The Library has many photos of Bass, illustrating her career as the Eagle's publisher and editor and her political activities. There are also many personal photos of her with family and friends. A selection of these photos is below. Please note that all the photos are low resolution. If you are interested in getting higher resolution versions of these photos, please contact us at the Southern California Library.

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The Library and USC worked together on a project to digitize approximately 500 photos drawn from the personal papers of Charlotta Bass and from the California Eagle and make them available via the web. To access these photos, go to the USC Digital Archives page; from there, you can search or browse.

Bass with her high school class, in the 1890s, Providence, RI.		A young Charlotta Bass, upper left, with her sisters in the nineteen teens.
Bass at her desk in the California Eagle offices in the 1930s (?).		Bass and her sisters pose at Knott's Berry Farm Ghost Town, 1947.
Bass and other Independent Progressive Party members submitting petitions for the California 1948 primary election.		Bass and other citizens meet with officers at the Newton Division police station in Los Angeles in 1949 (?).
Bass delivering an address at a dinner, in the 1940s.		Bass at congressional campaign rally, 1950, Los Angeles.
Bass's husband, Joseph Blackburn Bass, shown with Frederick Madison Roberts.		Bass and other Progressive Party candidates on the campaign trail, 1952.
Bass and Paul Robeson, in the 1950s (?).		Bass and Ben Margolis at a publication party for Forty Years, 1960.