los angeles, california

Olvera Street in the oldest part of downtown Los Angeles, California

The street is part of the El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historic Monument, and referred to by Latinos as "La Placita Olvera" for a prominent local judge. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credi... More

Richmond, Va., Oct. 1, 2012 -- Michelle Zarate of Los Angeles, CA and ...

The original finding aid described this as: Date Taken: 2012-10-01 00:00:00 UTC Photographer Name: FEMA News Photo City/State: Richmond, VA Categories: Training Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergen... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - In Orbiter Processing Facility Bay 2 at NASA’s ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - In Orbiter Processing Facility Bay 2 at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a technician spray paints simulated thrusters on the space shuttle Endeavour. The work is part of Tran... More

Bird's eye view of Azusa, Los Angeles Co. Cal., 1887 /

"Rare early view of the newly laid out town of Azusa. In 1887, Jonathan Slauson and a group of local developers laid out the town of Azusa. This plan was likely published by Slauson"--From the 16th-19th centuri... More

Public domain photograph of artwork in Instituto del patrimonio cultur...

ESCUELA HOLANDESA Public domain black and white reproduction of artwork, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Shiva Performing the Dance of Bliss while Vishnu and Brahma Provide Mu...

File:Shiva_Performing_the_Dance_of_Bliss_while_Vishnu_and_Brahma_Provide_Musical_Accompaniment_LACMA_M.74.102.1.jpg ) ..Description..Title.Shiva Performing the Dance of Bliss while Vishnu and Brahma Provide Mus... More

Seated Voltaire LACMA M.2004.5 (3 of 6)

File:Seated_Voltaire_LACMA_M.2004.5_(3_of_6).jpg ) .Description..Title.Seated Voltaire (image 3 of 6)..Description..: France, circa 1779-1795.: Sculpture.: Plaster, with vestiges of paint and terracotta slip, w... More

Vista de puebla de Los Angeles C. Nebel del. ; lith. Mialhe Fesr. St. ...

Print shows a distant view, looking east toward the Santa Anna Mountains, of the cityscape of Los Angeles with low stone or adobe buildings in the foreground and two snowcapped mountains in the background Stam... More

Sketch of San Francisco, CA, 1850 May 30

Source: "Original in the Southwest Museum, Highland Park, Los Angeles" ?? ???? Baltimore - /Dr. & E. Reynolds/light st. wharf[CR]Hedge? of chaparelle -/grassy fen ground. San Francisco,/looking east, from the w... More

Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co., Cal. / From nature & on stone by Kuchel ...

Exchange; Amon Carter Museum; (DLC/PP-1975:230). Public domain scan of 18th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

From San Francisco Bay to the Plains of Los Angeles : from exploration...

Scale 1:760,320. At head of title: Coast route, California Map no. 1. Relief shown by hachures. From U.S. War Department, Explorations and Surveys for a Railroad Route from the Mississippi River to the Pacific ... More

Los Angeles, California - stereoscopic view, public domain photorpaph

Public domain photograph of 19th century California, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Map of the old portion of the city surrounding the plaza, showing the ...

Manuscript map.

Map of the old portion of the city surrounding the plaza, showing the ...

Cadastral map. Pen-and-ink and watercolor. Mounted on cardboard. Map of a portion of Los Angeles City showing plots, large number of women landowners, and points of interest with dates. Copy annotated in pencil... More

Lake Vineyard and Orange Grove, Los Angeles

Public domain photograph of rural landscape, California, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Los Angeles, 19th century - Early photography, Public domain image

Carleton E. Watkins (American, 1829–1916) The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites an... More

[Cal. - Los Angeles County: bird's-eye views of Los Angeles, looking t...

3 lithographs on 1 page of atlas, copyrighted by E.S. Glover. In G&M Division. Reference copy may be available in LOT4390-A. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.

Birds eye view of Los Angeles, California.

Perspective map not drawn to scale. "Looking south to the Pacific Ocean twenty miles distant." LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 26 Insets: Birds eye view of Wilmington, Los Angeles Co., Cal.--Bird's eye view of San... More

View of Los Angeles from the east. Brooklyn Hights in the foreground; ...

Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye-view. Indexed for points of interest. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 25 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. AACR2: 651/1; 710/1

Map of the County of Los Angeles, California : compiled from U.S. land...

Relief shown by shading. Cadastral map showing drainage, roads, railroads, land ownership, landowners' names, ranchos, township & section lines, etc. "Adopted by Board of Supervisors, Aug. 7th 1877." "Entered a... More

City of Rio de Janeiro (built 1878; passenger vessel), portrait of 5 o...

