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Hughes Aircraft Company, Mock-Up Building, 6775 Centinela Avenue, Los ...

Significance: Designs for Building 3 and associated Building 2 were developed by architect H.L. Gogerty even before the contract for the HK-1 Flying Boat was finalized. Construction of the building, to be used... More

Variable Angle Launcher Complex, Control Station, CA State Highway 39 ...

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

Gamble House, 4 Westmoreland Place, Pasadena, Los Angeles County, CA

Significance: The Gamble House is the most complete and best preserved example of the work of Architects Greene and Greene. Built in 1908, during the architects most refined period, it embodies the highest lev... More

Gamble House, 4 Westmoreland Place, Pasadena, Los Angeles County, CA

Significance: The Gamble House is the most complete and best preserved example of the work of Architects Greene and Greene. Built in 1908, during the architects most refined period, it embodies the highest lev... More

St. Vincent's College, Los Angeles, California

H108230 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; California Panorama Co.; April 2, 1908. Copyright claimant's address: Los Angeles.

Harry Carey Ranch, Ranch House, 28515 San Francisquito Canyon Road, Sa...

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Harry Carey Ranch, Ranch House, 28515 San Francisquito Canyon Road, Sa...

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Hughes Aircraft Company, Administrative Building, 6775 Centinela Avenu...

Significance: Building 1 was the corporate headquarters for the Hughes Aircraft Company for 35 years. Howard Hughes and his top level executives had their offices on the second floor, and decisions that impacte... More

Mildred Pitts Walter oral history interview conducted by David P. Clin...

Summary: Mildred Pitts Walter discusses her early life in Louisiana, attending Southern University, and moving to Los Angeles in 1944. Pitts recalls meeting Earl Walter whom she married two years later, her wor... More

Mildred Pitts Walter oral history interview conducted by David P. Clin...

Summary: Mildred Pitts Walter discusses her early life in Louisiana, attending Southern University, and moving to Los Angeles in 1944. Pitts recalls meeting Earl Walter whom she married two years later, her wor... More

Los Angeles Public Library, 630 West Fifth Street, Los Angeles, Los An...

Significance: Designed by noted architect Bertram G. Goodhue, in 1924, the Los Angeles Public Library shows influences from the beaux-arts, the art deco idiom of the time, and of the California missions. Along... More

Double-Compound Steam Engine "Sierra Nevada", Seaplane Anchorage vicin...

Significance: A presently rare example of an engine representing, in general, an important stage in steam engineering and, specifically, a form of engine once widely used for ferryboat propulsion. Unprocessed ... More

[ Danny Kaye and Zubin Mehta onstage at the Los Angeles Music Center]

Danny Kaye conducted the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra in a concert on November 10, 1974, celebrating the 10th aniversary of the Los Angeles Music Center. (General) Courtesy of Otto Rothschild Collection, ... More

Pitzer Ranch, Barn, 100 feet West of Padua Avenue on Base Line Road, C...

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Pitzer Ranch, Barn, 100 feet West of Padua Avenue on Base Line Road, C...

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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

Arroyo Seco Parkway, Avenue 43 Bridge, Milepost 27.12, Los Angeles, Lo...

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Pitzer Ranch, Tenant House, 150 feet West of Padua Avenue at Baseline ...

Survey number: HABS CA-2267-G Public domain photograph - 1930s California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Los Angeles Music Center, 135 North Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, Los Ang...

Significance: The Los Angeles Music Center is important to the cultural history of Los Angeles as a post-World War II cultural center for the performing arts and as a physical and spiritual symbol that helped d... More

Los Angeles Music Center, 135 North Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, Los Ang...

Significance: The Los Angeles Music Center is important to the cultural history of Los Angeles as a post-World War II cultural center for the performing arts and as a physical and spiritual symbol that helped d... 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

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

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

Harry Carey Ranch, Wood Stable, 28515 San Francisquito Canyon Road, Sa...

Significance: This building is a contributing element of the Harry Carey Ranch Historic District. The district is associated with the historically significant life and work of the film star Harry Carey Sr., as... More

Sixth Street Bridge, Spanning 101 Freeway at Sixth Street, Los Angeles...

