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C.C. Pierce — Found on EBay

Posted on January 31, 2013 by

A vendor has listed a good number of C.C. Pierce photos on EBay. As I have written before, Pierce was a prolific photographer who added work by other photographers to his own collection. What I find particularly interesting about them … Continue reading →

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U.S. Lifts Ban on L.A. Paper Accused of Treason, Jan. 17, 1863

Posted on January 15, 2013 by

Read the entire Los Angeles Star of Jan. 17, 1863, courtesy of USC and the Huntington Library. Jan. 17, 1863: The Star notes that after a year of being banned from the U.S. mails for publishing treasonous articles in support … Continue reading →

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Union Forces Massacred at Fredericksburg, December 1862

Posted on December 27, 2012 by

I recently had lunch with Paul Bryan Gray, the author of a terrific new book “A Clamor for Equality,” a biography of Francisco P. Ramirez, who edited the Los Angeles Spanish-language weekly El Clamor Publico (1855-1859). Gray is the subject … Continue reading →

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Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights: Apartment Buildings and Celebrity Connections – Part I

Posted on October 29, 2012 by

People moved to Hollywood in droves in the 1920s, lured by the exploding motion picture industry, and by gorgeous advertisements placed in magazines and newspapers around the country. Construction of apartment buildings surged to meet demand, especially those offering elegant … Continue reading →

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Reading Los Angeles: Glen Creason

Posted on September 26, 2012 by

Photo: “Murder at the Sleepy Lagoon” by Eduardo Obregón Pagán. In interviewing Los Angeles Public Library map librarian Glen Creason, I asked about his favorite books on Los Angeles. There wasn’t space to include the list with the story, but … Continue reading →

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Seeing L.A. Through the Lens of History – C.C. Pierce’s Photos

Posted on July 10, 2012 by

My latest column for The Times is on early L.A. photographer C.C. Pierce.

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