Source: "L & C - Stephen White's Photo Album Gallery, 835 N. La Cienega Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90559. The officers in the photo are identified, standing, left to right as: Joseph Mathews, Chief Engineer. O.K. ... More

Los Angeles City Hall, Los Angeles, California

Public domain image of a large historic building, city hall, urban architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Los Angeles City Hall, Los Angeles, California

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Landscape with Crows LACMA 50.50.1

File:Landscape_with_Crows_LACMA_50.50.1.jpg ) ..Description..Title.Landscape with Crows..Description..: Germany, circa 1830.: Paintings.: Oil on canvas.: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Robert Hooper (50.50.1).: [eu... More

Old Mission Church, Los Angeles, California

Title from Detroit, Catalogue F (1899). "1 a" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 08690. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

[Old Mission Church, Los Angeles, California]

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Bird's-eye view of Main Street from Temple Block in Los Angeles, Calif...

Photo shows a bird's-eye view of Main Street in Los Angeles, California, with the "I.X.L. Auction Co." on the lower left and across the street, on the lower right, is "C. Prager's Dry Goods & Clothing Emporium,... More

Official map of Los Angeles County, California : compiled under instru...

Relief shown by hachures. Cadastral map showing drainage, roads, railroads, ranchos, township & section lines, land ownership, landowners' names, etc. "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1888, by ... More

Art tile with Charlie Chaplin in Pershing Square Park, a public park i...

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

Oil wells in the sea, Summerland, Coast Highway, California

Repository: California Historical Society..Date: Undated..General note: Western Publishing & Novelty Co., Los Angeles, Calif...Format: Postcard..Digital object ID: CHS2015.1885..Preferred citation: Oil wells in... More

Los Angeles Public Library postcard

Repository: California Historical Society..Date: Undated..General note: Western Publishing & Novelty Co., Los Angeles, Calif. ..Format: Postcard..Digital object ID: CHS2015.1897 ..Preferred citation: Los Angele... More

Street scene at Venice, Cal., Italy

Postcard shows crowds of people on a waterfront street in Venice, California. Unprocessed in PR 06 CN 038, c1

[Booker T. Washington, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing s...

Stamp on mount: Schumacher, 107 N. Spring St., Los Angeles, Cal. Photograph possibly by Schumacher. Booker T. Washington Collection (Library of Congress).

Gondolas in Venice Canal, Venice, California

Repository: California Historical Society..Date: Undated..General note: Pacific Novelty Co., San Francisco & Los Angeles..Format: Postcard..Digital object ID: CHS2015.1893. .Preferred citation: Gondolas in Veni... More

Camille Pissarro - Paysage (Eragny) LACMA M.89.173.2

File:Paysage_(Eragny)_LACMA_M.89.173.2.jpg ) .Description..Title.Paysage (Eragny)..Description..: France, September 10, 1890.: Drawings.: Watercolor and pencil.: Gift of Lewis F. Blumberg and Lynn T. Blumberg i... More

Eagle Rock, Los Angeles postcard

Repository: California Historical Society..Date: Undated..General note: Pacific Novelty Co., San Francisco..Format: Postcard..Digital object ID: CHS2015.1889..Preferred citation: Eagle Rock, Los Angeles, courte... More

“Flat Head,” on Santa Monica to Oxnard Blvd., Roosevelt Highway, Calif...

Repository: California Historical Society.Date: Undated.General note: Published by M. Kashower Co., Los Angeles, Calif. .Format: Postcard.Digital object ID: CHS2014.1792.Preferred citation: “Flat Head,” on Sant... More

The palisades and bay, Santa Monica, California

Repository: California Historical Society..Date: Undated..General note: Pacific Novelty Co., San Francisco..Format: Postcard. .Digital object ID: CHS2015.1884..Preferred citation: The Palisades and Bay, Santa ... More

Los Angeles, Biltmore, Pershing Square, showing Philharmonic Auditoriu...

Repository: California Historical Society..Date: Undated..General note: Western Publishing & Novelty Co., Los Angeles, Cal...Format: Postcard..Digital object ID: CHS2015.1888..Preferred citation: Los Angeles, B... More

Central Square and the apartment house district, Los Angeles, Cal.

Repository: California Historical Society..Date: Undated..General note: Julius J. Hecht, Publisher, Los Angeles, California..Format: Postcard..Digital object ID: CHS2015.1890..Preferred citation: Central Squar... More

The longest lunch counter in the world. F.W. Woolworth Co., 431 So. Br...

