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Tag: Los Angeles Times history 1887

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“One Can Almost Imagine One’s Self in the Tropics”: Jacob Miller and his Nichols Canyon Ranch, Hollywood, 1880-1920

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on November 29, 2025
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The Black Pioneers of Los Angeles County: R.C.O. Benjamin, California’s First African-American Practicing Attorney, Part Five

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  • Posted on August 20, 2025
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The Black Pioneers of Los Angeles County: The Reverend Jordan Allen of the First African Methodist Episcopal Church, Los Angeles, 1887-1889, Part Two

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on August 14, 2025
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Working The Land: Some History of the Lemon Packing House, San Dimas, 1900-1909, Part One

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on July 10, 2025
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“The Time Is And Has Been When Man is in Need of Wings”: Read All About It in the Los Angeles Express, 23 May 1873, Part Five

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  • Posted on May 29, 2025December 3, 2025
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Drilling for Black Gold: Sharing Early Olinda (Brea) Oil History With the Orange County Historical Society, 1865-1889, Part One

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on February 15, 2025
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La La Landscapes With a Photo of St. James Park, Los Angeles, April 1900

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on January 25, 2025January 28, 2026
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“Its Cheerful Outlook, its Semi-Tropical Surroundings and its Profusion of Home Comforts Have Made it Popular”: Some Further History of Sierra Madre Villa, 1887-1891

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on November 20, 2024November 21, 2024
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“We Will Give You Good Land and We Will Throw the Climate In”: Commemorating Veterans Day With the Site Selection of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Pacific Branch, West Los Angeles, 1887

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  • Posted on November 11, 2024September 26, 2026
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Treading the Boards With a Program from the Burbank Theatre, Los Angeles, the Week of 16 August 1914, Part One

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  • Posted on August 16, 2024August 17, 2024
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