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Casa Pelanconi, 33-35 Olvera Street, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

Casa Pelanconi, 33-35 Olvera Street, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, ...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-2 Survey number: HABS CA-37-3 Building/structure dates: 1855 Initial Construction

Arroyo Seco Parkway, Los Angeles to Pasadena, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

Arroyo Seco Parkway, Los Angeles to Pasadena, Los Angeles, Los Angeles...

Significance: The Arroyo Seco Parkway (Pasadena Freeway) was the first divided-lane, high-speed, limited-access road in the urban western United States and the first stretch of road for what would become the ex... More

Variable Angle Launcher Complex, CA State Highway 39 at Morris Reservior, Azusa, Los Angeles County, CA

Variable Angle Launcher Complex, CA State Highway 39 at Morris Reservi...

Significance: Morris Dam Test Facility (MDTF) was built at the Morris Dam Reservoir for the purpose of obtaining basic hydrodynamic data for use in design and development of Naval Ordinance, particularly air-to... More

Rose Bowl Stadium, 1001 Rose Bowl Drive, Pasadena, Los Angeles County, CA

Rose Bowl Stadium, 1001 Rose Bowl Drive, Pasadena, Los Angeles County,...

Significance: The Rose Bowl stadium is of outstanding significant in the history of American recreation as the long-term site of the oldest and most renowned post-season college football "bowl" game. The Rose ... More

Douglas Aircraft Company Long Beach Plant, Maintenance Shop, 3855 Lakewood Boulevard, Long Beach, Los Angeles County, CA

Douglas Aircraft Company Long Beach Plant, Maintenance Shop, 3855 Lake...

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National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Pacific Branch, Main Administration Building, 11301 Wilshire Boulevard, West Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Pacific Branch, Main Ad...

Survey number: HABS CA-2802-P Public domain photograph - 1930s California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Hughes Aircraft Company, Cafeteria Building, 6775 Centinela Avenue, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

Hughes Aircraft Company, Cafeteria Building, 6775 Centinela Avenue, Lo...

Significance: The most ambitious interpretation of the International style within the Hughes complex, Building 10 is an asymmetrically organized structure with a small, flat roofed second story which rises from... More

Whittier Theatre, 11602-11612 East Whittier Boulevard, Whittier, Los Angeles County, CA

Whittier Theatre, 11602-11612 East Whittier Boulevard, Whittier, Los A...

Significance: The Whittier Theatre was the largest and most elaborate movie theater complex in Whittier. It was significant as an example of a local architect's interpretation both of the prevailing trend towa... More

Vista del Arroyo Hotel, Bungalow A, 125 South Grand Avenue, Pasadena, Los Angeles County, CA

Vista del Arroyo Hotel, Bungalow A, 125 South Grand Avenue, Pasadena, ...

Significance: The Vista del Arroyo bungalows are significant as an integral part of the hotel complex, of which the main building is the centerpiece. Historically, the hotel-bungalow idea, originated in Pasade... More

Mount Gleason Nike Missile Site, Angeles National Forest, South of Soledad Canyon, Sylmar, Los Angeles County, CA

Mount Gleason Nike Missile Site, Angeles National Forest, South of Sol...

Significance: The Mt. Gleason facility is significant for several reasons. It was the first Nike unit planned and constructed in the Angeles National Forest, and it operated for the longest period of time amon... More

Mount Gleason Nike Missile Site, Angeles National Forest, South of Soledad Canyon, Sylmar, Los Angeles County, CA

Mount Gleason Nike Missile Site, Angeles National Forest, South of Sol...

Significance: The Mt. Gleason facility is significant for several reasons. It was the first Nike unit planned and constructed in the Angeles National Forest, and it operated for the longest period of time amon... More

Santa Monica City Jail, 1685 Main Street, Santa Monica, Los Angeles County, CA

Santa Monica City Jail, 1685 Main Street, Santa Monica, Los Angeles Co...

Significance: The Santa Monica City Hall, including the jail facility in the northwest wing, was designed in a PWA Moderne style popular in the 1930s by prominent Los Angeles architects, Joseph M. Estep and Don... More

Santa Monica City Jail, 1685 Main Street, Santa Monica, Los Angeles County, CA

Santa Monica City Jail, 1685 Main Street, Santa Monica, Los Angeles Co...

