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Tag: 1850s Los Angeles

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Boyle Heights at 150: “The Awakening of Paredon Blanco Under a California Sun” by Francisca López de Bilderrain, 1928, Part One

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  • Posted on June 11, 2025June 12, 2025
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Reading Between the Lines in a Letter from John H. Bancroft to F.P.F. Temple, 2 March 1858

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  • Posted on March 1, 2025March 1, 2025
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The Black Pioneers of Los Angeles County: Mining Media References to African-Americans in the 1850s

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  • Posted on February 23, 2025
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The Evolution of Christmas: Holiday Observations in Los Angeles Newspapers, 1857-1860

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  • Posted on December 9, 2024
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The Evolution of Christmas: Holiday Observations in Los Angeles Newspapers, 1854-1856

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  • Posted on December 2, 2024
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An Account of Los Angeles History in a Receipt from I.M. Hellman to the Estate of Ysidro Reyes, 11 October 1864

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  • Posted on October 12, 2024October 12, 2024
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Compadres: A Loan Document Between Juan Matias Sánchez and William Workman, 26 September 1850

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  • Posted on September 26, 2024September 29, 2024
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The Celebration of Mexican Independence Day in Los Angeles in the Pages of El Clamor Público, September 1855

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on September 16, 2024
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Read All About It With E.J.C. Kewen in the Los Angeles Weekly Express, 22 August 1872, Part One

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  • Posted on August 23, 2024August 24, 2024
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At Our Leisure With “Grizzly Bear Hunting in Southern California” from Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper, 21 August 1858, Part One

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  • Posted on August 21, 2024
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