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“A Spot of Glorious Beauty, Enriched With Fig and Orange and Vine and All the Attractions of This Winterless Land”: Some Further History of Sierra Madre Villa, 1884-1886

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on November 19, 2024
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“The Most Attractive Spot for a Quiet, Good Time on the American Continent”: Some Further History of Sierra Madre Villa, 1881-1883

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on November 18, 2024November 19, 2024
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“An Eden Has Been Brought Forth From the Wilds of a Mountain Shelf”: Some Early History of Sierra Madre Villa, 1875-1880, Part One

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on November 15, 2024November 16, 2024
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“A Specimen of Longevity”: A Stereoscopic Photograph of Eulalia Pérez de Guillen, San Gabriel, ca. 1877

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on May 25, 2020December 29, 2020
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Take It On Faith: Exterior and Interior Photos of St. Vibiana’s Cathedral, Los Angeles, ca. 1878

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on February 2, 2020November 15, 2024
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Take It On Faith: Historic Photos of the Mission San Gabriel Church Interior, 1878-1900

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on June 2, 2019January 7, 2021
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Victorian Fair Themes: Hiking in the San Gabriels in the 1870s

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on April 26, 2017December 28, 2020
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Working the Land: A San Gabriel Valley Apiary, ca. 1878

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on March 22, 2017December 29, 2020
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On This Day, 8 September 1771: The Founding of Mission San Gabriel

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on September 8, 2016October 31, 2022
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  • “If It Is Not Disrespectful For Me To Speak Of A Client In This Way, I Thought He Was A ‘Nut.'”: The Wineville Chicken Coop Murders Revealed, September 1928, Part Five
  • “It Is Just Too Much Money Tied Up For Me”: Bernard A. Whalen and La Casa Nueva Tile, 1924-1925
  • “The Most Cold-Blooded Murders That Have Ever Been Committed on the Pacific Coast”: The Wineville Chicken Coop Murders Revealed, September 1928, Part Four
  • “There Are Some Things Yet to Come to Light Through the Proper Channels”: The Wineville Chicken Coop Murders Revealed, September 1928, Part Three
  • From Point A to Point B With a Photo of the Airplane “Yankee Doodle,” Mines Field (Los Angeles International Airport), Mid-September 1928

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