Significance: The Santa Monica City Hall, including the jail facility in the northwest wing, was designed in a PWA Moderne style popular in the 1930s by prominent Los Angeles architects, Joseph M. Estep and Don... More

Casa de Ygnacio Palomares, 1569 North Park Avenue, Pomona, Los Angeles County, CA

Casa de Ygnacio Palomares, 1569 North Park Avenue, Pomona, Los Angeles...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-12 Survey number: HABS CA-37-25 Building/structure dates: ca. 1840 Initial Construction

Grand Central Air Terminal, 1310 Air Way, Glendale, Los Angeles County, CA

Grand Central Air Terminal, 1310 Air Way, Glendale, Los Angeles County...

Public domain photograph of train station building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Vista del Arroyo Hotel, Bungalow No. 3, 125 South Grand Avenue, Pasadena, Los Angeles County, CA

Vista del Arroyo Hotel, Bungalow No. 3, 125 South Grand Avenue, Pasade...

Significance: The Vista del Arroyo bungalows are significant as an integral part of the hotel complex, of which the main building is the centerpiece. Historically, the hotel-bungalow idea, originated in Pasade... More

NASA Industrial Plant, Testing Facility, 12214 Lakewood Boulevard, Downey, Los Angeles County, CA

NASA Industrial Plant, Testing Facility, 12214 Lakewood Boulevard, Dow...

Significance: The Northwest Corner of Building 1 is of unknown significance. However, Building 1, as a whole, is the administrative and historical "heart" of the NASA Industrial Plant at Downey. Beneath Build... More

Ninth Street Viaduct, Spanning Los Angeles River at Olympic Boulevard, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

Ninth Street Viaduct, Spanning Los Angeles River at Olympic Boulevard,...

Significance: Olympic Boulevard Viaduct (formerly the Ninth Street Viaduct) is one of the twelve significant historic bridges over the Los Angeles River. Ninth Street was reconfigured and renamed Olympic Boule... More

Casa del Rancho Aguaja de la Centinela, 7634 Midfield Road, Inglewood, Los Angeles County, CA

Casa del Rancho Aguaja de la Centinela, 7634 Midfield Road, Inglewood,...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-12 Survey number: HABS CA-312 Building/structure dates: ca. 1822 Initial Construction

Big Dalton Dam, 2600 Big Dalton Canyon Road, Glendora, Los Angeles County, CA

Big Dalton Dam, 2600 Big Dalton Canyon Road, Glendora, Los Angeles Cou...

Significance: The dam was built as part of a flood control and water conservation program in Los Angeles County to protect the growing community and provide water as the demand increased. The dam was designed ... More

Casa de Pio Pico, Whittier Boulevard & Guirado Street, Whittier, Los Angeles County, CA

Casa de Pio Pico, Whittier Boulevard & Guirado Street, Whittier, Los A...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-4 Survey number: HABS CA-37-24 Building/structure dates: 1832 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1867 Subsequent Work Building/struc... More

Casa de Pio Pico, Whittier Boulevard & Guirado Street, Whittier, Los Angeles County, CA

Casa de Pio Pico, Whittier Boulevard & Guirado Street, Whittier, Los A...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-4 Survey number: HABS CA-37-24 Building/structure dates: 1832 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1867 Subsequent Work Building/struc... More

Arroyo Seco Parkway, York Boulevard Bridge, Milepost 29.50, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

Arroyo Seco Parkway, York Boulevard Bridge, Milepost 29.50, Los Angele...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a park, trees, outdoors, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal, Tracks & Shed, 800 North Alameda Street, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal, Tracks & Shed, 800 North Alameda...

Significance: Union Station has been designated Los Angeles Cultural History Landmark No. 101. In 1980, it was entered on the National Register of Historic Places. The statement of significance from the Natio... More

Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal, Maintenance Deptartment Building, 800 North Alameda Street, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal, Maintenance Deptartment Building...

Survey number: HABS CA-2158-D Building/structure dates: ca. 1939 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 80000811

James K. Hill & Sons Pickle Works, 1001-1007 East First Street, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

James K. Hill & Sons Pickle Works, 1001-1007 East First Street, Los An...

Significance: The building is an increasingly rare surviving example of Victorian-era brick industrial vernacular architecture in the center of Los Angeles's former warehouse district, which represents the earl... More

Fort MacArthur, Raw Salt Storage & Processing Buildings, Pacific Avenue, San Pedro, Los Angeles County, CA

Fort MacArthur, Raw Salt Storage & Processing Buildings, Pacific Avenu...

