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Tag: Transcontinental railroad

  • Politics & Government

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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  • Workman & Temple Family

A Letter from Walter P. Temple, Sr. to Thomas W. Temple II, 1 May 1929

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  • Posted on May 2, 2019December 30, 2020
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Victorian Fair Postlude: A Visit to Greater Los Angeles, November 1853, Part Three

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  • Posted on May 4, 2018January 8, 2021
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Victorian Fair Postlude: A Visit to Greater Los Angeles, November 1853, Part Two

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  • Posted on May 3, 2018January 8, 2021
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  • Places & Communities

Victorian Fair Postlude: A Visit to Greater Los Angeles, November 1853, Part One

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  • Posted on May 2, 2018January 8, 2021
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Read All About It: “New York Tribune,” 24 February 1849

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  • Posted on February 24, 2018January 11, 2021
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  • Transportation & Infrastructure

All Over The Map: An 1853 Transcontinental Railroad Survey through the San Gabriel Valley

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  • Posted on October 9, 2016December 30, 2020
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Recent Posts

  • Read All About It: Early Gold Rush California Reports in the New-York Tribune, 31 March 1849
  • Treading the Boards with a Program from the Mason Opera House, Los Angeles, 30 March-1 April 1905
  • La La Landscapes: A Trio of Negatives of Landscaping at Westlake Park, 29 March 1905
  • Treading the Boards with a Program for “Desire Under the Elms,” Wilkes’ Orange Grove Theatre, Los Angeles, 28 March 1926
  • Striking a Chord with a Press Photo of Opera Singer Ernestine Schumann-Heink, February 1928

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A press photograph of Mary E. Foy, 1920. Foy was the first female head librarian of Los Angeles in 1880. Foy was honored by the democratic national committee in her work fighting for suffrage for women in California.
Sunday, March 19 at 2 p.m.
Gathering the Sparks of LA's Jewish Past with Edmon J. Rodman
Historic photo of Agnes Temple at the front door of La Casa Nueva ca. 1926 vs today.
A Memorial to the Pioneer Temple Family”: The Early History of Temple City, 1923-1930
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