California History

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Hesperia California

Who Eucalyptized Southern California?

The eucalyptus, or gum tree, is an invader from an alien botanical world. It arrived from Australia in the 1850s.

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“Let’s go for a nice, long Sunday drive down to Long Beach,” they said. “We’ll get out of the city and take in some of that fresh sea air,” they said. “It’ll be fun!” they said. They lied. (Long Beach, California, circa 1935) Lakewood California, Garden Of Allah, Oil Field, California History, Photography Kit, Long Beach California, The Golden Years, Vintage Los Angeles, Vintage California

Long Beach California

The Golden Years

Vintage Los Angeles

Vintage California

A forest of oil wells, Long Beach, California, circa mid 1930s

“Let’s go for a nice, long Sunday drive down to Long Beach,” they said. “We’ll get out of the city and take in some of that fresh sea air,” they said. “It’ll be fun!” they said. They lied. (Long Beach, California, circa 1935)

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Bunker Hill Los Angeles

Vintage Places

Echo Mountain

Angel Flight

California Architecture

Three Forgotten Incline Railways from Southern California History

Although nostalgia abounds for Angels Flight and the Great Incline up Echo Mountain, these classic funiculars were hardly alone. Three incline railways from Southern California history have largely escaped the public memory.

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Incredible images of Los Angeles before it was a city

Here's what Los Angeles looked like before the stars came.

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Photography Collection

Vintage Los Angeles

University Of Southern California

Vintage California

California Love

How Did L.A. Become a City of Palms? And Other Questions About California's Trees

Q&A with historian Jared Farmer, author of "Trees in Paradise: A California History."

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Los Angeles Aesthetic

Manhattan Beach California

manhattan beach california 1950's

Explore it's better than bad's 6904 photos on Flickr!

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1851, July 5 ~ Josefa Loazia, the only woman hanged in CA. The stereotype of many Mexican women of lower classes was that they were the opposite of the stereotypical Anglo woman. Whereas the Anglo woman was chaste and pious, Mexican women were viewed as depraved and sexually corrupt. A drunken white man (Joe Canon) broke her front door while her husband was away and she was executed for stabbing him. West America, Mexican American Culture, California Gold Rush, California History, California Gold, Mexican American, Interesting History, Mountain Man, American West

West America

Mexican American Culture

1851, July 5 ~ Josefa Loazia, the only woman hanged in CA. The stereotype of many Mexican women of lower classes was that they were the opposite of the stereotypical Anglo woman. Whereas the Anglo woman was chaste and pious, Mexican women were viewed as depraved and sexually corrupt. A drunken white man (Joe Canon) broke her front door while her husband was away and she was executed for stabbing him.

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Chavez Ravine

Elysian Park

Los Angeles Architecture

Chavez Ravine before baseball.

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California State Flag

California Travel Guide

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Pinterest

California history

Some things are different, others are shockingly similar.

The eucalyptus, or gum tree, is an invader from an alien botanical world. It arrived from Australia in the 1850s.

“Let’s go for a nice, long Sunday drive down to Long Beach,” they said. “We’ll get out of the city and take in some of that fresh sea air,” they said. “It’ll be fun!” they said. They lied. (Long Beach, California, circa 1935)

Although nostalgia abounds for Angels Flight and the Great Incline up Echo Mountain, these classic funiculars were hardly alone. Three incline railways from Southern California history have largely escaped the public memory.

Here's what Los Angeles looked like before the stars came.

Q&A with historian Jared Farmer, author of "Trees in Paradise: A California History."

Explore it's better than bad's 6904 photos on Flickr!

Chavez Ravine before baseball.

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