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Treading the Boards in the Portrait Gallery: Actor Lucretia del Valle from the Mission Play, 1913

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Niños en Dos Mundos: The Mixed Ethnicity of the Children of Antonia Margarita Workman and F.P.F. Temple

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“Dear American Brothers”: The Spanish-American Institute, Gardena, 1913-1930

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Portrait Gallery: A Carte de Visite Photograph of Clotilde de la Guerra de Sepúlveda, Los Angeles, ca. 1869.

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Compadres: Pío Pico and the Workman and Temple Families

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No Place Like Home: Houses in the “Mexican Quarter,” San Dimas, April 1925

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Spanish-Language Theater Handbills, Los Angeles, 9-10 January 1929

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On This Day: The Marriage of William Workman and Nicolasa Urioste, 19 February 1844

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Curious Cases Preview: The Last Ride of Tiburcio Vásquez in Greater Los Angeles, April 1874

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Portrait Gallery: Maria Guadalupe Zamorano de Dalton, ca. 1870s

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On This Day, 16 September 1909: Mexican Independence Day in Los Angeles

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Drilling for Black Gold with the Union Oil Bulletin, September 1925

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Recap of the First-Ever Tres Hermanos Ranch Tours and Some of its Early History from 1914-1928

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Read All About It in the Los Angeles Star, 22 September 1875

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Reading Between the Lines From Point A to Point B With a Letter from Charles Forman of the Los Angeles Cable Railway, 21 September 1888

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That’s a Wrap with NOW, the Newsletter of West Coast Theatres, Inc., Los Angeles, 17 September 1928

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Wo/men at Work with “The Intake,” Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, September 1926, Part Two

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Tidbits of Mission San Gabriel History, 1876-1885, Part Three

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  • Posted on September 17, 2023September 18, 2023
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Tidbits of Mission San Gabriel History, 1876-1885, Part Two

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Tidbits of Mission San Gabriel History, 1876-1885, Part One

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  • Posted on September 15, 2023
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Wo/men at Work with “The Intake,” Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, September 1926, Part One

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  • Posted on September 14, 2023
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  • Drilling for Black Gold with the Union Oil Bulletin, September 1925
  • Recap of the First-Ever Tres Hermanos Ranch Tours and Some of its Early History from 1914-1928
  • Read All About It in the Los Angeles Star, 22 September 1875
  • Reading Between the Lines From Point A to Point B With a Letter from Charles Forman of the Los Angeles Cable Railway, 21 September 1888
  • That’s a Wrap with NOW, the Newsletter of West Coast Theatres, Inc., Los Angeles, 17 September 1928

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