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Striking a Chord: A Photograph of Soprano Constance Balfour, April 1928

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  • Posted on April 3, 2021April 4, 2021
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  • Places & Communities

Treading the Boards with “Strange Interlude” at Erlanger’s Biltmore Theatre, Los Angeles, March 1929

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  • Posted on March 26, 2021
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“A Real Terpsichorean Conflagration”: A Souvenir Program for the Los Angeles Fire Department’s Firemen’s Fifth Annual Ball, 25 March 1922

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  • Posted on March 25, 2021
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“To Exalt the Standard of Womanhood”: A Photo of the Mary Andrews Clark Memorial Home for Working Women, Los Angeles, 1910s

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  • Posted on March 22, 2021
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“The Only Ones I Envy Are Those That Are Dead”: A Press Photo of William Mulholland at the St. Francis Dam Disaster Coroner’s Inquest, 21 March 1928

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  • Posted on March 21, 2021
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Take It On Faith with the Spiritual Anniversaries of George W. Trotter of the Union Rescue Mission, Los Angeles, March 1910-1911

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  • Posted on March 19, 2021
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Treading the Boards with Elsie Ferguson in “The Wheel of Life,” Mason Opera House, Los Angeles, March 1923

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  • Posted on March 12, 2021
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The Commercialized Criminalization of a “Chinese Opium Fiend” From a Postcard Postmarked 8 March 1906

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  • Posted on March 9, 2021March 10, 2021
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A Solicitor and Solon Sisters’ Summit: A Press Photograph of Representative Florence P. Kahn and Attorney Clara Shortridge Foltz, March 1928

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  • Posted on March 8, 2021
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“One of the Pitiful Examples of the Helplessness of the Old Californians”: A Los Angeles Times Article on the Interment of Don Pío Pico and Doña María Ygnacia Alvarado at the Walter P. Temple Memorial Mausoleum, 6 March 1921

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  • Posted on March 6, 2021March 6, 2021
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“A Home for Homeless Babies” was the motto of Castelar Crèche, an organization begun by LA women in 1921 that helped struggling families stay together. Read about the group and try a sponge cake recipe from its fundraising cook book. #ArchivesCooking #ArchivingWomen
We always know that spring is in full swing when our Lady Banks rose bush is blooming. It is said to have been planted in 1860 by William and Nicolasa Workman to celebrate the birth of their first granddaughter, Lucinda Temple.
Once again, vaccinations are "quite the rage"! This clip from the LA Star newspaper ran August 8, 1868, when people were clamoring for the smallpox vaccine, which happens to be the first successful vaccine developed.
"Of course there are the streets and schools and buildings that bear their name. The history of the Workman family is forever entwined with that of the San Gabriel Valley and Los Angeles. But what I love most about this immigrant tale is how true it is for any family: one ancestor decides to strike out to a new place and the roots they establish make for one thrilling, tragic and altogether human story."
For the Temple family, it was quite a decade. They began the 1860s with a flood forcing them to flee their home on a raft and dealing with a devastating drought, but ended it as likely the wealthiest family in a rapidly growing greater Los Angeles.
#HappyEaster! This postcard from our collection shows a Sunrise Service @hollywoodbowl in 1929. 2021 marks the 100th anniversary of this tradition, which will be virtual this year.

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