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Category: Oil Industry

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“Served Well in Army, Field and at Bar”: Some History of Alfred Beck Chapman (1829-1915), Part One

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on April 11, 2026April 12, 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 Five

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on April 1, 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 Two

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on March 29, 2026
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From Braunschweig to Beverly Hills: Some History of Andrew H. Denker and Henry Hammel in Greater Los Angeles, 1856-1892, Part Two

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on January 20, 2026
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Promoting Prosperity With the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce in “Southern California Business,” January 1926, Part Three

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on January 17, 2026
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Promoting Prosperity With the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce in “Southern California Business,” January 1926, Part Two

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on January 14, 2026
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Promoting Prosperity With the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce in “Southern California Business,” January 1926, Part One

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on January 13, 2026January 14, 2026
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Drilling for Black Gold in the Standard Oil Bulletin, January 1925

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on January 10, 2026January 10, 2026
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Tres Hermanos Ranch Tour Postview: Some Early History of Harry Chandler (1864-1944), Part Two

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on September 30, 2025
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Making a Statement With a “Report of Receipts and Expenditures, June 18th to July 17, 1921,” for Walter P. Temple

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on July 17, 2025
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