Vintage Photographs of People Celebrating the Fourth of July in Los Angeles Since 1900

When it comes to summer in Los Angeles, 4th of July is absolutely one of the season’s biggest highlights. Here’s a collection of some of vintage photographs captured people celebrating the Fourth of July in Los Angeles from 1900.

Leela McAdam (McCabe), winner of the best decorated bicycle for the 1900 Fourth of July parade in Lompoc, stands outside her home at 137 S. J. Street. Her bicycle, her belt, and her hat were decorated with sweet peas. (Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection)

Independence Day in Bellflower, 1915. The folks in the street are watching men run a foot race. That street is now Bellflower Boulevard. (Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection)

A group in costume at the International Institute's Fourth of July celebration in 1923 in Boyle Heights. Shades of L.A.: Mexican American Community. (Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection)

Enhe, on the right, next to a boy in a sailor outfit. Fourth of July, 1928. Shades of L.A.: Korean American Community. (Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection)

A group of friends at the beach in Venice on the Fourth of July, 1931. The three women at the center are, from left, Alice, Helen and Mary. Shades of L.A.: Korean American Community. (Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection)

July 4th, 1932: Elizabeth Young, a Paramount player of the '30s is celebrating Independence Day with Lyda Roberti, the German-Polish leading lady. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Three boys dressed as a patriotic band to celebrate Independence Day on July 4th, circa 1940. (Photo by Bert Garai/Keystone View/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Patriotism was at an all-time high: The Fourth of July parade in Downtown Los Angeles along Broadway, 1942. (Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection)

Circa 1950s: Woman applying suntan lotion. (Photo by George Marks/Retrofile/Getty Images)

The Hubik children—Julius, 6; Suerita, 10, and Margie, 7— voiced their reaction today to the wailing of Los Angeles' air raid sirens and ringing of church bells at noon as Fourth of July was celebrated. The blast also served as a country-wide test for the air raid sirens. July 4, 1951. (Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection)

Four-year-old Mark Malone of Burbank sticks to old-fashioned firecracker as his buddies, Myron Lieberman, 18, center, of Burbank, and Leston Newbill, 17, of Burbank, prepare to launch three-stage rocket they built for July Fourth celebration. 1959. (Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection)

Ayleen Ito, 18, is crowned as queen of 27th annual American Legion Fourth of July fireworks show at Coliseum by Yukio Hasumi, consul-general of Japan in Los Angeles. June 24, 1959. (Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection)

Dell-Fin Thursday, Miss Hawaii, and Patty Ireland, portraying Alaska, try out a star pattern for the new states on a conventional 48 state star flag. The girls will represent the new states in a patriotic tableau during the Pasadena firemen's 33rd annual Fourth of July Rose Bowl circus and fireworks display. July 3, 1959. (Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection)

Circa 1950s: Couple walking with picnic basket on beach. (Photo by George Marks/Retrofile/Getty Images)

(via LAist)