Los Angeles

From a Tongva village by a river to a Spanish pueblo of 1781, to the oil-and-orange boom town, the dream factory of Hollywood, the city that stole a valley's water, the megacity of freeways and sprawl — Los Angeles is many cities at once. This is its story told in themes: the founding, the water, the movies, the skyline, the Olympics, the uprisings, the earthquakes and fires, the sound of the streets, the car, and the city today. Every scene sits at its real moment in time.

A chronological documentary of 428 moments spanning 1771–2026 on Loreline.

last updated 2026-07-22

1. 1771-06-15 — Mission San Gabriel Arcángel. Los Angeles, 1771.
2. 1781 — The founders of El Pueblo de Los Angeles (1781). The 44 pobladores — of African, Indigenous and Spanish descent — who founded the pueblo on 4 September 1781.
3. 1797-06-15 — Mission San Fernando Rey de España. Los Angeles, 1797.
4. 1847 — Pueblo de Los Angeles (1847). A William Rich Hutton sketch as US forces took the pueblo during the Mexican–American War.
5. 1850 — Agustín Olvera.webp. Los Angeles, 1850. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
6. 1869 — The Los Angeles Plaza (1869). The old Plaza, heart of the original pueblo, two decades after statehood.
7. 1870 — Sixth St(reet) Park, Los Angeles, Cal, from Robert N. Dennis collection of stereoscopic …. Los Angeles, 1870. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
8. 1871 — The Chinese Massacre of 1871. One of the worst mass lynchings in US history — a mob killed at least 18 Chinese residents in Old Chinatown.
9. 1875 — ElAliso treepre1875drawing. Los Angeles, 1875. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
10. 1875 — Broadway from 4th Street looking north, Los Angeles, ca.1880-1900 (.1). Los Angeles, 1875. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
11. 1876 — Agustín Olvera. Los Angeles, 1876. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
12. 1877 — View of Los Angeles from the east. Brooklyn Hights in the foreground; Pacific Ocean and …. Los Angeles, 1877. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
13. 1880 — Carleton Watkins (American - The Plaza, Los Angeles - Google Art Project. Los Angeles, 1880. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
14. 1880 — s Temple Block. Los Angeles, 1880. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
15. 1880 — Lithograph of the Baker Block on the southeast corner of Main Street and Arcadia Street. Los Angeles, 1880. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
16. 1880 — s view of the Downey Block located on the northwest corner of Temple and Main streets as…. Los Angeles, 1880. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
17. 1880 — Clocktower (Temple) Courthouse, Market and Theater 4. Los Angeles, 1880. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
18. 1880 — Baker Block. Los Angeles, 1880. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
19. 1882 — view north from Broad Place up Calle de los Negros towards Del Valle adobe on Plaza. Cor…. Los Angeles, 1882. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
20. 1882 — Forster Block, east side of Main St., 5 doors south of Grand Opera House, c.1882. Los Angeles, 1882. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
21. 1882 — Los Angeles from hill. Los Angeles, 1882. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
22. 1882 — Los Angeles Street north from Arcadia Street, c.1882. Los Angeles, 1882. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
23. 1883 — Grazing sheep in front of the Church of Angels in Garvanza, Los Angeles, ca.1888. Los Angeles, 1883. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
24. 1884 — Los Angeles in 1884. The town in 1884, on the cusp of the great real-estate boom.
25. 1885 — Temple Block with clock tower. Victorian buildings behind are - Amestoy Building and Uni…. Los Angeles, 1885. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
26. 1885 — Orange Groves, San Gabriel Valley, Cal, by Bonine, R. (Robert K.). Los Angeles, 1885. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
27. 1885 — Grand Opera House Los Angeles c.1884-1893. Los Angeles, 1885. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
28. 1885 — Ca1885 Temple Block front. Los Angeles, 1885. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
29. 1886 — Confidence Engine Co 1886. Los Angeles, 1886. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
30. 1886 — Monte Vista Hotel Sunland 1880s. Los Angeles, 1886. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
31. 1886 — View west on 2nd at Spring; Hollenbeck Block when two stories (left), 2nd City Hall (rig…. Los Angeles, 1886. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
32. 1886 — View south on Spring at 2nd, Hollenbeck Hotel when two stories, 1886. Los Angeles, 1886. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
33. 1886 — Ralphs Brothers Grocery and New York Bakery, southwest corner of Sixth Street and Spring…. Los Angeles, 1886. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
34. 1886 — J. W. Robinson's Boston Store at Jones Block, 171-3 N. Spring St., Los Angeles 1886–1895. Los Angeles, 1886. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
35. 1886 — North Main Street looking north from Temple, T.E. Stanton, 1886. Los Angeles, 1886. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
36. 1887 — Los Angeles National Bank Building, NE corner of 1st and Spring, Los Angeles, 1887-1906. Los Angeles, 1887. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
37. 1887 — LA-aerialphoto-baloon-06-27-1887. Los Angeles, 1887. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
38. 1887 — View of the Downey Block. Los Angeles, 1887. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
39. 1887 — BanningHouse-on-FortMooreHill-1887. Los Angeles, 1887. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
40. 1887 — C. 1887 view looking east along south side of 3rd Street incl. former New York Brewery, …. Los Angeles, 1887. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
41. 1887 — AtwaterVillageLosAngelesMinneapolisTract18871128. Los Angeles, 1887. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
42. 1887 — Fourth Street looking west from Main Street, Los Angeles, ca.1887. Los Angeles, 1887. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
43. 1888 — looking SE from N side of Bellvue at intersection with Upper Main (now North Spring). JW…. Los Angeles, 1888. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
44. 1888 — Exterior view of the Mission Hotel in San Fernando, ca.1888. Los Angeles, 1888. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
45. 1888 — View south on Spring from Temple, Los Angeles, c.1883–1894. Los Angeles, 1888. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
46. 1888 — Widney Block, north side of First Street between Spring and Main streets c.1888. Los Angeles, 1888. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
47. 1889 — A group of students outside of Lankershim School in San Fernando Valley, California, ca.…. Los Angeles, 1889. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
48. 1889 — First Congregational Church, intersection of Third Street and Hill Street, 1889-1900 (). Los Angeles, 1889. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
49. 1890 — Broadway Los Angeles J W Robinsons Boston Dry Goods 1895. Los Angeles, 1890. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
50. 1890 — Broadway 200 N Block 1890s. Los Angeles, 1890. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
51. 1890 — California Bank Building SW corner 2nd and Broadway Los Angeles around 1890. Los Angeles, 1890. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
52. 1890 — Broadway-Temple-NW-Temperance-Temple-of-the-Womens-Christian-Temperance-Union-1890. Los Angeles, 1890. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
53. 1890 — Bryson-Bonebrake Building. Los Angeles, 1890. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
54. 1890 — Broadway and Third Street, looking east on Third Street from Olive Street, Los Angeles, …. Los Angeles, 1890. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
55. 1890 — How oil was drilled in 1890. The drilling that made early LA fortunes.