Significance: The Trona Plant (Building 425) at Fort MacArthur is one of the largest remaining wood timber buildings in southern California. As such, it represents an impressive example of an early west coast ... More

Fort MacArthur, Raw Salt Storage & Processing Buildings, Pacific Avenue, San Pedro, Los Angeles County, CA

Fort MacArthur, Raw Salt Storage & Processing Buildings, Pacific Avenu...

Significance: The Trona Plant (Building 425) at Fort MacArthur is one of the largest remaining wood timber buildings in southern California. As such, it represents an impressive example of an early west coast ... More

Plaza Church, 535 North Main Street, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

Plaza Church, 535 North Main Street, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, ...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-9, FN-17 Survey number: HABS CA-37-1 Building/structure dates: 1882 Initial Construction

General Phineas Banning Residence, 401 East M Street, Wilmington, Los Angeles County, CA

General Phineas Banning Residence, 401 East M Street, Wilmington, Los ...

Significance: The General Phineas Banning Residence consists of a 23 room house built in 1864 in the Greek Revival style. The residence is set in 20 acres of parkland and gardens. The property is located in t... More

General Phineas Banning Residence, 401 East M Street, Wilmington, Los Angeles County, CA

General Phineas Banning Residence, 401 East M Street, Wilmington, Los ...

Significance: The General Phineas Banning Residence consists of a 23 room house built in 1864 in the Greek Revival style. The residence is set in 20 acres of parkland and gardens. The property is located in t... More

General Phineas Banning Residence, 401 East M Street, Wilmington, Los Angeles County, CA

General Phineas Banning Residence, 401 East M Street, Wilmington, Los ...

Significance: The General Phineas Banning Residence consists of a 23 room house built in 1864 in the Greek Revival style. The residence is set in 20 acres of parkland and gardens. The property is located in t... More

General Phineas Banning Residence, 401 East M Street, Wilmington, Los Angeles County, CA

General Phineas Banning Residence, 401 East M Street, Wilmington, Los ...

Significance: The General Phineas Banning Residence consists of a 23 room house built in 1864 in the Greek Revival style. The residence is set in 20 acres of parkland and gardens. The property is located in t... More

Ford Motor Company Long Beach Assembly Plant, Assembly Building, 700 Henry Ford Avenue, Long Beach, Los Angeles County, CA

Ford Motor Company Long Beach Assembly Plant, Assembly Building, 700 H...

Significance: Ford Motor Company built the Long Beach Assembly Plant during 1929-1930 as one of six contemporaneous assembly plants constructed in the United States. The overall purpose of these plants was to ... More

Huntington Hotel, 1401 South Oak Knoll Avenue, Pasadena, Los Angeles County, CA

Huntington Hotel, 1401 South Oak Knoll Avenue, Pasadena, Los Angeles C...

Significance: By the 1890s, Pasadena's mild winter climate and scenic beauty was attracting thousands of winter visitors. Resort hotels flourished from the turn of the century until the 1930s. The Huntington ... More

Henry Ford Bridge, Spanning Cerritos Channel, Los Angeles-Long Beach Harbor, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

Henry Ford Bridge, Spanning Cerritos Channel, Los Angeles-Long Beach H...

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Henry Ford Bridge, Spanning Cerritos Channel, Los Angeles-Long Beach Harbor, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

Henry Ford Bridge, Spanning Cerritos Channel, Los Angeles-Long Beach H...

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Henry Ford Bridge, Spanning Cerritos Channel, Los Angeles-Long Beach Harbor, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

Henry Ford Bridge, Spanning Cerritos Channel, Los Angeles-Long Beach H...

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Prospect Boulevard Bridge, Prospect Boulevard spanning Seco Street, Pasadena, Los Angeles County, CA

Prospect Boulevard Bridge, Prospect Boulevard spanning Seco Street, Pa...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a park, trees, outdoors, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Los Angeles Aqueduct, From Lee Vining Intake (Mammoth Lakes) to Van Norman Reservoir Complex (San Fernando Valley), Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

Los Angeles Aqueduct, From Lee Vining Intake (Mammoth Lakes) to Van No...

