Social settlements--California--Los Angeles; Settlement houses--Social aspects--California--Los Angeles;
A two page letter dated May 6, 1917 from William Corr to Mary J. Workman on letterhead from St. Patrick's Rectory in Fall River, Massachusetts. The letter mentions that the writer misses California, describes a visit to New York, and mentions the...
Exterior view of the Ocean Park Bath House and the shoreline, looking southeast; a sign of the side of the building reads: Bath House. The beach is crowded with people looking out onto the Pacific Ocean or playing in the surf. In the forefront a...
A black and white photograph of a scene from The Fortune Teller stage production. The photograph shows three actors in the middle of the stage with seven additional actors on the left and six more on the right. The actors on each side are standing...
A black and white photograph of a scene from Toad of Toad Hall stage production. There are seven characters around a table. The main character in the center is looking straight at the camera. Three character on either side are looking at the main...
Streets--California--Torrance; Oil well drilling rigs--California--Torrance;
A view looking down Carson Street (which runs east-west) in Torrance, California. A few small trees line the side of the road, and the skyline is populated by several oil derricks.
Streets--California--Los Angeles; Central business districts--California--Los Angeles; Parking facilities--California--Los Angeles; Traffic congestion--California--Los Angeles;
A view of Windward Avenue looking East towards the Lagoon. Parked automobiles line the street, some of them double parked. In the foreground, a crowd of people fill the street, some of them seated, looking towards the West (towards the ocean and...
Streets--California--Los Angeles; Central business districts--California--Los Angeles; Canals--California--Los Angeles; Boats and boating--California--Los Angeles;
A view of Windward Avenue in Venice, California with the grand lagoon in the foreground. Tourists dressed in early 20th century style clothing crowd the avenue and the bank of the lagoon. A boater rows a small boat on the lagoon. The mast of the...
School buildings--19th century; Universities and colleges--19th century; Auditoriums--19th century; Schools--Furniture, equipment, etc.; College campuses--California--Los Angeles
Several rows of empty wooden desks in a large, colonnaded room. The border around the photograph features an ornate torch motif with the St. Vincent's crest on either side of image. Inscription reads "Study Hall."
Temple Street coming out of downtown; Civic Center in background; Hollywood Freeway; automobiles; street signs; streetlights; palm tree; traffic signs with directional arrows; billboard advertisement reads:"Stay on the Light Side"
A view of the Venice Miniature Railway at Windward Ave., featuring its number two train on the rail. A sign strung between buildings above Windward Avenue reads "Venice", and the Ocean Park Bank is visible on the right, a partially...
A view of the interior of the main waiting room of Central Station, Los Angeles. Uniformed ticket agents attend to passengers in the lower right side of the image. On the left side of the image passengers sit on benches. Large windows adorn two...
Exterior view of the La Grande Station on the Santa Fe Railroad line. A crowd of passengers waits outside the station, and a row of horse-drawn carriages waits by the side of the road. Power lines overhead.
A view of the Southern Pacific Arcade Depot looking towards the southeast. A passenger car is visible at the building's entrance. Four palm and fruit trees, a rose bush and flower beds are visible in the park in the foreground. The passenger...
Bird's-eye view of Fifth Street; Central Library on the right side of street; on the left, the highest building is the Edison building; parked automobiles; automobiles going west down street; building across the street to the left is Sunkist...
Fifth Street side entrance to Central Library; people gathered at doorway or sitting on bench; trees, shrubbery; streetlights; flags of U.S. and California on flagpoles next to tower.
Fifth Street side of Central Library viewed from the rear of the building, looking east; trees and shrubbery; streetlights; radio towers; small terrace and fire escapes on second story windows.
View of front and south side of Central Library from across the street; the parking lot in front of the library is almost full; stairs lead up to the courtyard; lawn, trees, flowers, and shrubbery; buildings in background.
Front of Central Library from northwest corner with view going east on Sixth Street; Biltmore Hotel is behind library on the right side; lawn, trees, and shrubbery line walking paths; American flag on flag pole.
