by James Roman
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A 1924 cartoon depicting Washington officials racing down an oil-slicked road to the White House, trying to outpace the Teapot Dome Scandal of President Warren G. Harding’s administration; The Granger Collection
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Members of the Mattachine Society in a rare group photograph. Photo by James Gruber.
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West Hollywood, photo by James Roman
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Toward Los Angeles, California, Dorothea Lange, 1937, Library of Congress, LC-DIG-fsa-8b31801
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Farm and farm workers, Mt. Williamson in background, Manzanar War Relocation Center, California; photograph by Ansel Adams, 1943, Library of Congress, LCDIG-ppprs-00370
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Grand Parade at First Street and San Pedro Street, Toyo Miyatake Studios, 1951
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Los Angeles, CA. The evacuation of Japanese Americans from West Coast areas under United States Army war emergency orders. Sign on store owned by Japanese in Little Tokyo, Lee Russell, 1942, Library of Congress, LC-USF34-T01-072263-D
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Los Angeles, CA. The evacuation of the Japanese-Americans from West Coast areas under U.S. Army war emergency order. Japanese Americans going to camp at Owens Valley gather around baggage car at the old Santa Fe Station, Lee Russell, April 1942, Library of Congress, LC-DIG-fsa-8a31149
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Mess line, noon, Manzanar War Relocation Center, CA, photograph by Ansel Adams, 1943, Library of Congress, LC-DIG-ppprs-00368
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Nisei Parade, 1951, Japanese girls dancing in the street for Nisei Week celebration, 25 August 1951, University of Southern California Libraries
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Nisei Festival Week Queen contestants, Los Angeles, 1966,
Copyright Regents of the University of California, UCLA Library.
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Lionel Hampton, at far left, rides in a Cadillac convertible in front of Club Alabam on Central Avenue, c. 1953 / Los Angeles Public Library
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Manager Walt Alston being mobbed by players and wellwishers in the tunnel en route to the clubhouse, 1959, Herald-Examiner Collection / Los Angeles Public Library
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Kennedy family members depart the Capitol, 1963. Photograph by Abbie Rowe, National Park Service. in the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston.
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The “Hollyhock House,” in the East Hollywood neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, Carol M. Highsmith, 2013, Library of Congress, LC-DIG-highsm-24261
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Living room (View Southwest) - Hollyhock House, 1965, Library of Congress, HABS CAL,19-LOSAN,28-10
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Michael Jackson in concert at Wembley Stadium History World Tour ‘97, Starstock/Photoshot Photo UIW 013482/C-18 12.07.1997 Photoshot/Everett Collection
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Johnny Ramone’s tomb at Hollywood Forever Cemetery, photo by Maria Bukhonina
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Touring photographs in the section by James Roman
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With Chronicles of Old Los Angeles, James Roman celebrates his third Museyon title and his 20th anniversary as a writer in Los Angeles. A regular author of emerging technology, he counts writing assignments at MGM, The Walt Disney Company, Toyota, Amtrak and IBM among his California adventures. As a frequent public speaker, he has regaled listeners with his Chronicles of Old New York and Chronicles of Old Las Vegas. Fans can still spot him on re-runs of the HBO television series Six Feet Under, a lucky break that could only happen on the Left Coast.