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“Aye, Revenge on Their Murderers!”: The Barton Massacre of 23 January 1857, Part One

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on January 23, 2023January 23, 2023
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  • Oil Industry

Transformation in the Teens Postview, “In This Lucky Incident There Was a Degree of Poetic Justice”: An Account of the Discovery of Oil at the Temple Lease, Montebello Oil Field, 28 January 1918

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on January 22, 2023
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  • Places & Communities

Raze and Means: The Demolition of the Old City Hall, Los Angeles, 1929

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on January 21, 2023January 22, 2023
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  • Agriculture

Transformation in the Teens Preview: The Walter P. and Laura G. Temple Family’s Extreme Makeover, 1911-1920

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on January 20, 2023January 21, 2023
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  • Architecture & Decoration

Through the Viewfinder with One for the Books: A Snapshot of the Vermont Square Branch Library, Los Angeles, 1919

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on January 19, 2023
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  • Places & Communities

“California is an Empire in the Making”: A “Report of the Joint Committee of the Senate and Assembly Dealing With the Water Problems of the State,” 18 January 1929

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on January 18, 2023
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  • Commerce & Manufacturing

From Point A to Point B With a Stock Certificate from Pickwick Airways, Inc., Los Angeles, 14 January 1929

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on January 16, 2023
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  • Law & Crime

“God Grant That Our Citizens May Never Witness the Like Again”: The Legal and Extralegal Executions of Felipe Alvitre and David Brown, 12 January 1855, Part Four

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on January 15, 2023
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  • Law & Crime

“Their Destinies Should Be United, and Live or Die Together”: The Legal and Extralegal Executions of Felipe Alvitre and David Brown, 12 January 1855, Part Three

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on January 14, 2023
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  • Law & Crime

“Let Us Be Ready, When the Time Arrives, To Act”: The Legal and Extralegal Executions of Felipe Alvitre and David Brown, 12 January 1855, Part Two

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on January 12, 2023January 13, 2023
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  • “Spirit of the Savage Sensing the Approach of his White Conquerors”: Treading the Boards with a Program for the Mission Play, San Gabriel, 1913
  • From Point A to Point B with the Los Angeles Railway’s Azuride Pocket Newsletter, 1 February 1929
  • Read All About It in the Los Angeles Herald, 31 January 1875
  • Reading Between the Lines in Letters to F.P.F. Temple From his Sister Clarinda Bancroft and Niece Lucinda Sanborn, 30 January 1842
  • “In Defending This People From Danger”: The Barton Massacre of 23 January 1857, Part Six

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Check out these amazing gouache paintings done by the talented Megan R.! We are always delighted when someone creates art of our site!!!
Transformation in the Teens: The Workman and Temple Families in 1910s Los Angeles
Happy National Milk Day!
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An ad for a horse race at the Santa Anita Park. Taken from a Mason House program from 1908.
We're always excited when our collection is used in someone's research! Check out this photo from our collection of Los Angeles Mayor Damien Marchessault, which was used by Annick Foucrier, a historian from Paris, in an article on the French in California.

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