Significance: Sixth Street Viaduct is an example of Moderne design, with the detailing referred to as "starved Classicism." Sixth Street Viaduct was the last and the most monumental of the twelve City of Los A... More

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

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Lancaster County Center, Health Center Office, 4845 Cedar Avenue, Lanc...

Survey number: HABS CA-2350-A Public domain photograph - 1930s California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Pitzer Ranch, Bounded by Base Line Road, Paoua & Towne Avenues, Clarem...

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Pitzer Ranch, Bounded by Base Line Road, Paoua & Towne Avenues, Clarem...

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Harry Carey Ranch, Bunkhouse, 28515 San Francisquito Canyon Road, Saug...

Significance: This building is a contributing element of the Harry Carey Ranch Historic District. The district is associated with the historically significant life and work of the film star Harry Carey Sr., as... 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

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

National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Pacific Branch, Chapel,...

Significance: The two back-to-back Chapels on the Veterans Administration grounds at Sawtelle (called Building #20 by VA) was designed by J. Lee Burton, Los Angeles architect, and built 1900. It is of the more ... 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

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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

[H. Smith, Los Angeles Team, baseball card portrait]

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Zanja No. 3, Brick Culvert, Alameda Street between Temple & Aliso Stre...

Significance: Zanja No. 3 represents a portion of the original Los Angeles water system. The zanjas, a series of ditches from the Los Angeles River, were begun immediately after the establishment of the pueblo... More

Goodyear Rubber Company, 6701 South Central Avenue, Los Angeles, Los A...

Significance: Goodyear Rubber Company was the first tire manufacturing company on the West Coast. By the mid-1920's, other tire companies followed Goodyear's lead and established facilities on the West Coast. ... More

Benjamin A. Breakey House, 1660 Rockwood Street, Los Angeles, Los Ange...

Significance: The residence is a rare example of its Victorian style in the neighborhood. Sited on a prominent corner location, it is one of the oldest (pre-1890) extant residences identified to date in the ce... More

Benjamin A. Breakey House, 1660 Rockwood Street, Los Angeles, Los Ange...

Significance: The residence is a rare example of its Victorian style in the neighborhood. Sited on a prominent corner location, it is one of the oldest (pre-1890) extant residences identified to date in the ce... More

Benjamin A. Breakey House, 1660 Rockwood Street, Los Angeles, Los Ange...

Significance: The residence is a rare example of its Victorian style in the neighborhood. Sited on a prominent corner location, it is one of the oldest (pre-1890) extant residences identified to date in the ce... More

Theodore Irwin House, 240 North Grand Avenue, Pasadena, Los Angeles Co...

Chimneys were constructed of clinker brick with cobblestone inserts. Significance: Built in 1906, the Irwin House reveals many of the design elements which would later be refined by the talented team of Charles... More

Theodore Irwin House, 240 North Grand Avenue, Pasadena, Los Angeles Co...

Chimneys were constructed of clinker brick with cobblestone inserts. Significance: Built in 1906, the Irwin House reveals many of the design elements which would later be refined by the talented team of Charles... More

El Molino Viejo, 1120 Old Mill Road, Pasadena, Los Angeles County, CA

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-9, FN-10 Survey number: HABS CA-34 Building/structure dates: ca. 1812 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1925 Subsequent Work Na... More

[Three broadsides by Elwin Volk. Los Angeles, Calif. 1950.]

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

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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, 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

Sunset Boulevard Bridge, Spanning Silver Lake Boulevard, Los Angeles, ...

Significance: This bridge and undercrossing are significant as a distinguished example of a grade separation designed by a major City bridge builder. It is also significant architecturally as a composite desig... More

Casa de Miguel Blanco, 2701 Huntington Drive, San Marino, Los Angeles ...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-18 Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N1474 Survey number: HABS CA-322 Building/structure dates: ca. 1840 Initial Constru... More

Photographs of buildings in Los Angeles, California and the surroundin...

Photographs show chiefly buildings in Los Angeles and the surrounding area. Specific sites in Los Angeles include 1000 Wilshire Building, 777 Tower at Citicorp Plaza, ABC Entertainment Center, Ahmanson Center T... More

Photographs of buildings in Los Angeles, California and the surroundin...

