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Tag: Whittier California history

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All Over the Map While Drilling for Black Gold with a “Map of the Montebello—Whittier Oil Fields,” 1918/1921, Part Three

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on December 7, 2022December 8, 2022
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“This is High-Class Both as an Investment and for a Suburban Home”: A Quintet of Letters Regarding North Whittier (Hacienda) Heights, 1 May 1914

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on May 1, 2022
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From Waterloo to Whittier to the White House: First Lady Lou Henry Hoover in “TIME” Magazine, May 1929

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on May 19, 2021
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From Point A to Point B: A Promotional Postcard for The First Anniversary of Western Air Express’ National Air Mail Service, Los Angeles, 17 April 1927

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on April 17, 2021
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“A Spectacle of Modern Gypsyland”: A Conflict Between Romani Camps, Los Angeles and Whittier, October 1924

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on October 14, 2020December 30, 2020
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“The Hanging Gardens of Southern California”: Edwin G. Hart and the Avocado Subdivisions of Hacienda Heights and La Habra Heights, 1913-1930

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on June 28, 2020December 30, 2020
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Holy Guacamole: The Fifth Annual Avocado Show, Whittier, 14-19 May 1928

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on May 19, 2020December 29, 2020
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  • 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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