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“The Americans Were Arming Themselves and Making Other Bellicose Displays”: The Killing of Antonio Ruiz by Deputy Constable William W. Jenkins, Los Angeles, 19 July 1856, Part One

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  • Posted on July 22, 2023July 22, 2023
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A Cure For What Ales You: A Prohibition Prescription for Alcoholic Medicine, Los Angeles, 10 July 1923

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  • Posted on July 10, 2023July 11, 2023
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“The Most Famous Murder Case in the History of the County”: A Trial Testimony Transcript in the Case of The People vs. Norman Melrose, July 1903, Part Two

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on July 7, 2023
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“The Most Famous Murder Case in the History of the County”: A Trial Testimony Transcript in the Case of The People vs. Norman Melrose, July 1903, Part One

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  • Posted on July 6, 2023July 7, 2023
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The Black Pioneers of Los Angeles County, 1850-1900, Presentation Postview: Implementing the 15th Amendment in Los Angeles, 1870

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  • Posted on June 17, 2023July 22, 2024
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No Place Like Home: The Best Laid Plans of Architect Anton W. Riewe for Antonio Merlo’s Proposed House, Avocado Heights, ca. 1920s

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on May 31, 2023June 1, 2023
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Sharing History with the Civil War Roundtable of Orange County: Charles M. Jenkins and His Postwar Years in Los Angeles, 1865-1933

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  • Posted on May 16, 2023May 16, 2023
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Read All About It in the Los Angeles Express, 12 May 1874

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  • Posted on May 13, 2023May 14, 2023
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Read All About It in the Los Angeles Herald, 12 April 1890

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  • Posted on April 12, 2023
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  • Law & Crime

Treading the Boards with a Program for “Desire Under the Elms,” Wilkes’ Orange Grove Theatre, Los Angeles, 28 March 1926

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  • Posted on March 28, 2023March 29, 2023
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