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. Alice Nicole Voss Capello’s ancestors were from Canada (Basques originally from the Pyrenees), England, and Switzerland. Her parents were from Missouri. They first lived in Laguna Beach, CA, while her father served at Camp Pendleton. After the Marines, her parents lived in married student housing at UCLA. They remained in the area, and Alice was born there in 1954. Alice Capello's sister, Cheryl (Chaves) Prestone (left) is pictured with their mother, Joan (right) at her 4th birthday party on March 31, 1954 at Beverly Park on the corner of Beverly and La Cienega boulevards. Joan is pregnant with Alice Capello.
Families Sisters Mothers Mothers and daughters Birthdays Birthday parties Amusement Parks Balloons Beverly Park (Los Angeles, Calif.) Shades of L.A. Collection photographs Shades of L.A. Canadian American photographs
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