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Category: Politics & Government

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“The Charge of Grand Larceny . . . Won’t Hold Water for a Minute”: A Press Photograph of Alleged Ponzi Schemers Thomas M. Hennessey and Harry D. Hibbs, May 1925, Part Three

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  • Posted on May 31, 2026June 1, 2026
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“The Deal Was a Huge Bunco Game”: A Press Photograph of Alleged Ponzi Schemers Thomas M. Hennessey and Harry D. Hibbs, May 1925, Part Two

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on May 30, 2026May 31, 2026
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“Accused of Being ‘Get-Rich-Quick-Wallingfords'”: A Press Photograph of Alleged Ponzi Schemers Thomas M. Hennessey and Harry D. Hibbs, May 1925, Part One

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on May 29, 2026May 30, 2026
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Read All About It in the Los Angeles Express, 28 May 1874

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  • Posted on May 28, 2026
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“Los Angeles Is Going Dry?”: A Postcard by Michael Rieder on the Angel City Anti-Saloon Election of Spring 1905, Part One

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  • Posted on May 27, 2026June 3, 2026
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“Comrades, Rest, Your March is Done!”: Decoration/Memorial Day in Los Angeles, 1876-1880

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on May 25, 2026
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  • Law & Crime

Slacker or Conscientious Objector?: A Booking Card for Joseph H. Braverman, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, 10 May 1918

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on May 10, 2026
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“Served Well in Army, Field and at Bar”: Some History of Alfred Beck Chapman (1829-1915), Part One

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on April 11, 2026April 12, 2026
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Read All About It in the Los Angeles Herald, 8 April 1890

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  • Posted on April 8, 2026
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Double Checking the History of Frederick Lambourn (1837-1914), Tutor and Ranch Foreman for the Workman Family, Part Two

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on April 7, 2026April 8, 2026
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