56. 1890 — Boston Dry Goods and Harris Newmark buildings 1899. Los Angeles, 1890. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
57. 1890 — Downtown Los Angeles, late 19th century. A view of the growing downtown in the late 1800s.
58. 1890 — Arcade Depot sold by Wolfskill. Los Angeles, 1890. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
59. 1891 — Haas, Baruch & Co. (successor to Haas, Hellman & Co.), 218-224 N. Los Angeles St. c.1890s. Los Angeles, 1891. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
60. 1892 — Horse-drawn streetcar on Main Street (c.1892). Before electrification — a horse-car at the Main Street post office.
61. 1893 — Main, SE corner of Winston, US Government Bldg 1893. Los Angeles, 1893. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
62. 1894 — Bradbury Building 1894. Los Angeles, 1894. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
63. 1894 — Broadway looking south from Second Street showing a cable car, Los Angeles, ca.1893-1895…. Los Angeles, 1894. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
64. 1894 — Jevne grocers on east side of Spring looking south from Franklin c.1893-6. Los Angeles, 1894. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
65. 1894 — Central Business District of Los Angeles 1894 from Plaza (r) to Third Street (l). Los Angeles, 1894. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
66. 1894 — Long Wharf, California c. 1890s. Los Angeles, 1894. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
67. 1894 — Cable car on Broadway just north of 2nd Street looking south, Los Angeles, ca.1893-1895. Los Angeles, 1894. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
68. 1895 — Adams Boulevard looking west from Severance Street, Los Angeles, ca.1895-1900 (). Los Angeles, 1895. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
69. 1895 — Broadway looking south from Second Street, Los Angeles, ca.1895-1905. Los Angeles, 1895. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
70. 1895 — Farmland and the Los Angeles River looking north from Elysian Park toward Mount Washingt…. Los Angeles, 1895. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
71. 1895 — Artistic Wrought Iron Works Advertisement - 1895 - U.S. City Directory Los Angeles. Los Angeles, 1895. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
72. 1895 — Hollywood looking north-northeast from Olive Hill (Barnsdall Park), Hollywood, 1895. Los Angeles, 1895. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
73. 1895 — Bridge across the Arroyo Seco at Garvanza, showing the first cable-car to cross it, ca.1…. Los Angeles, 1895. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
74. 1895 — La Grande Station. Los Angeles, 1895. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
75. 1895 — Boston Dry Goods (J. W. Robinson Co.) New Store, 1895, 239 S. Broadway, Los Angeles. Los Angeles, 1895. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
76. 1896 — Arcadia Block Los Angeles from an 1896 lithograph. Los Angeles, 1896. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
77. 1896 — Harris & Frank's London Clothing Co. at 119–125 N. Spring Street. Los Angeles, 1896. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
78. 1896 — Looking north on Spring Street from First Street, c.1896-1900. Los Angeles, 1896. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
79. 1897 — Pages from 1897 maybe LOC Los Angeles, California, the city and county (1) page 1. Los Angeles, 1897. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
80. 1898 — Larronde Block 1898. Los Angeles, 1898. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
81. 1898 — Orpheum Theatre when located at the former Grand Opera House, 110 S. Main, Los Angeles, …. Los Angeles, 1898. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
82. 1899 — Daniel Desmond LATimes 01 Aug 1937 Page 93-4. Los Angeles, 1899. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
83. 1900 — st and Main St SW corner Hotel Natick 1900 Los Angeles. Los Angeles, 1900. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
84. 1900 — Bullard Block 1900. Los Angeles, 1900. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
85. 1900 — Brands of the California ranches, ca.1840-1900. Los Angeles, 1900. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
86. 1900 — California south tehachapi... Los Angeles, 1900. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
87. 1900 — Chamber of Commerce, 4th and Broadway c.1900. Los Angeles, 1900. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
88. 1900 — Chinese drug store and doctor's office, ca.1900. Los Angeles, 1900. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
89. 1900 — Downtown-LA-1900. Los Angeles, 1900. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
90. 1900 — Braley Building on the Hibernian Block, Los Angeles, 1900-1903. Los Angeles, 1900. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
91. 1901 — Exterior view of the Braley Building (later the Hibernian Building), corner of Fourth St…. Los Angeles, 1901. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
92. 1901 — Downtown Los Angeles (c.1901). William Henry Jackson’s panorama of the business district at the turn of the century.
93. 1901 — Coach drawn by 6 white horses in the Los Angeles Fiesta, ca.1901. Los Angeles, 1901. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
94. 1901 — Los Angeles Courthouse and Post Office in United States Department of the Treasury . A H…. Los Angeles, 1901. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
95. 1901 — Exterior view of the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Building on Broadway between F…. Los Angeles, 1901. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
96. 1902 — Exterior view of the Fifth Street Department Store, on the corner of Broadway and Fifth …. Los Angeles, 1902. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
97. 1902 — "For Sale—Lots" The Los Angeles Times, September 27, 1902. Los Angeles, 1902. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
98. 1902 — Chinese dragon feeding ceremony, ca.1902-1904. Los Angeles, 1902. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
99. 1903 — Los Angeles-1903-Chinesenbaby. Los Angeles, 1903. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
100. 1903 — Los Angeles-1903-Westlake Park Los Angeles. Los Angeles, 1903. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
101. 1903 — Los Angeles-1903-Chinesenfamilie. Los Angeles, 1903. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
102. 1903 — Los Angeles-1903-Chinese Girl. Los Angeles, 1903. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
103. 1903 — Los Angeles-1903-Chinese Chums. Los Angeles, 1903. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
104. 1903 — Los Angeles-1903-Panorama Los Angeles. Los Angeles, 1903. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
105. 1903 — The central business district (1903). Downtown LA in 1903, growing fast on oil and citrus money.
