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. Shahen Gharabegian was born in Tehran in 1922 and lived for a time in Abadan, the oil capital of Iran. He came to Southern California in 1980 following the Iranian Revolution. He was a member of the Armenian Apostolic Church (Ferrahian) and the Armenian Engineers & Scientists of America. He died in Northridge, CA, in 2012 at the age of 89. Members of an athletic team pose in front of the Davitian School in Tehran, Iran. Far right is Shahen Gharabegian. In center, a boy poses ready to perform a shot put. Behind the boys, fifth from the left, wearing a suit, is coach Babken Yeghiazarian, who later moved to Glendale, California.
Armenians Armenian Americans Boys Teenagers Sport clothes Sports uniforms Shot putting Brick walls Windows Tehran (Iran) Shades of L.A. Collection photographs Shades of L.A. Armenian American photographs
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