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Shipping “The Staples of Our County” With Bills of Lading to William Workman from Tomlinson & Co. and the Steamship “Senator,” 4 and 7 June 1864

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  • Posted on June 7, 2026
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Read All About It With E.J.C. Kewen in the Los Angeles Weekly Express, 22 August 1872, Part Two

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  • Posted on August 24, 2024
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“In a Manner Well Becoming the Patriotism and Enterprising Spirit of our Liberty-Loving People”: The Celebration of Independence Day in Los Angeles, 1872

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  • Posted on July 4, 2024
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The Rise and Fall of Adobe Abodes in Greater Los Angeles, 1851-1876, Part Three

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  • Posted on June 26, 2024
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“This Most Lovely Section of Southern California”: Some Early History of Compton, 1866-1876, Part One

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  • Posted on May 26, 2024
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Take It to the Bank with a Check to David W. Alexander from Temple and Workman, Bankers, 8 May 1872

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  • Posted on May 8, 2024April 6, 2026
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Back in the Saddle Again: A Billhead from Workman and Brother, Los Angeles, 16 October 1871

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  • Posted on June 22, 2020April 8, 2023
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Through the Viewfinder: New High Street Looking South Toward Temple Street, Los Angeles, ca. 1873

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  • Posted on January 7, 2020October 21, 2021
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An Early Aerial Photograph of Los Angeles Harbor, 6 July 1925

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  • Posted on July 6, 2019January 7, 2021
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Read All About It with Albert A. Polhamus and the “Wilmington Journal,” 5 May 1866

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  • Posted on May 25, 2019January 7, 2021
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