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Untold Legacies: Rethinking the American Cowboy Sheds Light on the Diversity of the American West
Untold Legacies: Rethinking the American Cowboy weaves together history, pop culture, and the arts. It will feature works by five local artists who are recontextualizing…
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FREEDOM WEST: RESISTANCE AND TRIUMPH IN CALIFORNIA
The Curatorial Department exhibition in the Library is inspired by Reverend George Hathaway (a family member from the Rancho's sheep ranching days) and the abolitionist…
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Cosmetics Containers
Makeup compact, NDDonated by Sybil D. Hale Makeup compact attached to a purse with a round metal top with metal mesh pouch. Inside the compact…
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Beauty Tools
Please click on the images to enlarge Hand mirror and Hairbrush set, 1890–1905Donated by Stephen J. Grosscup This silver-plated hand mirror and hairbrush features an…
Read MoreCollections Highlights – Hog Scraper
Hog Scraper Date: 1865–1935 This tool is a piece of food processing equipment, and was used for removing hair from hide when butchering hogs. This…
Read MoreCollections Highlights – Appeal Document
Appeal Document Curator Sarah FitzGerald shares a piece from our archival collection that highlights the history of Rancho Los Cerritos following the Mexican-American War. Click on…
Read MoreCollections Highlights – Paintings of John Temple and Rafaela Cota
Donated by Marguerite R. Guthrie Click on the images to enlarge Oil Paintings of John Temple and Rafaela Cota de Temple Date: 1856 Artist: William…
Read MoreCollections Highlights – Hair Receiver
Hair Receiver Date: 1870 Hair receivers were common on the dressing tables of women from the Victorian era through the 1950s. They were used to…
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