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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Description
Title supplied by cataloger.; Image is a reproduction. Verna with the Sweet 16 Club on her Ford Coupe. The group are friends from Polytechnic High School summer school and gathered for house parties on the weekend. Often the friends would travel to school together in the one-seat car with up to five girls inside and several outside on the running board, until they were stopped by a police officer. The friends usually went to Ink Well beach in Santa Monica after school, and also used the car to visit friends in the days before radio.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;15 x 24 cm. Photographic prints
Clubs--California--Los Angeles Teenagers--California--Los Angeles Automobiles--California--Los Angeles Ford automobile Shades of L.A. Collection photographs Shades of L.A. African American photographs Group portraits
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