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history, Long Beach
February 3, 2021

African-American History at Rancho Los Cerritos and Southern California

Black people contributed to shaping the region we now know as Southern California. Their history has often been erased due to a lack of emphasis…
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Events, exhibits, history
October 16, 2020

LA as Subject Archives Bazaar

The LA as Subject Archives Bazaar is going virtual and will be hosted online on 10/17. You can view all of the virtual exhibitor booths by…
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Create your own tussie-mussie at the Victorian Language of Flowers Lecture and Workshop on Saturday May 18th at Rancho Los Cerritos.
Events, Gardens, history, Upcoming Events
May 6, 2019

“Say It with Flowers” Victorian Style on May 18th

“Say it with Flowers” has been a tag line used by florists since the early 1900s. But flowers have been used to express sentiments for centuries…
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Arts Council Intern Keila Rivera focuses on John Temple and the cattle ranching period at RLC. This installation is the first in a series of displays that will commemorate the 175th anniversary of the Rancho adobe’s construction.
exhibits, history, rlc175
April 3, 2019

Library Exhibit: John Temple and the Temple Period 1844-1866

In mid-March, Rancho Los Cerritos' Arts Council Intern Keila Rivera installed the latest special exhibit in the library display case. The exhibit focuses on John…
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FPF Temple with his wife Antonia Margarita Workman de Temple.
history, rlc175
March 27, 2019

Thomas Edward Temple Shares Historic and Modern Memories of RLC

In commemoration of Rancho Los Cerritos’ 175th Anniversary year of when the adobe was built in 1844, the blog will feature a series of stories as…
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Frequent RLC visitor Jim Armfield shares his memory of researching his term paper here in 1973. These are some of the books he used in his paper.
Frequent RLC visitor Jim Armfield shares his memory of researching his term paper here in 1973. These are some of the books he used in his paper.
history, rlc175
February 28, 2019

RLC Library Illuminates California African-American History for Young Academic

In commemoration of Rancho Los Cerritos’ 175th Anniversary year throughout 2019, the blog will be featuring a series of stories as submitted by our followers…
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Events, history, Long Beach, Upcoming Events
February 15, 2019

Writer/Actor Amy Simon Shines Light on Historical Women’s Stories at RLC

Drawing on diaries, letters, publications and biographies, actor/writer Amy Simon’s one-woman show, She’s History!, tells the stories of women in history. Simon brings to life…
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history, rlc175
February 8, 2019

5 (Other) Famous 1844 Birthdays

If you’ve been wondering why the year 1844 is being bandied about lately over here at Rancho Los Cerritos, then you haven’t heard the big…
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