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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

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

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

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

[Old Mission Church, Los Angeles, California]

Public domain photograph of church building, Christianity, religious architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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

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

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

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.

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

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

[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.

California. Los Angeles early model automobiles in street

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

Sectional & road map of Los Angeles County : including part of Orange ...

[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).

[Hotel St. Mark and street, Venice, Calif.]

Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commercial building, downtown, shopping center, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Hollenbeck Park, Los Angeles view, photochrome print postcard.

Copyright 1901 by Detroit Photographic Co. Title on inventory list: Hollenbeck Park, LA. Detroit Publishing Co. no. "51397". Forms part of: Photochrom Print Collection. More information about the Photochrom Pr... More

Los Angeles' beautiful reception to President McKinley - State militia...

H10949 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood. Public domain photograph - parade, demonstration, flags, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Bird's eye view of Los Angeles taken from balloon, height 1500 ft.

Copyright deposit; J. W. Austin; April 15, 1902. Public domain image of Los Angeles buildings, city, cityscape, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The famous "Feast of Flowers" in the "Angel City" -- reviewed by Presi...

Stereograph showing two women, dressed in white, riding in an open air automobile decorated with flowers as parade spectators watch on the side. H33572 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood.

San Pedro, Cal. and inner harbor

H50129 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; C. G. Wood; September 6, 1904.

[Los Angeles Public Library at Los Angeles City Hall]

Public domain photograph - historical image of California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Los Angeles Public Library at Los Angeles City Hall]

Public domain photograph - historical image of California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Picking and packing oranges in the orchards, near Los Angeles, Califor...

Stereograph showing workers in an orange grove. H68297 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 1051B. Copyright by T. W. Ingersoll.

Street and section map of the Los Angeles oil fields, California /

Relief shown by contour lines and spot heights. Upper left corner "U.S. Geological Survey, Charles D. Walcott, director." Lower left corner "Compiled from city engineer's map and county records by Ralph Arnold... More

Map of the city of Los Angeles : showing railway systems /

Relief shown in hachures. Shows various city rail lines in different colors. Stamped: "Library of Congress, Dec 24, 1906." Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Panorama of Los Angeles, from Hotel Trenton, Owens River Day

H96768 U.S. Copyright Office Photographer's address: Los Angeles. Copyright deposit; California Panorama Co.; June 29, 1907.

San Pedro Bay, San Pedro, California

H110212 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; W. D. Lambert; May 5, 1908; DLC/PP-1908:43442.

Huntington Half School, Los Angeles, Cal.

Students and teachers posed in different areas on school grounds. H108229 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; California Panorama Co.; April 2, 1908.

Panorama of San Pedro, California, Panoramic Photograph

H110213 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright claimant's address: Long Beach, Cal. Copyright deposit; W. D. Lambert; May 5, 1908.

Topographic map of the Los Angeles aqueduct and adjacent territory /

Relief shown by hachures. Blue line print. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Los Angeles, Cal., Feb. 8th, 1909, looking northwest from Hill and 7th...

H124283 U.S. Copyright Office Photographer's address: 927 1/2 W. 3rd St., Los Angeles, Cal. Printed on image: "Chas. Z. Bailey, Mgr." Copyright deposit; Chas. Z. Bailey; March 17, 1909.

Panoramic map of Los Angeles, 1909. - Public domain map

Bird's-eye view. Relief shown pictorially. Shows Los Angeles city and and vicinity. LC copy mounted on cloth backing. Includes index to points of interest. Imperfect: Stained, darkened, small portions of sheet ... More

E. K. Wood Lumber Co., San Pedro, Cal.

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

Los Angeles, Cal., Feb. 23rd, 1909, looking northwest from 4th and Bro...

H124284 U.S. Copyright Office Photographer's address: Los Angeles, Cal. Printed on image: "Chas. Z. Bailey, Panorama Artist". Copyright deposit; Chas. Z. Bailey; March 17, 1909.

