Public Libraries--California--Lancaster--History; County of Los Angeles Public Library--History;
A group poses for a photo outside the entrance to the Lancaster Library (Fig Avenue location) with a dedication plaque that had just been removed nearby. The plaque reads: "Antelope Valley Regional Library Built by Los Angeles County on Site...
Public Libraries--California--Lancaster--History; County of Los Angeles Public Library--History;
Joseph M. Pollard helps remove the 1950 Lancaster Library dedication plaque from the Library entrance as Mabel Weaver, Anna Davis and Rose Bolin stand nearby. On back of photo (people in the photo are listed from left to right): "#27072, 1964,...
McCartney, Melvin; Davis, Anna; Pollard, Joseph M.; Weaver, Mabel; Jackson, Jim; Public Libraries--California--Lancaster--History; County of Los Angeles Public Library--History;
Melvin McCartney, kneeling, helps remove the 1950 Lancaster Library dedication plaque from the Library entrance as (from left) Anna Davis, Joseph M. Pollard, Mabel Weaver, Jim Jackson stand nearby. The Library was relocated that year to a new...
Weaver, Mabel; Scott, Paul; Davis, Anna; Pollard, Joseph M.; Public Libraries--California--Lancaster--History; County of Los Angeles Public Library--History;
A group poses for a photo outside the entrance to the Lancaster Library (Fig Avenue location) with a dedication plaque that had just been removed nearby. The Library was relocated that year to a new location on Kingtree Avenue and Avenue J. The...
McCartney, Melvin; Public Libraries--California--Lancaster--History; County of Los Angeles Public Library--History;
A young girl watches as Melvin McCartney removes the 1950 Lancaster Library dedication plaque from it's place beside the library entrance. A National Library Week advertisement can be seen in the background, ""Reading is the key to understanding,...
Scott, Paul; Burson, Flossie Jo; McCartney, Melvin; Public Libraries--California--Lancaster--History; County of Los Angeles Public Library--History;
Paul Scott and Flossie Jo Burson hold up the 1950 Lancaster Library dedication plaque at the Library entrance on Fig Avenue while Melvin McCartney works on the removal site. The Library was relocated that year to a new location on Kingtree Avenue...
Public Libraries--California--Lancaster--History; County of Los Angeles Public Library--History;
The plaque reads: ""Antelope Valley Regional Library built by Los Angeles County on site donated by public subscription under the leadership of the Lancaster Women's Club. Plaque placed by the Club October 8 1950."" Back of photo: ""#27202, 1964,...
Turner, Cecil; McCartney, Melvin; Abel, Don; Jackson, Jim; Dermody, John; Pollard, Joseph M.; Public Libraries--California--Lancaster--History; County of Los Angeles Public Library--History;
A group poses for a photo after the removal of the 1950 Lancaster Library dedication plaque from the Fig Avenue location. The Library moved to a new location that year on Kingtree Avenue and Avenue J. On back of photo (people are listed from left...
Nancy Swenson Williams (photo donor) standing in front of the family house on Fontaine Road in 1950 with her parents and brothers. Pictured from the left in the front row: Nancy and her brother Jon; with her mother Harriet, father John, and brother...
Harriet and John Swenson, parents of Nancy Swenson Williams (photo donor), bought the house on Fontaine Road in Topanga in 1950 where the family lived for over 50 years, originally leasing it for a year because the owner John Aerick, who built the...
Jon Swenson, brother of Nancy Swenson Williams (photo donor), standing in the yard of the family house on Fontaine Road in Topanga on his third birthday in 1950.
Uncles--California--East Los Angeles; Families--California--East Los Angeles;
Ted Lechuga, Ernestina Martinez's brother, holding Ernestina's daughter, Barbara Martinez. In background: Car in front of an old gas station. Circa 1950.
Photo of Phillips Music Company store front displaying instruments, sheet music, appliances, television sets, records. Part of the store was opened to Kenji Taniguchi who was later the owner of Kenny's Sporting Good Store down the street. Circa...
Gas station on Brooklyn Avenue (later renamed Cesar Chavez Avenue) between Rowan Avenue and Dittman Avenue. The gas station had Chinese owners and there is still a gas station there. Circa 1950.
Aparicio, Concha; Aparicio, Philip; Aparicio, Becky; Aparicio-Chamberlin, Vibiana; Aparicio, Mike; Brothers and sisters--California--East Los Angeles; Easter--California--East Los Angeles; Clothing and dress--California--East Los Angeles
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, Elias Rodriguez; Markets--California--San Jose; Streets--California--San Jose; Automobiles--California--San Jose;
Elias Rodriguez Aparicio (photo donor's father) on a family trip to San Jose to visit his niece, Louise, who was a nun. He is pictured standing next to his parked car on a street in downtown San Jose. There is a parked truck across the street in...
Isabel Luna Aparicio (photo donor's mother) vacationing with her family at "Tin Can Beach" (now Bolsa Chica State Beach), located in Huntington Beach, a city in Orange County, California. She is standing with both of her hands on her hips, looking...
