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Tag: Los Angeles Star history 1879

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Treading the Boards Among the Black Pioneers of Los Angeles County: Callender’s Georgia Minstrels Perform in the Angel City, February 1879

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on February 14, 2026
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Set in Stone: Jacob Miller and the Pioneer Marble Works, Los Angeles, 1870-1880

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on November 26, 2025November 27, 2025
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Through the Viewfinder: The Baker Block in “Los Angeles, Cal. Main Street,” Isaiah W. Taber, ca. 1883, Part Four

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on April 9, 2025
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“Rapidly Going to the Front as the Most Attractive Country Resort in Southern California”: Some Early History of Sierra Madre Villa, 1875-1880, Part Three

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on November 17, 2024November 18, 2024
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Read All About It With E.J.C. Kewen in the Los Angeles Weekly Express, 22 August 1872, Part Five

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on August 27, 2024
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The Black Pioneers of Los Angeles County: African-American Woman Entrepreneur Caroline C. Burton (1826-1891)

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  • Posted on June 19, 2024June 19, 2024
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Fits the Bill: A Receipt from the Pico House, Los Angeles, 7 February 1879

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on February 7, 2024December 3, 2025
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Exchanging Pleasantries in a Deed from F.P.F. Temple to William Temple, 3 January 1876

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  • Posted on January 3, 2024March 25, 2026
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  • Take It To The Bank Through the Viewfinder: A Press Photo of the Site of the Federal Reserve Bank Building, Los Angeles, early April 1929
  • Temples of Trade Through the Viewfinder: A Photo of the Charles C. Chapman (Los Angeles Investment Company) Building, Broadway and 8th, Los Angeles, ca. 1924, Part Five
  • Temples of Trade Through the Viewfinder: A Photo of the Charles C. Chapman (Los Angeles Investment Company) Building, Broadway and 8th, Los Angeles, ca. 1924, Part Four

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