COUNTDOWN to the 1940 CENSUS…2…
Walt Disney’s support of the American Armed Services during World War II is very well known. We especially like this one of his character, Happy, from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. The logo is for the Special Services branch at the Port of Embarkation in Los Angeles (RG 336) taken from the holdings of the National Archives at Riverside.
We are the National Archives at Riverside--a unit of the U.S. National Archives. Our records document the Federal government in the western states of Arizona, southern California and Clark County, Nevada.
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June 6, 1944: D-Day, The Invasion of Normandy
On this day in 1944, Allied troops stormed the beaches of Normandy, France. More than 160,000...
CHILDREN PLAYING IN THE PARK THAT IS NEAR THE U.S.S CONSTITUTION IN DOWNTOWN BALTIMORE, 06/1973
From the Records of the Environmental Protection...
Los Angeles circa 1946: Scenes from strikes past
A U.S. Motors plant on E. Slauson Ave. played host to a clash between strikers and police way...
“How to use a dial telephone”, 1951