Significance: The Los Angeles Aqueduct and its Mono Basin Extension delivers water to the City of Los Angeles from the Mono Basin in the Sierra Nevada Mountains through Owens Valley and across the Mojave Desert... More

Los Angeles Aqueduct, From Lee Vining Intake (Mammoth Lakes) to Van Norman Reservoir Complex (San Fernando Valley), Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

Los Angeles Aqueduct, From Lee Vining Intake (Mammoth Lakes) to Van No...

Significance: The Los Angeles Aqueduct and its Mono Basin Extension delivers water to the City of Los Angeles from the Mono Basin in the Sierra Nevada Mountains through Owens Valley and across the Mojave Desert... More

NASA Industrial Plant, 12214 Lakewood Boulevard, Downey, Los Angeles County, CA

NASA Industrial Plant, 12214 Lakewood Boulevard, Downey, Los Angeles C...

Significance: The site was one of the country's earliest airplane manufacturing plants and has been instrumental in the development of flight technology including military, supersonic, and high altitude flight ... More

NASA Industrial Plant, 12214 Lakewood Boulevard, Downey, Los Angeles County, CA

NASA Industrial Plant, 12214 Lakewood Boulevard, Downey, Los Angeles C...

Significance: The site was one of the country's earliest airplane manufacturing plants and has been instrumental in the development of flight technology including military, supersonic, and high altitude flight ... More

Variable Angle Launcher Complex, Variable Angle Launcher, CA State Highway 39 at Morris Reservior, Azusa, Los Angeles County, CA

Variable Angle Launcher Complex, Variable Angle Launcher, CA State Hig...

Significance: Morris Dam Test Facility (MDTF) was built at the Morris Dam Reservoir for the purpose of obtaining basic hydrodynamic data for use in design and development of Naval Ordinance, particularly air-to... More

Los Angeles City Hall, 200 North Spring Street, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

Los Angeles City Hall, 200 North Spring Street, Los Angeles, Los Angel...

Public domain image of a large historic building, city hall, urban architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Los Angeles City Hall, 200 North Spring Street, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

Los Angeles City Hall, 200 North Spring Street, Los Angeles, Los Angel...

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Los Angeles City Hall, 200 North Spring Street, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

Los Angeles City Hall, 200 North Spring Street, Los Angeles, Los Angel...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historical building, landmark architecture, world heritage, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Los Angeles City Hall, 200 North Spring Street, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

Los Angeles City Hall, 200 North Spring Street, Los Angeles, Los Angel...

Public domain photograph of car garage, repair shop, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Los Angeles City Hall, 200 North Spring Street, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

Los Angeles City Hall, 200 North Spring Street, Los Angeles, Los Angel...

Public domain photograph of city hall building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Los Angeles City Hall, 200 North Spring Street, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

Los Angeles City Hall, 200 North Spring Street, Los Angeles, Los Angel...

Picryl description: Public domain photo of a factory, warehouse, commercial or industrial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Los Angeles City Hall, 200 North Spring Street, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

Los Angeles City Hall, 200 North Spring Street, Los Angeles, Los Angel...

Public domain image of a large historic building, city hall, urban architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Los Angeles City Hall, 200 North Spring Street, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

Los Angeles City Hall, 200 North Spring Street, Los Angeles, Los Angel...

Public domain photograph - historical image of California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Los Angeles City Hall, 200 North Spring Street, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

Los Angeles City Hall, 200 North Spring Street, Los Angeles, Los Angel...

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Los Angeles City Hall, 200 North Spring Street, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

Los Angeles City Hall, 200 North Spring Street, Los Angeles, Los Angel...

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Los Angeles City Hall, 200 North Spring Street, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

Los Angeles City Hall, 200 North Spring Street, Los Angeles, Los Angel...

Public domain image of a large historic building, city hall, urban architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Los Angeles City Hall, 200 North Spring Street, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

Los Angeles City Hall, 200 North Spring Street, Los Angeles, Los Angel...

Public domain image of a large historic building, city hall, urban architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Los Angeles City Hall, 200 North Spring Street, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

Los Angeles City Hall, 200 North Spring Street, Los Angeles, Los Angel...

Public domain photograph of city hall building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Los Angeles City Hall, 200 North Spring Street, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

Los Angeles City Hall, 200 North Spring Street, Los Angeles, Los Angel...