106. 1903 — Los Angeles-1903-Moki Woman and Baby. Los Angeles, 1903. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
107. 1903 — Los Angeles-1903-A Residence in Los Angeles. Los Angeles, 1903. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
108. 1904 — Broadway looking north from Fourth Street, ca.1904-1905. Los Angeles, 1904. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
109. 1904 — Garvanza-1904-Church of the Angels, near Garvanza, Cal.. Los Angeles, 1904. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
110. 1904 — Los Angeles-1904-Westlake Park. Los Angeles, 1904. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
111. 1905 — Los Angeles-1905-Hotel Lankershim. Los Angeles, 1905. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
112. 1905 — Los Angeles-1905-West Lake Park. Los Angeles, 1905. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
113. 1905 — Sawtelle-1905-Residence Street. Los Angeles, 1905. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
114. 1905 — Sawtelle-1905-Fourth st. Sawtelle. Los Angeles, 1905. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
115. 1905 — Los Angeles-1905-Palm Drive. Los Angeles, 1905. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
116. 1905 — Los Angeles-1905-Arcade Depot. Los Angeles, 1905. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
117. 1905 — Playa del Rey-1905-Playa del Rey. Los Angeles, 1905. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
118. 1905 — The Balloon Route trolley (1905). The Pacific Electric "Balloon Route" — the streetcar network that first shaped the sprawling region.
119. 1905 — Sawtelle-1905-Bank Block, Sawtelle, Cal.. Los Angeles, 1905. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
120. 1906 — Chutes Park (later Horsley Park), an amusement park in Los Angeles, ca.1906. Los Angeles, 1906. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
121. 1906 — Los Angeles-1906-The Broadway Hotel. Los Angeles, 1906. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
122. 1906 — Exterior view of the Hollywood Branch of the Los Angeles Public Library (the Norman F. M…. Los Angeles, 1906. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
123. 1906 — Children's division of La Fiesta de Los Angeles held on the grounds of Judge Silent's re…. Los Angeles, 1906. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
124. 1906 — Broadway, north from Sixth Street, Los Angeles, ca.1906. Los Angeles, 1906. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
125. 1906 — Chutes, a color postcard. Los Angeles, 1906. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
126. 1907 — Apostolic Faith Gospel Mission 1907. Los Angeles, 1907. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
127. 1907 — Detailed Geologic Section Through Olinda Oil Field. Los Angeles, 1907. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
128. 1907 — Broadway, looking north from Seventh Street, Los Angeles, ca.1907-1917. Los Angeles, 1907. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
129. 1907 — A Happy Family at the California Alligator Farm, Los Angeles, Cal (clloy 042). Los Angeles, 1907. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
130. 1908 — Broadway and Fourth Street, Los Angeles, ca.1908-1910. Los Angeles, 1908. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
131. 1908 — Chamber of Commerce Building on Broadway btw 1st-2nd, ca.1901-1911. Los Angeles, 1908. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
132. 1908 — block Main Street south from 5th, c.1908. Los Angeles, 1908. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
133. 1908 — Exterior view of the old Federal Building and Post Office, Temple Street and Main Street…. Los Angeles, 1908. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
134. 1908 — Development and electrical distribution of water power. Los Angeles, 1908. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
135. 1908 — Broadway Department Store, Los Angeles, ca.1908-1910. Los Angeles, 1908. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
136. 1908 — Construction of the San Pedro government breakwater from shore. Los Angeles, 1908. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
137. 1909 — Exterior view of the Pekin Curio Store in Los Angeles Plaza, ca.1909. Los Angeles, 1909. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
138. 1910 — Laurel Canyon Trolley Bus at Sunset 1908-09. Los Angeles, 1910. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
139. 1910 — Exterior view of the Farmers and Merchants National Bank, on the corner of Main Street a…. Los Angeles, 1910. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
140. 1910 — Exterior view of the International Bank Building on the southwest corner of Spring Stree…. Los Angeles, 1910. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
141. 1910 — Broadway at night (c.1910). Broadway lit up — the bright commercial spine of early-20th-century downtown.
142. 1910 — Interior of Fred Detmers Optical Store, 354 South Broadway, Los Angeles. Los Angeles, 1910. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
143. 1910 — Chamber of Commerce 128 S Broadway 1910. Los Angeles, 1910. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
144. 1910 — Ramona (1910) — D.W. Griffith silent short. An early film shot in the LA area.
145. 1910 — Globe Grain and Milling Company, rendering. Los Angeles, 1910. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
146. 1911 — Marvelous Scenic Railway, "Dragon Gorge" at Ocean Park, Cal. (pcard-print-pub-pc-51a). Los Angeles, 1911. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
147. 1912 — Pacific Electric stops, South Bay (1912). The Red Car map of the South Bay at the network’s height.
148. 1912 — Dredging in the Los Angeles Harbor at Wilmington. Los Angeles, 1912. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
149. 1912 — Biola-1912-1916. Los Angeles, 1912. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
150. 1913 — LA Aqueduct Opening2. Los Angeles, 1913. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
151. 1913 — Exterior view of the Los Angeles Investment Building (later the C.C. Chapman Building), …. Los Angeles, 1913. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
152. 1913 — Opening of the Los Angeles Aqueduct (1913, silent film). The actual silent newsreel of Mulholland opening the aqueduct: "There it is. Take it."
