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The Summing Up of All Parts Postview: “Pioneers Not Usurpers” in a Workman Family Protest About a Characterization of Early Boyle Heights, 1949

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on July 16, 2023
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“The Appreciation by the Public That I Was Worthy of Trust”: A Receipt from William H. Workman, City Treasurer, Los Angeles, 22 April 1903

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on April 22, 2023April 23, 2023
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A Changing Silhouette Postview: The Wedding Dress of Maria E. Boyle Workman, 1867

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  • Posted on March 20, 2023March 21, 2023
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Treading the Boards with Theatrical Actor Gertrude Workman (1885-1972)

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on December 15, 2022December 16, 2022
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Fits the Bill: A Receipt from H. Newmark & Co. to William Workman, 11 July 1866

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on July 11, 2022
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“The Steadfast Friend of the Chinese?”: Race and William H. Workman’s Campaign for Mayor of Los Angeles, December 1886

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on January 16, 2022
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For the Best Mother That Ever Lived: A Story of Prominent Los Angeles Women, A Fund for Destitute Mothers, and Mother’s Day

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on May 9, 2021
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Portrait Gallery: The Children of Maria Boyle and William H. Workman, ca. 1884

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on February 12, 2021
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“Los Angeles Is All Right, My God, Sir!”: Two Photos of Los Angeles City Treasurer William H. Workman and Staff, 1903

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  • Posted on March 29, 2020April 22, 2025
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  • “Old Calvary Has Become More Valuable to the Living Than to the Dead, And the March of Civilization is Soon to Overwhelm It”: Some Further History of the Calvary Cemetery, Los Angeles, 1896-1944, Part Four
  • “The Family Legend of an Ancestor Being Lost in America”: Seeking George W. Pflugradt, 1819-1857
  • “Before This Historical Graveyard is Past All Hope of Preservation”: Some Further History of the Calvary Cemetery, Los Angeles, 1896-1944, Part Three
  • “Let Us At Least Draw the Line at Neglect and Desecration of the Cemeteries”: Some Further History of the Calvary Cemetery, Los Angeles, 1896-1944, Part Two

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