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“Restraining the Impetuous Run-Off of Flood Flows”: Reports of the Board of Engineers on Flood Control to the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, July 1915, Part Two

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on July 29, 2021July 30, 2021
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Here Comes the Flood (Control): Reports of the Board of Engineers on Flood Control to the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, July 1915, Part One

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on July 28, 2021
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At Our Leisure: Enjoying the Great Outdoors With a Photo at Camp Oak Wilde, Arroyo Seco, 30 May 1926

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on May 30, 2021August 5, 2021
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Lightning Strikes Twice: Oil Fires in San Luis Obispo and Brea in the “Union Oil Bulletin,” May 1926

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on May 3, 2021May 3, 2021
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“The Only Ones I Envy Are Those That Are Dead”: A Press Photo of William Mulholland at the St. Francis Dam Disaster Coroner’s Inquest, 21 March 1928

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on March 21, 2021
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“Water Has A Combined Power for Good or Evil”: The Report of J.W. Reagan, Los Angeles County Flood Control District, 2 January 1917

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on January 2, 2021March 5, 2024
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From Point A to Point B: “Azuride” and Electricity Conservation in Drought-Stricken Greater Los Angeles, 15 July 1924

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on July 15, 2020December 30, 2020
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This Morning’s Fire at the Old Stone Church of Mission San Gabriel

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on July 11, 2020October 31, 2022
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Shake, Rattle and Roll: The Whittier Earthquake of 8 July 1929

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on July 8, 2020December 30, 2020
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“An Error in Human Judgment”: Photos of the St. Francis Dam Collapse, 8 April 1928

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on April 8, 2020January 4, 2021
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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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