Jan. 31, 1977: A horse and rider watch as the space shuttle Enterprise is towed from a Rockwell International facility in Palmdale to Edwards Air Force Base for a year of flight tests. Townspeople lined the route for a glimpse of the 110-ton shuttle. A 90-wheel transport was used and accompanied by a 20-vehicle convoy.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Art Rogers / Los Angeles Times

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Dec. 7, 1941: The destroyer Shaw's forward magazine explodes after being struck during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: U.S. Navy

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Jan. 2, 1931. Prof. Albert Einstein and his wife pose for photographers as part of a press conference at the California Institute of Technology.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Los Angeles Times / LA Daily News Archive/UCLA

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July 31, 1958: Lomie Puckett stands guard to prevent bulldozers from leveling her Edendale house for the construction of the Golden State Freeway. Puckett wanted more money than offered for the house.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: John Malmin / Los Angeles Times

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Jan. 25, 1948: A Santa Fe diesel passenger locomotive hangs over Aliso Street after running off the end of its track at Union Station. The locomotive had just been unhooked from the El Capitan passenger train from Chicago at 8:45 a.m. when the accident occurred.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Los Angeles Times Archive/UCLA

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Dec. 12, 1942: Captured Japanese midget submarine is paraded around the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum during USC-UCLA football game. The sub had participated in the attack on Pearl Harbor.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Los Angeles Times Archive, UCLA

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June 19, 1944: Surrealist Salvador Dali poses in his small temporary workplace, a bathtub in the Ambassador Hotel.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Los Angeles Times Archive/UCLA

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Time exposure of Army antiaircraft unit using searchlight. An image from the same shoot, with one beam, was published on Jan. 17, 1942.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Paul Calvert / Los Angeles Times Archive/UCLA

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April 8, 1988: Under construction at a cost of $12 million, the 56,500-square-foot Spelling mansion takes shape in Holmby Hills. Now officially known as "The Manor," the home is slightly larger than the White House.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Rick Meyer / Los Angeles Times

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April 27, 1978: Actor John Wayne chats with the media after arriving at Orange County Airport after a flight from Boston, where doctors replaced a heart valve.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Steve Rice / Los Angeles Times

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Oct. 5, 1958: Angels Flight car seen from Clay Street in Los Angeles.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: John Malmin / Los Angeles Times

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Sep. 12, 1953: Actress Lucille Ball laughs as her husband, Desi Arnaz, contemplates an answer during a news conference about Ball's short association with the Communist Party in 1936.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Los Angeles Times Archive/UCLA

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Oct. 15, 1996: Lakers rookie Kobe Bryant soars during a photography shoot at Will Rogers State Beach.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Ken Hively / Los Angeles Times

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March 19, 1956: Old Pacific Electric red cars sit at Terminal Island junkyard, awaiting dismantling to become scrap metal.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Los Angeles Times Archive/UCLA

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Jan. 17, 1956: Pigeons lay waste to a newly poured concrete sidewalk on Bunker Hill.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: John Malmin / Los Angeles Times

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July 12, 1949: Wreckage of Standard Airlines C-46 is examined following crash killing 35 passengers and crew. Fourteen survived.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Paul Calvert / Los Angeles Times

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Nov. 13, 1958: Sen. John F. Kennedy poses for Los Angeles Times staff photographer William S. Murphy during an interview a week after the 1958 mid-term elections. The interview was at the Santa Monica home of Kennedy's brother-in-law actor Peter Lawford.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: William S. Murphy / Los Angeles Times

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Nov. 2, 1983: Two former UCLA greats, Bill Walton, left, and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, mix it up under the basket in an NBA game at San Diego. The San Diego Clippers, with Walton, beat the Lakers, led by Abdul-Jabbar, 110-106.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Vince Compagnone / Los Angeles Times

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Sept. 9, 1937: Fans gather outside the Carthay Circle Theater for the premiere of “The Life of Emile Zola.”

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Maurice Terrell / Los Angeles Times

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Apr. 19, 1967: Golf enthusiast Bill McPhillips is seething on the inside at turn of the weather as rain streaks window of his South Pasadena home.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: John Malmin / Los Angeles Times

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Dec. 12, 1989: Frank Zappa in the living room of his Studio City home -- where he also had a complete recording studio. As an independent musician, Zappa was a pioneer long before the Internet era, giving up major record labels and tours.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Bob Carey / Los Angeles Times

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Aug. 11, 1943: Frank Sinatra retreats to a ladder for refuge as autograph hounds besiege him following his arrival by train in Pasadena.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Los Angeles Times

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Sept. 8, 1974: A movie set of fake brownstone structures burns on "Boston Street" at the Burbank Studios ranch. The set was a total loss. The multimillion-dollar fire destroyed three soundstages and four movie sets.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Boris Yaro / Los Angeles Times

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Aug. 17, 1952: Buster, a roller skating rooster, navigates between a girl's legs during a photo session with former Los Angeles Times staff photographer Leigh Wiener.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Leigh Wiener / Los Angeles Times

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July 1, 1940: Hollywood stars Don Ameche, holding binoculars, Hedy Lamarr and James Stewart watch the action at Hollywood Park. The stars attended a charity fundraiser at the track for the Red Cross on -- of course -- Red Cross Day.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Los Angeles Times

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May 5, 1969: Jerry West walks off the floor at the Forum after the Lakers had lost to the Boston Celtics in the NBA Finals for the sixth time in eight years. West scored 42 points in the 108-106 loss.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Art Rogers / Los Angeles Times

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