Smog continued to blanket the city in the 1950s. This is the view from the Los Angeles City Hall in 1954, after eight days of heavy smog. Lee Begovich, who moved to the city in 1953, told the ...

As you linger over the photos within “Los Angeles Before the Freeways: Images of an Era 1850-1950,” you might catch glimpses of the city you recognize today. Maybe, if you spend a lot of ...