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Tag: 1860s Los Angeles history

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Take It to the Bank: A Temple and Workman Bank Check for Joseph Walter Drown, 16 September 1872, Part One

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on September 16, 2022September 17, 2022
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Fits the Bill: A Receipt from H. Newmark & Co. to William Workman, 11 July 1866

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  • Posted on July 11, 2022
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At Our Leisure: The Early History of Switzer’s Camp in the Arroyo Seco, San Gabriel Mountains, 1885

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  • Posted on June 30, 2022July 1, 2022
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In the Abstract: Jonathan Temple and the Future International Savings and Exchange Bank Property, Los Angeles, 1839-1866

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on June 22, 2022June 23, 2022
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Reading Between the Lines in a Trio of Letters to William Workman by Volney E. Howard, 1854-1861

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  • Posted on April 20, 2022September 16, 2023
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Chip Off the Old Block: An Agreement from Rafaela Cota de Temple to F.P.F. Temple for the Temple Block, Los Angeles, 8 April 1867

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on April 8, 2022April 9, 2022
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Reading Between the Lines with William Workman’s Anaheim Connections in Letters from March and April 1870

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  • Posted on April 7, 2022April 8, 2022
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“Los Angeles, The Paradise of California”: A Paean to the Angel City by Benjamin C. Truman in the New York Times, 12 March 1869

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on March 12, 2022March 15, 2022
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“Troubled With the Outcasts of the Flowery Kingdom”: Prelude to the Chinese Massacre of 24 October 1871

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on October 22, 2021October 27, 2021
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