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
Biographies Tres Hermanos Hike Postview: Some History of Tonner Canyon Namesake Patrick C. Tonner (1844-1900), Part One by homesteadmuseum Posted on April 23, 2026April 24, 2026 Read More
Agriculture “Served Well in Army, Field and at Bar”: Some History of Alfred Beck Chapman (1829-1915), Part Two by homesteadmuseum Posted on April 12, 2026April 13, 2026 Read More
Commerce & Manufacturing The Evolution of Christmas: Holiday Observations in Los Angeles Newspapers, 1872 by homesteadmuseum Posted on December 23, 2025December 23, 2025 Read More
Agriculture Shell Game, Part Eight: Some Early History of Walnuts in Los Angeles, 1872 by homesteadmuseum Posted on October 11, 2025October 16, 2025 Read More
Agriculture Read All About It in the Los Angeles Weekly Herald, 3 July 1875, Part Two by homesteadmuseum Posted on July 5, 2025 Read More
Education Getting Schooled With Some History of the La Puente/Temple School, Old Mission, 1863-1921, Part One by homesteadmuseum Posted on June 16, 2025 Read More
Agriculture Tax Day! Assessments for the Workman and Temple Family, 1872-1875 by homesteadmuseum Posted on April 15, 2025 Read More
Architecture & Decoration Through the Viewfinder: The Baker Block in “Los Angeles, Cal. Main Street,” Isaiah W. Taber, ca. 1883, Part One by homesteadmuseum Posted on April 4, 2025May 21, 2026 Read More
Biographies Reading Between the Lines in a Letter from Hatter Daniel Desmond, Los Angeles, 10 December 1876 by homesteadmuseum Posted on December 10, 2024December 11, 2024 Read More
