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. Glenda Ahhaitty was born in Phillips, Texas and is of Cherokee, French, and English descent. She moved as a child with her family to Anaheim, California in 1954. As a junior in high school she began working at the newly-opened Disneyland in the Indian Village store. While working there she met her husband, who was Kiowa and Comanche. They married in 1960 and had four children. She attended Fullerton Community College (now Fullerton College) and then worked at a greeting card company for 10 years. In 1972 she got a job at Rockwell International in Downey, where she worked for 15 years, and worked in space shuttle development, engineering business management, public and government relations, and as a board draftsman. She also obtained her B.S. in Public Administration and an A.A. in Computer Science during this time. She spent 6 years at McDonnell-Douglas working on C-17 missile systems. She also worked with the American Indian Engineering Society, Indians in Federal Government, and the L.A. City County Indian Commission. " A group meeting in the offices of the Huntington Park Indian Center includes, from left, Mamie, of the Kiowa tribe, Glenda, and Dave Brown, the Lt. Governor of the Chickasaw.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;19 x 23 cm. Photographic prints
Identifier
00004612 Shades of L.A. Collection; Shades of L.A.: Native American Community; Shades of L.A.: Comanche Community; Shades of L.A.: Kiowa Community; Shades of L.A.: Cherokee Community; Shades of L.A.: Chickasaw Community S-007-055 120 CARL0005010229 http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/81266
Subject
Huntington Park Indian Center (Huntington Park, Calif.) Offices--California--Huntington Park Huntington Park (Calif.) Shades of L.A. Collection photographs Shades of L.A. Native American photographs
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