Canals at San Pedro, California

Public domain photograph of 19th-century vintage card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Los Angeles, Cal., Feb. 23rd, 1909, looking northwest from Second and ...

H124285 U.S. Copyright Office Photographer's address: Los Angeles, Cal. Printed on image: "Chas. Z. Bailey, Panorama Artist". Copyright deposit; Chas. Z. Bailey; March 17, 1909.

Los Angeles, Cal., from Third and Olive Sts., Dec. 3rd, 1909

Public domain photograph of Los Angeles, California, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Lumber Yards, San Pedro, Calif., Panoramic Photograph

H126151 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; West Coast Art Co.; April 27, 1909. Stamped on verso: "West Coast Art Co. (Inc.), 213-14-15 Henne Bldg., Los Angeles, Cal. Price, $[...]. Order by number. Mail o... More

Congestion of colonist's luggage, Los Angeles, ca. 1910

Photograph shows trunks and crates belonging to emigrants placed outside of building; large crowd of emigrants in the background.

Pacific Electric Railway Co., Los Angeles

Photograph shows PE car 202 at UP crossing in south Pasadena about 1910.

City market of Los Angeles, Cal., 9th & San Pedro St., Aug. 8th 1910

J146334 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; T. Utsushigawa; September 29, 1910. Printed on image: "Belasco Theater, Los Angeles, Cal."

Picnicing in Sycamore Grove, Los Angeles, Calif., Feb. 12, 1910 you do...

Photograph shows men, women, and child gathered around picnic table. Public domain photograph of people at the picnic, in the park, outdoors, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Panama canal. A fallacy exposed. Gold is not needed.

The Panama canal. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 2, Folder 27.

San Pedro, north from public library

J160349 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright claimant's address: Los Angeles, Cal. No. 999. Copyright deposit; West Coast Art Co.; September 22, 1911.

Pantaloon gown, Los Angeles. Photo by Bain News Service collection

Woman modeling pantaloon gown in Los Angeles. No. 865-12. George Grantham Bain Collection.

"Harvard School", Los Angeles, Cal., May 26th, 1911

Public domain image of personnel, army, group of people in uniform, parade, historic place, military activity, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

San Pedro, Cal., south from public library

J160346 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright claimant's address: Los Angeles, Cal. No. 998. Copyright deposit; West Coast Art Co.; September 22, 1911.

Los Angeles, Cal., looking N. & E. from 6th & Hill St.

J160347 U.S. Copyright Office Photographer's address: Los Angeles, Cal. No. 1022. Copyright deposit; West Coast Art Co.; September 22, 1911.

Los Angeles, Calif., looking north from 6th & Hill St.

J160348 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; West Coast Art Co.; September 22, 1911. Copyright claimant's address: Los Angeles, Cal, No. 1021.

Los Angeles, California from Hamburger Building

Public domain photograph - panorama, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Map of Los Angeles County : electric, steam railway lines, and mountai...

Relief shown by hachures. Shows routes of electric and steam railway lines. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Los Angeles, Calif., from Lookout Mt.

J165255 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; West Coast Art Co.; January 29, 1912. No. 1028.

L. A. Aqueduct celebration, Nov. 5th, 1913. at the Cascades

Photograph shows a multitude of men, women, and children gathered along the stretch of aqueduct going into the mountains. Copyright 1913 by S. A. Smythe. No. 36.

L. A. Aqueduct celebration, Nov. 5th, 1913. at the Cascades

Photograph shows an aerial view of the multitude of men, women, and children gathered along the stretch of aqueduct going into the mountains.

"San Pedro, Cal.", "The Harbor City", from public library, Feb. 13th, ...

H123218 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Chas. Z. Bailey; February 23, 1909. Photographer's address: Los Angeles, Cal. Printed on image: "Chas. Z. Bailey, Panorama Artist".

