May 27 2012
3:47 am
Elephants from Cole Brothers Circus crossing Olive Street with police escort in Los Angeles, California, 1953. Source: Los Angeles Times photographic archive, UCLA Library

Elephants from Cole Brothers Circus crossing Olive Street with police escort in Los Angeles, California, 1953.

Source: Los Angeles Times photographic archive, UCLA Library

Posted 4 hours ago
#1950s #los angeles #california #LA #southern california #USA #circus #elephants #elephant #vintage #police
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May 26 2012
9:35 pm
Michael A. Wesner, Conjoined twins Millie and Christine McCoy, Los Angeles, California, 1890s.

Michael A. Wesner, Conjoined twins Millie and Christine McCoy, Los Angeles, California, 1890s.

Posted 10 hours ago
#1890s #19th century #african-american #conjoined twins #freaks #history #mccoy twins #michael wesner #millie and christine mccoy #portrait #siamese twins #twins #victorian #victorians #vintage #los angeles #california
16 notes

May 24 2012
5:01 pm
Maude Adams and Flora Walsh in “The Wandering Boys” presented at Stanford Theatre, San Francisco, California, 25 July 1880. Source: New York Public Library

Maude Adams and Flora Walsh in “The Wandering Boys” presented at Stanford Theatre, San Francisco, California, 25 July 1880.

Source: New York Public Library

Posted 2 days ago
#1880s #19th century #victorians #victorian #vintage #portrait #maude adams #flora walsh #san francisco #california #northern california #SF #USA #children #the wandering boys
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May 24 2012
6:33 am
Robert Monroe, Vitagraph Studios, Hollywood, California, ca. 1920s.

Robert Monroe, Vitagraph Studios, Hollywood, California, ca. 1920s.

Posted 3 days ago
#1920s #hollywood #california #los angeles #LA #southern california #USA #robert monroe #vitagraph studios #vintage #portrait
7 notes

May 22 2012
10:28 pm
Carlton E. Watkins, City Front from Rincon Hill, San Francisco, California, 1860-1862. Source: Getty Museum

Carlton E. Watkins, City Front from Rincon Hill, San Francisco, California, 1860-1862.

Source: Getty Museum

Posted 4 days ago
#1860s #19th century #victorian #rincon hill #san francisco #california #SF #northern california #USA #carlton watkins
9 notes

May 21 2012
6:35 pm
Phoebe Apperson Hearst, (1842-1919), first woman Regent of the University of California, wife of George Hearst and mother of William Randolph Hearst, ca. 1919. Source: University of California, Berkeley, Bancroft Library

Phoebe Apperson Hearst, (1842-1919), first woman Regent of the University of California, wife of George Hearst and mother of William Randolph Hearst, ca. 1919.

Source: University of California, Berkeley, Bancroft Library

Posted 5 days ago
#1910s #phoebe apperson hearst #william randolph hearst #feminist #university of california #UC #california #USA #vintage #portrait #history
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May 19 2012
4:47 am
D.W. Griffith, Mary Pickford, Charlie Chaplin (seated) and Douglas Fairbanks at the signing of the contract establishing United Artists motion picture studio in 1919. Lawyers Albert Banzhaf (left) and Dennis F. O’Brien (right) stand in the background. Source: Library of Congress

D.W. Griffith, Mary Pickford, Charlie Chaplin (seated) and Douglas Fairbanks at the signing of the contract establishing United Artists motion picture studio in 1919. Lawyers Albert Banzhaf (left) and Dennis F. O’Brien (right) stand in the background.

Source: Library of Congress

Posted 1 week ago
#1910s #d.w. griffith #mary pickford #charlie chaplin #douglas fairbanks #vintage #united artists #lawyer #lawyers #los angeles #california #history #portrait #hollywood #silent film #actors #actor
5 notes

May 16 2012
9:42 pm
James David Givens, The Palace of Fine Arts, San Francisco, California, 1919. Source: Library of Congress

James David Givens, The Palace of Fine Arts, San Francisco, California, 1919.

Source: Library of Congress

Posted 1 week ago
#1910s #san francisco #california #SF #palace of fine arts #vintage #james david givens #exploratorium
15 notes

May 16 2012
8:35 pm
The USS San Francisco steams under the Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, California, December 1942. Source: Naval Historical Center

The USS San Francisco steams under the Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, California, December 1942.

Source: Naval Historical Center

Posted 1 week ago
#1940s #san francisco #SF #california #northern california #USA #golden gate bridge #ship #iconic #bridge #wwII #world war II #history #vintage
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