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Taken for Granite: William Declez and the Los Angeles Marble Works, 1875-1900, Part Two

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  • Posted on December 1, 2025December 1, 2025
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“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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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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Cascades of Controversy Redux: Sharing History with the San Dimas Historical Society about Puddingstone Falls, 1888-1910

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  • Posted on November 15, 2025November 16, 2025
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Through the Viewfinder With a Photo of Los Angeles Fire Department Engine Company No. 1, ca. 1906, Part One

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  • Posted on September 11, 2025
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Working The Land: Some History of the Lemon Packing House, San Dimas, 1900-1909, Part One

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  • Posted on July 10, 2025
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Through the Viewfinder With the Rocha Adobe/City Hall, Los Angeles, April-May 1886

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  • Posted on June 21, 2025
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“There is Every Appearance of Healthy Growth, And it is of a Substantial Sort”: Some Early History of (La) Puente, 1888-1889

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  • Posted on June 3, 2025
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Sharing History With the Monrovia Historical Society: Some Early History of Monrovia, 1885-1886, Part One

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  • Posted on April 6, 2025
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Through the Viewfinder With Elizabeth Hatsfeldt Hollenbeck’s Hollenbeck Home for the Aged, ca. 1900, Part Two

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  • Posted on March 22, 2025March 22, 2025
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