153. 1914 — lasky02. Los Angeles, 1914. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
154. 1914 — Bernheimer Bros.' Japanese bungalow, Hollywood. Los Angeles, 1914. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
155. 1915 — Behr-0020. Los Angeles, 1915. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
156. 1915 — Desmonds Spring St to 1924 LAT 14 Sep 1924. Los Angeles, 1915. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
157. 1915 — Stevens Duryea Automobile, Silver Motors 657 South Atlantic Blvd., East Los Angeles,.... Los Angeles, 1915. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
158. 1915 — Fire works display over the lake at Venice ca1915. Los Angeles, 1915. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
159. 1915 — Appendix to the Journals of the Senate and Assembly of the session of the Legislature of…. Los Angeles, 1915. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
160. 1915 — J. W. Robinson's new 7th Street store at launch 1915. Los Angeles, 1915. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
161. 1915 — Early days in Hollywood, 1910s (archive). Silent-era footage of the new film colony.
162. 1916 — MGM Studios. Los Angeles, 1916. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
163. 1916 — Cyclopedia of applied electricity - a general reference work on direct-current generator…. Los Angeles, 1916. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
164. 1917 — BroadwaySouthFromSeventh1917. Los Angeles, 1917. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
165. 1917 — Channel Pickering Townsley, Richard E. Miller, and Benjamin C. Brown in 1917. Los Angeles, 1917. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
166. 1917 — Jan 5 display ad for Los Angeles premiere of The Play of Everyman by George Sterling. Los Angeles, 1917. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
167. 1917 — Ceremonies - Salutes and Parades - California - Men from Fort McArthur marching on South…. Los Angeles, 1917. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
168. 1917 — Food Administration - Anti-Waste Campaign - War farm, Wadsworth School, Los Angeles, Cal…. Los Angeles, 1917. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
169. 1917 — BroadwayNorthFromSeventh1917 (cropped). Los Angeles, 1917. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
170. 1917 — BroadwayNorthFromSeventh1917. Los Angeles, 1917. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
171. 1917 — Camouflage - Wooden Guns - Movie men, camoufleurs. Dummy gun, camouflaged by movie men, …. Los Angeles, 1917. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
172. 1918 — New York Cloak Brockman Building 7th LAEx. Los Angeles, 1918. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
173. 1918 — Chaplin meets Harry Lauder — rare archival footage. Behind-the-scenes film of the silent-era star.
174. 1918 — Coulters 7th LAEx. Los Angeles, 1918. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
175. 1918 — Ville de Paris 7th LAEx. Los Angeles, 1918. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
176. 1918 — Larronde Block undated. Los Angeles, 1918. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
177. 1919 — Air photo of building before the building of Chamber of Commerce of the Case Hotel. Los Angeles, 1919. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
178. 1919 — North Hollywood Pacific Electric Car Station, 1919 (LAVC15). Los Angeles, 1919. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
179. 1919 — Chaplin & Maxine Elliott — rare archival footage. Rare film of Chaplin in his Hollywood prime.
180. 1919 — Charlie Chaplin — "A Day’s Pleasure" (1919). A Chaplin short from the silent era.
181. 1920 — A man standing among the large drooping fronds of a date palm, Los Angeles, ca.1920. Los Angeles, 1920. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
182. 1920 — A big palm tree at the residence of Homer Laughlin, Adams Boulevard, Los Angeles. Los Angeles, 1920. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
183. 1920 — "Away from studies" photograph of University of Southern California students Edwin Jeffe…. Los Angeles, 1920. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
184. 1920 — A big palm tree in a Los Angeles park, ca.1920. Los Angeles, 1920. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
185. 1920 — A big palm tree (Phoenix reclinata) in a Los Angeles park, ca.1920. Los Angeles, 1920. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
186. 1920 — A small cactus garden next to a wooden slat building, ca.1920. Los Angeles, 1920. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
187. 1920 — A palm tree at the corner of Figueroa Street and Orange Street, ca.1920. Los Angeles, 1920. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
188. 1920 — Wilshire & Fairfax from the air (1920). Open land where the Miracle Mile would soon rise.
189. 1920 — A. Kellerman 1920-2. Los Angeles, 1920. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
190. 1921 — RoseBowl-construction1921. Los Angeles, 1921. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
191. 1921 — California Theatre, 810 S. Main St., Los Angeles, c.1921. Los Angeles, 1921. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
192. 1922 — Cross excavation on Sunset Boulevard near Harvard Street showing high fill over cross tr…. Los Angeles, 1922. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
193. 1922 — Excavation along Sunset Boulevard at Edgemont Street intersection showing very decided b…. Los Angeles, 1922. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
194. 1922 — Cahuenga Pass Hollywood. Los Angeles, 1922. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
195. 1922 — Aerial photograph showing intersection of Wilshire and San Vicente boulevards. Los Angeles, 1922. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
196. 1922 — Expo model. Los Angeles, 1922. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
197. 1923 — East side of Main at Requena, United States Hotel at right, 200–202 N. Main at left. Los Angeles, 1923. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
198. 1923 — "Country Homes in Girard" Los Angeles Evening Express, November 17, 1923. Los Angeles, 1923. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
199. 1924 — Northward view of the United States Navy dirigible USS Shenandoah over Long Beach, ca.1920. Los Angeles, 1924. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
200. 1924 — East side of Broadway, 1924.New King Hotel in Gordon Bldg. (206–10). 1920–1964 location …. Los Angeles, 1924. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
201. 1925 — Hollywood & Cahuenga (1920s). The young film capital in the Roaring Twenties.
202. 1925 — Banksia Place Sanitarium, Los Angeles, Calif.. Los Angeles, 1925. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
203. 1926 — FIRST FLIGHT CHICAGO IL TO MINNEAPOLIS MN CAM COVER front. Los Angeles, 1926. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
204. 1927 — Building City Hall (1927). The 1928 City Hall under construction — for decades the tallest building in LA.
205. 1927 — LA River flood (1927). A bridge destroyed by flooding on the then-untamed Los Angeles River.
206. 1928 — Benedict Maternity Hospital. Los Angeles, 1928. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
207. 1928 — St Francis Dam disaster, 1928 (newsreel). Reuters/period newsreel of the dam collapse that killed hundreds.
208. 1928 — graduating class of the Los Angeles County General Hospital, School of Nursing. Los Angeles, 1928. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
209. 1928 — Golden State Hospital. Los Angeles, 1928. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
210. 1928 — French Hospital. Los Angeles, 1928. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
211. 1928 — Los Angeles City Hall (1928). The completed City Hall, the icon of the interwar city.
