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How we flew in 1972 – a Continental Airlines lounge on the upper level of a Boeing 747 jumbo jet. Photographed by Wayne Thom for AC Martin, and now part of the USC Libraries’ Wayne Thom Pho...

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Widening Wilshire Blvd. through Los Angeles, 1927 / Part of the the California Historical Society Collection in the USC Digital Library

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Selling real estate in Los Angeles, 1931 (Part of our Dick Whittington Photography Collection in the USC Digital Library.)

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It’s 3.14…happy ‪#‎PiDay‬ ! (Pictured: pie-baking contest at the 1958 National Orange Show in San Bernardino, courtesy of our Los Angeles Examiner Collection.)

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Halloween at L.A.’s Wabash Playground, 1931

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OPEN ACCESS WEEK > The USC Libraries are taking part in Open Access Week, during which > academic institutions across the world are discussing what open > access publishi...

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HAPPY #CATURDAY FROM ROSCOE TURNER AND GILMORE THE FLYING LION ! 1930 photo set from our Dick Whittington Photography Collection

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Portraits of workers at the LOS ANGELES CREAMERY, 1925-26, from our recently digitized Dick Whittington Photography Collection.  Discover more here in the USC Digital Library.

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JOIN US FOR MAPPING QUEER TERRAINS, A PANEL DISCUSSION FOCUSED ON LGBTQ COMMUNITIES AND THE ROLE OF SPACE, PLACE, AND LOCATION IN INDIVIDUAL AND COLLECTIVE LIVED EXPERIENCES. > With panelists...

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HAPPY #CATURDAY! With thanks to the New York Public Library for inspiration , we’ve officially jumped on the Caturday bandwagon.  This “heroic cat” was credited with saving a family fro...

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Los Angeles City Hall at night, circa 1951

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Happy Fourth of July! Here’s a fun shot from our Examiner Collection, taken on Santa Monica’s Ocean Park Beach in 1952.

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In 1934, 76 was known as Union Oil Co. of California, and the chain’s famous Googie-style canopy didn’t yet swoop over the intersection of Crescent/Little Santa Monica in Beverly Hills. (USC ...

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Today the Walt Disney Concert Hall stands on this barren parcel of land, photographed in 1960. (USC Digital Library/Los Angeles Examiner Collection)

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A trolley at Flower & Pico – the present day site of the Metro Los Angeles​ Pico Station – in 1897. (USC Digital Library/California Historical Society Collection)

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1884 view looking east down First from Hill Street. The area pictured here is today part of the Los Angeles Civic Center. (USC Digital Library/California Historical Society​ Collection)

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A Rio Grande filling station at Charleville & Santa Monica boulevards in Beverly Hills, 1935. (USC Digital Library/Dick Whittington Photography Collection)

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University of Southern California students form an “Academic Serpentine” at the 1926 commencement ceremony inside the Coliseum. (USC Digital Library/USC University Archives)

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USC students studying for finals, 1950s edition.

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Here’s some vintage Santa Monica from our USC Digital Library. This is the corner of Broadway/2nd, circa 1940s.

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