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Category: Outdoors

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At Our Leisure: Winter Frolics in a Pair of Press Photographs from Big Pines Recreation Camp, 28 and 31 December 1927

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on December 30, 2022
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Yet Another Bird’s-Eye View of Los Angeles: The Westlake Park Area, 14 October 1925 and Some Early History of the Park, 1887-1890

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  • Posted on October 14, 2022October 15, 2022
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“Are We Going to Wait for a Vicarious Sacrifice?”: A Photo of a San Gabriel Mountains Wildfire, September 1924

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on September 7, 2022September 8, 2022
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“I Stand Amid The Eternal Ways”: At Our Leisure with a Trio of Photographs of The Austin Family, Switzer’s Camp and A San Gabriel Mountains Panorama, August 1914

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on August 30, 2022August 31, 2022
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A(r)t Our Leisure: A Donation of Camp Baldy Real Photo Postcards Purchased by Artist Albert Clinton Conner, August 1920

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on August 27, 2022
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At Our Leisure Through the Viewfinder: A Photo Album of Camping in Big Santa Anita Canyon, San Gabriel Mountains, ca. 1910s

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on August 12, 2022
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“The Lands of the Sun Expand the Soul”: Exploring Diverse Aspects of Southern California Life in The Land of Sunshine, August 1896

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on August 3, 2022
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At Our Leisure At Cold Brook Camp, San Gabriel Canyon, 1899-1912

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  • Posted on July 29, 2022July 30, 2022
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“They Donned the Habiliments of War and Went Forth to Face the Enemies of Their Country”: A Photo of Illinois Veterans at the Southern California Grand Army of the Republic Association Encampment, Santa Monica, 26 July 1894

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  • Posted on July 26, 2022
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“This is Such a Glorious Place for Vacation”: Reading Between the Lines While At Our Leisure in a Letter from Thomas W. Temple II to Walter P. Temple, Sr., 23 July 1925

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on July 23, 2022July 23, 2022
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  • “For Revenge on the Ones Who Have Slain Them”: The Barton Massacre of 23 January 1857, Part Five
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  • “Rest Not Untill You Have Destroyed Them”: The Barton Massacre of 23 January 1857, Part Three

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Check out these amazing gouache paintings done by the talented Megan R.! We are always delighted when someone creates art of our site!!!
Transformation in the Teens: The Workman and Temple Families in 1910s Los Angeles
Happy National Milk Day!
Behind-the-Scenes Tours
An ad for a horse race at the Santa Anita Park. Taken from a Mason House program from 1908.
We're always excited when our collection is used in someone's research! Check out this photo from our collection of Los Angeles Mayor Damien Marchessault, which was used by Annick Foucrier, a historian from Paris, in an article on the French in California.

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