212. 1928 — French Hospital, est. 1860. Los Angeles, 1928. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
213. 1928 — Chase Diet Sanitarium. Los Angeles, 1928. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
214. 1929 — Battle of La Mesa 1847 at Union Stockyards Ended Mexican Rule from Los Angeles as it app…. Los Angeles, 1929. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
215. 1929 — Frank A. Bouelle, Superintendent of Schools, Los Angeles, 1929-1937. Los Angeles, 1929. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
216. 1929 — Dugout Restaurant. Los Angeles, 1929. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
217. 1930 — Aerial view of Los Angeles High School 1930s. Los Angeles, 1930. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
218. 1930 — Hollenbeck Park, Los Angeles, California. Los Angeles, 1930. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
219. 1930 — Columbia Broadcasting System at night, Radio City, Hollywood, Calif. Los Angeles, 1930. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
220. 1930 — Eddie August Schneider on August 18, 1930 in Los Angeles, California (600 dpi, 100 quali…. Los Angeles, 1930. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
221. 1930 — Exterior view of the Olympic Auditorium in Los Angeles, ca.1920-1929. Los Angeles, 1930. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
222. 1930 — Albert Kothe and his Ford Model A at Hollywoodland Sign. Los Angeles, 1930. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
223. 1932 — The 1932 Los Angeles Olympics. LA hosts the Summer Games for the first time.
224. 1932 — 1932 LA Olympics — track & field (silent newsreel). The original 1932 Games newsreel, from PeriscopeFilm.
225. 1932 — 1932 LA Olympics & the Graf Zeppelin docking (Kinolibrary). Archive film of the 1932 Games and the airship over the city.
226. 1932 — "Real Hustling" — Los Angeles (British Pathé, 1932). A 1932 British Pathé newsreel of the city.
227. 1932 — 1932 Los Angeles Olympics highlights. Highlights of the Depression-era Games.
228. 1932 — 1932 Los Angeles Olympic Games (archival newsreel). Newsreel film of the 1932 Games.
229. 1933 — The Union Stock Yards (1933). The industrial LA that fed the growing city.
230. 1933 — Frank L. Shaw decides between a bowler hat and a straw hat. Los Angeles, 1933. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
231. 1933 — The Griffith Park fire (1933). Crews fight the deadly 1933 Griffith Park fire that killed dozens of relief workers.
232. 1933 — Main Street, downtown (1930s). The bustling commercial heart of Depression-era downtown.
233. 1934 — Wrigley Field Los Angeles. Los Angeles, 1934. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
234. 1934 — La-crescneta-flood-times. Los Angeles, 1934. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
235. 1935 — Photos 10307 large HE box 4995-W.P.A. HE-001-947 4x5 Herald Examiner LAPL 00028113. Los Angeles, 1935. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
236. 1935 — Douglas Aircraft, Santa Monica, 1930s (Boeing Classics). On Nov. 30, 1928, Douglas incorporated his business as the Douglas Aircraft Co. Inc. and moved to the completed building in Santa Monica in 1929. In its new facilities, the Douglas Aircraft Co. continued to make observation biplanes and built its first twin-engine aircraft, the T2D-1 torpedo bomber. It also produced a small commercial amphibian, the Sinbad that led to the successful military Dolphin; the famous Douglas Commercial series aircraft DC-1, DC-2, DC-3; the DC-5 and the B-18 Bolo bomber.
237. 1935 — Barton-sewell-ucla-library. Los Angeles, 1935. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
238. 1935 — Publicity at Hollywood dog training school, Southern California, 1935. Los Angeles, 1935. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
239. 1935 — Laguna Beach home movies, 1930s. Beach life south of LA, captured on home-movie film.
240. 1935 — 1930s California home movies (silent). A road trip across 1930s California on film.
241. 1936 — 1930s Los Angeles at night — neon & movie theatres (home movie). A 1930s home movie of downtown neon, from the PeriscopeFilm archive.
242. 1936 — Photos 86679 large WPA 401 West Los Angeles Police substation. Los Angeles, 1936. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
243. 1936 — Untitled - Large Letters. Los Angeles, 1936. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
244. 1936 — Woodystrode collage. Los Angeles, 1936. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
245. 1937 — 1930s Binney family home movies, Los Angeles. Everyday LA life on home-movie film, 1930s.
246. 1937 — Frank L. Shaw at the Los Angeles County Grand Jury. Los Angeles, 1937. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
247. 1937 — Six Los Angeles Railway weekly passes 1937 - 1940. Los Angeles, 1937. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
248. 1938 — After the police raids on Alameda Street (1938). Crowds gather after a 1938 police raid — the city’s harder edge.
249. 1939 — 1939 Pacific Electric Railroad Boosters trip (archive film). A 1939 excursion on the Red Cars, PeriscopeFilm archive.
250. 1940 — TerminalIslandDrillingProduction1940s. Los Angeles, 1940. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
251. 1940 — Los Feliz Brown Derby postcard. Los Angeles, 1940. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
252. 1940 — Paris Inn Cafe souvenir postcard. Los Angeles, 1940. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
253. 1941 — Los Angeles Stock Exchange 1941 WPA American Guide. Los Angeles, 1941. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
254. 1941 — from FWP's American Guide Los Angeles a guide to the city and its environs 17. Los Angeles, 1941. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
255. 1941 — Inside the Douglas Aircraft factory, Santa Monica (1941). Santa Monica Douglas Factory (1941) Click to subscribe!
256. 1941 — FWP American Guide Series city 1941 California Los Angeles a guide to the city and its e…. Los Angeles, 1941. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
257. 1941 — Donald Douglas inspects the Santa Monica plant (1941). Los Angeles, 1941.
258. 1941 — Japanese American Citizens' League as Anti-Axis Committee Headquarters, Los Angeles, 1941. Los Angeles, 1941. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
259. 1941 — Alexander Kahn. Los Angeles, 1941. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
260. 1942 — Franklin D. Roosevelt and Culbert L. Olson in Long Beach, California - NARA - 195522. Los Angeles, 1942. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
261. 1943 — Servicemen stop a streetcar, Zoot Suit Riots (7 June 1943). Sailors searching a streetcar for zoot-suiters during the 1943 riots.
