When Los Angeles first installed incandescent street lamps, or electroliers, it illuminated the streets with a soft glow, with each street light having distinct decorative features that reflected class distinctions.
A number of Los Angeles history-minded institutions are exploring the use of new technologies like augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) to reconstruct Southern California’s past. Here are projects that make the past feel present through the use of AR and VR.
Rare photographs surface of L.A.'s Chinatown in the early 1930s. These photographs are being used to bring the original Chinatown on what is now Union Station to AR life.
An early Chinese immigrant's experience navigating restrictive immigration laws and practices in the 1800s uncover details about the formation of Los Angeles' Chinese community and reveal strategies developed to work in and around laws or sometimes counter them directly in court.