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...
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 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,...
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 Lake...
Picryl description: Public domain photo of a factory, warehouse, commercial or industrial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
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, 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 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, ...
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 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 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 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 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...
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...
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, 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, 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,...
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,...
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 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 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 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 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...
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...
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 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 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 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, ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 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 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 H...
Public domain photograph - historical image of California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Henry Ford Bridge, Spanning Cerritos Channel, Los Angeles-Long Beach H...
Public domain photograph - historical image of California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Henry Ford Bridge, Spanning Cerritos Channel, Los Angeles-Long Beach H...
Public domain photograph - historical image of California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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.
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.
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, 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 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 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 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 ...
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 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
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, 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
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.
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 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 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 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, 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...
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 ...
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 doll...
Public domain photograph of rural California, dust bowl refugees, 1930s-1940s, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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 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 ...
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 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 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 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...
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 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...
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 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. 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...
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...
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 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...
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 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 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 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 ...
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...
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...
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 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