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Category: Disasters

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“An Act of Providence”: A Union Pacific Train Wreck on San Jose Creek near Puente, 16 February 1927

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on February 16, 2020December 29, 2020
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Of Pigeons and Polygamy: The Strange Saga of J.Y. Johnson’s Los Angeles Pigeon Farm, 1898-1914

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on January 18, 2020December 28, 2020
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Here Comes the Flood: A United States Geological Survey Water-Supply Paper, “Southern California Floods of January, 1916,” 1918

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on January 11, 2020December 28, 2020
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From Point A to Point B: Photos of a Pickwick Airways Crash, Los Angeles, 7 August 1929

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on August 7, 2019December 30, 2020
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Shake, Rattle and Roll: A Report on “Earthquakes and Earthquake Insurance in California,” July 1928

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on July 17, 2019January 7, 2021
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On This Day: Flood Photos from South Los Angeles, 29 March 1925

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  • Posted on March 29, 2019December 29, 2020
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Noah’s Flood in an ARkStorm on the San Gabriel River/Rio Hondo in Whittier Narrows

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on February 23, 2019January 7, 2021
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  • Disasters

Here Comes the Flood: The Deluge of January and February 1914

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  • Posted on January 17, 2019January 29, 2022
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The Fire at the Belmont Hotel, Los Angeles, 16 December 1887

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on December 16, 2018January 16, 2021
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From Point A to Point B: The Los Angeles Auto Show of 1929

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on December 2, 2018December 30, 2020
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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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