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Peek in the Stacks

Close-up view of sculpture's face belonging to a crouching woman at the Alto de las Piedras site of San Agustín Archaeological Park. Photo taken in 1975. Digital ID: 99.01.RCr.sl.B17.04.25.13

San Agustín Archaeological Park Archaeological photographs from Richard Cross

October 4, 2022

Portrait of Harriet Ware from scrapbook, Harriet Ware Collection

Music Scrapbooks

September 27, 2022

(Left to right) L.A. County Supervisor Yvonne Brathwaite Burke, Museum Director Aurelia Brooks, an unidentified man, Senator Bill Green, and Assemblywoman Teresa P. Hughes pose for a group portrait while holding a pair of giant scissors during the ribbon cutting ceremony for the California African American Museum (CAAM). 1984. Digital ID: 11.06.GC.N35.B2.17.29.07.1

Black Female Politicians

September 20, 2022

Illustration from Oliver Twist, Oliver Twist asks for more

Bentley's Miscellany, "Boz," and Oliver Twist

September 13, 2022

Bandleader and musician Louis Jordan (left), unidentified woman, and photographer Harry Adams (right) at the Cavalcade of Jazz. Harry Adams Collection. 93.01.HA.N45.B34.133

20th Century Images of the Central Avenue District

September 6, 2022

Photo of the Avocado Street Sign Taken for the Historical-Cultural Monument Application

Historic Avocado Trees in Los Feliz

August 30, 2022

Area E Alternative School

August 16, 2022

Ritual Cannibalism, image detail from the Codex Hall, F1219 .D5

Codex Hall: A Post-Conquest Aztec Artifact

July 20, 2022

Spine of two books reading "Administrative Records Vol. I" and "Vol. II", from the Los Angeles Weather Station Logbooks Archival Collection

Weather Station Logbooks

June 21, 2022

Photograph of actress, singer, dancer, and author, Janet Leigh from the Musicians, Singers, and Actors Photograph Collection

Celebrity Photograph Collection

May 10, 2022

Last Updated: 07/27/2024