Public domain photograph - historical image of California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Los Angeles City Hall, 200 North Spring Street, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

Los Angeles City Hall, 200 North Spring Street, Los Angeles, Los Angel...

Public domain photograph of city hall building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Watts, Los Angeles County, California.

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Watts, Los Angeles County, California.

Aug 1922. 24 Sheet(s). California fire insurance map. Sanborn fire insurance maps are detailed maps of cities and towns produced by the Sanborn Map Company for the purpose of assessing fire insurance liabil... More

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Watts, Los Angeles County, California.

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Watts, Los Angeles County, California.

Aug 1922. 24 Sheet(s). California fire insurance map. Sanborn fire insurance maps are detailed maps of cities and towns produced by the Sanborn Map Company for the purpose of assessing fire insurance liabil... More

Arroyo Seco Parkway, Avenue 52 Bridge, Milepost 28.05, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

Arroyo Seco Parkway, Avenue 52 Bridge, Milepost 28.05, Los Angeles, Lo...

Survey number: HAER CA-265-R Public domain photograph - historical image of California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Atlas of Los Angeles County : photographically reproduced from the official records.

Atlas of Los Angeles County : photographically reproduced from the off...

Public domain scan of a page from geographical atlas, geography, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Atlas of Los Angeles County : photographically reproduced from the official records.

Atlas of Los Angeles County : photographically reproduced from the off...

Public domain scan of a architecture diagram, settlement map, plan, or drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Atlas of Los Angeles County : photographically reproduced from the official records.

Atlas of Los Angeles County : photographically reproduced from the off...

Public domain scan of a architecture diagram, settlement map, plan, or drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

NASA Industrial Plant, Systems Integration & Checkout Facility, 12214 Lakewood Boulevard, Downey, Los Angeles County, CA

NASA Industrial Plant, Systems Integration & Checkout Facility, 12214 ...

Significance: Building 290 was constructed in 1965 and was significantly used until 1999 when the Downey plant was closed. It was very significant during the Apollo and Space Shuttle programs as a Systems Integ... More

Little Rock Creek Dam, Little Rock Creek, Littlerock, Los Angeles County, CA

Little Rock Creek Dam, Little Rock Creek, Littlerock, Los Angeles Coun...

Significance: When built the Littlerock Dam was the tallest reinforced concrete multiple arch dam in the world. For over fifty years it has provided water for the South Antelope Valley and contributed to the v... More

Fort MacArthur, Pacific Avenue, San Pedro, Los Angeles County, CA

Fort MacArthur, Pacific Avenue, San Pedro, Los Angeles County, CA

Significance: In 1846 the Mexican governor of Alta California, Pio Pico, directed that a 500 varas square of land facing onto San Pedro Bay be set aside as a government reservation (approximately 44.25 acres). ... More

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from San Pedro, Los Angeles County, California

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from San Pedro, Los Angeles County, Califor...

Oct 1886. 1 Sheet(s). California fire insurance map. Sanborn fire insurance maps are detailed maps of cities and towns produced by the Sanborn Map Company for the purpose of assessing fire insurance liabili... More

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Downey, Los Angeles County, California

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Downey, Los Angeles County, California

Feb 1891. 1 Sheet(s). California fire insurance map. Sanborn fire insurance maps are detailed maps of cities and towns produced by the Sanborn Map Company for the purpose of assessing fire insurance liabili... More

Ye Alpine Tavern, on Mount Lowe Railway line, Mount Lowe, Calif.

Ye Alpine Tavern, on Mount Lowe Railway line, Mount Lowe, Calif.

Title partially from jacket and partially devised by cataloger. No Detroit Publishing Co. no. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

The six plane factories of the Douglas Aircraft Company have been termed an industrial melting pot, since men and women of fifty-eight national origins work side by side in pushing Americas's plane output. S. O. Porter, Douglas director of personnel, recently declared that Negros are doing an outstanding job in all plants. Dora Miles and Dorothy Johnson are employed in the Long Beach Plant of the Douglas Aircraft Company

The six plane factories of the Douglas Aircraft Company have been term...

Image source: Douglas Aircraft photo from OWI. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More infor... More

The six plane factories of the Douglas Aircraft Company have been termed an industrial melting pot, since men and women of fifty-eight national origins work side by side in pushing Americas's plane output. S. O. Porter, Douglas director of personnel, recently declared that Negros are doing an outstanding job in all plants. Carol Angel is shown in the El Segundo plant of the Douglas Aircraft Company

The six plane factories of the Douglas Aircraft Company have been term...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a worker, labor, factory, plant, manufacture, industrial facility, 1930s, mid-20th-century industrial photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

The Dark Room, 5370 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

The Dark Room, 5370 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Count...

