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How we flew in 1972 – a Continental Airlines lounge on the upper level of a Boeing 747 jumbo jet.

Photographed by Wayne Thom for AC Martin, and now part of the USC Libraries’ Wayne Thom Photography Collection.

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Widening Wilshire Blvd. through Los Angeles, 1927 / Part of the the California Historical Society Collection in the USC Digital Library

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Selling real estate in Los Angeles, 1931

(Part of our Dick Whittington Photography Collection in the USC Digital Library.)

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It's 3.14...happy ‪#‎PiDay‬!

(Pictured: pie-baking contest at the 1958 National Orange Show in San Bernardino, courtesy of our Los Angeles Examiner Collection.)

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Halloween at L.A.’s Wabash Playground, 1931

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Open Access Week

The USC Libraries are taking part in Open Access Week, during which academic institutions across the world are discussing what open access publishing means for the future of scholarship. In a conversation held this afternoon in Doheny Library, panelists Tara McPherson, John Carlos Rowe, and Deborah Holmes-Wong spoke about the implications of the open access movement for humanities scholars.

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Happy #Caturday from Roscoe Turner and Gilmore the Flying Lion!

1930 photo set from our Dick Whittington Photography Collection

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Portraits of workers at the Los Angeles Creamery, 1925-26, from our recently digitized Dick Whittington Photography Collection. 

Discover more here in the USC Digital Library.

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Join us for Mapping Queer Terrains, a panel discussion focused on LGBTQ communities and the role of space, place, and location in individual and collective lived experiences.

With panelists Alan Bell, Andy Rutkowski, Cynthia Wang, and moderator Joseph Hawkins, get ready for a thought-provoking conversation about how the digital era has changed the way storytelling connects us, using the lens of LGBTQ spaces. Come for the conversation, but stay to add your voice and experiences to the collective through digital mapping projects.

WHEN: Wednesday, September 30, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm  WHERE: ONE Archives, 909 West Adams Boulevard, Los Angeles

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Happy #Caturday! With thanks to the New York Public Library for inspiration, we’ve officially jumped on the Caturday bandwagon. 

This “heroic cat” was credited with saving a family from a fire in 1953, according to our metadata.

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Los Angeles City Hall at night, circa 1951

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Happy Fourth of July! Here’s a fun shot from our Examiner Collection, taken on Santa Monica’s Ocean Park Beach in 1952.

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In 1934, 76 was known as Union Oil Co. of California, and the chain's famous Googie-style canopy didn't yet swoop over the intersection of Crescent/Little Santa Monica in Beverly Hills. (USC Digital Library/Dick Whittington Photography Collection)

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Today the Walt Disney Concert Hall stands on this barren parcel of land, photographed in 1960. (USC Digital Library/Los Angeles Examiner Collection)

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A trolley at Flower & Pico – the present day site of the Metro Los Angeles​ Pico Station – in 1897. (USC Digital Library/California Historical Society Collection)

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1884 view looking east down First from Hill Street. The area pictured here is today part of the Los Angeles Civic Center. (USC Digital Library/California Historical Society​ Collection)

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A Rio Grande filling station at Charleville & Santa Monica boulevards in Beverly Hills, 1935. (USC Digital Library/Dick Whittington Photography Collection)