The Future of Archives
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VINTAGE EPHEMERA
A tight-knit collection of friendly brochures, guides and bits & bobs. -
LOS ANGELES PHOTO ARCHIVE
Through the lens. Bunker Hill, Santa Monica, Century City, Beverly Hills… -
GOODBYE, BABY
A much-needed look back at actress Susan Harrison. -
LOS ANGELES
The neon-cultured, ambivalent city is examined through a visual tapestry of photographs, slides, postcards, and print.
There is nothing more sacred than the nest egg.
David Howard, 1985
Just over two minutes of random vintage goodness.
A veritable potpourri of images with no discerning connection, except they're all bloody nice to look at.
VIDEOS
Environmental Communications
From New York to L.A.
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POP CULTURE
A questionable amount of flotsam that can’t easily be defined. A stimulating potpourri of visual emotion. -
POSTCARDS
Motels, hotels, cocktail lounges, places of interest, and one postcard of an old coffee machine.
Century Plaza Hotel, 1963.
For more original archival photographs of Century City…
Los Angeles Photo Archive
The holdings maintain a collection of over 40,000 artifacts, and makes them available to researchers around the world.
Photographs, negatives, magazines, newspapers, postcards, and various bits and bobs.
Part of the Vintage Postcards Archive
Sandra Scott
Photographs 1, 2, 4 and 5 by Harry Langdon.
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THEME PARK ARCHIVE
Widen your world and enjoy a mind-boggling collection of vintage slides from a time when the Pirates of the Caribbean chased maidens around. -
VINTAGE ADVERTISING
Utilizing an existing resource, I’ve curated an astonishing number of ads from the 1940s to the 1980s.
Architecture Archive
Modernism, Brutalism, or Futurism. Whichever you fancy, the archive contains material from three leading architects, digitized from various out-of-print books.
LOS ANGELES TIMES MIDWINTER
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A rich collection of covers and articles
from 1911 to 1960.
STYLE
INTERIOR DESIGN
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From Los Angeles to Palm Springs, the archive encompasses sumptuous images of gorgeous homes, and enviable interiors.
CINEMA
EXPLOITATION FILM ARCHIVE
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Double-features, lurid titles, blazing action, and shocking nudity.
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Herald-Examiner
1955 - 1964 -
Los Angeles Times Home
1939 - 1985 -
Los Angeles Times West
1966 - 1972 -
Los Angeles Magazine
1962 - 2005
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Melody Maker
1968 - 1997 -
New Musical Express
1964 - 1997 -
New York Rocker
1977 - 1981 -
Rock and Roll Archive
1960s - 1980s
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Los Angeles Free Press
1966 - 1976 -
Action World
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Village Voice
1968 - 1971
CINEMA
MOVIE PRINT ADVERTISING
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Hundreds of movie magazine ads from the 1940s to the 1980s.
It was said that by the late 1950s, there was no specific Los Angeles city magazine.
On the heels of two other city magazines folding (Fortnight and Script), came the Southern California Prompter — referred to by the cats as simply, “Prompter”. Founded by David Ral Brown, the city-oriented publication changed its name in 1961 to Los Angeles Magazine.
Focus on Wonderland / Directed by Hawley Lawrence
The December 1969 issue of Los Angeles Magazine looks at "Los Angeles: Focus on Wonderland". The short promo was made for United Airlines by Filmfair Studios in Studio City. The production house produced ads for a variety of companies including Goodyear ("Woman Stranded/No Man") and Procter & Gamble.
The United Airlines promo featured Bob Beck and Judy Rockley. Beck taught acting for a few years and worked with Merrick Pictures on Vine St.
He was reportedly going to appear in Guess What Happened to Count Dracula? (1970), though his name is not in the credits. Judy Rockley had one or two minor screen credits to her name, but was busier as a model for the Flair Agency.
She appeared in the January 1965 issue of Los Angeles Times Home magazine on their carpet and rug installation section. In addition to household appliances, Rockley modeled for automobile companies.
A 1967 sales brochure for AMC was more than impressed, "blonde from Los Angeles by the name of Judy Rockley , is far prettier than any cougar (animal or and clad in a gold - lame , mini - skirted track suit , will help introduce the Javelin in New York City later this month..."
It’s finally here. The catalog you ordered, but your husband read in the bathroom. Turn the page.
From the legendary Haupstadt Camera Repair in Wilmington, comes an incredible archive of studio portraits. Enter at your own risk.
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Bloomingdale’s
Presenting a unique archive of department store photos. These were professional shots taken for two East coast locations; comprising mostly of home interiors. Charge it! -
New York World’s Fair, 1964
Take a ride on the Monorail and 'Ride into Tomorrow' with this gorgeous collection of artifacts from Flushing Meadow Park. -
Vintage Interior Design
Highly commendable archive of mid-1960s interiors in full color.
