As part of our engagement efforts, we collaborated with LA County Library’s MĀKMŌ team to collect personal histories and portraits of community members at several library branches throughout the East San Gabriel Valley.

You can watch the full video interviews at: history.lacountylibrary.org

Colaboramos con el equipo de MĀKMŌ de la Biblioteca del Condado de Los Angeles para recopilar historias personales y retratos fotográficos de miembros de la comunidad en varias bibliotecas a lo largo del Este del Valle de San Gabriel.

Puede ver las entrevistas de video en: history.lacountylibrary.org

作为参与活动的一部分，我们与洛杉矶县图书馆的MĀKMŌ合作。在多个图书馆收集整个东圣盖博山谷社区成员的个人历史和肖像。

您可以在此观看完整的视频采访: history.lacountylibrary.org

  • A duotoned black-and-white portrait of Henry Pedregon.
    Henry Pedregon
  • A duotoned black-and-white portrait of Hal Durian.
    Hal Durian
  • A duotoned black-and-white portrait of Alex Araiza.
    Alex Araiza
  • A duotoned black-and-white portrait of Jesus Huerta.
    Jesus Huerta
  • “I grew up in this pocket of diversity. I felt like our neighborhood was so diverse - where there were Asians, Latinos, African-Americans. I just felt like that was normal.”
    — Victoria Bernal
  • A duotoned black-and-white portrait of Francine Rippy.
    Francine Rippy
  • “I lived one block west of where Workman High School sits now. Everybody knew everybody. We looked out for each other; we looked out for each other’s kids. My mom always knew where I would be at certain times, or whose house I would be at on certain days of the week.”
    — Henry Pedregon
  • A duotoned black-and-white portrait of Paul Neal.
    Paul Neal
  • A duotoned black-and-white portrait of Victoria Bernal.
    Victoria Bernal
  • “My favorite part of living (in the East San Gabriel Valley) is that I can keep livestock. It’s really hard to find a place where you can keep livestock in Southern California now.”
    — Francine Rippy
  • “In the vicinity of Valley Boulevard and Hacienda Boulevard there was a walnut grove. In that walnut grove there were 10 or 12 little homes where the field workers lived. And now today as I pass the area where the walnut grove was, it reminds me of the little one bedroom homes that were there.”
    — Lucy Pedregon
  • A duotoned black-and-white portrait of Lucy Pedregon.
    Lucy Pedregon
  • A duotoned black-and-white portrait of Jim Sanbrano.
    Jim Sanbrano
  • A duotoned black-and-white portrait of Nicholas Nguyen.
    Nicholas Nguyen
  • “People tend to move away from Bassett; and I thought it was really important for me to stay here… by staying here we say something positive about where we live and about the community.”
    — Bryan Coreas
  • A duotoned black-and-white portrait of Michael Keenan.
    Michael Keenan
  • A duotoned black-and-white portrait of Caroline Basye Romero.
    Caroline Basye Romero
  • A duotoned black-and-white portrait of Bryan Coreas.
    Bryan Coreas
  • “My wish is that our history not be lost, and that it gets carried on from generation to generation, so that when we go, at least the history will still be there.”
    — Tim Miguel
  • A duotoned black-and-white portrait of Gary Enderle.
    Gary Enderle
  • A duotoned black-and-white portrait of Tim Miguel.
    Tim Miguel