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Tag: Barker Brothers Los Angeles

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“The Charge of Grand Larceny . . . Won’t Hold Water for a Minute”: A Press Photograph of Alleged Ponzi Schemers Thomas M. Hennessey and Harry D. Hibbs, May 1925, Part Three

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on May 31, 2026June 1, 2026
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Promoting Prosperity With the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce in “Southern California Business,” January 1926, Part One

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on January 13, 2026January 14, 2026
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  • Commerce & Manufacturing

Through the Viewfinder: Spring Street South of Fourth Street Looking North, Los Angeles, ca. 1905

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on April 13, 2020January 4, 2021
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  • Commerce & Manufacturing

“A Square Deal” from “Barker Brothers’ Store News,” January 1919

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on January 10, 2020December 28, 2020
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  • Commerce & Manufacturing

The Evolution of Christmas: Selling the Holiday in Los Angeles, 1914

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on December 22, 2019January 6, 2021
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The Evolution of Christmas: Selling the Holiday in Los Angeles, 1898

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on December 19, 2019January 6, 2021
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Recent Posts

  • “One of the Most Famous Trials in Orange County’s Court History”: An Orange County Sheriff’s Department Wanted Poster for Albert Gaines, 24 July 1926, Part Three
  • “One of the Most Brutal Murders Ever Committed Here”: An Orange County Sheriff’s Department Wanted Poster for Albert Gaines, 24 July 1926, Part Two
  • “One of the Most Brutal Murders Ever Committed Here”: An Orange County Sheriff’s Department Wanted Poster for Albert Gaines, 24 July 1926, Part One
  • From Point A to Point B With a Letter from Western Auto Supply Company, Los Angeles, 23 July 1927, Part One
  • “It Is Whether You Shall Be Governed By Yourself Or Be Misgoverned by Wowsers, Bounders and Numskulls”: The Debate About Prohibition in the Presidential Campaign, July 1928

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