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Category: Labor

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Wo/Men at Work, Labor Day Edition: A Photograph of California Portland Cement Company Workers, Colton, ca. 1900

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on September 7, 2026
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  • Agriculture

“The Mere Meaningless Calling of Names Can Do Nothing But Further Racial Prejudice”: E. Manchester Boddy’s “Japanese in America,” 1921

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  • Posted on August 10, 2026
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  • Commerce & Manufacturing

“To Build Young Men and Women Competent To Do Their Share of the World’s Productive Activities”: Getting Schooled With “An Outline of Trade Training Offered by Frank Wiggins Trade School,” Los Angeles, June 1928

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on June 24, 2026June 25, 2026
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Temples of Trade Through the Viewfinder: A Photo of the Charles C. Chapman (Los Angeles Investment Company) Building, Broadway and 8th, Los Angeles, ca. 1924, Part Four

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on March 31, 2026April 1, 2026
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“We May Look Forward to Seeing Them Develop Into Desirable American Citizens”: Lillian Sokoloff’s “The Russians in Los Angeles,” March 1918, Part Two

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on March 22, 2026
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“The Voice of People Who Have Traveled Far and Well With the Vibrant March of Progress”: A Special Section on Black Angelenos in the Los Angeles Times, 12 February 1909, Part Fourteen

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on February 18, 2026
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  • Commerce & Manufacturing

Wo/men at Work: “Sole-Ly For You” With a Pamphlet From the Alhambra Shoe Manufacturing Company, September 1894, Part Two

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on February 7, 2026February 9, 2026
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Orange Crush: A Photo of the Consolidated Rock Products Company Plant at Irwindale, 1 August 1929, Part Three

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on August 6, 2025August 7, 2025
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“The Egypt of the San Gabriel Valley”: A Photo of the Consolidated Rock Products Company Plant at Irwindale, 1 August 1929, Part Two

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on August 2, 2025August 8, 2025
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“The Show That’s Different”: Baldwin Park and The Al G. Barnes Big 5 Ring Wild Animal Circus, Part Three

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on July 23, 2025July 24, 2025
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