Shades of LA Photo Collection

Title: Shades of LA Photo Collection
Creator: Los Angeles Public Library, led by Carolyn Kozo Cole and Kathy Kobayashi
Date: 1991–1997
Type: Community-collected photograph and oral history archive
Source/Repository: Los Angeles Public Library
Rights: Personal, research, and non-commercial use only
What It Reveals: The same institution that holds these posters later recognized that its collection did not fully represent Los Angeles communities and worked to address that gap by collecting materials directly from community members.
Whose Perspective Is Centered: Donor families themselves
Category of Exclusion Addressed: Whose lives get archived at all