Wreck of Times Building - Los Angeles
Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. General information about the George Grantha... More
Building a harbor at San Pedro /
"This picture was secured from a launch furnished by Mr. Eager, President of the California Construction Co., who are fulfilling this $5,000,000 contract. Here is seen the largest derrick in the world at work, ... More
Hollenbeck Park, Los Angeles view, photochrome print postcard.
Copyright 1901 by Detroit Photographic Co. Title on inventory list: Hollenbeck Park, LA. Detroit Publishing Co. no. "51397". Forms part of: Photochrom Print Collection. More information about the Photochrom Pr... More
![[Los Angeles Public Library at Los Angeles City Hall]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjgvbG9zLWFuZ2VsZXMtcHVibGljLWxpYnJhcnktYXQtbG9zLWFuZ2VsZXMtY2l0eS1oYWxsLTU2NjgzNC0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/33/webp "[Los Angeles Public Library at Los Angeles City Hall]")
[Los Angeles Public Library at Los Angeles City Hall]
Public domain photograph - historical image of California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Panorama of Los Angeles, from Hotel Trenton, Owens River Day
H96768 U.S. Copyright Office Photographer's address: Los Angeles. Copyright deposit; California Panorama Co.; June 29, 1907.
Panorama of San Jose, Calif., Panoramic Photograph
H128597 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; West Coast Art Co.; June 19, 1909. Copyright claimant's address: Los Angeles, Cal.
Los Angeles, Cal., Feb. 23rd, 1909, looking northwest from 4th and Bro...
H124284 U.S. Copyright Office Photographer's address: Los Angeles, Cal. Printed on image: "Chas. Z. Bailey, Panorama Artist". Copyright deposit; Chas. Z. Bailey; March 17, 1909.
City market of Los Angeles, Cal., 9th & San Pedro St., Aug. 8th 1910
J146334 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; T. Utsushigawa; September 29, 1910. Printed on image: "Belasco Theater, Los Angeles, Cal."
San Pedro, north from public library
J160349 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright claimant's address: Los Angeles, Cal. No. 999. Copyright deposit; West Coast Art Co.; September 22, 1911.
Los Angeles woman mail carrier - Glass negative photogrpah. Public dom...
Photograph shows a woman postal worker during World War I in Los Angeles, California. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2016) Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. Forms part of: Geo... More
![[Map of Los Angeles and the San Gabriel Mountains] /](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMDkvbWFwLW9mLWxvcy1hbmdlbGVzLWFuZC10aGUtc2FuLWdhYnJpZWwtbW91bnRhaW5zLTFjZWMxYy0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/15/webp "[Map of Los Angeles and the San Gabriel Mountains] /")
[Map of Los Angeles and the San Gabriel Mountains] /
Relief shown pictorially. LC copy annotated in ink: Title of map, perspective map showing automobile roads, Los Angeles and vicinity. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
CALIFORNIA of Los Angeles in winter quarters
Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). General information about the George Grantha... More
Newsies. See California report. Location: Los Angeles, California / L...
Picryl description: Public domain image of child labor, exploitation, children workers, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Los Angeles Harbor, Aug. 9, 1919
J227800 U.S. Copyright Office Photographer's address: Los Angeles, California. Handwritten on verso: "San Pedro Harbor, Aug. 9, 1919." No. 8750. Copyright deposit; Huddleston Photo Co.; October 1919; DLC/PP-1919:46067.
Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce. Window display of Los Angeles Chamber...
Public domain photograph - historical image of Washington DC, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Beverly Vista School, Primary Building, 200 South Elm Drive, Beverly H...
Significance: At Beverly Vista, the Primary Building (Building D) is a fine example of public school design. Building D, was designed by the Los Angeles architectural firm of Gable and Wyant in the Italian Ren... More
Mary Pickford and the Coquette contest winners
A film featuring the 25 "Coquette girls", winners of a contest conducted as a sales promotion for Mary Pickford's first sound film, Coquette. Newspapers such as the Washington evening star, the New Haven regist... More
Cutting the forequarters of beef into 20 lb. hunks, Los Angeles Sherif...
Photograph showing crew of barbecue cooks preparing beef under a tent. Photographed as part of the "America eats" project for the Federal Writers' Project. Southern California Writers Project. Exhibited: Ameri... More
Removing the barbecued beef from the pits, Los Angeles Sheriff's Barbe...
Photograph showing crew of barbecue cooks around a brick-lined pit, with servers and crowd in the background. Photographed as part of the "America eats" project for the Federal Writers' Project. Southern Califo... More
Federal Theatre Directory - theatrical playbill, public domain image
With listings for The Devil Passes at Hollywood Playhouse The Fool and Old Autumn at Mason Theatre Class of 29 at Musart Theatre It Can't Happen Here at Mayan Theatre Petrouchka and Captain Kidd at Theatre... More
Pontifical Massachusetts, Los Angeles, September 6, 1931
J 10126 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Mayben & Van Oosting; September 21, 1931. Stamped on verso: "Mayben & Van Oosting, 7611 1/2 South Broadway, Los Angeles, Calif."