262. 1944 — 1940s Pacific Electric — Long Beach line (archive film). The Red Cars running in the 1940s.
263. 1944 — Snow at First & Spring (1944). A rare snowfall dusts the streets below City Hall.
264. 1945-06-15 — The Central Avenue jazz district. Los Angeles, 1945.
265. 1945 — The Pacific Electric Red Car system (archive footage). Vintage footage of the great interurban network.
266. 1946 — Los Angeles in 1946. The postwar city.
267. 1946 — Margaret Queen Phillips Adams at work. Los Angeles, 1946. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
268. 1946 — Rodger Young Village 2. Los Angeles, 1946. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
269. 1947 — Santa Monica & the Douglas Aircraft factory (1940s home movie). Los Angeles, 1943.
270. 1947 — Bradbury Fire,1947. Los Angeles, 1947. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
271. 1947 — California (1947, travelfilmarchive). A 1947 travelogue across Southern California.
272. 1948 — Los Angeles, late 1940s (Huntley Film Archives). Genuine late-1940s street film of the city.
273. 1948 — Morris Nagel Versatogs and Adele California buildings ca1948. Los Angeles, 1948. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
274. 1948 — Tearing out the streetcar tracks (1948). The dismantling of the rail system that the freeways would replace.
275. 1950 — Meyercard. Los Angeles, 1950. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
276. 1950 — Sunset Boulevard (1950). Billy Wilder’s noir about Hollywood itself.
277. 1950 — The sprawling lights of LA from Mount Lowe (c.1950). The horizontal city at night, seen from the San Gabriels.
278. 1952 — Brown Derby on Wilshire 1952. Los Angeles, 1952. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
279. 1952 — Cliffie stone circa 1952. Los Angeles, 1952. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
280. 1953 — National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Human Rights Banquet Honoring…. Los Angeles, 1953. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
281. 1953 — The Farmers Market (1953). The Third & Fairfax market, an LA institution.
282. 1954-06-15 — The Watts Towers, Watts. Los Angeles, 1954.
283. 1954-06-15 — The Watts Towers of Simon Rodia. Los Angeles, 1954.
284. 1954-06-15 — Detail of the Watts Towers. Los Angeles, 1954.
285. 1955 — Angels Flight funicular (1955). The little railway up Bunker Hill, "the shortest railway in the world."
286. 1955 — Disneyland opening day, July 17, 1955. Walt Disney opens the park in nearby Anaheim.
287. 1956 — Uclalat 1429 b257 95950CK-1 Know Your City No.66 Walkway and steel girder of the 6th Str…. Los Angeles, 1956. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
288. 1956 — Broadway theatre district at night (1950s). The neon marquees of downtown’s movie palaces.
289. 1957 — Whittier Narrows dam project (copy), 1957. Los Angeles, 1957. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
290. 1958 — Inaugural 1958 games — Dodgers at the Coliseum. Footage of the Dodgers’ first West-Coast season, 1958.
291. 1959 — Chávez Ravine forcible eviction. Los Angeles, 1959. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
292. 1959 — Safe driving on Los Angeles freeways (1959). A 1959 educational film on the new freeways — real period footage.
293. 1960 — Roslyn Chasan as Nurse at Torrance Medical Practice. Los Angeles, 1960. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
294. 1960 — Hollywood Plaza Hotel pool. Los Angeles, 1960. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
295. 1961 — The Red Car system — a final ride (historic video). Footage from the last days of the Red Cars.
296. 1962 — Building the highways, 1960s (Kinolibrary). From the Kinolibrary Archive Film collections. To order the clip clean and high res or to find out more visit Clip ref. BPA93.
297. 1962 — Bunker Hill razed around Angels Flight (1962). Urban renewal demolishes Victorian Bunker Hill around the funicular.
298. 1962 — "Smog Menace" (British Movietone newsreel). A period newsreel on LA’s choking smog.
299. 1963 — CA 1 I10 FHWA 63 1239. Los Angeles, 1963. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
300. 1963 — Hollywood Plaza Hotel coffee shop. Los Angeles, 1963. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
301. 1963 — Wich Stand 60s menu outside. Los Angeles, 1963. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
302. 1963 — Wich Stand 60s menu inside. Los Angeles, 1963. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
303. 1965 — The Miracle Mile (1960s). Wilshire’s Miracle Mile, the linear downtown built for the car.
304. 1965 — 1965 Watts aftermath — rare 8mm colour footage. Amateur colour film of the Watts aftermath.
305. 1965 — Hollywood in 1965 (British Pathé). British Pathé colour film of Hollywood, 1965.
306. 1965 — Watts Riots 1965 — Universal Newsreel footage. The original newsreel of the six-day Watts uprising.
307. 1965 — The Hollywood dream, 1965 (vintage LA). Vintage 1965 footage curated by Alison Martino.
308. 1965 — KFAC Gas Company Evening Concert 25th Birthday advert. Los Angeles, 1965. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
309. 1965 — Air pollution in LA at its worst (archive). David Hoffman’s archival smog footage.
310. 1965 — Watts Riots, 1965 (AP archive). The six-day Watts Rebellion of August 1965.
311. 1965 — 1960s pollution in Los Angeles (archival). Los Angeles, 1965.
312. 1965 — Rare footage of the 1965 Watts Riots (NBCLA archive). Archive news film of Watts, August 1965.
313. 1965 — "Watts — Riot or Revolt?" CBS special, 1965 (part 2). More of the 1965 CBS Reports footage.
314. 1965 — 1960s Los Angeles air pollution (Kinolibrary). Archival film of the smog crisis.
315. 1966 — The Sunset Strip in the 1960s (vintage footage). The Strip at the height of its rock-and-roll era.
316. 1966 — Buffalo Springfield — "For What It’s Worth". The 1966 Sunset Strip riots anthem.
317. 1967 — The Brown Derby (Kodachrome, c.1950). The hat-shaped restaurant where Hollywood ate. This photograph dates from 1967.
318. 1967 — Sunset Boulevard, 1967. Archive footage of the boulevard.
