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A Tale of Two Cities

November 14, 2021 by sergneri Leave a Comment

San Francisco Call, 21 November 1918 TWO CITIES Chester Rowell, Editor of the Fresno Republican, Praises Handling of Flu Problem Here; Shows Folly of Los Angeles Attitude The following editorial by Chester Rowell, editor of the Fresno Republican, appeared in the on November 18 edition of the Call, under the heading “Two Cities.” There is … [Read more…]

Posted in: California History, California Newspaper Archive, Faits Divers, Pandemic, Politics Tagged: 1918 Spanish Influeza, BOARD OF HEALTH, Dr. William C. Hassler, Dr. Woods Hutchison, Fresno, Fresno Republican, influenza, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Express, Los Angeles Times, San Francisco, San Francisco Call, San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco Examiner, Spanish Influenza

John Outterbridge, Who Turned Castoffs Into Sculpture, Dies at 87

January 1, 2021 by sergneri Leave a Comment

An obituary from the New York Times. LOS ANGELES — John Outterbridge, a Los Angeles cultural leader and artist who made powerful sculptures from what is usually dismissed as junk or castoffs — a means of exploring loaded social issues as well as celebrating a history of African-American resourcefulness — died here on Nov. 12. … [Read more…]

Posted in: Faits Divers, Obituaries, Racism, Thinking about Tagged: African-American, arts educator, assemblage, Compton, Compton Communicative Arts Academy, Containment, John Outterbridge, Los Angeles, Mark di Suvero, Pasadena Art Museum, rags, rusted metal, Sculpture, Simon Rodia, Watts Towers, Watts Towers Arts Center, wood

STATISTICS OF CALIFORNIA— 1870 — November-December.

December 24, 2016 by sergneri Leave a Comment

Sacramento Daily Union, 2 January 1871 NOVEMBER. 1st — A fire at Moore’s Flat destroyed a great part of the town; loss, $13,200. 2d — A. P. Crittenden appointed Supreme Court reporter vice Tod Robinson deceased … Nebraska Hotel at Watsonville burned; loss, $7, 000…. Irene Furry was thrown from a buggy near Woodland and … [Read more…]

Posted in: California History, California Newspaper Archive, Faits Divers, Thinking about Tagged: abortion, Blue Canyon, Copperopolis, Giant powder, Industrial School, La Porte, Los Angeles, lotteries, Nebraska Hotel, Oakland, population of California, Portersville, San Bernardino, Santa Rosa, Stockton, suicided, Telegraph Hill, Vacaville, Vallejo, Watsonville

STATISTICS OF CALIFORNIA— 1870 — January-February.

December 22, 2016 by sergneri Leave a Comment

Sacramento Daily Union, Volume 40, Number 7063, 2 January 1871 RECORD OF NOTABLE EVENTS FOR 1870 (January-February). We subjoin a record of the more prominent events and industries of the State and county for the past year : JANUARY. 1st — A. McGimsey and John Ornbaum quarreled near Cloverdale. McGimsey was killed … Colored people … [Read more…]

Posted in: California History, California Newspaper Archive, Faits Divers, Thinking about Tagged: 1870, apoplectic fit, arsenic, Benicia, Butte county, Cloverdale, Earthquake, emancipation, EVENTS, Grass Valley, Humboldt bar, Insane Asylum, Laudanum, Los Angeles, Marin county, MURDER, Oakland, outrage, Placerville, Sacramento, STATISTICS, strychnine, SUICIDE, Vallejo

ANGELES – On the Derivation and Definition of the Names …

November 19, 2016 by sergneri Leave a Comment

Daily Alta California, Volume 1, Number 103, 29 April 1850 REPORT FROM THE SELECT COMMITTEE On the Derivation and Definition of the Names of the several Counties of the State of California, &c. ANGELES. — This country derives its name from the city of Los Angeles, which was founded in the latter part of the … [Read more…]

Posted in: California History, California Newspaper Archive Tagged: 1832, Counties, Los Angeles, San Fernando, San Gabriel, San Juan Capistrano, State of California, wines

Southern California.

October 18, 2016 by sergneri Leave a Comment

Daily Alta California, 17 June 1851 Ever since California changed her national allegiance, the southern section of it, especially the Los Angeles Valley, has endured all manner of oppressions from wild Indians and dissolute white men with far less conscience and much greater capacity and taste for evil than the untaught savage. The Mexican rule … [Read more…]

Posted in: California History, California Newspaper Archive Tagged: bandits, California, cavalada, General Smith, Indians, Los Angeles, Mexico, San Diego, Southern California, Utahs

Vega Honda Bride … Page and Gravel

October 15, 2016 by sergneri Leave a Comment

Los Angeles Herald, 18 March 1875

Posted in: California History, California Newspaper Archive, Faits Divers Tagged: 1875, Bridge, BUGGIES, Los Angeles, Page and Gravel, Vega Honda Creek Bridge

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