Los Angeles (Calif.) -- History -- 20th century -- Archival resources
Found in 29 Collections and/or Records:
Forthmann family photographs
Mabel C. Harris papers
Mabel C. Harris, also professionally known as Virginia O'Neal and Martha Logan, was a trained home economist who, after working for Swift and Company and Kerr Glass Manufacturing Corp., was hired by Vons grocery stores in 1960 to be the first home economist hired by a supermarket chain. Her papers consist of photographs, scrapbooks, correspondence, clippings, ephemera, and cookbooks relating to her career in the Los Angeles food and grocery industry from the 1940s to the 1970s.
Household Survey records
In 1939, the Works Progress Administration provided funding for a comprehensive household survey of the Los Angeles area. Over the course of the project, about 400,000 documents, mostly census cards, were generated.
Jitney Buses scrapbook
George Ligar USC alumnus papers
This collection consists of a scrapbook, publications, drafting papers, blueprints, sketches, and design files of architect and USC graduate George Ligar (1918-1995).
Lindbergh to Los Angeles broadside
Broadside published by Pacific Electric Railway Company advertising Charles Lindbergh's visit to Los Angeles on September 20, 1927, as part of his 48-state tour of the country following his historic cross-Atlantic flight. The broadside includes a list of "reduced fares" to Los Angeles; information about the parade downtown; and the reception at the Los Angeles Coliseum.
Los Angeles city directories
Los Angeles City Municipal Art Commission reports
Monthly report typescripts from the Art Commission. The reports describe plans considered, costs, and plans approved with valuations. The volume also includes a copy of the Los Angeles City Charter that covers the Department of Municipal Art.
Los Angeles City Receiving Hospital clinical record books
Los Angeles County Schools curricular materials
Curricular projects and bibliiographies prepared for teachers in Los Angeles County public schools by the Division of Secondary Education in the Office of the County Superintendent of Schools.