraries. http://www.usc.edu/libraries/archives/cityinstress/mccone/ Topics: Activism, Black Resources Last updated Jun 7, 2006 |
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