319. 1970 — CSNY — "Our House". Provided to YouTube by Rhino Atlantic Our House · Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
320. 1970 — Roslyn Chasan Practicing Law. Los Angeles, 1970. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
321. 1971 — Center for Southwest Research University of New Mexico - Underground Newspaper Collectio…. Los Angeles, 1971. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
322. 1972 — LOW-HANGING SMOG - NARA - 542683. Los Angeles, 1972. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
323. 1972 — Watts Festival Next door to the Towers of Simon Rodia Allows an Ascension of Another Kind. Los Angeles, 1972. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
324. 1972 — SMOG, SAN GABRIEL MOUNTAINS - NARA - 542676. Los Angeles, 1972. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
325. 1972 — HOLLYWOOD FREEWAY - NARA - 542684. Los Angeles, 1972. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
326. 1972 — Watts Towers of Simon Rodia "The Ankh Within.". Los Angeles, 1972. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
327. 1972 — MT. WILSON OBSERVATORY - NARA - 542677. Los Angeles, 1972. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
328. 1973 — KTLA: gas stations & heavy traffic in LA (1973). Los Angeles, 1973.
329. 1974 — Jack Albertson on the set of "Chico and the Man". Los Angeles, 1974. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
330. 1975 — U.S. ^1 NEAR THE PACIFIC OCEAN NORTH OF MALIBU, CALIFORNIA, ON THE NORTHWESTERN EDGE OF …. Los Angeles, 1975. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
331. 1975 — GRAFFITI DEFACES ROCKS IN THE MALIBU CANYON AREA NEAR MALIBU, CALIFORNIA, WHICH IS LOCAT…. Los Angeles, 1975. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
332. 1975 — GARAGE SALE SIGN ATTACHED TO A TREE OFF MULHOLLAND DRIVE IN THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS D…. Los Angeles, 1975. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
333. 1975 — Wilshire Blvd in the 1970s (vintage footage). Los Angeles, 1975.
334. 1975 — LEO CARRILLO STATE PARK ON HIGHWAY ^1 NEAR MALIBU CALIFORNIA WHICH IS LOCATED ON THE NOR…. Los Angeles, 1975. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
335. 1975 — AERIAL OF THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS LOOKING SOUTH, NEAR MALIBU, CALIFORNIA, WHICH IS LO…. Los Angeles, 1975. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
336. 1977 — Chicken Boy on Broadway L,A. 1977. Los Angeles, 1977. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
337. 1978 — KTLA News on the Watts Rebellion (UCLA Archive). KTLA news footage preserved by the UCLA archive.
338. 1979 — Groundlings1979. Los Angeles, 1979. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
339. 1982 — The Chasan Villa - Top View. Los Angeles, 1982. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
340. 1983 — Hollywood Sign. Los Angeles, 1983. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
341. 1984 — 1984 Olympics — closing ceremony. On August 12, 1984, the Games of the XXIII Olympiad ended in Los Angeles, California with ceremonies at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. This video is the ABC network's live coverage of the closing ceremonies.
342. 1984 — 1984 Olympic opening ceremony (full broadcast). The actual 1984 opening-ceremony broadcast.
343. 1984 — Los Angeles 1984 - Lotul olimpic de canotaj. Los Angeles, 1984. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
344. 1984 — The LA ’84 opening ceremony was a whole vibe. 📲 Want to watch live sport and original documentaries for free? Check out our website:
345. 1984 — Los Angeles 1984 - Cristieana Cojocaru. Los Angeles, 1984. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
346. 1984 — Los Angeles 1984 - Anisoara Cusmir. Los Angeles, 1984. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
347. 1984 — John Kerr Los Angeles Olympics 1984. Los Angeles, 1984. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
348. 1984 — Los Angeles 1984 - Pe cea mai inalta treapta a podiumului cu echipa Romaniei. Los Angeles, 1984. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
349. 1984 — Los Angeles in 1984. The city in its Olympic year.
350. 1984 — Barca României, Los Angeles 1984 4+1 vâsle feminin. Los Angeles, 1984. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
351. 1984 — Los Angeles 1984 - Echipa de haltere a Romaniei. Los Angeles, 1984. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
352. 1984 — 1984 Olympics — closing celebrations. Los Angeles, 1984.
353. 1984 — Los Angeles 1984 - Medaliatii olimpici, la sosirea pe Aeroportul Otopeni. Los Angeles, 1984. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
354. 1984 — 1984 Olympics — opening ceremony highlights. The commercial-breakthrough 1984 Games open.
355. 1987 — Whittier Narrows earthquake, Oct 1, 1987 (KPIX). The 1987 quake that struck the LA basin.
356. 1987 — Whittier earthquake report from Downey (1987). Local coverage of the 1987 quake.
357. 1988 — N.W.A — the Compton sound (1988). The year 2008 marks the 20th anniversary of N.W.A's landmark album STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON, one of the two most important gangsta rap albums ever (the other being N.W.A. founding member Dr. Dre's THE CHRONIC). The album sounds as ferocious and frightening as ever, as it continues to voice the "power of street knowledge" to the masses. Like the similarly themed 10th Anniversary edition, this version of S.O.C. contains a handful of reworked versions of songs by some of the biggest names in post-N.W.A. rap,…
358. 1988 — N.W.A — Straight Outta Compton (1988). Los Angeles, 1988.
359. 1992 — Raw footage as the 1992 riots erupt (NBCLA archive). Unedited news footage of the city in chaos, April 1992.
360. 1992 — LA riots — live coverage as it happened, 4/29/92. The live TV coverage on the day the verdict dropped.
361. 1992 — LA riots — the first 24 hours after the verdict (1992). News footage of the first day of the uprising.
362. 1992 — 1992 riots — live KABC reports. Live local-news coverage of the riots.
363. 1994 — Northridge earthquake — aerial views of damage (1994). Aerial footage of the destruction.
364. 1994 — First reports of the Northridge earthquake (NBCLA archive). The live news as the quake hit, 17 Jan 1994.
365. 1994 — Northridge quake — live coverage, 1/17/94. Extended live coverage from the morning of the quake.
366. 1994 — 1994 Northridge earthquake — news footage. News film of the damage.
