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Tag: Lewis Wolfskill

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

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on April 12, 2026April 13, 2026
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Reading Between the Lines With Grape Expectations in a Letter from Henry J. Yarrow to Joseph F. Vorbe, Los Angeles, 5 March 1870

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on March 5, 2026
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Setteeing the Scene: Some History Surrounding a Donation of a Wolfskill Family Love Seat, Part One

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on September 6, 2025
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La La Landscapes: Baldwin’s Ranch, ca. 1900s

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on January 14, 2018April 8, 2024
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  • Politics & Government

On This Day: The Election for Los Angeles County Treasurer, 1 September 1875

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on September 1, 2017December 28, 2020
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  • Landscape & Gardens

La La Landscapes: Rancho Santa Anita, late 1870s

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on February 21, 2017December 29, 2020
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Recent Posts

  • Ascending Spanish Steps With a Postcard of the Gainsborough Heath Sales Office, San Marino, postmarked 11 June 1929, Part Four
  • “A Luster Undimmed by the Tears of the Innocent Victims of the Earth’s Greatest Curse”: Prohibition as Patriotism in the Rev. Ervin S. Chapman’s “A Stainless Flag,” 1907, Part One
  • Ascending Spanish Steps With a Postcard of the Gainsborough Heath Sales Office, San Marino, postmarked 11 June 1929, Part Three
  • Ascending Spanish Steps With a Postcard of the Gainsborough Heath Sales Office, San Marino, postmarked 11 June 1929, Part Two
  • Ascending Spanish Steps With a Postcard of the Gainsborough Heath Sales Office, San Marino, postmarked 11 June 1929, Part One

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