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USC Libraries @usclibraries.bsky.social · 1d

Southern California’s past takes center stage this Saturday, 10/18, at the 20th-annual Los Angeles Archives Bazaar, a free public celebration of the region’s history. This year's event will be held for the first time on the Cal State LA campus. laassubject.org/archives-baz...

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@LAhistory @lahistory.bsky.social · 1d

"For years now, urban planner James Rojas has led tours of L.A.’s Eastside, pointing out the murals, landmarks and architecture formed by Chicano & Latino culture." @laist.com: laist.com/brief/news/l... #UHA2025LA

Urban History Association (the official account) @urbanhistorya.bsky.social · 3d

James Rojas leads a tour of East L.A. on "Lost Chicano Urban Design,” including stops at Mariachi Plaza and Belvedere Park (pictured here), ending with a delicious lunch at El Mercado de Los Angeles (not pictured here…) #UHA2025LA

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@LAhistory @lahistory.bsky.social · 1d

"In all the world, there neither was nor would ever be another place like this City of the Angels," #CareyMcWilliams.

Spent the last 4 days at @urbanhistorya.bsky.social's conference at the historic Biltmore Hotel. Still processing all the wonderful Los Angeles history research shared @ #UHA2025LA.

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@LAhistory @lahistory.bsky.social · 1d

In honor of Indigenous Peoples Day, a map of Tongva villages by Sutimiv-Pa’alat from the website of Julia Louise Bogany, the Tongva elder and educator who passed away in 2021. www.tobevisible.org/tongva-villa... #IndigenousPeoplesDay #Tongvaland

Tongva Villages

To Be Visible

www.tobevisible.org

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@LAhistory @lahistory.bsky.social · 2d

Diane Keaton "had a very genuine passion for #historicpreservation, not only for the buildings or the cultural landscapes, but for what they mean to people and what they would mean in the future.” variety.com/2025/film/ne...

🕊️ RIP Diane Keaton! 🕊️

How Diane Keaton Tirelessly Campaigned to Preserve Los Angeles’ Architectural History

Remembering Diane Keaton's work as a board member of the Los Angeles Conservancy, campaigning to preserve LA's architectural history.

variety.com

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Lisa Boone @lisaboone19.bsky.social · 6d

Sam Lubell explores the fascination with Craftsman Architecture ahead of Pasadena Heritage’s Craftsman Week, running Oct. 12-19

How this L.A. suburb fell in love with Craftsman homes

As the Pasadena Heritage Foundation celebrates its Craftsman Week with events and tours, a look back at the Craftsman style's enduring legacy.

www.latimes.com

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Militant Angeleno @militantangeleno.bsky.social · 3d

ICYMI - #CicLAvia guide for this Sunday:

Militant Angeleno @militantangeleno.bsky.social · 4d

NEW MA BLOG POST! Get to know 27 points of interest along Sunday's 7-mile #CicLAvia Quinceañera Celebration in the 💙of Los Angeles! It's the Militant's latest #EpicCicLAviaTour post!

militantangeleno.com/blog/2025/10...

#BikeLA #DTLA #Westlake #PicoUnion #Chinatown #BoyleHeights

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@LAhistory @lahistory.bsky.social · 3d

“StylesVille is the oldest Black-owned barbershop in the San Fernando Valley. Freddie & Ollie Carter opened the long-time #Pacoima business in 1957, across the street from its current location,” LA Conservancy. www.laconservancy.org/learn/histor... #SanFernandoValley

StylesVille Barbershop & Beauty Salon - LA Conservancy

Preserving the historic places that make L.A. County unique

www.laconservancy.org

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@LAhistory @lahistory.bsky.social · 3d

Today @ 10am: Join the #Pacoima Historical Society as the organization unveils a historical plaque for StylesVille Barbershop & Beauty Salon. “After the ceremony, stay for the block party and celebration — music, community, and history until 1 pm!” www.facebook.com/events/17689...

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@LAhistory @lahistory.bsky.social · 4d

Oct 10, 1911: California voters gave women the right to vote #OTD (nine years before the #19thAmendment). www.sos.ca.gov/archives/wom... #womenshistory

Image via Claremont's Ella Strong Denison Library: ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/coll...

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@LAhistory @lahistory.bsky.social · 5d

"On 9 October 1936, Elizabeth Scattergood ignited a 60-foot electric arc over the Los Angeles Civic Center with #hydroelectricity from the just-completed Boulder (now Hoover) Dam," Sarah Kanouse. www.environmentandsociety.org/arcadia/touc... #HooverDam #infrastructure

Touching Power: White Womanhood, Colonial Spectacle, and the “Forces of Nature” at the Boulder Power Inaugural

Gender colonization, progress, and nature on display as the first electricity from Hoover Dam arrived in Los Angeles in 1936.

www.environmentandsociety.org

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@LAhistory @lahistory.bsky.social · 5d

Oct 9, 1936: Hoover Dam began transmitting electricity to Los Angeles. To celebrate the arrival of hydroelectric power in Los Angeles, the city hosted the Boulder Dam Inaugural. #hydropower #infrastructure

Photos via @uclalibrary.bsky.social: digital.library.ucla.edu/catalog?utf8...

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@LAhistory @lahistory.bsky.social · 5d

One of my favorite rooms in the #MagicCastle is the Houdini #seance room filled with #HarryHoudini memorabilia. October 31st will be the 99th anniversary of Harry Houdini’s death. www.magiccastle.com/houdini-sean...

