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Shades of LA Oral Histories
Shades of L.A. Project
In 1991, Photo Friends and the Los Angeles Public Library sponsored the project “Shades of L.A.: A Search for Visual Ethnic History.” The six-year project involved copying thousands of family photographs throughout Los Angeles, thereby broadening the LAPL Photo Collection’s representation of ethnicities within the city.
The contents of this collection are restricted to personal, research, and non-commercial use. The Library cannot share the personal and/or contact information of the donors, their descendants, or associates who contributed photographs and oral histories to the collection.
Oral Histories
In addition to copying the images, volunteers of the project also conducted oral history interviews with twelve subjects about their experiences living in Southern California. The Los Angeles Public Library is pleased to be able to make these interviews readily accessible through a generous grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation.
