By John D. Estes, on March 11th, 2011%
Today we have a short featurette called “Stories From Los Angeles” featuring parts from two of our favorite interviews.
In the first part, noted author/historian George Sanchez (Becoming Mexican American) talks about one of L.A.’s most unique features and why it makes for such complex social interactions. Then we have long time Los Angeles resident Jack . . . → Read More: VIDEO: Stories From Los Angeles
By Walter Dominguez, on October 15th, 2010%
Rosa Lemus Carlos grew up at Simons Brick Company Yard No. 3 in Montebello, California, her father a decades-long employee there. Simons Brick Company, established in the Los Angeles area before the turn of the last century, grew to become the biggest brick producer in the world, and to make the millions of bricks that were . . . → Read More: VIDEO: Interview with Rosa Maria Lemus Carlos
By John D. Estes, on October 7th, 2010%
Executive Producer and noted historian William Deverell talks about the 1924 Los Angeles Plague Epidemic, the subsequent quarantine and the effects both had on Los Angeles society and especially on ethnic Latinos and other minorities. Originally shot as a presentation trailer for Whitewashed Adobe: The Rise of Los Angeles, we felt that the information was so . . . → Read More: VIDEO: William Deverell On The 1924 Los Angeles Plague
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Special Thanks 
This project is made possible, in part, by a grant from the California Council for the Humanities in partnership with the Skirball Foundation, through the jointly supported California Documentary Project, a program of the California Stories Initiative.
Additional Support
- The JKW Foundation
- Jean Stein
- Shelley Morrison
- Greg & Carole Garneau
Read The Book This project is based on William Deverell's critically acclaimed book WHITEWASHED ADOBE: THE RISE OF LOS ANGELES AND THE REMAKING OF ITS MEXICAN PAST.
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Photographic & Postcards Images Acknowledgements: • The Huntington Library, San Marino, California • La Plaza History Society & Archive, Los Angeles, California • Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley • California History Room, California State Library, Sacramento • Seaver Center for Western History Research, Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History, Los Angeles • Collection of William Deverell, Pasadena, California • Archivo Práxedis, Los Angeles, California. All rights reserved by the copyright holders. No reproduction without permission.
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VIDEO: William Deverell On The 1924 Los Angeles Plague
Executive Producer and noted historian William Deverell talks about the 1924 Los Angeles Plague Epidemic, the subsequent quarantine and the effects both had on Los Angeles society and especially on ethnic Latinos and other minorities. Originally shot as a presentation trailer for Whitewashed Adobe: The Rise of Los Angeles, we felt that the information was so . . . → Read More: VIDEO: William Deverell On The 1924 Los Angeles Plague