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Tag: Los Angeles Record history 1926

  • Law & Crime

“It Isn’t Strange the Laymen Are Wondering What is the Matter With Our Code of Criminal Procedure”: The Death of Theresa Weinstein Moers by Boxer Kid McCoy, August 1924, Part Twelve

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on September 8, 2026September 8, 2026
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  • Biographies

“One of the Most Brutal Murders Ever Committed Here”: An Orange County Sheriff’s Department Wanted Poster for Albert Gaines, 24 July 1926, Part One

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on July 24, 2026
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  • Holidays & Celebrations

“There Was Not a Single Man, Woman or Child Present Who Was Not Proud of Being an American Living in These Glorious United States”: Los Angeles Celebrates the American Sesquicentennial, 1926, Part Seven

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on July 11, 2026
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  • Holidays & Celebrations

“The Pageant of Liberty Will Serve as a Test of Los Angeles’ True Patriotic Spirit”: Los Angeles Celebrates the American Sesquicentennial, 1926, Part Six

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on July 10, 2026
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  • Holidays & Celebrations

“The Goddess of Liberty Will Be 150 Years Old This July, But She Doesn’t Look a Bit Worn and She Doesn’t Have to Have Her Face Lifted.”: Los Angeles Celebrates the American Sesquicentennial, 1926, Part Four

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on July 8, 2026
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  • Holidays & Celebrations

“The Celebration Will Be Truly Representative of the Southland”: Los Angeles Celebrates the American Sesquicentennial, 1926, Part Three

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on July 8, 2026July 8, 2026
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  • Disasters

All Over The Map With a “Map Showing The Location Of A Certain Reservoir For The City Of Los Angeles In The Big Tujunga Canyon,” Notarized on 10 March 1927, Part Two

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on March 13, 2026
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  • Places & Communities

Games People Play With a Press Photo of the Women’s National Lacrosse Championship, Los Angeles Coliseum, 6 February 1926

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on February 8, 2026
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  • Commerce & Manufacturing

Through the Viewfinder: A “Mash Cache” Bootlegging Operation in Los Angeles, 3 December 1926

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on December 3, 2025
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  • Biographies

“The Neatly Prepared Cakes of Simple But Potent Hokum”: Louis Adamic’s “The Truth About Los Angeles,” Little Blue Book No. 647, 1927, Part Four

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  • Posted on November 21, 2025
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