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Category: Politics & Government

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“Democratic and Fair in Selecting Soldiers to Uphold the National Honor”: F. Cecil Forbes, the First Los Angeles Draftee for Service in World War I, 20 July 1917

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  • Posted on July 20, 2022
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Fits the Bill All Over the Map: A Bill from Surveyor Lothar Seebold to William Workman, 18 July 1870

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  • Posted on July 18, 2022July 19, 2022
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Through the Viewfinder: The Rise of George E. Cryer to Mayor of Los Angeles, 1875-1921

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  • Posted on July 10, 2022July 11, 2022
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Hail to the Chief: William Mulholland’s Rise as Los Angeles’ Water Guru, 1877-1902

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  • Posted on July 8, 2022July 9, 2022
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“The Planting of Americanism in this Western Land”: Speeches from a Publication of the Society of California Pioneers, 1862

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  • Posted on July 7, 2022
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“The Most Glorious Crusade in All History”: The Patriotic War Number of the Los Angeles Times for Independence Day 1898

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  • Posted on July 4, 2022
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One For the Books: A Press Photo of Librarians at the New Los Angeles Central Library, 28 June 1926

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  • Posted on June 29, 2022June 29, 2022
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“Our Gains and Set-Backs in the U.S.A.”: The Southern California Branch of the ACLU’s “The Open Forum,” 28 June 1930

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on June 28, 2022
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“Say Your Prayers Quick, There is No Time to Wait Now”: Lynch Law at Lexington and El Monte, May/June 1855, Part Two

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  • Posted on June 26, 2022June 26, 2022
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“One of the Most Startling Transactions that Has Ever Come Within Our Knowledge”: Lynch Law at Lexington and El Monte, May/June 1855

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  • Posted on June 25, 2022June 26, 2022
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