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. Wedding portrait of Alice Capello's parents, Arthur Ray Chaves and Joan Estelle Walker taken at the bride's home in the Sagmount Resort, in Joplin, Missouri on July 1, 1949.
Families Weddings Wedding clothing & dress Husband and wife Couples Men Women Bouquets Joplin (Mo.) Shades of L.A. Collection photographs Shades of L.A. Canadian American photographs
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