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Getting Schooled: A Donation of a La Puente Grammar School Diploma for Hillard Cain Durfee, June 1919

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Getting Schooled with “The Sphinx,” An Ellis Villa College Newspaper, Los Angeles, 12 March 1885

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Getting Schooled with a Student Memory Book, Puente Union High School, 1925

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On This Day/Getting Schooled: “A Rural Life Survey of the La Puente School District,” 1930

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Getting Schooled/Read All About It Two-Fer with “The Siren,” Boyle Heights Junior High School, 18 January 1923

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Getting Schooled at Compton School, 1908

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Getting Schooled with Los Angeles County’s Public School Origins, 1854-1855

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Getting Schooled at Puente Union High School, 1928

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Getting Schooled at L.A. High, ca. late 1870s

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From Point A to Point B With a Photo of the Airplane “Yankee Doodle,” Mines Field (Los Angeles International Airport), Mid-September 1928

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  • Posted on September 17, 2026
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“Mexico Will Yet Take An Enviable Position With Her Sister Republics”: The Celebration of Mexican Independence Day in Los Angeles, 1865-1870

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  • Posted on September 16, 2026
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“The Worst Murder Case in the Nation’s History”: The Wineville Chicken Coop Murders Revealed, September 1928, Part Two

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  • Posted on September 15, 2026
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“The Harrowing Tale of a Human Butcher Farm”: The Wineville Chicken Coop Murders Revealed, September 1928, Part One

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  • Posted on September 14, 2026
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Read All About it While Drilling for Black Gold in “California Oil World,” 13 September 1923

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  • Posted on September 13, 2026September 13, 2026
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Doors Open California Preview: La Casa Nueva Contractor Sylvester J. Cook (1856-1950)

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  • Posted on September 12, 2026
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From Kleptomaniac Maid to Maternity Hospital Matron: A Press Photo of Etta Bell Heil, Los Angeles, 10 September 1925

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  • Posted on September 10, 2026September 11, 2026
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“The Destiny of California Will Be Upward and Onward”: California Admission Day in Los Angeles Newspapers, 1871-1880

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  • Posted on September 9, 2026
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“It Isn’t Strange the Laymen Are Wondering What is the Matter With Our Code of Criminal Procedure”: The Death of Theresa Weinstein Moers by Boxer Kid McCoy, August 1924, Part Twelve

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  • Posted on September 8, 2026September 8, 2026
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Wo/Men at Work, Labor Day Edition: A Photograph of California Portland Cement Company Workers, Colton, ca. 1900

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  • Posted on September 7, 2026
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  • From Point A to Point B With a Photo of the Airplane “Yankee Doodle,” Mines Field (Los Angeles International Airport), Mid-September 1928
  • “Mexico Will Yet Take An Enviable Position With Her Sister Republics”: The Celebration of Mexican Independence Day in Los Angeles, 1865-1870
  • “The Worst Murder Case in the Nation’s History”: The Wineville Chicken Coop Murders Revealed, September 1928, Part Two
  • “The Harrowing Tale of a Human Butcher Farm”: The Wineville Chicken Coop Murders Revealed, September 1928, Part One
  • Read All About it While Drilling for Black Gold in “California Oil World,” 13 September 1923

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