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Richard discusses the process of tattooing his fellow inmates from building his own tattoo machine to making his own ink.

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In this transcript of the press conference given by Alhaji Ali Baba, the Minister of Internal Affairs in Nigeria, he tells the press present at the Embassy of Nigeria Annex in Washington D.C. on February 14, 1983 about the immigration and “illegal…

Brother Michael Lamm, a member of the Franciscan Friars, stands on the steps of the earthquake damaged Mission Santa Barbara. This photo was published in the July 1, 1925 Los Angeles Times and subsequently republished around the world.

The Arlington Hotel damaged by the 1925 Santa Barbara earthquake is pictured with massive damage and rubble running down the hotel?s exterior stairway. This view of the Arlington Hotel on the Victoria Street side shows the structural collapse of the…

The Wess Barber Shop in the Florence section of Los Angeles was destroyed by the March 10, 1933 Long Beach Earthquake. Afterwards, owner Wesley Boyts (left) and barber, Ernest Lentz continued working by cutting hair on the sidewalk. This photo…

A combination of workers, first responders, and volunteers scour over ruins of the Veterans Administration Hospital in Sylmar, removing tiles and rubble in search of trapped victims.

At a Granada Hills market, previously located at 18045 Chatsworth Street, clerk Merlin Saunders begins the arduous task of cleaning up the tremendous mess left by the 1971 San Fernando earthquake. Boxes and cans of food were knocked from shelves by…

This aerial photo depicts the collapsed overpasses of the Newhall Pass Interchange near Sylmar, CA, a result of the 1971 San Fernando-Sylmar earthquake. The Interstate freeways 5 and 14 were damaged in numerous places, including several connectors…

A Cal State Fullerton International Business student, Emily Nuttmann, 22, takes advantage of a beautiful, sunny Tuesday afternoon reading next to a replica of Michelangelo?s ?David?. The ?Fallen Monument? toppled during the October 1st 1987, Whittier…