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Category: Biographies

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From Point A to Point B With a Photo of a Nash Coupe, Los Angeles, 25 June 1928

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on June 25, 2026
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From Point A to Point B: Mines Field Chosen as the Future Los Angeles International Airport, 1928, Part One

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  • Posted on June 20, 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 One

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on June 14, 2026June 14, 2026
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Ascending Spanish Steps With a Postcard of the Gainsborough Heath Sales Office, San Marino, postmarked 11 June 1929, Part Two

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  • Posted on June 12, 2026June 13, 2026
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Ascending Spanish Steps With a Postcard of the Gainsborough Heath Sales Office, San Marino, postmarked 11 June 1929, Part One

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on June 11, 2026June 12, 2026
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Through the Viewfinder With a Photo of a Temple City Business Building, ca. 1924

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on June 10, 2026June 11, 2026
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Shipping “The Staples of Our County” With Bills of Lading to William Workman from Tomlinson & Co. and the Steamship “Senator,” 4 and 7 June 1864

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on June 7, 2026
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Treading the Boards With a Program From the Orpheum Theatre, Los Angeles, the Week of 5 June 1927

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on June 5, 2026June 6, 2026
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“A Detour Sign Reading ‘Guilty’ Had Been Posted on the Highway to Wealth”: A Press Photograph of Alleged Ponzi Schemers Thomas M. Hennessey and Harry D. Hibbs, May 1925, Part Four

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on June 1, 2026June 2, 2026
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