367. 1995 — O.J. Simpson trial — July 12, 1995. The trial nears its verdict.
368. 1995 — O.J. Simpson trial — August 15, 1995. Footage from the "trial of the century."
369. 1995 — O.J. Simpson trial — February 22, 1995. The trial that transfixed America.
370. 1995 — O.J. Simpson trial — January 24, 1995. Opening days of the trial.
371. 1996 — Tupac at Death Row Records (rare footage). Los Angeles, 1996.
372. 1996 — Tupac, the last interview (1996). Los Angeles, 1996.
373. 2004 — Olvera st los angeles. Los Angeles, 2004. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
374. 2005 — Behr-0020 close crop east side. Los Angeles, 2005. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
375. 2005 — Behr-0020 crop east side. Los Angeles, 2005. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
376. 2005 — Behr-0020 closest crop midblock. Los Angeles, 2005. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
377. 2006 — Chavez Ravine. Los Angeles, 2006. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
378. 2006 — Ramen shop in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles by SykoSam. Los Angeles, 2006. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
379. 2006 — FarEastCafe-LittleTokyo. Los Angeles, 2006. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
380. 2007-05-20 — Mulholland builds the aqueduct (archival). Archival film of the aqueduct project.
381. 2007 — census Moisant.gif. Los Angeles, 2007. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
382. 2007 — census Turpin.gif. Los Angeles, 2007. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
383. 2007 — Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum July 2007 5. Los Angeles, 2007. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
384. 2007 — Pete rose at bat. Los Angeles, 2007. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
385. 2007 — Rose walking onto field. Los Angeles, 2007. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
386. 2008 — USC Community House. Los Angeles, 2008. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
387. 2008 — Garnier Building (Los Angeles). Los Angeles, 2008. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
388. 2008-06-15 — Griffith Observatory & the Hollywood Sign. Los Angeles, 2008.
389. 2009 — Detailed view of Canon F-1 New 'Los Angeles Olympics 1984 Edition' with motor drive. Los Angeles, 2009. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
390. 2009 — Catalina Adobe Side. Los Angeles, 2009. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
391. 2009 — Canon F1-New - analog SLR camera in Edition "Olympic Games Los Angeles 1984". Los Angeles, 2009. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
392. 2009 — Catalina Adobe Front. Los Angeles, 2009. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
393. 2010 — BroadwayTunnel L.A. Los Angeles, 2010. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
394. 2011 — Mutual of Omaha building and Hollywood sign. Los Angeles, 2011. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
395. 2011 — United Methodist Church, Olvera Street, Los Angeles. Los Angeles, 2011. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
396. 2011 — Hollywood Hills view from Jefferson Park. Los Angeles, 2011. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
397. 2011 — A touch of Old Mexico, Olvera Street, Los Angeles, California. Los Angeles, 2011. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
398. 2011 — Air View, Famous Signal Hill, Signal Hill, Calif. Los Angeles, 2011. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
399. 2011 — * - View showing the St. Charles Hotel, originally the Bella Union Hotel. To the left (n…. Los Angeles, 2011. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
400. 2011 — Freight landing at 22nd Street, Long Beach, California. - NARA - 295484. Los Angeles, 2011. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
401. 2013 — Los Angeles from the air. The endless horizontal megacity of today.
402. 2013 — The downtown skyline (2013). The towers that finally rose downtown in the late 20th and early 21st centuries.
403. 2013 — Early-2010s Los Angeles aesthetic. Los Angeles, 2013.
404. 2013-11-20 — The aqueduct opens — Mulholland speaks (1913). "There it is. Take it." — the actual opening-day footage.
405. 2015-06-15 — LA hosts the 2015 Special Olympics World Games. Los Angeles, 2015.
406. 2017-04-18 — L.A. Burning: the riots, 25 years later (A&E). Los Angeles, 1992.
407. 2017-06-15 — LA 92 (full documentary, National Geographic). The definitive documentary on the 1992 unrest.
408. 2018-06-15 — Skid Row, downtown Los Angeles. Los Angeles, 2018.
409. 2018-12-11 — The four-level interchange — 70 years. Los Angeles, 1953.
410. 2019-01-17 — Looking back at the 1994 Northridge earthquake. The quake that struck before dawn on 17 Jan 1994.
411. 2019-03-31 — Dodgers 1958. Film of the Dodgers’ first year in LA.
412. 2019-06-15 — The homelessness crisis on Skid Row. Los Angeles, 2019.
413. 2020-06-15 — COVID-19 field hospital, Convention Center (2020). Los Angeles, 2020.
414. 2020-06-15 — George Floyd protests, downtown LA (2020). Los Angeles, 2020.
415. 2020-06-15 — George Floyd protests at City Hall (2020). Los Angeles, 2020.
416. 2020-06-15 — The USNS Mercy arrives in LA (2020). Los Angeles, 2020.
417. 2022 — Los Angeles street tours (modern). Los Angeles, 2022.
418. 2023-06-15 — Union Rescue Mission, Skid Row (2023). Los Angeles, 2023.
419. 2023-11-20 — The Santa Monica Freeway, before & after. Los Angeles, 1965.
420. 2024-06-02 — Zoot Suit Riots erupt, 3 June 1943. Period coverage of the 1943 riots.
421. 2024-07-26 — LA '92 — the aftermath of the riots. Los Angeles, 1992.
422. 2025-05-03 — Union Station opens, May 3, 1939. The grand last great rail station of America.
423. 2025 — Drone video of the Palisades fire devastation (LA Times). Aerial footage of the January 2025 fire.
424. 2025 — Palisades fire tears through SoCal (ABC7). Live news footage of the 2025 fire.
425. 2026-01-17 — The Northridge earthquake (1994). The most destructive US earthquake of its era.
426. 2026-03-01 — The Rodney King beating — 1991 news footage. The 1991 news report on the King beating.
427. 2026-06-15 — Building the Los Angeles Aqueduct, 1907–1913 (film). Construction footage of the aqueduct across the desert.
428. 2026-06-19 — Chaplin filmed in an LA park, 100+ years ago. Original footage of Chaplin shooting in Los Angeles.

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