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Tag: St. Francis Dam disaster 1928

  • Disasters

All Over The Map With a “Map Showing The Location Of A Certain Reservoir For The City Of Los Angeles In The Big Tujunga Canyon,” Notarized on 10 March 1927, Part Three

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on March 14, 2026
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  • Places & Communities

Here Comes the Flood (Control): “Design and Construction of Big Dalton Multiple-Arch Dam” in Engineering News-Record, 26 December 1929

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on December 26, 2024December 27, 2024
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  • Places & Communities

“Dedicated to the Maintenance of Low Rates and Reliable Service”: A Souvenir Booklet for an Inspection Tour of the Bureau of Power and Light System, Los Angeles, 10 November 1927

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on November 10, 2022November 10, 2022
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  • Agriculture

Working the Land: “Tradition Versus Facts” in California Cultivator, 24 March 1928

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on March 24, 2022March 29, 2022
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  • Disasters

“The Only Ones I Envy Are Those That Are Dead”: A Press Photo of William Mulholland at the St. Francis Dam Disaster Coroner’s Inquest, 21 March 1928

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on March 21, 2021
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  • Miscellaneous

Read All About It in “Sunset: The Pacific Monthly,” May 1928

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on May 4, 2020December 29, 2020
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  • Disasters

“An Error in Human Judgment”: Photos of the St. Francis Dam Collapse, 8 April 1928

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on April 8, 2020January 4, 2021
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  • Biographies

No Place Like Home: The Residence of William and Elena Hurlbut, Los Angeles, 1911

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on August 7, 2018January 8, 2021
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