Los Angeles and Southern California
Below is a list of digital collections that contain images related to Los Angeles and Southern California culture, history, and geography.
Also consult the "Archival Collections" tab for additional sources.
- Calisphere This link opens in a new windowOver one million photographs, documents, letters, artwork, diaries, oral histories, films, advertisements, musical recordings, and more from the collections digitized and contributed by all ten campuses of the University of California and other important libraries, archives, and museums throughout the state.
- UCLA Library Digital Collections This link opens in a new windowRare and unique digital materials developed by the UCLA Library to support education, research, service, and creative expression, including the AIDS Poster Collection, the Los Angeles Times Photographic Archive and more.
"Finding Images" in UCLA Library Research Guides
A list of other UCLA Library Research Guides with sections on Finding Images that may include Los Angeles and Southern California content.
UCLA Campus and Buildings Pictorial Sources
- 3D Simulation Videos / UCLA Capital ProgramsReal-time 3D virtual models of the UCLA Campus for the purposes of design feasibility studies, campus planning, presentation, and cataloging both historical and existing campus conditions.
- The Benjamin and Gladys Thomas Air Photo Archives, 1918-1971 -Oblique photographs of California. Originals are housed in the UCLA Department of Geography.
- Calisphere This link opens in a new windowThe UCLA Historic Photographs collection is drawn from many collections held in the UCLA University Archives. Many photographs in this collection are drawn from the photographs taken by Thelner Hoover. The images in the collection range from the State Normal School in 1925 through 1982.
- Hoover Collection : images of UCLA, 1927-1964A collection of images of UCLA, including construction images of several major buildings designed by George W. Kelham, aerial views of the Westwood campus, and faculty and students during the 1930's.
- UCLA Centennial 2019 Story MapAn interactive story presenting 100 years of the UCLA Campus. Most maps presented in this story are part of the UCLA Henry J. Bruman Map Collection.
- UCLA Historic Photographs - Hoover (Thelner B.) and Hoover (Louise E. B.) photographic collectionThelner Barton Hoover's images of the UCLA buildings and academic community provide a thorough pictorial history of the UCLA Westwood campus. The almost 1,600 images range from the State Normal School in 1925 through the Alumni Association Awards in 1982.
- UCLA Image LibraryDesigned to support UCLA branding, for campus communications and to help to tell the UCLA story. Only registered users may download images. (Site managed by UCLA Marketing & Special Events)
- UCLA PhotographyHistorical and current photographs available for purchase from the Associated Students of UCLA (ASUCLA).
- UCLA Public Art Collection
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Images of artwork located in public spaces across the UCLA campus (via JSTOR Images). Does not include work under the curatorial purview of the Fowler Museum, the Hammer Museum, or the Medical Center Art Collection. - University Archives Photographic FilesPhotographic prints, photographic negatives, and slides of buildings and more!
- The Visual History of UCLA as Told Through 10,000+ ImagesFeatures photographic prints from the University Archives Photographic Reference collection.
