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How the Los Angeles Public Library helped readers pick fiction before the internet
The Los Angeles Public Library stores thousands of index cards with staff reviews of books dating back to the 1920s. A ...
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Before the internet, how the LA Public Library helped readers pick their next novel
The Los Angeles Public Library stores thousands of index cards with staff reviews of books dating back to the 1920s. A ...
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Before the internet, how the LA Public Library helped readers pick their next novel
The library system was used starting in the 1920s and into the 1980s. Robert Anderson, who has worked as a librarian at the Los Angeles Public Library since 1980, says the staff review cards were ...
LA Times on MSN6d
This Midcentury Hollywood motel may soon become a historic monument — a first in L.A.
With its Googie style sign, the Hollywood Premiere Motel is a 1960s throwback to the early decades of American car culture.
Emma D’Arcy Elevates Athleisure in Utilitarian Lacoste Look for ‘House of the Dragon’ FYC Event
Emma D’Arcy put an edgy spin on utilitarian dressing mixed with athleisure for the “ House of the Dragon ” FYC event on ...
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Fifteen of America's most significant art deco buildings
As part of our ongoing Art Deco Centenary series, Dezeen rounds up 15 of the most noteworthy US examples of art deco ...
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Among the Ashes: 10 Los Angeles Landmarks Lost In The Wildfires
In 24 days, the Eaton Fire damaged or destroyed over 10,000 structures. Meanwhile, the Palisades Fire burned just over 7,8000 ...
Los Angeles Times5d
L.A. has every reason to give LeBron James a statue in Star Plaza
The Los Angeles Lakers have won 20 of 24 games and ... His family relocated to Michigan in the 1920s, coinciding with the rise of the KKK. That was the first time I began to see the full scope ...
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"I wrote the first English book on art deco"
Bevis Hillier's 1968 book Art Deco of the 20s and 30s made art deco famous. As part of our Art Deco Centenary series, he ...
55 vintage photos show what life was like for women in the 1920s
The 1920s were a period of great change. Vintage photographs provide a glimpse at what life was like for women throughout the ...