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Category: Commerce & Manufacturing

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Back in the Saddle Again (Again): A Workman and Brother Billhead, 31 July 1874

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on April 8, 2023
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  • Commerce & Manufacturing

Drilling for Black Gold: A Blow-Out Gasser with Union Oil Company’s Bell Number 18 Well, Santa Fe Springs, 2 April 1923

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  • Posted on April 2, 2023
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  • Commerce & Manufacturing

From Point A to Point B: Planning for the National Air Races at Los Angeles in Aviation Magazine, 26 March 1928

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  • Posted on March 26, 2023
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Gathering the Sparks of LA’s Jewish Past with Edmon Rodman

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  • Posted on March 12, 2023
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  • Agriculture

“Angels in Overalls”: Working the Land in Sunset Magazine, March 1912, Part Two

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on March 4, 2023March 4, 2023
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  • Architecture & Decoration

Temples of Trade: A “Typical Floor Plan” of the Title Insurance Building, Los Angeles, 1928

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on February 28, 2023February 28, 2023
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  • Architecture & Decoration

Food for Thought Through the Viewfinder: A Photo of a Van de Kamp’s Bakery Store, 1925

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  • Posted on February 23, 2023February 23, 2023
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Portrait Gallery: A Carte de Visite Photo of Laura Chauvin, Los Angeles, ca. 1872

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on February 14, 2023
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What’s In Store: The “Furniture February” Catalog from Bullock’s, Los Angeles, 1924

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  • Posted on February 4, 2023April 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

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  • Posted on January 16, 2023
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  • Take It On Faith: “Buried With Christ in Baptism by Immersion” by Aimee Semple McPherson, Angelus Temple, Los Angeles, 28 May 1925
  • “His Sole Dependence for His Future Maintenance”: A Report to the United States Senate on the Memorial of William Money of Los Angeles, 27 May 1852
  • “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
  • Getting Schooled With Helen M. Pierce’s “The Graduate School Days” Scrapbook, Manual Arts High School, Los Angeles, 1917
  • Treading the Boards with a Program for “Beau Brummel,” Belasco Theatre, Los Angeles, the Week of 24 May 1909

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