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“It Is Whether You Shall Be Governed By Yourself Or Be Misgoverned by Wowsers, Bounders and Numskulls”: The Debate About Prohibition in the Presidential Campaign, July 1928

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  • Posted on July 18, 2026
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“A Luster Undimmed by the Tears of the Innocent Victims of the Earth’s Greatest Curse”: Prohibition as Patriotism in the Rev. Ervin S. Chapman’s “A Stainless Flag,” 1907, Part Three

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on June 18, 2026
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“A Luster Undimmed by the Tears of the Innocent Victims of the Earth’s Greatest Curse”: Prohibition as Patriotism in the Rev. Ervin S. Chapman’s “A Stainless Flag,” 1907, Part Two

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on June 17, 2026
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“A Luster Undimmed by the Tears of the Innocent Victims of the Earth’s Greatest Curse”: Prohibition as Patriotism in the Rev. Ervin S. Chapman’s “A Stainless Flag,” 1907, Part One

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on June 14, 2026June 14, 2026
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“Los Angeles Is Going Dry?”: A Postcard by Michael Rieder on the Angel City Anti-Saloon Election of Spring 1905, Part One

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on May 27, 2026June 3, 2026
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Reading Between the Lines With Grape Expectations in a Letter from Henry J. Yarrow to Joseph F. Vorbe, Los Angeles, 5 March 1870

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on March 5, 2026
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“I’ll Try and Make the Best of It and Tell You About Our Xmas”: Reading Between the Lines in a Letter from Annie S. Field to Benjamin F. Field, 26 December 1886

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on December 26, 2025
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Through the Viewfinder: A “Mash Cache” Bootlegging Operation in Los Angeles, 3 December 1926

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on December 3, 2025
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Shell Game, Part Thirteen: Some Early History of Walnuts in Los Angeles, July-December 1874

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on October 28, 2025
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Shell Game, Part Twelve: Some Early History of Walnuts in Los Angeles, May-June 1874

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on October 26, 2025October 26, 2025
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