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Convicts leaving Alcatraz prison, 1963
Convicts herded onto boats for their last ride from “The Rock” during the closing day at Alcatraz on March 21, 1963.
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Vice President Nixon on a Snow White ride, 1955
Vice President Nixon on the “Snow White and Her Adventures” ride in 1955. The ride is still in operation at Disneyland though it has a new name – “Snow White’s Scary Adventures.” When it first opened,...
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Mickey & Minnie at Disneyland’s opening day, 1955
Photo Credit: USC Libraries Mickey and Minnie Mouse appear at Disneyland’s opening day, on July 17, 1955.
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Cashiers lined up at a Piggly Wiggly, 1962
Cashiers lined up at the Piggly Wiggly Continental supermarket in Encino, California, 1962.
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Einstein with a Einstein marionette, 1931
Dr. Albert Einstein holding a marionette of himself. After witnessing a performance by the Yale Puppeteers at the Teatro Torito in Los Angeles, Einstein crumpled a piece of paper and padded the...
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Evel Knievel jumps his bike between two ramps, 1967
Photo Credit: AP Photo Exhibition motorcycle rider Evel Knievel, a former movie stuntman, jumps his cycle between two ramps a hundred feet apart, to open a Sports Cycle Exhibition at the Civic Center,...
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Gas tank painted as a pumpkin, 1952
Photo Credit: USC Libraries A storage tank which holds 80,000 barrels of gasoline was painted and decorated for Halloween, October 29, 1952.
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Paining Halloween murals on windows, 1957
Photo Credit: USC Libraries Julie Galeotti, 14, takes a soda break while Sara Sproul, 16, paints a Halloween mural on a window of a local merchants in Arcadia, California in 1957.
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Witches on a Halloween parade float, 1957
Photo Credit: Anaheim Public Library Three women dressed as witches, one on a flying broomstick, on a S.Q.R. Store float in the Anaheim Halloween Festival Parade, 1957.
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Santa Monica Swimming Club preps for their Halloween party, 1951
Photo Credit: USC Libraries Actor Lex Barker poses as scarecrow as Santa Monica Swimming Club members prep for their annual Halloween party on October 27, 1951. L to R: Mrs. George Read, chairman; Lex...
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Space boy in the Central Police Station, 1961
Photo Credit: USC Libraries William Caban, age 4, wandered into the Central Police station, dressed as boy from Mars, and asked to see the leader. Sgt. A. Kammerling, and Lt. Sam Posner, right, saw...
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Contests of the Halloween “Slick Chick” contest, 1947
Photo Credit: UCLA Four contestants of the Halloween “Slick Chick” beauty contest in Anaheim, California in 1947.
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Spreading news about the Halloween carnival, 1961
Photo Credit: USC Libraries Costumed children are bring attention to the forthcoming Halloween carnivals being held by the Parks and Recreation departments in the :os Angeles’ playgrounds, 1961. Left...
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On a pumpkin at the Anaheim Halloween festival, 1952
Photo Credit: USC Libraries Ruth Raum, 17, sits on a pumpkin with cobweb wings at the 29th Annual Anaheim Halloween Festival on October 29, 1952.
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Armistice Day parade in San Jose, 1918
Photo Credit: Collection of History San Jose Parade on First Street in San Jose with group of women holding a large flag. On back of the photo is the following caption “Liberty Day Peace Parade, Nov....
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Making outdoor decorative candles, 1960
Photo Credit: USC Libraries Dick Birch making decorative candles for outdoor Christmas displays on December 11, 1960.
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Starlet selling Christmas Seals, 1956
Dani Crayne, Warner Brothers starlet, selling Christmas Seals to Roy Williams, of the Mickey Mouse Club, at the opening of the Christmas Seal booth at Hollywood and Vine, Saturday, December 8, 1956.
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Santa at Santa Land in Reseda, 1956
Photo Credit: Valley Times Collection Santa’s helpers, Margie Miles, left, and Babs Manausa, ‘Miss Reseda,’ introduce two youngsters to Santa Claus at Santa Land in Reseda on December 1, 1956. Kristen...
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Boys with a nativity scene on Christmas Eve, 1955
Photo Credit: Los Angeles Public Library David Paulson, 8, and his brother Peter, 3, looking at a nativity scene on Christmas Eve, 1955.
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Ship fitters at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, 1943
Ship fitters at the Mare Island Naval Shipyard, California, circa 1943. During World War II, base facilities included a hospital, ammunition depot, paint and rubber testing laboratories, and schools...
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