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As recently as a century ago, scientists doubted whether the universe extended beyond our own Milky Way — until astronomer Edwin Hubble, working with the world’s most powerful telescope in the mountains high above Los Angeles, discovered just how vast the universe truly is. Visit the underground vault of the Carnegie Observatories, where paradigm-shifting discoveries are annotated by hand on glass photographic slides; and the historic Mount Wilson observatory. Want to learn more? Watch more Lost LA at https://bit.ly/3qCwAew ~~~~~~ Subscribe to our YouTube Channel: https://bit.ly/kcet-YTsubscribe Follow us: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KCET28 Twitter: https://twitter.com/KCET Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kcet/ Sign-up for our Newsletter: https://bit.ly/kcet-newsletter-signup #LostLA #LosAngeles #history

Despite the trauma of their incarceration during World War II, Japanese Americans built new lives while detained at concentration camps like Manzanar. They played baseball, planted gardens and made the honor roll. Three renowned photographers captured these scenes: outsiders Dorothea Lange and Ansel Adams and incarceree Tōyō Miyatake who boldly smuggled in a camera lens to document life from within the camp. All three trained their lenses on small yet profound moments of dignity and domesticity, documenting resilience in the face of civil injustice. Want to learn more? Watch more Lost LA at https://bit.ly/3qCwAew ~~~~~~ Subscribe to our YouTube Channel: https://bit.ly/kcet-YTsubscribe Follow us: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KCET28 Twitter: https://twitter.com/KCET Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kcet/ Sign-up for our Newsletter: https://bit.ly/kcet-newsletter-signup #LostLA #LosAngeles #history #Manzanar #Incarceration

At more than 4,500 acres, Griffith Park is one of the largest municipal parks in the United States. Its founder, the controversial and complicated Griffith J. Griffith, donated the land to the city as a public recreation ground for all the people—an ideal that has been challenged over the years. In this episode, visit a Mexican-era adobe within the park boundaries and ride the historic Merry-go-Round, where Griffith’s ideal of equal access was challenged. Want to learn more? Watch more Lost LA at https://bit.ly/3qCwAew ~~~~~~ Subscribe to our YouTube Channel: https://bit.ly/kcet-YTsubscribe Follow us: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KCET28 Twitter: https://twitter.com/KCET Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kcet/ Sign-up for our Newsletter: https://bit.ly/kcet-newsletter-signup #LostLA #LosAngeles #history #GriffithJGriffith #GriffithPark #Griffith

There is always lore ingrained in a city’s history, particularly one like Los Angeles. It is no secret that throughout the Prohibition Era individuals living in the city continued to enjoy their vices as much, if not more, than they ever had before. But it is how they subverted the law that still remains unclear. In this episode, we explore the myths of subterranean Los Angeles, crawl through claimed prohibition-era bootlegger tunnels and visit some of the city’s oldest speakeasies along the way. Want to learn more? Watch more Lost LA at https://bit.ly/3qCwAew ~~~~~~ Subscribe to our YouTube Channel: https://bit.ly/kcet-YTsubscribe Follow us: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KCET28 Twitter: https://twitter.com/KCET Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kcet/ Sign-up for our Newsletter: https://bit.ly/kcet-newsletter-signup #LostLA #LosAngeles #history #prohibition