PASSPORT 2 HISTORY MONTHLY NEWSLETTER
August 2020, Vol. 101
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This month, discover virtual summer camps for the kids, pick up letterpress as your next #QuarantineCraft, visit a Chumash ap, and more!
Reopenings and closures remain tough to predict in these evolving circumstances, but our P2H family of sites are rising to the challenge and continuing to offer awesome ways to connect and keep up with California history!
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If you're experiencing difficulties, copy and paste the following link: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1GwBzFZYtRNNXL5Os7U19z-IfyXIYugMX&usp=sharing
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Header image courtesy of the Los Angeles Maritime Museum. Learn the context of this photograph in the LAMM's Brief History of Terminal Island video - included in this volume of the Passport 2 History newsletter!
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Animals for Sale
Hathaway Ranch Museum
Hathaway Ranch Museum at 11901 E. Florence Ave. in Santa Fe Springs has pygmy goats for sale including does, yearling and newborn kids.
Please call the museum at (562) 777-3444 for more information.
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All new virtual events at the Reagan Library!
Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum
Online
The Reagan Library has a robust lineup of virtual events in August, including
Sean Hannity
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Steven Hayward
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Matt Pottinger
and more. Check out our website for the full line-up. Each event launches at 4:00 pm pacific time.
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Mon, Aug 3 – Fri, Aug 7
9:00 AM – 3:00 PM
Time Travelers Virtual Camp
Rancho Los Cerritos
Online
Rancho Los Cerritos’ award winning summer camps are back in a virtual format. Each time period from the 1700s to the 2000s will be explored through games, technology, and art. There will be a mix of guided group activities online and independent crafts and games that campers will receive in their camp kits. There will also be special guests each day to share knowledge from a variety of backgrounds. Although this is a new format, camp will still have the same spirit of educational fun!
Admission
General: $75
Members: $60
Scholarships Available
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Mon, Aug 10 – Fri, Aug 14
9:00 AM – 3:00 PM
Re-Plugged Virtual Camp
Rancho Los Cerritos
Online
Participants learn about science, technology, engineering, art, and math of the 19th-century with 21st-century technology. Each day has a STEM activity, an arts/culture activity, a food/cooking activity, and some quick challenges. There will be a mix of guided group activities through Zoom and independent crafts and games that campers will receive in their camp kits. There will also be special guests each day to share knowledge from a variety of backgrounds. Although this is a new format, camp will still have the same spirit of educational fun!
Admission
General: $75
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Sat, Aug 15
9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Letterpress Wayzgoose & Surplus Sale
International Printing Museum
In-person Event.
Sale ongoing until October 15. Please verify event status with the museum.
The International Printing Museum is hosting ongoing printing activities!
Vandercook poster printing, tabletop card press printing, mini-tours of the museum, typecasting on linotype and ludlow, and more.
For Sale: Vandercooks, C & P Platens, Windmills, Pocos, Kelseys, wood type, metal type, cuts, printing supplies, oak and metal type cabinets, pilot presses, paper cutters, and lots more!
Plus typewriters for sale from the Typewriter Guys!
Machine sale ongoing until October 15. Contact the museum to arrange a private appointment.
Admission
$10
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Keep Up With Your Favorite Museums Online!
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Welcome to Our Chumash Ap!
Stagecoach Inn Museum
We are scheduled to welcome guests back to the outdoor areas of the Stagecoach Inn Museum this month on Saturdays from 1:00-4:00. We are also offering Virtual Tours, and invite you to enjoy the first in the series, “Our Chumash Ap” tour here. The ap is one of seven buildings on our beautiful property, which also include an Adobe, a Pioneer House, Carriage House, Blacksmith Shop, and a one-room school house, in addition to the Inn, originally built as the Grand Union Hotel in 1876. Please note that masks are required on museum grounds, and a suggested donation of $5 per person is requested in exact cash or by debit/credit card.
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Five Pasadenans and Santa Catalina Island
Pasadena Museum of History
In 1992, research volunteer Sidney K. Gally created a presentation relating the stories of the five Pasadenans who influenced the development of Catalina. We are pleased to present a blog series developed from Gally’s original presentation.
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From WeHo to Calabasas: The Plummer House Takes Center Stage on
Leonis Legacies
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Leonis Adobe Museum
Learn how the Plummer House ended up at the Leonis Adobe Museum on this episode of Leonis Legacies. This early Los Angeles bungalow with Victorian architectural features was first built in West Hollywood, in what's today known as Plummer Park. Its journey to Calabasas was fraught with fire, neglect, and a close-call with demolition!
