Central Los Angeles : L.A. IMMIGRANTS
Ellis Island is coming to the Central Library in downtown Los Angeles.
The immigrant experience in Los Angeles will be on display Sunday at the library with more than 3,000 photographs donated by Armenian, Arab, Iranian, Israeli, Jewish, and Turkish families. From 1 to 5 p.m. there will be speakers from various ethnic groups.
For the record:
12:00 a.m. Feb. 3, 1996 For the Record
Los Angeles Times Saturday February 3, 1996 Home Edition Metro Part B Page 3 Metro Desk 1 inches; 31 words Type of Material: Correction
Exhibit hours--An article in The Times on Friday listed an incorrect time for the opening of the Los Angeles Public Library’s exhibition on the immigrant experience. The exhibit will open Sunday at 1 p.m. and close at 5 p.m.
“This will be the first time in the history of Los Angeles that all these communities will be sitting under the same roof, discussing the experience of immigrating to the Greater Los Angeles area,” said Jonathan Friedlander, assistant director of UCLA’s Center of Near Eastern Studies.
The free event, which will begin at 11 a.m., is part of the library’s “Shades of L.A.: A Search for Visual Ethnic and Cultural History,” a series that started in 1991 with the Chinese, Japanese, Korean, African American, Filipino, Mexican and American Indian communities.
A select group of photos will remain on display until May 31.
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