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Tag: 1850s Los Angeles

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“Greetings of Fellowship and Good Feeling”: The Telegraph Comes to Los Angeles, 1860

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on June 9, 2026June 10, 2026
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  • Agriculture

“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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  • Agriculture

Reading Between the Lines With Grape Expectations in a Letter from Henry J. Yarrow to Joseph F. Vorbe, Los Angeles, 5 March 1870

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on March 5, 2026
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From Braunschweig to Beverly Hills: Some History of Andrew H. Denker and Henry Hammel in Greater Los Angeles, 1856-1892, Part One

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on January 19, 2026January 20, 2026
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Lifting Through Gifting While Reading Between the Lines: Letters from England, 1856, 1878 and 1904, in a Donation of Workman Family Photos and Scrapbooks, Part Five

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on January 5, 2026
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Boyle Heights at 150: Some History of Andrew A. Boyle (1818-1871), Part Two

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on October 2, 2025December 3, 2025
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Boyle Heights at 150: Some History of Andrew A. Boyle (1818-1871), Part One

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on September 29, 2025
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  • Agriculture

Shell Game: Some Early History of Walnuts in Los Angeles, 1852-1860

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on September 22, 2025September 23, 2025
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  • Agriculture

Run of the Mill: A Receipt to F.P.F. Temple from Rowland’s Mill, Puente, 21 March 1853, Part Three

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on September 17, 2025
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The Celebration of Mexican Independence Day in Los Angeles, 1856-1864

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on September 16, 2025September 16, 2025
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Recent Posts

  • Through the Viewfinder With a Photo of a Temple City Business Building, ca. 1924
  • “Greetings of Fellowship and Good Feeling”: The Telegraph Comes to Los Angeles, 1860
  • Shipping “The Staples of Our County” With Bills of Lading to William Workman from Tomlinson & Co. and the Steamship “Senator,” 4 and 7 June 1864
  • Commemorating America250: Rancho La Puente Reflections, 1776-1876
  • Treading the Boards With a Program From the Orpheum Theatre, Los Angeles, the Week of 5 June 1927

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