City of Los Angeles, Panoramic Photograph

J179551 U.S. Copyright Office Photographer's address: L.A., Cal. No. 3012. Copyright deposit; West Coast Art Co.; March 25, 1913.

S.S. Missourian, first steamship entering Los Angeles Harbor, Wilmingt...

J196571 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Edwin Wallace Sandison Jr.; September 8, 1914. Copyright claimant's address: 1649 McFarland St., Los Angeles, CA. No. 3234.

Newsies. See California report. Location: Los Angeles, California / L...

Picryl description: Public domain image of child labor, exploitation, children workers, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

9 year old newsie and his 7 year old brother "Red." Tough specimen of ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of children, kids, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A 6 year old newsie recently tried to "short change" me. See Californi...

Picryl description: Public domain image of child labor, exploitation, children workers, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Newsgirl about 11 years old, with a single paper making a begging and ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of child labor, exploitation, children workers, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Newsie. See California report. Location: Los Angeles, California / Le...

Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Meet us at Ascot Speedway, Sunday, 2 P.M., March 19th

J212815 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Geo. Prince; 1916. Second title on image: "$5000.00 Washington Sweepstakes, 100 miles, Ascot Park, Los Angeles, Cal., March 5, 1916." Photographer's address: 937... More

Map showing territory annexed to the city of Los Angeles, California /

Includes historical table of date, place name, how it was obtained, number of acres, and number of square miles being annexed between 1781 and 1916. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a ... More

Local Board #17, last quota, 815 men, Nov. 11, 1918, L.A.

J232103 U.S. Copyright Office. Title transcribed from item. Copyright claimant's address: Los Angeles, Cal. No. 8651. Copyright deposit, Huddleston Photo Co., November 18, 1918. More information about the Panor... More

Los Angeles Harbor, Aug. 9, 1919

J227800 U.S. Copyright Office Photographer's address: Los Angeles, California. Handwritten on verso: "San Pedro Harbor, Aug. 9, 1919." No. 8750. Copyright deposit; Huddleston Photo Co.; October 1919; DLC/PP-1919:46067.

Sky Line of Los Angeles, California

J249570 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Graham Photo Co.; August 9, 1921. Copyright claimant's address: 110 1/2 S. Broadway, Los Angeles, Cal,

Neighbors of the alley - An old black and white photo of a store

Three Chinese people in an alley, Chinatown, Los Angeles. J259784 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Paul Grenbeaux.

Close view of beautiful clusters of grapefruit on tree, Los Angeles, C...

J262131 U.S. Copyright Office. No. (40). Sub-series: Oranges 6. Public domain photograph of stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[House at the "French Village," Highland Avenue, Hollywood, California...

Site History. House Architecture: Francis Pierpont Davis and Walter Swindell Davis, Henry F. Withey, 1920. Today: Not extant. Title, date, and subject information provided by Sam Watters, 2011. Forms part of: G... More

[House at the "French Village," Highland Avenue, Hollywood, California...

Site History. House Architecture: Francis Pierpont Davis and Walter Swindell Davis, Henry F. Withey, 1920. Today: Not extant. Title, date, and subject information provided by Sam Watters, 2011. Forms part of: G... More

[House at the "French Village", Highland Avenue, Hollywood, California...

Site History. House Architecture: Francis Pierpont Davis and Walter Swindell Davis, Henry F. Withey, 1920. Today: Not extant. Title, date, and subject information provided by Sam Watters, 2011. Forms part of: G... More

[Aerial view north of Santa Monica Boulevard, between Beverly Hills an...

J295404 U.S. Copyright Office. Not to be published or reproduced without permission of Spence Airplane Photos. Copyright by Spence Airplane Photos; actual copyright date is 1928.

Hollywood from heart of Orange, Ca.

J0 2569 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; C.C. Pierce & Co.; July 24, 1929. Copyright claimant's address: Los Angeles, Calif. No. 8018.

