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Tag Archives: Los Angeles
1994: Freeways
Catherine Opie: Untitled #1 (Freeways) (1994)
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Tagged 1990's, 20th Century, Art, Catherine Opie, Cityscapes, Los Angeles, Photography, USA, Women
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2017: Quake Rattles L.A.
“Products are strewn about at the 99 Cent Store on Imperial Highway in Brea.” Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times (source)
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Tagged 2010's, 21st Century, Los Angeles, Natural Disasters, Photography, Robert Gauthier
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1927: Pancho Villa’s Pet Deer Moves to Los Angeles
Betty Bradley and her pet deer, Bennie (1927); “Bennie (or Benny) the deer was said to have been the former pet of revolutionary Pancho Villa, and was given to Betty Bradley while she was visiting in Mexico with her parents. … Continue reading
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Tagged 1920's, 20th Century, Animals, Betty Bradley, Books, Deer, Dogs, Los Angeles, Mexico, Pancho Villa, Photography, USA
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1946: East L.A.
Max Yavno: East Los Angeles, 1946 (source)
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Tagged 1940's, 20th Century, Art, Family, Latino/as/x, Los Angeles, Max Yavno, Photography, Portraits, USA
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1944: Model City
The decorative industrial management buildings and exhibition centers in authoritarian countries are much the same as anywhere else. The huge gleaming towers that shoot up everywhere are outward signs of the ingenious planning of international concerns, toward which the unleashed … Continue reading
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Tagged 1940's, 20th Century, Architecture, Capitalism, Cities, Los Angeles, Max Horkheimer, Miniatures, Theodor Adorno, Theory, Urban Planning
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