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A Brief History of Terminal Island
Los Angeles Maritime Museum
Terminal Island (located between San Pedro and Long Beach) is the center of commerce for the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, but the island’s history and most of its streets and structures are not easily accessible to the general public. This brief 3-minute video reveals the changing cultural, economic, and geographic landscape of Terminal Island. Discover a bit more about this important part of Los Angeles, brought to you by the L.A. Maritime Museum. The video is available on the museum’s You Tube channel in English and Spanish, and was grant funded by the Harbor Community Benefit Foundation.
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Explore Exhibits and Collections
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Online
Tea Through Time
Rancho Los Cerritos Historic Site
Since 1844, many different people have passed through the doors of Rancho Los Cerritos, and although there were many different cultures, one of the threads that ties the individuals together is the tradition of serving and drinking tea. Tea through Time at Rancho Los Cerritos is our latest online exhibit, curated by Arts Council for Long Beach intern Anthony Smyers. This is the second online exhibit published by the Rancho and we will be curating more in the future so that you can enjoy our museum collections from home.
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Huelga! Photographs from the Frontlines by Jorge Corralejo
Museum of Ventura County
Originally scheduled to open in early March, but postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, "Huelga! Photographs from the Frontlines by Jorge Corralejo" is now available as a 3D virtual exhibit! "Huelga!" is photography exhibit from the 1970s labor strikes featured along with memorabilia from the collection of longtime local activist and civic leader, Jorge Corralejo. We learn about his time with United Farm Workers, working alongside Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta from the Boston A & P strikes to the streets of Oxnard. Step into "Huelga!" today!
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Pasadena Museum of History's Black History Collection
Pasadena Museum of History
The Black History Collection, one of more than 250 special collections in Pasadena Museum of History's Archives, is now permanently available to the public online as part of a generous digitization grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities through the University of Southern California's L.A. as Subject Community Histories Digitization Project. The Black History collection includes more than 3,000 pages of materials and 400 historic photographs that have been re-housed and processed according to professional archival standards by USC Imaging & Media Lab.
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Collecting Community Stories Now for
The 19th: Votes for Women
Museum of Ventura County
The Museum of Ventura County is working to create an exhibit about Ventura County and the suffrage movement. To create this exhibit, we’d like to hear from you. What is your first or most vivid memory of voting? Why do you vote? Do you think voting is important?
Share your stories, thoughts, “I voted” stickers, or family voting recollections with the museum. Have pictures? We want those too! Share your family photos and stories as well, featuring voting or suffrage protest.
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Documenting COVID-19 in the Crescenta Cañada Valley
Lanterman House
The Lanterman House has launched a new project titled "Documenting COVID-19 in the Crescenta Cañada Valley." We are asking local residents to share their stories during this challenging time.
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Little Landers Historical Society Seek COVID-19 Stories, Thoughts, Photos
Bolton Hall Museum/Little Landers Historical Society
Are you keeping a journal or record of your thoughts? Are you taking photos?
Your "stories" can be sent as notes or short answers to the above questions or any other subjects that relate to this historical event, or a paragraph, an article or a longer journal and can be transmitted by regular mail or e-mail to:
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Rapid Response Collecting at the Museum of Ventura County
Museum of Ventura County
Submit your stories, videos, and photos to the Museum of Ventura County via the link below to help document this historic time we’re living through.
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About the Passport 2 History Program
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Step 1:
Get Your P2H Passport Booklet!
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Step 2:
Visit great institutions!
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Step 3:
Share your adventure!
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Make the most of P2H!
Visit every site?
Bring your completed booklet to P2H HQ at the Leonis Adobe Museum for a prize!
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About Us
Passport 2 History unites the sites, collections, experiences, and organizations that tell the story of Southern and Central California and its people.
We celebrate the institutions that take visitors back in time, showcase local experiences and talent, and preserve the artifacts and monuments of our state's rich heritage. We proudly invite you to enjoy all they have to offer. Participating sites submit events, exhibits, and announcements to be included in the regular monthly newsletter.
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Passport 2 History is facilitated by the
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Passport 2 History is brought to you by the Leonis Adobe Museum in beautiful Old Town Calabasas. The Leonis Adobe Museum is Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument #1 and operates as a living history museum.
Feed animals and explore one of the oldest residences in Los Angeles County. Learn the story of Miguel Leonis, a French Basque immigrant who became the King of Calabasas, and Espiritu Leonis, his Chumash-Tongva common-law wife who, following Miguel's death, won a 16-year court battle for a wife's share of his estate despite the odds against her.
To learn more about the Leonis Adobe Museum, check out KCET's
Visiting with Huell Howser
episode about us, available
on YouTube
!
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* Please note that while we strive to list the most accurate information available at the time of publishing this newsletter, it is always best to contact the institution directly to confirm dates and times listed, especially while COVID-19 continues to affect businesses' abilities to operate as normal. Thank you!
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