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Tag: 1860s Los Angeles

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“For the Promotion of the Manly Art of Base Ball Playing”: Some Early Baseball History in Los Angeles, 1860-1878, Part One

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on October 24, 2026
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  • Places & Communities

“In a Beautiful Locality, But It Is the Picture of Neglect”: Some History of the Old Calvary Cemetery, Los Angeles, 1856-1896, Part Four

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on October 17, 2026
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“Mexico Will Yet Take An Enviable Position With Her Sister Republics”: The Celebration of Mexican Independence Day in Los Angeles, 1865-1870

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  • Posted on September 16, 2026
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“A Model of Architectural Beauty and Well Calculated to Meet the Needs of the Work to be Done There”: The Construction of First African Methodist Episcopal Church, 8th Street and Towne Avenue, Los Angeles, 1903-1904

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on June 19, 2026
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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

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on June 7, 2026
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“Served Well in Army, Field and at Bar”: Some History of Alfred Beck Chapman (1829-1915), Part One

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  • Posted on April 11, 2026April 12, 2026
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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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  • Commerce & Manufacturing

The Evolution of Christmas: Holiday Observations in Los Angeles Newspapers, 1870

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on December 9, 2025December 10, 2025
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  • Commerce & Manufacturing

The Evolution of Christmas: Holiday Observations in Los Angeles Newspapers, 1869

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  • Posted on December 2, 2025December 10, 2025
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Recent Posts

  • “The Family Legend of an Ancestor Being Lost in America”: Seeking George W. Pflugradt, 1819-1857
  • “Before This Historical Graveyard is Past All Hope of Preservation”: Some Further History of the Calvary Cemetery, Los Angeles, 1896-1944, Part Three
  • “Let Us At Least Draw the Line at Neglect and Desecration of the Cemeteries”: Some Further History of the Calvary Cemetery, Los Angeles, 1896-1944, Part Two
  • “All Those Who Have Loved Ones Among the Dead of Old Calvary Will Seek for Them a New Resting Place”: Some Further History of the Calvary Cemetery, Los Angeles, 1896-1944, Part One
  • “Well, The Cemetery Affair Has Been Settled At Last”: Some History of the Old Calvary Cemetery, Los Angeles, 1856-1896, Part Seven

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