Repository: California Historical Society..Date: Undated..General note: Western Publishing & Novelty Co., Los Angeles, Calif...Format: Postcard..Digital object ID: CHS2015.1891..Preferred citation: The longest ... More

Entertaining guests at the California alligator farm, Los Angeles

Repository: California Historical Society..Date: Undated..General note: Benham Company, Los Angeles..Format: Postcard..Digital object ID: CHS2015.1887..Preferred citation: Entertaining guests at the California ... More

Los Angeles, Cal., population of city and environs 65,000.

Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye-view. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 27 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes illus. and index to points of interest. A... More

Raiko Enters the Treasure Mountain LACMA M.84.31.340

File:Raiko_Enters_the_Treasure_Mountain_LACMA_M.84.31.340.jpg ) .Description..Title.Raikō Enters the Treasure Mountain..Description..: Japan, 5/1882.: Series: Sketches by Yoshitoshi.: Prints; woodcuts.: Color w... More

Los Angeles Ball Club 1892 Westervelt, photographer

Photograph shows head-and-shoulders portraits of Los Angeles Ball Club baseball players and managers including: "G.A. Vanderbeck, Pres", "W.F. Kennedy, Sec.", "John F. Roach, Pitcher", "R.J. Glenalvin, Capt. & ... More

Departure of the overland, Los Angeles, Cal.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a train station, railroad tracks, railway depot, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Departure of the overland, Los Angeles, Cal

Date based on Detroit, Catalogue F (1899). Detroit Publishing Co. no. 08691. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Los Angeles from "The Land of Sunshine. Southern California; an authen...

This image has been taken from scan 000121 from "The Land of Sunshine. Southern California; an authentic record of its natural features, resources and prospects ... Compiled for the Southern California World's ... More

[Eugen Sandow, full-length nude portrait, standing, rear view, hands o...

29875-aa U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Geo. Steckel. No. 10.

[Eugen Sandow, full-length nude portrait, standing, facing left, right...

29874-aa U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Geo. Steckel. No. 9.

Sandow / Steckel, Los Angeles, Cal., Cabinet photograph

Three-quarter length portrait, seated on pedestal, wearing fig(?) leaf, facing front, looking upward. 29888-aa2 U.S. Copyright Office.

[Eugen Sandow, full-length nude portrait, standing, facing right, lean...

29887-aa U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Geo. Steckel. Public domain photograph of bodybuilder athlete, athletics, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Eugen Sandow, full-length nude portrait, standing, rear view, right a...

29889-aa U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Geo. Steckel. No. 24.

[Eugen Sandow, full-length nude portrait, standing, facing left] / Ste...

29877-aa U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Geo. Steckel. No. 12.

Los Angeles, California, 1894. - Public domain old map

Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye-view. Includes illus. and index to points of interest. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 28 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. A... More

The orange pickers, Los Angeles, California

People on ladders and boxes of oranges on ground. Photoprint copyrighted by B.W. Kilburn. No. 9981. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Farm crops Oranges; Photog. I.;... More

1895 from "Two Years of Progress in Los Angeles City and County, 1894-...

This image has been taken from scan 000004 from "Two Years of Progress in Los Angeles City and County, 1894-1895. Issued by the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce". The title and subject terms of this image have b... More

harbor from "Two Years of Progress in Los Angeles City and County, 189...

This image has been taken from scan 000036 from "Two Years of Progress in Los Angeles City and County, 1894-1895. Issued by the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce". The title and subject terms of this image have b... More

James De Noon Reymert typed letter signed to [Victoria] Woodhull Marti...

James De Noon Reymert typed letter signed to [Hester L. Dwinell?], Los...

apricot from "Two Years of Progress in Los Angeles City and County, 18...

This image has been taken from scan 000027 from "Two Years of Progress in Los Angeles City and County, 1894-1895. Issued by the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce". The title and subject terms of this image have b... More

courthouse from "Two Years of Progress in Los Angeles City and County,...

This image has been taken from scan 000017 from "Two Years of Progress in Los Angeles City and County, 1894-1895. Issued by the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce". The title and subject terms of this image have b... More

oil derricks from "Two Years of Progress in Los Angeles City and Count...

This image has been taken from scan 000010 from "Two Years of Progress in Los Angeles City and County, 1894-1895. Issued by the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce". The title and subject terms of this image have b... More

orange grove from "Two Years of Progress in Los Angeles City and Count...

This image has been taken from scan 000028 from "Two Years of Progress in Los Angeles City and County, 1894-1895. Issued by the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce". The title and subject terms of this image have b... More

harbor from "Two Years of Progress in Los Angeles City and County, 189...

