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Koreatown residents sweeping sidewalks outside Shin Jung restaurant in Los Angeles, Calif., 1979
OLD OR NEW, THEY SWEEP CLEAN--These residents of Los Angeles' Korea town community take a centuries-old tradition seriously as they sweep the sidewalks in their neighborhood. They say they are planning to have such a cleanup once each month.
Governor Ronald Reagan and state Senator George Deukmejian signing the 1973 California death penalty bill, SB450
The photograph was taken after the signing. Gov. Regan passes his pen to Sen. George Deukmejian (R. Long Beach), sponsor of the death penalty bill, during formal ceremony here. At the right is Atty. Gen, Evelle J. Younger.
Excerpt from 'A woman's thoughts about women'
Excerpt from 'A woman's thoughts about women' printed in 1858 by Hurst and Blackett. This excerpt includes Chapter II: Self-Dependence; Chapter VII: Female Friendships; and Chapter XI: Growing Old.
B-17 Flying Fortress
"Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" levels off for a run over target. Photo shows the chin turret with .50 caliber machine guns featured in later models. The B-17 weighed about 60,000 lbs., carried a bomb load of 6000 lbs., at a speed of approximately 300…
Disneyland - Sleeping Beauty Castle
Sleeping Beauty Castle in Disneyland Anaheim, 2013
TitleTorched buildings, Los Angeles Riots
Alternative TitleLos Angeles Photographers Photo Collection;
Description900 block of S. Vermont Avenue in Koreatown, just north of San Marino Street, where police have blocked off the street so firemen can put out fires in several buildings torched by rioters. Photograph dated April 30, 1992.
Tom's Liquor store cleanup, Los Angeles, 1992
A group of people clean up debris in front of Tom's Liquor at 1355 West Florence Ave., a flash point of the 1992 Los Angeles rebellion after the Rodney King verdict.
Protest on MLK Blvd., Los Angeles
A crowd of people with signs on Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. protesting against Judge Joyce Karlin's judgement regarding the Latasha Harlins shooting.
