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Tag: Boom of the 1880s

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“Served Well in Army, Field and at Bar”: Some History of Alfred Beck Chapman (1829-1915), Part Five

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on April 17, 2026April 18, 2026
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  • Agriculture

“Served Well in Army, Field and at Bar”: Some History of Alfred Beck Chapman (1829-1915), Part Four

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  • Posted on April 16, 2026April 17, 2026
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  • Architecture & Decoration

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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  • Architecture & Decoration

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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  • Biographies

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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  • Holidays & Celebrations

“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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  • Biographies

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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  • Agriculture

“One Can Almost Imagine One’s Self in the Tropics”: Jacob Miller and his Nichols Canyon Ranch, Hollywood, 1880-1920

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  • Posted on November 29, 2025
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  • Education

Take It On Faith While Getting Schooled With a Photo of Immaculate Heart College, Los Angeles, ca. 1923, Part One

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  • Posted on November 22, 2025November 23, 2025
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