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Tag: 19th century Los Angeles history

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“It is Enough to Say That Los Angeles Does Nothing by Halves”: Bertha H. Smith’s “The Making of Los Angeles” in Sunset Magazine, July 1907, Part One

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on July 3, 2023July 4, 2023
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Hail to the Chief: William Mulholland’s Rise as Los Angeles’ Water Guru, 1877-1902

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  • Posted on July 8, 2022July 9, 2022
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Portrait Gallery: A Carte de Visite Occupational Photograph of Los Angeles Surveyor Henry Hancock, ca. early 1860s

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on November 15, 2021June 2, 2026
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From Point A to Point B: A Santa Fe Railroad Time Table for the Los Angeles District, 25 January 1903

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on January 26, 2021
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“The Highest Grades of Wines”: A Letter from the Sunset Wine Company, Los Angeles, 17 December 1894.

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on December 17, 2020December 17, 2020
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“At the Head of All the Captains of the Human Race”: The Souvenir Program of the Order of Railroad Conductors National Convention, Los Angeles, 11-17 May 1897

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on May 11, 2020December 29, 2020
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Fits The Bill: A Billhead from S. Lazard & Co., Los Angeles, 4 March 1873

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  • Posted on March 4, 2020December 29, 2020
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  • “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
  • Read All About It in the Los Angeles Star, 4 June 1874

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