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Tag: Los Angeles Commercial history 1880

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“Comrades, Rest, Your March is Done!”: Decoration/Memorial Day in Los Angeles, 1876-1880

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on May 25, 2026
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  • Agriculture

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

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on April 13, 2026April 16, 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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  • Agriculture

Sharing History With Boyle Heights Community Partners: “The Work That a Progressive Citizen Has Accomplished,” Los Angeles Express, 1 September 1880

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on November 16, 2025November 16, 2025
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  • “Los Angeles Never Stood So Well As She Does Now”: The Failure of the Bank of California in San Francisco and the Banks of Los Angeles, 26 August 1875, Part One

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