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Woman Born in 1878 Talks About Her Childhood in Los Angeles, California in the 1880s
Life in the 1800s ^ | 26/5/23 | Belle Bufford Thom Collins

Posted on 02/09/2025 11:26:36 AM PST by Eleutheria5

0:00 Introduction
1:35 Rowena (Belle's Niece) Speaking
2:25 Belle Buford Thom Collins Speaking

This is Belle Buford Thom Collins, born in 1878, speaking about her childhood in 1880s Los Angeles. Her father, Cameron E. Thom, was the Mayor of Los Angeles between 1882 and 1884. Mrs. Collins' niece, Rowena, is the person speaking in the beginning of the recording. Audio has been remastered. This was recorded on November 26, 1964. The original tape contained several gaps, so some areas begin in mid-sentence. All photographs are of early Los Angeles, between the 1870s to the late 1890s.

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TOPICS: History; Miscellaneous; Reference; Society
KEYWORDS: 1800s; account; bellecollins; california; cameronethom; godsgravesglyphs; history; losangeles; personal
My maternal grandmother, before she passed, wrote down her account of life in Poland, and the crossing to the US in 1927 at the age of 17. It'll see print one of these days.
1 posted on 02/09/2025 11:26:36 AM PST by Eleutheria5
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My paternal grandfather was born in what was the Austro-Hungarian Empire in 1888 and came over to the US at 13 years old.


2 posted on 02/09/2025 11:30:08 AM PST by Joe 6-pack
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To: Eleutheria5

Nanzi Pelosi said, “Oh, yes.
I remember walking to school with her as a little girl.”


3 posted on 02/09/2025 11:31:24 AM PST by Texas Eagle ("Throw me to the wolves and I'll return leading the pack"- Donald J. Trump)
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4 posted on 02/09/2025 3:22:15 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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To: Eleutheria5

bump


5 posted on 02/09/2025 9:55:22 PM PST by Albion Wilde (“Did you ever meet a woke person that’s happy? There’s no such thing.” —Donald J. Trump)
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The city so nice, they named it...well actually they didn’t. Long time ago a bunch of Spaniards rode in and said “hey. We’re in Los Angeles.”

This from 1974;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ch9FEk9lG54


6 posted on 02/09/2025 10:09:43 PM PST by Hillarys Gate Cult (“History doesn't repeat itself but it often rhymes” - Possibly Mark Twain.)
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