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Tag: Boom of the 1880s

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Ascending Spanish Steps With a Postcard of the Gainsborough Heath Sales Office, San Marino, postmarked 11 June 1929, Part One

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on June 11, 2026June 12, 2026
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Tres Hermanos Hike Postview: Some History of Tonner Canyon Namesake Patrick C. Tonner (1844-1900), Part Three

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on April 27, 2026April 28, 2026
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“Served Well in Army, Field and at Bar”: Some History of Alfred Beck Chapman (1829-1915), Part Five

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  • Posted on April 17, 2026April 18, 2026
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“Served Well in Army, Field and at Bar”: Some History of Alfred Beck Chapman (1829-1915), Part Four

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on April 16, 2026April 17, 2026
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From Braunschweig to Beverly Hills: Some History of Andrew H. Denker and Henry Hammel in Greater Los Angeles, 1856-1892, Part Five

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on January 26, 2026January 27, 2026
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From Braunschweig to Beverly Hills: Some History of Andrew H. Denker and Henry Hammel in Greater Los Angeles, 1856-1892, Part Four

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on January 25, 2026
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From Braunschweig to Beverly Hills: Some History of Andrew H. Denker and Henry Hammel in Greater Los Angeles, 1856-1892, Part Three

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on January 24, 2026
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“I’ll Try and Make the Best of It and Tell You About Our Xmas”: Reading Between the Lines in a Letter from Annie S. Field to Benjamin F. Field, 26 December 1886

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on December 26, 2025
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“Let Us Then Continue to Burn the Merry Hanukkah Lights”: The Celebration of Hanukkah in Los Angeles, 1885-1900, Part One

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on December 14, 2025
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Taken for Granite: William Declez and the Los Angeles Marble Works, 1875-1900, Part Two

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on December 1, 2025December 1, 2025
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