Las Angelenas of LA History
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The LAhistory Twitter project is a mother-daughter effort. From 1960s-80s, the mother wrote about Los Angeles for Sunset Magazine, followed by a 25-year career at the Huntington Library. The daughter didn't appreciate the history of her hometown until she left it to work in Washington DC. Together they started the LAhistory twitter project to counter the stereotype that Los Angeles has no history. With 120 years of family history in Los Angeles, the pair knows LA has a rich history…you just need to know where to look.
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For National Library Week, we honor the librarians that made Los Angeles a smarter place.
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Sunset Magazine's Los Angeles editors introduced readers to Ranch Homes and Mexican food its home design and cooking sections.
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Sunset Magazine pioneered the concept of traveling within your own city, while giving importance to the personal gardens of Southern California.
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Sunset Magazine crafted ideals of Southern California living through its thriving branch office in Los Angeles starting in the 1940s.
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Olive Percival was not college educated but read voraciously and wrote prolifically, with several published books to her name and a revered collection of antique books.
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Down-hyl Claim, the Arroyo home of the multi-faceted Olive Percival, was filled with magnificent collections of books, toys and dolls.
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Who is Olive Percival? An author? A gardener? A toy maker? An advocate for suffrage, animals and trees? An insurance clerk? She's all of these and more.
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For National Library Week, we honor the librarians that made Los Angeles a smarter place.
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Sunset Magazine's Los Angeles editors introduced readers to Ranch Homes and Mexican food its home design and cooking sections.
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Sunset Magazine pioneered the concept of traveling within your own city, while giving importance to the personal gardens of Southern California.
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Sunset Magazine crafted ideals of Southern California living through its thriving branch office in Los Angeles starting in the 1940s.
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Olive Percival was not college educated but read voraciously and wrote prolifically, with several published books to her name and a revered collection of antique books.
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Down-hyl Claim, the Arroyo home of the multi-faceted Olive Percival, was filled with magnificent collections of books, toys and dolls.
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Who is Olive Percival? An author? A gardener? A toy maker? An advocate for suffrage, animals and trees? An insurance clerk? She's all of these and more.
