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LA as Subject
Hosted by the USC Libraries, L.A. as Subject is an association of more than 230 libraries, cultural institutions, official archives, and private collectors dedicated to preserving and telling the sometimes-hidden histories of the Los Angeles region. Our posts here provide a view into the archives of individuals and institutions whose collections inform the great narrative -- in all its complex facets -- of Southern California.
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In June 1943, L.A. witnessed some of its most surreal scenes of street violence: sailors coursing through the city streets in their Navy uniforms, carrying sticks and targeting anyone wearing a zoot suit.
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In 1896, Griffith J. Griffith gave Los Angeles 3,015 acres to create "a place of recreation and rest for the masses." Today, Griffith Park is nearly five times the size of New York's Central Park.
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There was a time when, far from being a defining characteristic of the city's landscape, freeways were merely an experimental impulse of traffic engineers.
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As Southern Californians tune into the infamously delayed coverage of London's 2012 Olympic games, L.A. as Subject member archives provide a look back at Los Angeles' two turns in the Olympic spotlight.
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In 1924, the downtown L.A. intersection of Seventh Street and Broadway was the busiest in the world with 504,000 people crossing those streets each day.
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The transportation hub has hardly stood still since it emerged from the bean fields of Westchester in the late 1920s.
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Though Los Angeles lacks an city-defining span like San Francisco's Golden Gate, bridges nevertheless tame the Southern California landscape for freight trains, light rail vehicles, and millions of private automobiles.
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Recently rediscovered photos shed new light on Bunker Hill, a downtown Los Angeles neighborhood razed in the name of urban renewal.
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As the region marks the nation's 236th birthday, join us for a look through historical images at how Southern Californians have observed the holiday in the past.
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