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Tag: Los Angeles Department of Water and Power history

  • Biographies

Hail to the Chief: William Mulholland’s Rise as Los Angeles’ Water Guru, 1877-1902

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on July 8, 2022July 9, 2022
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  • Places & Communities

“With Confidence and Satisfaction”: Los Angeles Gas and Electric Corporation’s “The L.A. Service Review,” 1 April 1929

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on April 1, 2021April 2, 2021
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  • Transportation & Infrastructure

“The Building Up of a Great Metropolitan Industrial Center”: A Bureau of Power and Light Pamphlet, Los Angeles, 11 October 1920

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on October 11, 2020January 4, 2021
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“An Error in Human Judgment”: Photos of the St. Francis Dam Collapse, 8 April 1928

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on April 8, 2020January 4, 2021
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Check out these amazing gouache paintings done by the talented Megan R.! We are always delighted when someone creates art of our site!!!
Transformation in the Teens: The Workman and Temple Families in 1910s Los Angeles
Happy National Milk Day!
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An ad for a horse race at the Santa Anita Park. Taken from a Mason House program from 1908.
We're always excited when our collection is used in someone's research! Check out this photo from our collection of Los Angeles Mayor Damien Marchessault, which was used by Annick Foucrier, a historian from Paris, in an article on the French in California.

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