Genre: news photographs / Location: Los Angeles (Calif.)--Buildings, structures, etc. - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Description:: ANSWER: Of course, it's the 6th Street Viaduct over the Los Angeles River, which is one of the city's more spectacular bridges. At its western end, it connects with 6th St. And, when you leave the eastern end, you're on Whittier Blvd.
Date:: January 22, 1956
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Photographs taken for "Negro population in Los Angeles" series by journalist Gene Sherman that ran in the LA Times on July 1-6, 1962.
Date:: June 26, 1962
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Fontanini, Steve
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: ANSWER: The photo is of one of the ornate arches that formed the entrances to the old Selig Zoo, adjacent to Lincoln Park. Here, many early-day movies were made. Then, it was a regular zoo. And, at present, an inactive amusement park. But, nevertheless, down through the years and despite fallen plaster, it remains one of the most impressive entrances in town
Date:: December 2, 1955
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: ANSWER: Well, it's one of those old oil wells that are on the southern slopes of the Elysian Park hills, virtually a stone's throw from the bustling Civic Center. This one is in the back yard of what was once the residence of Thomas O'Brien, once one of the finest "country homes outside Los Angeles." Disonicio Sanchez has lived there for 30 years and, being pretty hep on the place's history, he should know. Exact location is a knoll at the corner of W College and Centennial Sts.
Date:: February 7, 1956
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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