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Los Angeles Slums and Fire Hazards Photograph Collection
This collection consists of six photographs of fire hazards in slum neighborhoods in Los Angeles, California during the 1940s.
Los Angeles Watts Riot Collection
Los Angeles Weather Station Logbooks
The Los Angeles Weather Station Logbooks journal the administrative records of the station. These include names and schedules of meteorologist and observers, equipment, inspections, and of course weather conditions for the period October 21, 1905 to June 20, 1938.
Los Feliz and Silverlake Real Estate Collection
The collection consists of sales brochures, aerial photographs, newsletters, and other documents obtained by Douglas and Eunice Goodan during the course of their real estate work in the Los Feliz and Silverlake areas of Los Angeles. They operated Hoover Real Estate, the leading real estate firm in the area during the second half of the 20th century.
Los Feliz Improvement Association Records
The Los Feliz Improvement Association was formed in 1922 to represent the homeowners of the Los Feliz area of Los Angeles. The association worked to protect historic trees and homes, and to prevent developments they felt would harm the upscale residential feel of the neighborhood. Much of the collection deals with fights against zoning changes that would have allowed construction of unsightly walls or that would have allowed commercial development.
Lotus H. Loudon Collection
Lotus H. Loudon was a newspaper publisher and member of the board of directors and paroles of the California Institution for Women at Tehachapi in the 1930s and early 1940s. The Lotus H. Loudon Collection documents his work in this capacity and the work of parole officer Emily D. Latham through correspondence and reports.
Millicent Farrington Lowry Diary
Millicent Farrington Lowry, also known as Mrs. R.B. Lowry, lived in Niagara Falls, New York. This diary documents her life on the homefront from 1943 through 1947. Lowry recorded daily activities covering rationing, comments on the war, meals, errands, the weather, and what was happening with her family members.
Baldo Loy International Longshoremen's and Warehouse Union (ILWU) Ephemera Collection
Lisa Lu Press Kit Collection
These press kits from the 1990s and 2000-2001 were issued by movie studios to publicize upcoming and newly released motion pictures. Some are devoted to a single film; other kits cover a studio's seasonal or annual releases. They contain production information, release dates, and frequently photographic stills and/or interviews with the actors.
Lunghua Civilian Assembly Center Autographed Tray
The collection consists of a wooden serving tray autographed by 66 internees that were placed into the Lunghua Civilian Assembly Center internment camp in Shanghai by the occupying Japanese forces during World War II. The signatures, which appear on both sides of the tray, also include the identification numbers of the individuals.