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Category: Historic Preservation & Research

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The Unfurling Story of the Homestead’s Grapevines

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  • Posted on May 27, 2020December 29, 2020
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Going With the Flow: The Homestead’s Water Tower

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  • Posted on March 31, 2020December 29, 2020
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Pet Project: The Restoration of Wood Carvings in the Courtyard of La Casa Nueva, 28 February 1979

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  • Posted on February 28, 2020December 29, 2020
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Genealogy Tools: Using History to Answer Questions About Genealogy

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  • Posted on February 14, 2020December 29, 2020
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Striking a Chord: Celebrating the Birthday of the Homestead’s Steinway “Model A” Grand Piano

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on November 6, 2019January 6, 2021
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La La Landscapes: Views from the Main Driveways at the Homestead in the 1920s

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  • Posted on October 23, 2019December 30, 2020
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Indigenous Peoples Day and Native Peoples in the Homestead’s History

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  • Posted on October 14, 2019November 1, 2021
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No Place Like Home: The Workman House, ca. 1872

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on October 9, 2019December 30, 2020
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The Homestead’s New Exhibit on Prohibition

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  • Posted on September 21, 2019January 7, 2021
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Solar Panels in the Roaring Twenties: A Day & Night Solar Heater Company Pamphlet, ca. 1921

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  • Posted on August 22, 2019November 5, 2022
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Recent Posts

  • Through the Viewfinder With “A Camp of Cholos,” Los Angeles, ca. 1903, Part One
  • “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

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