KEHE Radio Studios, 133-141 North Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, Los Ang...
Significance: The center of this Streamline Moderne building poses as an elaborate sculptural base, centering on the vertical sign containing the Radio Station's call numbers. As with other Moderne buildings, ... More
Hiss Tower, 5400-5420 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Cou...
Significance: This building represents a classic Moderne type of the 1920s and 1930s. A central tower is presented as an attenuated vertical block where the scale is deceptively presented so that one is not aw... More
Rees & Wirsching Building, 223-227 North Los Angeles Street, Los Angel...
Significance: Late 19th century commercial building, designed by C.J. Kuback for Rees and Wireching, a partnership established in 1875, and dealing in agricultural implements and wagons. A 3-story building of m... More
"The devil passes" Federal road show attraction : Direct from sensatio...
Poster for Federal Theatre Project presentation of "The Devil Passes" at the Lobero Theatre, Santa Barbara, Calif., showing a hooded figure looming over the image of a man. Work Projects Administration Poster C... More
George Bernard Shaw's 3 act comedy "Captain Brassbound's conversion"
Poster for Federal Theatre Project presentation of "Captain Brassbound's Conversion" at the Hollywood Playhouse, Vine St. near Hollywood Bvld., Los Angeles, Calif., showing bust portrait of Bernard Shaw. Work P... More
"Hansel and Gretel" Adapted from the opera for children .... by Humper...
Poster for Federal Theatre Project presentation of "Hansel and Gretel" at the Greek Open Air Theatre, Los Angeles, Calif., showing Hansel and Gretel standing next to a tree. Work Projects Administration Poster ... More
"Carmen" - A poster advertising a show at the philadelphia music festi...
Poster for Federal Music Project presentation of "Carmen" at the Philharmonic Auditorium, Los Angeles, Calif., showing a woman dancing.
Vodvill sic Revue of 1936 - theatrical playbill, public domain image
A playbill (program or brochure that is distributed to theater patrons prior to or during a performance that contains information about the play, its cast, and crew, as well as other details such as the theater... More
Vodvill sic Revue of 1936 - theatrical playbill, public domain image
A playbill (program or brochure that is distributed to theater patrons prior to or during a performance that contains information about the play, its cast, and crew, as well as other details such as the theater... More
"Triple a plowed under" - Federal theatre project. Public domain poste...
Poster for Federal Theatre Project presentation of "Triple A Plowed Under" at the Greek Open Air Theatre, Vermont Avenue at Griffith Park, Los Angeles, Calif., showing a man with horse-drawn plow. Work Projects... More
The satirical comedy "To the ladies" by George S. Kaufman and Marc Con...
Poster for Federal Theatre Project presentation of "To the Ladies" at the Mason Opera House.
Bird of Paradise - Public domain poster, Music division, Library of Co...
Text on Poster: Belasco Theatre “Bird of Paradise” by Richard Walton Tully Starts Nov. 18 Federal Theatre Project USA Work Program W.P.A. (Content)
Hollywood Playhouse now "Two a day" A cavalcade of vaudeville : Ride t...
Poster banner for Federal Theatre Project presentation of "Two a Day" at the Hollywood Playhouse. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress).
U.S. 99 on ridge over Tehachapi Mountains. Heavy truck route between L...
Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More
Aboard an airliner enroute from Los Angeles to San Francisco
Picryl description: Public domain photograph of workers, war production, aircraft, airfield, the 1930s -1940s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Passengers aboard an American airliner enroute from Washington to Los ...
Picryl description: Public domain photograph of workers, war production, aircraft, airfield, the 1930s -1940s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
High school Victory Corps. Polytechnic High School, Los Angeles, Calif...
Public domain photograph of American trade card, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
A large group of people standing around with luggage. Office of War In...
Picryl description: Public domain photo of Japanese painting, free to use art, no copyright restrictions image.
Los Angeles, California. The evacuation of Japanese-Americans from Wes...
Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Los Angeles, California. The evacuation of Japanese-Americans from the...
Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More
Los Angeles, California. The evacuation of Japanese-Americans from Wes...
Picryl description: Public domain photo of Japanese painting, free to use art, no copyright restrictions image.
Los Angeles, California. Newsstand on a street corner
Public domain photograph - California, United States, World War Two, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Production. War housing trailers. Paper replaces steel as material for...
Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More
Los Angeles (Calif.) Evacuation - With identification tags attached to...
