Travel in Space and Time with the UCLA Digital Library
May 16th, 2007
“The UCLA Charles E. Young Research Library Department of Special Collections has selected and digitized 5,124 of the more than three million images contained in the Los Angeles Times and Los Angeles Daily News photographic archives. The photographs chronicle the history and growth of Los Angeles from the 1920s to 1990.
This collection of digitized images is made available online by the UCLA Digital Library to assist a wide variety of researchers, including scholars, educators, students, writers, filmmakers, urban planners, community activists, librarians, and members of the general public.
The selected photographs depict historically and socially significant people, places, and events, as well as preserve glimpses of everyday life in Los Angeles. The images fall into broad categories that document politics, urban and economic development, arts and culture, the entertainment industry, crime and law enforcement, religion, sports, gender issues, and popular culture and trends.”
Like Flickr and all other massive media galleries prepare to lose hours of time navigating the web, but be inspired.
For us @ Aap!Global its a great way to celebrate the richness of Los Angeles - warts and all included.
Here are some of our favorites while searching:
Local Korea Town Out Door Signage
Sunset Billboards 1975 - Looks the same as 2007
and thousands more…