Significance: The facade of this camera shop is a piece of architectural sculpture which functions as a three-dimensional advertisement for the services and products it houses. Buildings of this type were built... More

El Monte federal subsistence homesteads. One hundred occupied homes, each with three quarters of an acre. Average yearly income eight hundred dollars. California

El Monte federal subsistence homesteads. One hundred occupied homes, e...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc... More

Mexican quarter of Los Angeles. One quarter mile from City Hall. Areas have been condemned and will be torn down shortly to make space for the new Union Railroad station. Average rental eight dollars. Some of the houses have plumbing

Mexican quarter of Los Angeles. One quarter mile from City Hall. Areas...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc... More

Mexican quarter of Los Angeles. One quarter mile from City Hall. Area has been condemned and will be torn down shortly to make space for the new Union Railroad station. Average rent is eight dollars

Mexican quarter of Los Angeles. One quarter mile from City Hall. Area ...

Public domain photograph of rural California, dust bowl refugees, 1930s-1940s, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

El Monte federal subsistence housing. Three-room house. Seventeen dollars and seventy cents rent applied on purchase. Father: carpenter. California

El Monte federal subsistence housing. Three-room house. Seventeen doll...

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El Monte federal subsistence homesteads. Seventeen dollars and seventy cents rent to apply on purchase of three-room house. California

El Monte federal subsistence homesteads. Seventeen dollars and seventy...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a rural countryside landscape, farmhouse, farm field, pasture free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Plant quarantine inspector examining baggage brought into the United States by plane from Mexico. Glendale, California

Plant quarantine inspector examining baggage brought into the United S...

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

Production. BT-13A ("Valiant") basic trainers. Attaching a tail wheel to a "Valiant" basic trainer at Vultee's Downey, California plant. At the Downey plant is made the BT-13A ("Valiant") basic trainer--a fast, sturdy ship powered by a Pratt and Whitney Wasp engine

Production. BT-13A ("Valiant") basic trainers. Attaching a tail wheel ...

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

A group of people standing around a table. Office of War Information Photograph

A group of people standing around a table. Office of War Information P...

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

Production. Airplane maufacture, general. Many sizes and types of rivets are necessary in the assembling of a modern warplane. There are all the various kinds in this lot of "pied" rivets which the salvage department of Douglas Aircraft Company at Long Beach, California, will reclaim for use. Most important of the many types of aircraft made at this plant are the B-17F ("Flying Fortress") heavy bomber, the A-20 ("Havoc") assault bomber and the C-47 heavy transport plane for the carrying of troops and cargo

Production. Airplane maufacture, general. Many sizes and types of rive...

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

The tail cone of a North American B-25 bomber is masked off by a painter before the ship receives its camouflage. Cone contains tail and signal light. No more gunners

The tail cone of a North American B-25 bomber is masked off by a paint...

Title and other information from caption sheet entry. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is a... More

Production. Airplane manufacture, general.  Member of the experimental staff at the Inglewood, California, plant of North American Aviation, Incorporated, observe wind tunnel tests on an accurate scale model of the B-25 ("Billy Mitchell") bomber. This plant produces the battle-tested B-25 ("Billy Mitchell") bomber, used in General Doolittle's raid on Tokyo and the P-51 ("Mustang") fighter plane, which was first brought into prominence by the British raid on Dieppe

Production. Airplane manufacture, general. Member of the experimental...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bomber aircraft, military aviation, air forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

High school Victory Corps. Rudolph Angar, instructor, explains propeller characteristics to students in the aeronautics class at Washington High School, Los Angeles, California. Girls as well as boys are needed in airplane mechanics

High school Victory Corps. Rudolph Angar, instructor, explains propell...

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

Production. Airplane manufacture, general. A group of employees at the Inglewood, California, plant of North American Aviation, discuss the evening inter-department softball game with Ken Kellough, recreation director. The recreation department sponsors softball, baseball, basketball, tennis, swimming, boxing, golf, track, bowling, ice hockey, a rifle club, horseback riding club, and a ski club. Trophies are given to winning teams in inter-department competiton. This plant produces the battle-tested B-25 ("Billy Mitchell) bomber, used in General Doolittle's raid on Tokyo, and the P-51 ("Mustang") fighter plane which was first brought into prominence by the British raid on Dieppe

Production. Airplane manufacture, general. A group of employees at the...

