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    Lost LA

    An original public television series featuring the member collections of L.A. as Subject
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  • Los Angeles Railway weekly pass, June 21 1936

    From the Wally G. Shidler Historical Collection of Southern California Ephemera
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  • Los Angeles maps from California Historical Society collections now online

    Lines of the Pacific Electric Railway in Southern California. Map 627, California Historical Society.
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Los Angeles in Buildings: Scientology Pacific Area Command Base

Known casually as "Big Blue," this Scientology building on Fountain Avenue looks every inch like the grand, private fortresses of old Los Angeles.

Before Santa Monica Airport, There Was Clover Field

Aviators, including Toluca Lake resident Amelia Earhart, have made many milestones in aviation history from this mesa just southeast of Santa Monica.

Elysian Park: A Plaza Set in Nature

Urban planner James Rojas recounts the role of L.A.'s Elysian Park in the Mexican-American experience.

Disney’s Lost Plans to Build a Ski Resort in Sequoia National Park

The proposal by Walt Disney Productions (today, the Walt Disney Company) envisioned an "American Alpine Wonderland" on the floor of Mineral King Valley.

The Birth of California’s State Park System

California’s 88 state parks, which collectively protect another 1.2 million acres, from the desert badlands of Anza-Borrego Desert State Park to the fog-shrouded forests of Humboldt Redwoods State Park.

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