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Tag: Boom of the 1880s Los Angeles

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Through the Viewfinder: The Wolfskill Adobe and Orchard, Los Angeles, 1880s

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • 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

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • 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

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on January 16, 2022
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Take It On Faith Through the Viewfinder: The Church of the Angels, Garvanza (Pasadena), ca. 1910s

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on December 15, 2021December 15, 2021
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“It Is An Eminently Cheerful Region”: A Discussion of Southern California’s Climate and “Sanitary Conditions” in “The Medical Record,” 30 October 1886

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on October 30, 2021
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“Such a Tide of Men and Capital as Would Soon Give Us the Finest State in the Union”: The Promotion of Greater Los Angeles in the “Illustrated Los Angeles Herald,” September 1887, Part Five

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on September 25, 2021September 26, 2021
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“The Queen City of the Pacific Will Be Los Angeles”: The Promotion of Greater Los Angeles in the “Illustrated Los Angeles Herald,” September 1887, Part Two

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on September 21, 2021
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“A Progress Which Has Scarcely a Parallel”: The Promotion of Greater Los Angeles in the “Illustrated Los Angeles Herald,” September 1887, Part One

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  • Posted on September 20, 2021
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Sharing the History of Late 19th Century Boyle Heights with Boyle Heights Community Partners

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on June 13, 2021
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  • Biographies

Bob The Builder: Robert A. Rowan and Commercial Real Estate in Los Angeles in the Early 20th Century

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on May 2, 2021
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