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 County, California. The evacuation of Japanese and Japanese-Americans from West coast areas under United States Army war emergency order. Race tracks, fairgrounds and rodeo grounds have been utilized throughout the state for reception centers for these Japanese

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 West Coast areas under U.S. Army war emergency order. Waiting with their luggage at the old Santa Fe station for a train to take them to Owens Valley

Los Angeles, California. The evacuation of the Japanese-Americans from...

Title and other information from caption card. Two file prints at J-76473, one misnumbered LC-USF33-013289-M4; corrected. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washingto... More

A black and white photo of two women and a man walking down the street. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of two women and a man walking down the street...

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

Production. Aircraft. A Negro worker in the metal-treating division of a large Western aircraft plant passes structural sections along the line for further processing and assembly

Production. Aircraft. A Negro worker in the metal-treating division of...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, assembly line, industrial facility, 1930s aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Production. BT-13A ("Valiant") basic trainers. Inspecting trainer landing gear at Vultee's Downey, California plant. At the Downey plant is made the BT-13A ("Valiant") basic trainer--a fast, sturdy ship powered by a Pratt and Whitney Wasp engine

Production. BT-13A ("Valiant") basic trainers. Inspecting trainer land...

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

High school Victory Corps. Future airplane mechanics tear planes apart, build them up again in aeronautics class at Washington High School, Los Angeles, California

High school Victory Corps. Future airplane mechanics tear planes apart...

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

High school Victory Corps. In peacetime at this woodworking shop at Washington High School, Los Angeles, California, students learned cabinet-making, or made wood patterns to be used in making metal objects. Since Pearl Harbor, as in high schools all over the country, they are constructing scale model planes to Navy specifications, to be used in training military and civilian personnel to be familiar with all types of planes

High school Victory Corps. In peacetime at this woodworking shop at Wa...

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

Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. An armorer in a large Western aircraft plant tests machine gun controls in the partly-finished nose section of a new Lockheed P-38 pursuit plane. This section is now ready for the operation of "mating" it to the center section. The ship will travel down the main assembly line to receive engines, wings, landing gear and other essential equipment

Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. An armorer in a large Wester...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Negative has a tape mask. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division.... More

Production. Airplane manufacture, general. This woman employee of North American Aviation's Inglewood, California, plant, assembles the wing flap mechanism for a B-25 bomber. This plant produces the battle-tested B-25 ("Billy Mitchell") bomber, used in General Doolittle's raid on Tokyo, and the P-51 ("Mustang") fighter plane, which was first brought into prominence by the British raid on Dieppe

Production. Airplane manufacture, general. This woman employee of Nort...

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

Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. A new Lockheed P-38 pursuit plane takes form on the production line. The wings and the Allison engines are already in place, and the ship now stands on its own wheels. It still requires many detail jobs before completion, but they are done rapidly under a well-ordered plan, and the plane will soon be rolled out for the fitting of propellers

Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. A new Lockheed P-38 pursuit ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a military aircraft, assembly line, industrial facility, 1930s aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Construction of the liberty ship "Booker T. Washington." Negro skilled workers in many crafts participated in the construction of the "Booker T. Washington," first liberty ship named for a Negro. James Kermit Lucas, welder, is shown working on the top deck of the vessel which bears the name of the noted Negro educator

Construction of the liberty ship "Booker T. Washington." Negro skilled...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a worker, labor, factory, plant, manufacture, industrial facility, 1930s, mid-20th-century industrial photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Thousands of North American employees gather on the flight ramp during their lunch hour to see a special performance of the planes they built

Thousands of North American employees gather on the flight ramp during...

Title and other information from caption sheet entry. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is a... More

Production. BT-13A ("Valiant") basic trainers. Final "Valiant" basic trainer assembly line at Vultee's Downey, California plant. At the Downey plant is made the BT-13A ("Valiant") basic trainer--a fast, sturdy ship powered by a Pratt and Whitney Wasp engine

Production. BT-13A ("Valiant") basic trainers. Final "Valiant" basic t...

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

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