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Occidental students Mike Malouf, Bill Knudson, and Barack Obama, circa 1980. Courtesy of Occidental College Archives.
As an undergraduate at Occidental College, Barack Obama lived in the Los Angeles area from 1979-81.
Parker Center rendering
Parker Center’s empty corridors and offices are filled with memories, many of them painful.
Braly Block (header)
Upon its completion in 1904, the Braly Block was hailed as L.A.'s first skyscraper.
La Cienega oil derrick
If a picture is worth a thousand words, so are the stories behind how this massive collection came to be.
Harris Newmark, circa 1900-10
L.A. was an adobe town when Harris Newmark arrived in 1853. It was a metropolis when he died there in 1916.
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If we see Native people as expert colleagues instead of historical figures, we all stand a greater chance of working together.
A Saloon
To many in the late 19th century, these "hatcheries of sin" were an unwelcome reminder that the City of Angels did not always live up to its name.
Dr. Albert Einstein took time out from his research to inspect the prize winning float in the 1932 Rose Parade. The float represented a scene in the Black Forest of Germany. | Photo Getty Images / Bettman
Einstein appreciated his home country's depiction in flowers
 Clydesdale draft horses pull a fire wagon as they enter the 1958 Rose Parade in Pasadena | Photo by Earl Leaf/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images
How horses caused a break with tradition.
Victor Gruen smoking
Seventy-five years ago, Victor Gruen arrived in Los Angeles and forever changed our collective shopping experiences.
La Pastorela (1931)
Still performed today, La Pastorela was among the first theatrical productions staged in Southern California.
California as an Island (no border)
With their fanciful imaginings and their deliberate distortions, these six maps of California will challenge your preconceptions about the Golden State.
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