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The U.S. Marine Tientsin Photograph Collection consists of photographs taken by an unknown United States Marine Corps member stationed in Tientsin (Tianjin), China in 1946. The photographs capture street scenes, Marines, Chinese soldiers, Chinese citizens, and life on military naval vessels.

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Photographer Larry Underhill was hired by the Los Angeles Conservancy to take photographs of the Valley Music Theatre immediately prior to its demolition in 2006. The collection consists of forty-six silver gelatin photographs taken by Underhill, as well as documentation of the theater designed by Hawkins and Lindsey, Architects.

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Valley Voters Organized Toward Empowerment (Valley VOTE) is the non-profit organization which led the secession efforts of the San Fernando Valley from 1997-2002. The collection documents their petition drive, the resulting investigation by the Local Agency Formation Commission for the County of Los Angeles (LAFCO), and the Measure F campaign which allowed Los Angeles residents to vote on the issue of secession.

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The Van Nuys Grammar School Photograph includes a single black and white photographic print of the front of Van Nuys Grammar School building.

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Two photographs of Virginia Street, Van Nuys, California (later renamed Sylvan Street), showing growth from February to December 1911.

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The Roy T. Vandenbree Collection documents Vandenbree's service in the United States Army from approximately 1966 to 1968. Vandenbree served with the 138th Aviation Company (RR) in Danang, Vietnam from 1967 to 1968 during the Vietnam War. Materials primarily include photographs, two scrapbooks, and a collection of correspondence.

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Frank and Trixie Wachsner were both children of Jewish refugees who fled to Shanghai to escape persecution during World War II. The collection consists of items related to their experiences living in China and the reunions they attended in later years to reconnect with other "Old China Hands."

Abstract Kathryn Waite (née Wilson) was born in 1901 and died in 1998. She and her husband Harry Edgar Waite (1885-1963) lived in the City of San Fernando. She worked on the nursing staff at Veterans Administration Hospital in Sylmar and was a member of the San Fernando Valley Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Her husband Harry worked as the San Fernando City Engineer. The Photograph Album depicts Harry’s work as Chief of the Survey Party for the California State Survey of Ridge...

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This collection brings together materials largely generated by the United States War Relocation Authority (WRA). Additional materials are authored by the press, academics, and other U.S. government agencies. The materials document the forced removal of Japanese Americans during World War II and their incarceration in American concentration camps.

Abstract Francis Gilbert Webb (1853-1941) was a well-known English music critic and musicologist writing from the turn of the 19th century until 1932 as 'Lancelot" of The Referee. The collection consists of the correspondence files of Mr. Webb and the correspondence of Lady Monckton and a few other letters addressed to different people found in the Webb collection. The correspondence in Webb’s files includes letters from many music personalities such as Samuel...