Architecture & Decoration “A Model of Architectural Beauty and Well Calculated to Meet the Needs of the Work to be Done There”: The Construction of First African Methodist Episcopal Church, 8th Street and Towne Avenue, Los Angeles, 1903-1904 by homesteadmuseum Posted on June 19, 2026 Read More
Agriculture Tres Hermanos Ranch Tour Postview: Some Early History of Harry Chandler (1864-1944), Part Three by homesteadmuseum Posted on October 4, 2025 Read More
Disasters Here Comes The Flood: Some History of Flooding in the Arroyo Seco, 1861-1914, Part Four by homesteadmuseum Posted on June 30, 2025 Read More
Agriculture “Few People Appreciate the Real Greatness of this Garden Spot Just at the City’s Gates”: Some Early History of Montebello to 1930, Part One by homesteadmuseum Posted on May 8, 2025 Read More
Places & Communities “My Boyle Heights Property Is Just What You Want”: The Many and Varied Activities of William H. Workman in 1903, Part Two by homesteadmuseum Posted on April 27, 2025 Read More
Agriculture “Trying to Bring the ‘Workman Empire’ in Boyle Heights to the Front”: The Many and Varied Activities of William H. Workman in 1903, Part One by homesteadmuseum Posted on April 26, 2025 Read More
Education “I Get No Commission From Any of the Banks and I Don’t Want Any”: A Receipt from the Office of Los Angeles City Treasurer William H. Workman, 22 April 1903, Part Four by homesteadmuseum Posted on April 25, 2025 Read More
Law & Crime “Mr. Workman Has Already Indicated His Willingness to Do Anything in Reason”: A Receipt from the Office of Los Angeles City Treasurer William H. Workman, 22 April 1903, Part Three by homesteadmuseum Posted on April 24, 2025 Read More
Economics “Mr. Workman Has Already Indicated His Willingness to Do Anything in Reason”: A Receipt from the Office of Los Angeles City Treasurer William H. Workman, 22 April 1903, Part Two by homesteadmuseum Posted on April 23, 2025April 24, 2025 Read More
Places & Communities “Why, the Drain on the Treasury is Something Fierce”: A Receipt from the Office of Los Angeles City Treasurer William H. Workman, 22 April 1903, Part One by homesteadmuseum Posted on April 22, 2025 Read More
