One Treasure of Central Library and Beyond
Nov 23, 2015
With over 3 million archival photos emphasizing local and state history, the Los Angeles Public Library became one of the first public libraries to begin digitizing its images in the […]
Tag: Los Angeles History
From the Archive: Olympic Fever
Feb 07, 2014
With the Winter Olympics just underway, the hometown host of Sochi has already found itself among the constant buzz of front-page news. As we watch to see how Sochi will […]
Swimming Through LAPL’s Photo Collection
Jul 24, 2013
With temperatures rising this week, we dipped into the Los Angeles Public Library’s Photo Collection to bask in some historic photographs of swimming scenes across L.A. Here’s a sampling of […]
Complete Communion: David Ornette Cherry Remembers His Father
Jun 20, 2013
“There are only beginnings, there is never an end. Music never stops. It’s you who is stopping it. It’s you who is ending,” said the late great jazz trumpeter Don […]