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83 years ago today, the University of Southern California unveiled Tommy Trojan, officially named the Trojan Shrine. Here, sculptor Roger Noble Burnham works on the statue, which has become a campus landmark.

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Before and after: reconstruction of the Sunset Boulevard overpass at Glendale Boulevard, 1934.

Part of the California Historical Society Collection in the USC Digital Library.

For decades, locally brewed Eastside was one of Los Angeles’ favorite beers. Learn more about the city’s forgotten brewing history via L.A. as Subject’s latest CityDig post for Los Angeles magazine.

(1935 photo part of the Dick Whittington Photography Collection in the USC Digital Library)

Barrington Avenue as a dirt path. This circa 1930s view looks north up Barrington near Sawtelle, from a point south of Wilshire Boulevard.

Part of the California Historical Society Collection in the USC Digital Library.

A Union Oil filling station at West Adams and Hoover in 1935. Part of the Dick Whittington Photography Collection in the USC Digital Library.