"Our Gang" cast members at the Strand Theatre. From left, Darla Hood, Ross Swickard, Donald Swickard and Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer, at a safety plaque signing in 1942. Safety plaque signings were public relations events and the plaques were later...
Wedding portrait of Agustine Sanchez (photo donor's uncle-in-law) and Blanch Luna (photo donor's aunt). Blanch is holding a large bouquet of flowers. Photo was taken at St. Joseph Catholic Church in downtown Los Angeles in the late 1930s.
A graduation photo portrait of US Marine Albert Aviles (photo donor's brother) taken at Camp Pendleton. This is a black and white photograph with hand tinting.
A crew of 6 workers for the Southern California Gas Company posing behind a wooden sign that reads: "DANGER SO. CAL. GAS CO." Two of the men are in worker's overalls and caps and the other four are in regular clothes. Their job was installing...
A portrait of Amado R. Esparza (photo donor's husband) and Ofelia Esparza (photo donor and maiden name Rivera) taken on their wedding day at Rochelle Studio in Los Angeles.
A US Army photo portrait of 17 year old Amado R. Esparza (photo donor's husband). His mother falsified his age so he could join the Army. He served from 1947 to 1949.
The Aparicio children and their neighbors are outside having fun at the Aparicio's vacation rental house in the San Gabriel Mountains. In the photo are: Mike Aparicio, top left holding a stick (photo donor's brother), top right, Vibiana...
The Aparicio family is standing next to the statuette of Guadalupe that Elias Rodriguez Aparicio made and painted for the Columban Sisters of Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church (on Hammel Street). Back row from left: Isabel Luna Aparicio (photo...
The Aparicio family standing in a grassy area of the L.A. River. Pictured from left: Isabel Luna Aparicio (photo donor's mother) holding Mike Aparicio (photo donor's brother), Elais Rodriguez Aparicio (photo donor's father) and Concha Aparicio...
The Aparicio family vacationing in the mountains of Los Angeles county in the 1950s. Posing on the boulders from left are: Philip Aparicio (photo donor's brother), Becky Aparicio (photo donor's sister), Vibiana Aparicio-Chamberlin (photo donor) and...
The Aparicio siblings are in their Easter attire and standing in front of the family's new car that is parked on their driveway. Across the street in the background is an Art Deco structure (later the site of senior housing called Fairmount...
Aparicio siblings standing in their front yard. In the background are two telephone poles and two billboard signs advertising Coca-Cola and Nehi Beverages. Pictured from left: Mike Aparicio (photo donor's brother), Concha Aparicio (photo donor's...
The Aparicio siblings are in their Easter attire, standing in their front yard and posing for a picture. From back to front, left to right: Concha Aparicio (photo donor's sister), Vibiana Aparicio-Chamberlin (photo donor), Mike Aparicio (photo...
Brother and sister, Philip Aparicio (photo donor's brother) and Becky Aparicio (photo donor's sister) are standing in front of the family's parked car in the driveway. Photo taken during Easter in the 1950s in City Terrace, an area of East Los...
Aparicio sisters, Becky and Vibiana, are with their neighbors sitting and posing for the picture on their front lawn. From left: Victor Franco (photo donor's neighbor), Becky Aparicio (photo donor's sister), Vibiana Aparicio-Chamberlin (photo...
The Aparicio sisters are wearing their Easter dresses and are standing at the corner of their front yard posing for the photo. Vibiana and Becky are both wearing hair bows. Concha is standing in between them and has her arms over both of their...
Photograph donor, Ernestina Martinez's Grandfather, Arcadio Hernandez, in one of the homes he built. Back of photo: "409 Gifford Ave." 1950s. This property later became part of Esteban Torres High School.
Armida Quiroz is standing between two Muñoz brothers in front of a window at the Maravilla Projects during Spring, 1949. Pictured from left: Ricardo Muñoz (donor's brother), Armida Quiroz and Rosalio Muñoz (donor).
Arnold Martinez (fifth from the right), who may have been a field representative for Los Angeles County Supervisor Ernest Debs, at a political meeting in East Los Angeles. Rita Garcia, the image donor, is second from the left. Back of photo reads:...