Photographs show chiefly buildings in Los Angeles and the surrounding area. Specific sites in Los Angeles include 1000 Wilshire Building, 777 Tower at Citicorp Plaza, ABC Entertainment Center, Ahmanson Center T... More

Photographs of buildings in Los Angeles, California and the surroundin...

Photographs show chiefly buildings in Los Angeles and the surrounding area. Specific sites in Los Angeles include 1000 Wilshire Building, 777 Tower at Citicorp Plaza, ABC Entertainment Center, Ahmanson Center T... 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

Pico Hotel, 430 North Main Street, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-13 Survey number: HABS CA-317 Building/structure dates: 1859 Initial Construction

Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal, Parking Lot, 800 North Alameda S...

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

Mission San Gabriel Arcangel, Industrial Shop (Ruins), West Mission Dr...

Suggested address, West Mission Drive & Junipero Serra Street, is not verifiable in the documentation. See HABS No. CA-37-8 for written data & fieldnotes. See also HALS CA-82 for additional documentation. Unpro... More

Douglas Aircraft Company Long Beach Plant, Aircraft Hangar, 3855 Lakew...

Significance: Building No. 15 is one 18 contributing building and two features to the Douglas Aircraft Company Long Beach Plant historic district. Activities associated with the district significantly contribu... 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

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

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

Hughes Aircraft Company, Processing & Electronics Building, 6775 Centi...

Significance: Construction of the original portion of Building 5, the first building of the Culver City complex, was begun in January and completed by the weekend of July 4th, 1941, when the Hughes Aircraft Com... More

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 H...

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

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

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Holiday Bowl, 3730 Crenshaw Boulevard, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County...

Significance: Constructed in 1958, and operated by Japanese businessmen, the Holiday Bowl became an ethically diverse community center to area residents. It was originally open 24 hours a day to accommodate the... More

University of California Los Angeles, Powell Library, Westwood, Los An...

Significance: Of the four core buildings of the UCLA campus historic district, the 1927-1929 Powell Library, designed by George Kelham, was the first campus building constructed. It is northern Italian Romaneq... 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

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

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

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 Angel...

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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 Angel...

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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 Angel...

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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 Angel...

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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 Angel...

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

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[James Freed Sketchbook #8]

Sketchs showing James Ingo Freed's rendering of ideas for various projects, among them, the expansion of the exterior atrium entrance of the Los Angeles Convention Center.

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

Ben Caldwell oral history interview conducted by David P. Cline in Los...

Ben Caldwell shares his family's history in the Southwest and his childhood experience in New Mexico. Caldwell describes his military service during the Vietnam War and how his experiences made him reflect on r... More

Ben Caldwell oral history interview conducted by David P. Cline in Los...

Ben Caldwell shares his family's history in the Southwest and his childhood experience in New Mexico. Caldwell describes his military service during the Vietnam War and how his experiences made him reflect on r... More

Ben Caldwell oral history interview conducted by David P. Cline in Los...

Ben Caldwell shares his family's history in the Southwest and his childhood experience in New Mexico. Caldwell describes his military service during the Vietnam War and how his experiences made him reflect on r... More

Ben Caldwell oral history interview conducted by David P. Cline in Los...

Ben Caldwell shares his family's history in the Southwest and his childhood experience in New Mexico. Caldwell describes his military service during the Vietnam War and how his experiences made him reflect on r... More

Ben Caldwell oral history interview conducted by David P. Cline in Los...

Ben Caldwell shares his family's history in the Southwest and his childhood experience in New Mexico. Caldwell describes his military service during the Vietnam War and how his experiences made him reflect on r... More

Ben Caldwell oral history interview conducted by David P. Cline in Los...

Ben Caldwell shares his family's history in the Southwest and his childhood experience in New Mexico. Caldwell describes his military service during the Vietnam War and how his experiences made him reflect on r... More

Ben Caldwell oral history interview conducted by David P. Cline in Los...

Ben Caldwell shares his family's history in the Southwest and his childhood experience in New Mexico. Caldwell describes his military service during the Vietnam War and how his experiences made him reflect on r... More

Ben Caldwell oral history interview conducted by David P. Cline in Los...

Ben Caldwell shares his family's history in the Southwest and his childhood experience in New Mexico. Caldwell describes his military service during the Vietnam War and how his experiences made him reflect on r... More