This image has been taken from scan 000018 from "Two Years of Progress in Los Angeles City and County, 1894-1895. Issued by the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce". The title and subject terms of this image have b... More

Gino Perera, Historical Society of Old Yarmouth

Yarmouth is located in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States, on Cape Cod, and was first settled in the 1600s. The area has a rich history and maritime heritage. It was a major shipbuilding, whaling, ... More

Spring Street, Los Angeles, Cal., U.S.A

Copyright, 1897, by B. L. Singley. No. 4314. Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, Loa Angeles, California, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

High school graduates, Los Angeles, Cal., U.S.A

No. 4302. Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, people, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Out for a ride, Los Angeles, Cal., U.S.A

No. 4301. Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, people, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A street in lovely Los Angeles, California, U.S.A

Copyright 1898 by Strohmeyer & Wyman. Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, Loa Angeles, California, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A street in Chinatown view, photochrome print postcard.

Title on inventory list: A street in Chinatown, Los Angeles Detroit Publishing Co. no. "51200". Forms part of: Photochrom Print Collection. More information about the Photochrom Print Collection is available ... More

Avenue of palms, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A

Copyright 1898 by Strohmeyer & Wyman. Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, Loa Angeles, California, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Official map of the County of Los Angeles, California : compiled from ...

Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Cadastral map showing drainage, roads, railroads, land ownership, landowners' names, ranchos, tracts, township & section lines, etc. " ... this map has been adopted by... More

Panorama of Los Angeles view, photochrome print postcard.

Detroit Publishing Co. no. "51199". Forms part of: Photochrom Print Collection. More information about the Photochrom Print Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.pgz

East Side Park, Los Angeles view, photochrome print postcard.

Detroit Publishing Co. no. "51201". Forms part of: Photochrom Print Collection. More information about the Photochrom Print Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.pgz

West Side Park, Los Angeles view, photochrome print postcard.

Detroit Publishing Co. no. "51202". Forms part of: Photochrom Print Collection. More information about the Photochrom Print Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.pgz

South Spring Street, Los Angeles, Cal. /

"Various equipages pass, including a tally-ho and six white horses. A peculiar, open-end trolley car comes along; bicycle riders and pedestrians. 50 feet"--Edison films catalog, no 105. "Southern Pacific Compan... More

Eastlake Park. Los Angeles, Cal - stereocsopic card

C. H. Graves, Publisher and Gen'l Manager. No. 3723. Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, Loa Angeles, California, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Los Angeles, Calif. LaGrande Station]

Photo of railroad trains in station. Public domain photograph of a steam locomotive, engine, train, railroad, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Burning oil tank, Los Angeles, Cal

No. 3727. Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, people, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Free harbor jubilee, Los Angeles and San Pedro. April 26 and 27 1899 /...

Poster showing a woman in a jeweled dress blowing a horn and an aerial view of the port of Los Angeles, California. Railroad lines connect Los Angeles and the bay. Promotional goal: U.S. .F3 1899. Purchase; (... More

Los Angeles County Museum

Los Angeles, California. 12.22.09. Public domain photograph - monument, cemetery, graves, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Early automobiles - Los Angeles bather

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Life guards, Los Angeles - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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West Lake Park, Los Angeles, Cal. The Lake

No. 5509. Public domain photograph of landscape view, nature, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

C.A. Coey and bride with George Harrison, Los Angeles

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

West Lake Park, Los Angeles, Cal

No. 5508. Public domain photograph of landscape view, nature, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

People waiting around to file Yuma Land claims, Los Angeles

A group of men sitting on a bench in front of a building. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Wreck of Times Building - Los Angeles

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Residence of General Otis, Los Angeles, Cal.

Title from jacket. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 068019. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

[Residence of General Otis, Los Angeles, Cal.]

Picryl description: Public domain image of a small palace, chateau, villa, residential historic building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Park with Spanish-American War monument, Los Angeles, Calif.

Photograph shoqws Central Park with the Temple Auditorium and the Auditorium Hotel on the right (source: J. Vogel, 2006). Title devised by cataloger. "Pasadena trip, seeing Pasadena by bus" on banner on bus. De... More

California. Los Angeles early model automobiles in street

Photograph shows automobiles parked on two sides of a city street near apartment buildings.

Mrs. O. Shepard Barnum of Los Angeles

A black and white photo of a woman in a dress. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[PROYECTO PARA EL MONUMENTO AL SAGRADO CORAZON EN EL CERRO DE LOS ANGE...

Escuela española Public domain photograph of a sculpture, monument, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Molokanes or milk drinkers, Los Angeles

A couple of men standing next to each other. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Los Angeles Earthquake - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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Los Angeles [woman] mail carrier

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Auto repairs, Los Angeles - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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Young Men's Christian Association building, 715 - 729 So. Hope Street,...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of the address side of postcard, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.