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Working the Land with a Photo of a Hauling Wagon at a Farm, Hynes (Paramount), California, 1906

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  • Posted on August 18, 2023August 19, 2023
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Fits the Bill: A Bill of Lading from Kohler & Frohling to William Workman, 17 August 1860

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  • Posted on August 17, 2023August 18, 2023
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Feathering the Nest: A Quartet of Photos of the Los Angeles Ostrich Farm, Lincoln Heights, August 1924

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  • Posted on August 11, 2023August 12, 2023
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Reading Between the Lines in a Letter from Thomas Mercer of Pomona, 26 June 1877

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  • Posted on June 26, 2023June 27, 2023
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Read All About It in the Los Angeles Express, 20 June 1874

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  • Posted on June 20, 2023June 21, 2023
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No Place Like Home: The Best Laid Plans of Architect Anton W. Riewe for Antonio Merlo’s Proposed House, Avocado Heights, ca. 1920s

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  • Posted on May 31, 2023June 1, 2023
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“The Fact That This Class of People Are Buying in This Property Speaks for Itself”: Letters Regarding North Whittier (Hacienda) Heights, 25-26 May 1913

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  • Posted on May 26, 2023September 5, 2023
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Through the Viewfinder with Snapshots of the Will Keith Kellogg Ranch, Spadra (Pomona), ca. 1925

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  • Posted on May 23, 2023May 24, 2023
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“Almost as Good as Stumbling Over Lumps of Gold”: Arpad Haraszthy’s “Wine-Making in California” in The Overland Monthly, December 1871, Part Three

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  • Posted on May 22, 2023
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“Almost as Good as Stumbling Over Lumps of Gold”: Arpad Haraszthy’s “Wine-Making in California” in The Overland Monthly, December 1871, Part Two

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  • Posted on May 20, 2023
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Recent Posts

  • “Six Wonderful Days and Nights in a Glorious Spanish Setting”: The 7th Annual Los Angeles County Fair in The Southern California Tourist Magazine, September 1928
  • 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

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