These images were found in UCLA's online digital collections. This is a glimpse into El Monte past:
Department of Children's Services nurse examining a baby at MacLaren Hall, 1984
Califonia Air Resources Board technicians conducting carc ceritification tests in El Monte, 1973
Olympic athlete, Sandy Neilson in homecoming parade, 1972
Lola Young posing with gun aimed at camera while at shooting range, 1973
Pinata maker, 1962
City administrator Telpher Wirght and Grace Black illustrating the new city boundaries for El Monte, 1963Lion tamer, Charles Gay working with four lions at Gay's Lion Farm in El Monte, circa 1923