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Tag: Boom of the 1880s Los Angeles

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“The Gem of the Continent”: Some Early History of Redondo Beach, 1868-1890

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  • Posted on December 28, 2022December 29, 2022
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From Point A to Point B Along the Sunset Route of the Southern Pacific Railroad, 1883-1888

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  • Posted on December 11, 2022
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All Over the Map From Point A to Point B: Railroad Lines in Greater Los Angeles, 1890

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  • Posted on October 18, 2022
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Yet Another Bird’s-Eye View of Los Angeles: The Westlake Park Area, 14 October 1925 and Some Early History of the Park, 1887-1890

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  • Posted on October 14, 2022October 15, 2022
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Fraternal Odds and Ends with the 64th Annual Communication of the International Order of Odd Fellows, Los Angeles, 17-21 September 1888

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  • Posted on September 21, 2022September 22, 2022
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Through the Viewfinder: A Stereoscopic Photograph of the Los Angeles County Courthouse, ca. early 1880s

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  • Posted on September 14, 2022September 15, 2022
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“Los Angeles is Fast Becoming Almost as Attractive for the Tourists in the Summer as in the Winter”: A Letter from the Hotel Lankershim, 17 July 1918

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  • Posted on July 17, 2022
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Through the Viewfinder: The Wolfskill Adobe and Orchard, Los Angeles, 1880s

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  • Posted on March 14, 2022March 14, 2022
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“A Condensed and Systematic Review”: Local Conditions in State Engineer William Hammond Hall’s “Irrigation in Southern California,” 1888, Part Three

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  • Posted on March 5, 2022
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“The Steadfast Friend of the Chinese?”: Race and William H. Workman’s Campaign for Mayor of Los Angeles, December 1886

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  • Posted on January 16, 2022
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