Tag Archives: Smog
Aerial photo of Los Angeles City Hall enshrouded in smog, downtown Los Angeles, circa November, 1954
The smog in this photo is so thick and so gritty that I can almost taste it, 68 years later. This photo was taken circa November 1954 on a day that was particularly heavy that pretty much the only building … Continue reading
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Tagged Aerial photographs, Downtown Los Angeles, Los Angeles City Hall, Smog
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Heavy smog day outside Mission Hosiery Mills, 3764 South Broadway Place, Los Angeles, December 15, 1952
I know the air quality of Los Angeles grew ever worse in the 1950s, but it must have been an especially heavy smog day when this photo was taken outside Mission Hosiery Mills, 3764 South Broadway Place on December 15, … Continue reading