Signal Corps Photo No. 9CA-42-1791-PSF. S 602. Photo from U.S. Army, Western Defense Command and Fourth Army. In album: v. 1, p. 99.
Los Angeles, California. The evacuation of the Japanese-Americans from...
Picryl description: Public domain photo of Japanese painting, free to use art, no copyright restrictions image.
Los Angeles, California. The evacuation of Japanese-Americans from Wes...
Picryl description: Public domain photo of Japanese painting, free to use art, no copyright restrictions image.
Los Angeles County, California. The evacuation of Japanese-Americans f...
Picryl description: Public domain photo of Japanese painting, free to use art, no copyright restrictions image.
Los Angeles, California. The evacuation of the Japanese-Americans from...
Picryl description: Public domain photo of Japanese painting, free to use art, no copyright restrictions image.
Production. War housing trailers. Completely painted and baked hard in...
Public domain photograph of California in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Production. War housing trailers. The top of a war housing trailer com...
Public domain photograph of 1930s-1940s US industrial development, Second World War, US war production, indusry, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Los Angeles, California. The evacuation of Japanese-Americans from Wes...
Picryl description: Public domain photo of Japanese painting, free to use art, no copyright restrictions image.
Production. War housing trailers. Western Trailer Company of Los Angel...
Public domain photograph of California in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Victory Corps, tomorrow's defenders of liberty. As part of training in...
Public domain photograph of California in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Three Thirds of the Nation. Sir Cedric Hardwicke, reading his lines fo...
Public domain photograph of California in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Los Angeles, California. Japanese-American evacuation from West Coast ...
Picryl description: Public domain photo of Japanese painting, free to use art, no copyright restrictions image.
High school Victory Corps. In aeronautics class at Washington High Sch...
Public domain photograph of factory building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Los Angeles County, California. The evacuation of Japanese and Japanes...
Picryl description: Public domain photo of Japanese painting, free to use art, no copyright restrictions image.
Los Angeles, California. The evacuation of the Japanese-Americans from...
Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More
High school Victory Corps. Potential Army and Navy radiomen are these ...
Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More
San Bernardino, California. Carmen Honesto, cleaning the driver wheels...
Public domain photograph of California in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
![Reception held at Biltmore Hotel by Sen. and Mrs. Lyndon Johnson / [WKL].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5NjAvMDEvMDEvcmVjZXB0aW9uLWhlbGQtYXQtYmlsdG1vcmUtaG90ZWwtYnktc2VuLWFuZC1tcnMtbHluZG9uLWpvaG5zb24td2tsLTEwMjQuanBn/40/27/webp "Reception held at Biltmore Hotel by Sen. and Mrs. Lyndon Johnson / [WKL].")
Reception held at Biltmore Hotel by Sen. and Mrs. Lyndon Johnson / [WK...
Photograph shows Lyndon B. Johnson at podium speaking to a crowd while campaigning for the nomination for president at the Democratic Convention in Los Angeles, California; Mrs. Johnson stands next to him with ... More
Sanders Oldsmobile, La Brea & Wilshire, Los Angeles, California
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies category: Auto related. Purchase; John Margolies 2008 (DLC/PP-2008:109-4). Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America phot... More
Ruth i.e. Roth Draperies, Beverly Boulevard, Los Angeles, California
Photograph shows Roth Draperies, 7290 Beverly Boulevard at the intersection of Beverly Boulevard and Poinsettia Place. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2019) Title, date and keywords based on information provid... More
San Pedro Drive-In Theater, angle from right, blue sky, Gaffey Street,...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies categories: Mural and decorated screens; Drive-in movie theaters & signs. Purchase; John Margolies 2007 (DLC/PP-2007:125). C... More
Aerial view of a California movie studio lot
Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More
![[90-year-old political activist Doris "Granny D" Haddock speaking at a podium with others, outside the U.S. Capitol after her walk from Los Angeles to Washington, D.C. in support of campaign finance reform]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDYvOTAteWVhci1vbGQtcG9saXRpY2FsLWFjdGl2aXN0LWRvcmlzLWdyYW5ueS1kLWhhZGRvY2stc3BlYWtpbmctYXQtYS1wb2RpdW0tOTRjMmQwLTEwMjQuanBn/40/57/webp "[90-year-old political activist Doris \"Granny D\" Haddock speaking at a podium with others, outside the U.S. Capitol after her walk from Los Angeles to Washington, D.C. in support of campaign finance reform]")
[90-year-old political activist Doris "Granny D" Haddock speaking at a...
Date from caption information for contact sheet ROLL CALL-COLOR-2000-5074 or corresponding negative sleeve. Contact sheet available for reference purposes: ROLL CALL-COLOR-2000-5074, frame 6. Contact sheet or ... More
Sculpture "The New World" on the exterior of the Edward R. Roybal Fede...