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@LAhistory @lahistory.bsky.social · 5d

Such a treat to visit the Magic Castle — especially during the spooky season! www.magiccastle.com/clubhouse #magiccastle #spookyseason

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@LAhistory @lahistory.bsky.social · 6d

"Focusing on automobile insurance in California, the topic of my current book project, reveals a cultural history of race, redlining, and how those viewed most unfavorably by risk assessment models..."

@drgenacarpio.bsky.social's article -> themetropole.blog/2025/10/07/c... #UHA2025 #Skystorians

California’s Invisible Infrastructure: What Auto Insurance Tells Us about Race, Risk, and Responsibility

By Genevieve Carpio Being a historian often means living with the contradictions of the present. As an Angeleno, I see my city in pain. There is resilience and courage too, but the suffering caused…

themetropole.blog

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@LAhistory @lahistory.bsky.social · 6d

Oct 15: The Philosophical Research Society is hosting a talk titled “The Cemetery Unusual: The Art & History of Forest Lawn." www.eventbrite.com/e/the-cemete...

Oct 20: New exhibit at the #ForestLawn Museum about the art & history of this famous #cemetery:
forestlawn.com/exhibits/unv...

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@LAhistory @lahistory.bsky.social · 6d

Looking forward to discussing #womenshistory on this @urbanhistorya.bsky.social panel! #UHA2025

Musician Manuela García (1860s-1930) will be one of the LA women in my talk. In 2020, a handful of scholars & artists developed this project about García's musical life: asapjournal.com/node/versos-...

Panel description for "Roundtable: Telling Herstory: New Approaches to Women's Public History in Los Angeles."

Black & white portrait of Manuela García, courtesy of the Autry.

Screen capture from the multi-faceted project "Versos y Besos: The Anthrophony of Manuela García." This image shows the section developed by historian Marissa López titled, "Mapping Manuela: Creating Spaces from Archival Traces."

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Getty @gettymuseum.bsky.social · 7d

Many thanks to our community partners who have made this event possible: The Chapter House LA, Meztli Projects, and NDN Girls Book Club.

🎟️ RSVP for your free ticket: www.getty.edu/calendar/cel...

Celebrating Indigenous Peoples' Day. Free outdoor family festival. Music, activities, storytelling, poetry, art and performance. Saturday, October 11 2025, 11am- 4pm. Getty Center

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sgvtribune.bsky.social @sgvtribune.bsky.social · 11d

How Los Angeles, San Jose and San Diego looked more than 100 years ago trib.al/lfW8v0N

How Los Angeles, San Jose and San Diego looked more than 100 years ago

Here’s where you can find maps from the 1800s for many U.S. cities.

trib.al

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@LAhistory @lahistory.bsky.social · 8d

The @urbanhistorya.bsky.social conference begins this week (on Thurs) in downtown Los Angeles. Conference info: www.urbanhistory.org/uha2025 #HistorySky #skystorians #UHA2025

Here are a few more panels discussing SoCal & #LosAngelesHistory: ⬇️

Description for the "Making the New Deal Visible in Los Angeles" panel.

Description for the roundtable titled "Indigenous Urban Landscapes of Southern California"

Description for the "Stories from Sunset Over Sunset: Urban Histories of Change through the Lens of Ed Ruscha" panel.

Description for the "Reimagining the Settler City: Spatial Surveillance and Inequality in Los Angeles" panel.

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@c1typlann3r @c1typlann3r.bsky.social · 15d

We are honoring Mike Davis at the @urbanhistorya.bsky.social UHA Conference 2025 in Los Angeles.

c1typlann3r.blog/2025/09/29/w...

We Are Honoring Mike Davis at the Urban History Association Conference 2025 in Los Angeles

We’re honoring Mike Davis at the Urban History Association Conference 2025. Urban History Association Conference 2025 Metropolitan Majorities: UHA 11th Biennial Conference The Biltmore Los An…

c1typlann3r.blog

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@LAhistory @lahistory.bsky.social · 9d

Happy 93rd birthday to Yvonne Brathwaite Burke, born in Los Angeles #OTD in 1932! Among many firsts, she was the first African American woman elected to Congress from CA & the first African American on #LACounty Board of Supervisors. history.house.gov/People/Detai...

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From the USC Libraries caption: Yvonne Brathwaite Burke celebrates one-year anniversary on the L.A. County Board of Supervisors, 1980. https://digitallibrary.usc.edu/Share/pc34760iqtr05b8k7hqegeb2rd37ku73

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LA Metro Library & Archive @lametrolibrary.bsky.social · 10d

We've uploaded a bunch of "new" historical photos from the 1984 Olympics on our Flickr account. See the photostream here (more uploads to come!): www.flickr.com/photos/metro...

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@LAhistory @lahistory.bsky.social · 10d

“'If there is any single thread in [the @hammer.ucla.edu’s Made in LA biennial exhibition], it is historical,' Harden told @hyperallergic.com, countering the stereotype of LA as a place that forgets its past," @mattstromberg.bsky.social. hyperallergic.com/1046894/five...

Five Artists Share Their Work in This Year’s Made in LA Biennial

Ahead of the opening at the Hammer Museum, Hyperallergic spoke to participants whose practices embrace the show’s threads of history and dissonance.

hyperallergic.com

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@LAhistory @lahistory.bsky.social · 10d

Today (Saturday): The Pasadena Museum of History is opening two exhibits -> pasadenahistory.org/exhibitions/ #quilting #textiles #tiles

1️⃣ Stories, Traditions & Designs: Spotlighting the African American #Quilters of Los Angeles

2️⃣ Cha-Rie Tang: 48 Years of Artistic Innovation in #Pasadena

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