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This online archive contains photos and videos from the 29-year history of the County of Los Angeles Public Library's African-American Living Legends Series. This event, held annually at A C Bilbrew Library beginning in 1980, honored leaders and visionaries of the African American community.

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The Antelope Valley Rural Museum Collection is a collaboration between the Antelope Valley Rural Museum and LA County Library. Museum and community members contributed historical images of the Antelope Valley and surrounding area to the collection.

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California Revealed is a State Library initiative to help California’s public libraries, in partnership with other local heritage groups, digitize, preserve, and provide online access to archival materials - books, newspapers, photographs, audiovisual recordings, and more - that tell the incredible stories of the Golden State. We also provide free access and preservation services for existing digital collections for partner organizations with in-house digitization programs. California Revealed is supported by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian.

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Catalina PhotoShare, an online community history project of the County of Los Angeles Public Library, is collecting photographs that capture the community's rich history.

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The County of Los Angeles Department of Parks and Recreation’s History Archive consists of photographs that have been created and collected since the inception of County park facilities. Earliest images in the collection date to 1927 and many document the construction of our park and golf course facilities.

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The County of Los Angeles Public Library History Collection features photographs and documents related to the 100 year history of our many community libraries.

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Foto East LA, a community history project of the County of Los Angeles Public Library, is an online collection of images depicting the history of one of the nation’s most culturally rich communities. From everyday events to extraordinary moments, we’re gathering historical images taken by locals who have experienced East LA firsthand.

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The American Indian Resources Center’s letters collection are letters from federal and state government officials and private citizens in California to the Office of Indian Affairs in Washington, D.C., on issues relating to California Indians immediately before and during the first 30 years of California's statehood. The letters’ purpose was to keep the Office informed as to the status and developments in the governance of Indian affairs in California. The American Indian Resource Center (AIRC) was established in 1979 to meet the informational, cultural and educational needs of Native Americans in Los Angeles County and to make information about them …

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The Topanga Digital History is a community based history project of the County of Los Angeles Public Library that aims to preserve and explore the history of Topanga by sharing the personal stories of those that shaped it.

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The Whittier Unincorporated Heritage Project Digital Collection is a result of the collaboration between the Public Library, the Los Angeles County CEO's Office of Unincorporated Area Services, and the Fourth District. The images in the collection were provided by community residents over the course of two months in the summer of 2016 and represent the rich culture and history of Unincorporated Whittier.

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