Photography: Local History
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Photography: Local History

See FOOD & RESTAURANTS, Winemaking, Special Collections

Photograph collections documenting the local Italian community, from earlier times to the present, can be accessed in the following places:

Los Angeles Public Library
630 W. Fifth St.
Los Angeles, CA 90071
http://www.lapl.org/central/

Photo database: http://catalog1.lapl.org/cgi-bin/cw_cgi?getLimitedTerms+24267

Italian Oral History Institute: See COLLECTIONS, Archives; See ABOUT US

Contains mostly contemporary photographs of Italian events in and around Los Angeles, Italian festivals and traditional culture, including music and dance, from the mid-1990ís onward. Later photographs are digitized.

Historic Italian Hall
(El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historical Monument). See COLLECTIONS, Archives

Contains historic photographs from the 19th C. onward. See COMMUNITY SITES

Italians in the West: See COLLECTIONS, Archives

Italians in the Gold Rush and Beyond: See COLLECTIONS, Archives

Italian-American Club
1903 S Cabrillo Ave
San Pedro, CA 90731
Tel.: (310) 831-3183

Contains membersí private collections: stills and videos of past festivals, Fisherman's Fiesta, St. Joseph's Tables.