Los Angeles Times

From the Archives: Rose Parade images from the 1930s and ‘40s

In 1933, New Year’s Day fell on a Sunday. The Rose Parade and Rose Bowl game were moved to Monday, Jan. 2. The photograph above, of the Pasadena Chamber of Commerce float, was taken on Orange Grove ...
LA Observed

Los Angeles in the 1930s, a time traveler's guide

My favorite new Los Angeles book — the one I took driving with me on Saturday — is a guidebook from the distant past. "Los Angeles in the 1930s: The WPA Guide to the City of Angels" is a new issue by ...
Los Angeles Times

These 10 buildings tell the story of L.A.’s monumental 1930s, year by year

Maybe this was a pressure-creating-diamonds situation. Somehow in the 1930s, amid the immense stresses of economic collapse, natural disaster, Olympic anxiety and the looming shadow of World War II, ...