East from Third & Grand, Panoramic Photograph

J0 2478 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; C.C. Pierce & Co.; July 17, 1929. Date 1929 refers to the date that the photo was submitted for copyright. The panorama was probably made from Angel's Flight pri... More

The Los Angeles City Hall, Calif

Stereograph shows the recently completed Los Angeles City Hall, Los Angeles, California. J03208 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 32331. Copyright by Keystone View Company. Date from copyright information on item.

North from Seventh & Broadway, Panoramic Photograph

J0 2479 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; C.C. Pierce & Co.; July 17, 1929. No. 8004. Copyright claimant's address: 1572 W. Pico St., Los Angeles, Calif.

Wrapping the beef in cheesecloth, Los Angeles Sheriff's barbecue

Photograph shows one older man and two younger men wrapping beef under a tent cover. Photographed as part of the "America eats" project for the Federal Writers' Project. Southern California Writers Project.

Prepared beef, ready for the barbecue pits - Los Angeles Sheriff's bar...

Photograph shows seven men posing with a pile of wrapped beef. Photographed as part of the "America eats" project for the Federal Writers' Project. Southern California Writers Project.

Cutting the forequarters of beef into 20 lb. hunks, Los Angeles Sherif...

Photograph showing crew of barbecue cooks preparing beef under a tent. Photographed as part of the "America eats" project for the Federal Writers' Project. Southern California Writers Project. Exhibited: Ameri... More

Removing the barbecued beef from the pits, Los Angeles Sheriff's Barbe...

Photograph showing crew of barbecue cooks around a brick-lined pit, with servers and crowd in the background. Photographed as part of the "America eats" project for the Federal Writers' Project. Southern Califo... More

Los Angeles business district as viewed from the "Richfield Tower"

J[...]658 U.S. Copyright Office Photographer's address: 3845 Wisconsin St., Los Angeles, Cal. Front inset credit: "Photo and Copyright by 'Dick' Whittington, Commercial Photographer". Copyright deposit; Wayne W... More

Weighing the meat - Los Angeles Sheriff's barbecue

Photograph shows a butcher and other men standing by a scale holding a piece of an animal in front of a tent with piles of dead animal parts inside.

Mural on the Pantages Theatre in Hollywood, California

Mural: Ghosts of Pantages Dedication, 1930. Created July-September 2000 by James Hamblin, Jim Piper, and Matthew Witmer. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace ... More

Pontifical Massachusetts, Los Angeles, September 6, 1931

J 10126 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Mayben & Van Oosting; September 21, 1931. Stamped on verso: "Mayben & Van Oosting, 7611 1/2 South Broadway, Los Angeles, Calif."

Greater Los Angeles : the wonder city of America /

Relief shown pictorially. Indexed. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

[General view of Los Angeles Olympic Stadium on the opening day of the...

J 12155 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Organizing Committee of the Games of the Xth Olympiad; August 29, 1932. Title derived from copyright deposit records. No. 2.

[General view of Los Angeles Olympic Stadium on the opening day of the...

J 12156 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Organizing Committee of the Games of the Xth Olympiad; August 29, 1932. Title derived from copyright deposit records. No. 3.

[General view of Los Angeles Olympic Stadium, July 30, 1932, opening d...

J 12152 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Organizing Committee of the Games of the Xth Olympiad; August 29, 1932. Title derived from copyright deposit records.

[General view of Los Angeles Olympic Stadium on the opening day of the...

J 12157 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Organizing Committee of the Games of the Xth Olympiad; August 29, 1932. Title derived from copyright deposit records. No. 4.

245 South Grand Avenue (House), Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

Significance: Bunker Hill District was developed during the first waves of real-estate speculation and boom that came with the extension of Southern Pacific Railroad to Los Angeles in 1876, and the construction... More

523 East Third Street (House), Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

Significance: Bunker Hill District was developed during the first waves of real-estate speculation and boom that came with the extension of Southern Pacific Railroad to Los Angeles in 1876, and the construction... More