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"Lost LA" explores the past through the region's archives, where photos, documents, and other rare artifacts unlock the untold history behind the fantasy of Southern California. Hosted by writer and public historian Nathan Masters of the USC Libraries, each episode of "Lost LA" brings the primary sources of history to the screen in surprising new ways. Much of L.A.'s past is lost to history, but through the region's archives, we can uncover the inspiring dreams and bitter realities that built the modern-day metropolis.

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Double Burgers and Classic Cars at Bob's Big Boy | Lost LA | PBS SoCal

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5:09

Pacific Islander Artifacts at the Bowers Museum | Lost LA | PBS SoCal

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3:00

Postcards Sold Picture-Perfect Tuberculosis Care to Tourists | Lost LA | PBS SoCal

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2:31

Forest Lawn Cemetery: A Romantic Wedding Destination? | Lost LA | KCET

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How the Film Industry Transformed Hollywood Forever Cemetery | Lost LA | KCET

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5:15

How McDonald's Revolutionized Fast Food Burgers | Lost LA | PBS SoCal

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5:44

Helping Create Safe Spaces Outdoors for People of Color | Lost LA | PBS SoCal

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5:30

Native Ancestors Helped Cultivate Today's Hiking Trails

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1:33

Filipinos Sparked Farm Workers Movement | Lost LA | KCET

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2:04

Trying Filipino Street Food at Dollar Hits | Lost LA | KCET

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5:33

Secrets of In-N-Out History | Lost LA | PBS SoCal

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6:03

Taco Bell's Fast Food Origin Story | Lost LA | PBS SoCal

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3:32

Roadside Architecture Evolved With Car Culture | Lost LA | PBS SoCal

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4:09

The Women Who Made Hubble’s Discoveries Possible | Lost LA | PBS SoCal

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4:01

The Film Composer who Escaped the Nazis and Scored Hitchcock Movies | Lost LA | PBS SoCal

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2:31

An Artist’s Representation of Japanese American Life in Postwar Los Angeles | Lost LA | KCET

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4:26

Chiyoko Sakamoto: A Japanese American Story | Lost LA | KCET

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5:35

Abbott Kinney: The Visionary Who Dreamt Up and Build Venice Beach | Lost LA | KCET

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3:49

The True Story of Toypurina and the Mission San Gabriel Uprising of 1785 | Lost LA | KCET

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5:44

Japanese American and Black History Intersect at Little Tokyo and Crenshaw | Lost LA | KCET

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How Nick Nagatani Used Basketball to Revitalize the Yellow Brotherhood in Crenshaw | Lost LA | KCET

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How German Exiles Shaped Hollywood Cinema in the 1930s | Lost LA | KCET

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4:29

Santa Rosa Island: A Snapshot of Time and a Lesson on How Climate Effects Landscape | Lost LA | KCET

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2:02

When Olvera Street Was Wine Street | Lost LA | KCET

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6:58

Historians Explore L.A's Forgotten Underground Railway Tunnels | Lost LA | KCET

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3:08

Shindana Doll Dressmakers Show Nathan How to Sew | Lost LA | KCET

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3:33

Operation Bootstrap: Breaking New Ground in Community Empowerment | Lost LA | KCET

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3:48

The Most Important Document in the History of Astronomy | Lost LA | KCET

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2:34

Inside the Sistine Chapel of Astronomy, the 100-Inch Hooker | Lost LA | KCET

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2:08

Paul R. Williams – Architect for the Masses | Lost LA | KCET

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2:30

Paul R. Williams' Signature Architectural Style | Lost LA | KCET

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A Sip of a 100-Year Old Whiskey at the Townhouse | Lost LA | KCET

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A Glimpse of Prohibition-Era L.A. at King Eddy Saloon | Lost LA | KCET

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3:28

Paul Kitakagi Jr's Personal Connection with Dorothea Lange | Lost LA | KCET

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5:05

The Riots of Griffith Park | Lost LA | KCET

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3:21

The Sensational Story of Griffith J. Griffith | Lost LA | KCET

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1:31

Baseball, A Silver Lining in the Japanese American Internment Camps | Lost LA | KCET

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0:24

Oh Wow! Nathan Masters | Lost LA | KCET

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0:35

Nathan Masters Tries to Get a Hang of Horseback Riding | Lost LA | KCET

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0:26

Nathan Masters Takes a Look | Lost LA | KCET

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4:30

The Firefall | Lost LA | KCET

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6:08

The Stoneman Meadow Riot: Lessons of an Uprising | Lost LA | KCET

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6:18

Documenting the Appeal of Mid-Century Modern | Lost LA | KCET

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7:05

Bodie: A City of Abandoned Dreams | Lost LA | KCET

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9:26

Zzyzx: The Snake Oil That Fueled a Community | Lost LA | KCET

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3:00

Orson Welles’ Venice | Lost LA | KCET

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5:03

Venice’s Inclusive African American Roots | Lost LA | KCET

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3:48

Those Streets are Made for Boating | Lost LA | KCET

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9:38

Walt Disney and His Imagineers: An American Phenomenon | Lost LA | KCET

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2:59

Outposts of Unreality | Lost LA | KCET

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2:35

The Origin of the Universal Studios Hollywood Studio Tour | Lost LA | KCET

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8:29

Lost Canals | Lost LA | KCET

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8:49

The View from Mount Lookout | Lost LA | KCET

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They Moved Mountains | Lost LA | KCET

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The Devil Wind | Lost LA | KCET

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California's Lost Grizzly | Lost LA | KCET

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Once Upon a Time in Chavez Ravine | Lost LA | KCET