Shades of L.A. is an archive of photographs representing the contemporary and historic diversity of families in Los Angeles. Images were chosen from family albums and include daily life, social organizations, work, personal and holiday celebrations, and migration and immigration activities. Made possible and accessible through the generous support of the Security Pacific National Bank, Sunlaw Cogeneration Partners, Photo Friends, California Council for the Humanities, the Ralph M. Parsons Foundation, and the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation.
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Title supplied by cataloger.; Image is a reproduction. Suzie Sarian was born October 20th, 1933 in Aleppo and immigrated to the United States in 1952 from Syria to go to college—LA City College and then UCLA. Suzie married George Phillips in 1953 and they had two children, Albert and Gary, by 1958. Suzie was a member of the United Armenian Congregational Church at the time of her donation to Shades of LA in 1995. George Phillips (Philipbosian)'s family immigrated from Turkey to the New York in 1912 before moving to Philadelphia and finally Los Angeles by the 1920s. George was born in abt 1928 at Hollywood Presbyterian Hospital and attended to Los Angeles High School and UCLA Law. George's family owned Phillips Clothing Store near Hancock Park, where there was a large Armenian community at the time. Suzie Phillips (at far left) is shown during a United Armenian Congregational Church outing at Santa Catalina Island with friends from the church’s Young People's Group. They are all pictured posing on their bicycles and smiling at the camera.
Young adults Young men Young women Bicycles Parks Trees Palms Posing Smiling Santa Catalina Island (Calif.) Shades of L.A. Collection photographs Shades of L.A. Armenian American photographs Shades of L.A. Syrian American photographs Shades of L.A. Turkish American photographs
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