Welfare Planning Council, Los Angeles Region--History; Welfare Council of Metropolitan Los Angeles--History; Welfare council of metropolitan Los Angeles. Research dept.--History; Alliance of Social Agencies (Los Angeles, Calif.)--History; Council...
A 6-page typewritten narrative on the history of the Welfare Planning Council of Metropolitan Los Angeles, later renamed the Welfare Planning Council, Los Angeles Region. The history begins with the first charity founded in Los Angeles in 1854 and...
An aerial view of the Los Angeles basin looking towards the east with a distorted perspective focusing on Venice. The Venice pier appears prominently in the foreground. The Venice canals appear near the center of the image. Popular tourist areas...
Community Chest (Los Angeles, Calif.); Alliance of Social Agencies (Los Angeles, Calif.); Council of Social Agencies (Los Angeles, Calif.);
A 3-page, typewritten memo from Mary Stanton to George Wyman identifying and correcting perceived innacuracies in the contents of the History section of a 1962 orientation booklet for the Welfare Planning Council, Los Angeles Region. She notes...
Cable cars (Streetcars); Central business districts--California--Los Angeles; Historic districts--California--Los Angeles;
A nighttime view, looking south down Spring Street, showing the intersection with First Street. Several electric trolley cars run down the center of the street. The streetcars in the foreground are marked "Hollywood" and "Griffin Ave." Also on...
City Halls--California--Los Angeles; Public buildings--California--Los Angeles; Public art--California--Los Angeles; Civic centers--California--Los Angeles;
Concrete plaza of Music Center, looking toward City Hall and State Building; people standing and sitting on benches; automobiles parked on street; newspaper kiosks; flags on flagpoles; flowerbed; trees; bronze statue depicting intertwined figures...
Bradley, Tom, 1917-1998; Burns, Gladys; Manning, Timothy, Dockweiler Sooy, Mary; Ferraro, John; Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul; Catholic Church--Charities;
Black and white photograph taken at a charity event sponsored by the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul, held at City Hall in Los Angeles. The individuals in the photo are identified on the reverse as, from right to left, Mayor Tom...
Brownson House (Los Angeles, Calif.); Workman, Mary Julia, 1871-1964; Cantwell, John Joseph, 1874-1947; Sisters of the Holy Family (San Francisco, Calif.);
A typewritten letter on letterhead from the Diocese of Monterey and Los Angeles, from Bishop John J. Cantwell to Mary J. Workman, dated March 11, 1918. The Bishop mentions that he will be bringing two Sisters of the Holy Family from San Francisco...
Los Angeles Settlement House (Los Angeles, Calif.);
A printed bifold pamphlet describing the services and accomplishments of the Los Angeles Settlement House. The pamphlet also mentions a fundraising campaign organized by the Rotary Club of Los Angeles: a solicitation for paid memberships to support...
One of the canals that the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power operated in Owens Valley to bring groundwater pumped from wells to the Los Angeles Aqueduct. In left background are power lines or telephone lines. In right background are the...
College presidents--California--Los Angeles; Priests--California--Los Angeles; Jesuits
Father William Deeney, S.J. standing on the front steps of Los Angeles College on Avenue 52. He is wearing a biretta and long overcoat, and holding a small book in his left hand.
Parks--California--Los Angeles; Teachers colleges--California--Los Angeles; College buildings--California--Los Angeles;
A view of Central Park in Downtown Los Angeles. Several people can be seen throughout the park, and in the foreground, a boy is selling newspapers. In the distance, the upper part of the State Normal School building can be seen.
Parks--California--Los Angeles; Fountains--California--Los Angeles; Public art--California--Los Angeles; Electric railroads--California--Los Angeles;
Bird's-eye view of Hill Street, Pershing Square, and buildings bordering the park, including the Biltmore Hotel in the left corner, with the Pacific Mutual Building to the right; fountain in center of park; American flag on flagpole rising above...
Los Angeles Department of Water and Power; Mulholland, William, 1855-1935;
Canal part of the Los Angeles Aqueduct system in the Owens Valley operated by the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power to bring valley water to Los Angeles. The snow-capped mountains in the right background are most likely the Sierra Nevada,...
Diversion ditch from Big Pine Canal, most likely illegally cut by City of Los Angeles employees in August 1924. The ditch is now filled in, and the Big Pine Canal (background, lined with brush) was no longer in use a source of irrigation water for...
Diversion ditch from Big Pine Canal, most likely illegally cut by City of Los Angeles employees in August 1924. The ditch is now filled in, and the Big Pine Canal (background, lined with brush) was no longer in use a source of irrigation water for...
Los Angeles Department of Water and Power; Mulholland, William, 1855-1935;
Well probably owned and operated by City of Los Angeles, as indicated by wellhead similar to other city wellheads. Unidentified mountain range in background. Barbed wire fence around property. Title supplied by cataloger.