Artist: Tom Otterness, 1991. Cast concrete and bronze. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the photographer. Cred... More
Sculpture "The New World" on the exterior of the Edward R. Roybal Fede...
Artist: Tom Otterness, 1991. Cast concrete and bronze. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the photographer. Cred... More
The City of Los Angeles float in the 124th Rose Parade in Pasadena, Ca...
Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. The first parade was staged in 1890 by members of Pasadena's Valley Hunt Club. According to the parade's official program, the club was made up of former ... More
Part of Watts Towers, a collection of structures and art in the low-in...
Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. The towers were built by Italian immigrant construction worker Sabato Rodia in his spare time from 1921 to 1954. Constructed from steel pipes and rods, wr... More
Skyline view of Los Angeles, California
Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. The striking, greenish structure is the 13-story Eastern Columbia Building in the Broadway Theater District. Considered by many to be the city's finest su... More
Roy Roger's hand and footprints, Grauman's Chinese Theatre, Los Angele...
The grand opening of Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood on May 18, 1927, was the most spectacular theatre opening in motion picture history. Thousands of people lined Hollywood Boulevard and a riot broke ou... More
Artwork at the Watts Towers, a collection of structures and art in the...
Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. The towers were built by Italian immigrant construction worker Sabato Rodia in his spare time from 1921 to 1954. Constructed from steel pipes and rods, wr... More
Angel Stadium of Anaheim, California
Originally Anaheim Stadium and later Edison International Field, is the home ballpark to Major League Baseball's Los Angeles Angels and previously home to the NFL's Los Angeles Rams. The stadium is often referr... More
New Chinatown in Los Angeles, California
This area was originally Los Angeles' Little Italy. In the 1920s and 30s, the Chinese moved in. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California ... More
Venice, a beachfront district on the Westside of Los Angeles, Californ...
Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Venice is known for its canals, beaches and circus-like Ocean Front Walk. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M... More
New Chinatown in Los Angeles, California
This area was originally Los Angeles' Little Italy. In the 1920s and 30s, the Chinese moved in. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California ... More
Aerial view of Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, California
The fourth hall of the Los Angeles Music Center, it seats 2,265 people and serves as the home of the Los Angeles Philharmonic orchestra and the Los Angeles Master Chorale. The stark, Frank Gehry-designed buildi... More
The building is the art: Two Boots Pizza, Downtown LA, Los Angeles, Ca...
Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More
Aerial of Pacific Coast Beach, Los Angeles, California
Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More
Venice, a beachfront district on the Westside of Los Angeles, Californ...
Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Venice is known for its canals, beaches and circus-like Ocean Front Walk. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M... More
Sportie LA on Melrose Avenue, an internationally renowned shopping, di...
The most famous section is known as the Melrose District, which runs from the West End through West Hollywood and Hollywood. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovel... More
Paramount Pictures, Melrose Avenue entrance, Los Angeles, California
Picryl description: Public domain image of gates, gateway, passage, architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Olvera Street in the oldest part of downtown Los Angeles, California
The street is part of the El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historic Monument, and referred to by Latinos as "La Placita Olvera" for a prominent local judge. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credi... More
Building and skaters in Venice, a beachfront district on the Westside ...
Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Venice is known for its canals, beaches and circus-like Ocean Front Walk. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M... More
Rodeo Drive, Beverly Hills, California
Rodeo Drive is a shopping district known for designer label and haute couture fashion. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photograp... More
Wall art in Venice, a beachfront district on the Westside of Los Angel...
Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Venice is known for its canals, beaches and circus-like Ocean Front Walk. Mural artist: name not given. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of Cal... More
Retail establishment Yonanda in Los Angeles, California
Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More
Skyline view of Los Angeles, California
Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More
Dusk shot of Central Los Angeles, California
Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More
This is art of a sort, but not exactly either private or public. It wa...
Public domain photograph of cabinet, furniture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Members of two families, left to right: John and Nancy Kenyon, with so...
Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More
Underground portion of the Hollywood/Vine Metro subway station in the ...
Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More
E. 110th St. at Wilmington Ave., LA, 2013
Photograph shows storefront with sign "Grand Opening Under New Management" and bars protecting door and window.
Skyline of Central Los Angeles, California, showing the contrast betwe...
Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More
The "Hollyhock House," in the East Hollywood neighborhood of Los Angel...
Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright for oil heiress Aline Barnsdall. Barnsdall originally intended the house to be part of an arts and theater comple... More
Wall art by Gilbert "Magu" Lujan inside the Hollywood/Vine Metro subwa...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, P... More
Skyline view of Los Angeles, California
Public domain photograph of Los Angeles, California, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
High Tor: Brown tunic with white collar and cuffs. Puffy brown breeche...
Belasco Theater (venue) Public domain scan of 1930s theatrical costume design, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description The Federal Theatre Project (FTP) was a New Deal program create... More