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“A Skeleton Report”: Lt. R.S. Williamson on Surveys for a Transcontinental Railroad Route in California, 1854

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  • Posted on March 17, 2020December 29, 2020
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Sharing History with the Sons of the American Revolution, Lake Forest

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  • Posted on October 15, 2019January 7, 2021
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The Sesquicentennial of the Completion of the Transcontinental Railroad, 10 May 1869

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  • Posted on May 10, 2019December 30, 2020
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“Torrent of Evils”: A Warning About An Immigrant Caravan to California, Fall 1841

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  • Posted on November 5, 2018January 15, 2021
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William Workman Prepares to Leave for California, 13-14 July 1841

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  • Posted on July 13, 2018January 8, 2021
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Victorian Fair Recap: Day One

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  • Posted on April 28, 2018January 11, 2021
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Museum Director Musings: Appreciating the Homestead’s Volunteers

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  • Posted on April 7, 2018April 19, 2021
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Sharing the Political History of the Rowland and Workman Expedition with the Covina Valley Historical Society

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  • Posted on January 25, 2018January 11, 2021
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All in the Family: The Arrival of the David Workman Family in Los Angeles, October 1854, Part One

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  • Posted on October 25, 2017December 23, 2020
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All Over the Map: Central America (Including Texas, California and Northern Mexico), Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, 1846

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  • Posted on September 28, 2017December 28, 2020
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Check out these amazing gouache paintings done by the talented Megan R.! We are always delighted when someone creates art of our site!!!
Transformation in the Teens: The Workman and Temple Families in 1910s Los Angeles
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An ad for a horse race at the Santa Anita Park. Taken from a Mason House program from 1908.
We're always excited when our collection is used in someone's research! Check out this photo from our collection of Los Angeles Mayor Damien Marchessault, which was used by Annick Foucrier, a historian from Paris, in an article on the French in California.

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