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Category: Disasters

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Blast from the Past With a Photo of a Moonshiner’s Still Explosion, Harbor City, Los Angeles, November 1926

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on November 1, 2023November 2, 2023
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“Hurled Into The Furious Waves”: A Trio of Photos of Damaged Cabins at Topanga Beach, Malibu, 22 February 1926

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on February 22, 2023February 23, 2023
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Wo/men at Work: Firefighters at Engine Company Number 20, Los Angeles, 9 February 1918

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on February 9, 2023February 10, 2023
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Here Comes the Flood: The Deluge of December 1861-January 1862 in Greater Los Angeles

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on January 10, 2023January 10, 2023
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Shake, Rattle and Roll: The Last “Big One” in Southern California, The Fort Tejon Earthquake of 9 January 1857

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on January 9, 2023January 10, 2023
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Portrait Gallery: Cartes de Visites of Fredrick G. and Agnes Lambie Yapp, ca. late 1870s

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on December 26, 2022December 27, 2022
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Through the Viewfinder at the Playa del Rey Lagoon, Los Angeles, ca. 1904

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on December 18, 2022
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  • Biographies

No Place Like Home: A Quartet of Photos of a Fire at the James C. Drake House, Los Angeles, 1 November 1909

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on November 1, 2022November 2, 2022
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Take It to the Bank: A Temple and Workman Bank Check for Joseph Walter Drown, 16 September 1872, Part One

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on September 16, 2022September 17, 2022
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  • Disasters

“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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Recent Posts

  • Double Checking the History of Frederick Lambourn (1837-1914), Tutor and Ranch Foreman for the Workman Family, Part Two
  • Double Checking the History of Frederick Lambourn (1837-1914), Tutor and Ranch Foreman for the Workman Family, Part One
  • Take It To The Bank Through the Viewfinder: A Press Photo of the Site of the Federal Reserve Bank Building, Los Angeles, early April 1929
  • 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
  • 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 Four

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