Irazu volcano in Costa Rica sends tons of ash into the sky in January, 1964. The volcano created havoc and threatened the nation with economic disaster. (John Malmin / LAT)
Elizabeth Taylor and husband Eddie Fisher in 1961. (John Malmin / LAT)
Secretary of the Treasury Henry H. Fowler in 1966. (John Malmin / LAT)
Mothers opposed to a Los Angeles Unified School District plan for forced busing picket in front of Sunland Elementary School in 1977. (John Malmin / LAT)
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Chris Penney (left) ,16, of Malibu and Taylor Daniels,17, of New York hitchhike near Santa Barbara on their way to Big Sur in 1970. (John Malmin / LAT)
Women work at the Starkist cannery on Terminal Island in 1974. (John Malmin / LAT)
George Harrison and his musical mentor, Indian musician Ravi Shankar in 1967. (John Malmin / LAT)
Cary Grant and Dorothy Buffum Chandler in 1963. (John Malmin / LAT)
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Dr. Eldon Hickman, left, and Dr. John Lungren talking to press after surgery of former President Richard Nixon in 1974 (John Malmin / LAT)
Hoop dancer Henry Hale, right, and Tom Billy with drum at the Sherman Institute in 1953. (John Malmin / LAT)
Manny Harmon directs the orchestra at the 1976 Republican National Convention in Kansas City. (John Malmin / LAT)
Lee Marvin and Julie Christie at the Oscars in 1966. (John Malmin / LAT)
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Motorcycle Officer Gil Loust has full crew of apprentice riders at 1966 Watts Festival. Left to right, on are Sheila Jones, 6, Debbie White, 7, and Dee Dee White, 4, all of Long Beach. Ready to clambor on is Sheila’s brother Michael 7, in white hat, while 5th prospective rider is at far left. (John Malmin / LAT)
Defense attorney Paul Fitzgerald reads Charles Manson’s allegations of harassment to reporters during Manson’s 1970 murder trial. (John Malmin / LAT)
A Boeing 747 is shadowed on the beach at Playa del Rey. (John Malmin / LAT)
Residents of Chavez Ravine, on the site of what is now Dodger Stadium, await the next move in an eviction battle in 1959. They had been given a deadline to move out of their homes. (John Malmin / LAT)
