Crowds of patriotic Angelenos gather to buy war bonds, watch the beauty pageant, and see a B-25 bomber up close.

It was Pershing Square in Los Angeles. The year was 1942.

Photo from the Los Angeles Public Library

As the prosecution began its case in the War Crimes Trials at Nuremberg, 3000 G.I.s were back home, waiting in line for Thanksgiving Dinner at Castle Steak House. They were guests of the Los Angeles Herald-Express.

The year was 1945.

Photo from the Los Angeles Public Library

The War was on. So was a strike by workers of the Pacific Electric Railway.

They walked at Sixth & Main. The year was 1943.