Who was Charles Fletcher Lummis?
Clip: Season 8 Episode 1 | 1m 23s
Charles Lummis kept himself busy for decades spreading a gospel.
Charles Lummis -- writer, photographer, collector, museum founder, city librarian -- kept himself busy for decades spreading a gospel about indigenous and regional Southwestern history and culture.
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Who was Charles Fletcher Lummis?
Clip: Season 8 Episode 1 | 1m 23s
Charles Lummis -- writer, photographer, collector, museum founder, city librarian -- kept himself busy for decades spreading a gospel about indigenous and regional Southwestern history and culture.
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Boosterism in L.A.: Selling the Land of Sunshine
Clip: S8 Ep1 | 6m 56s | Colorful advertisements aided in building the allure of Southern California. (6m 56s)
The First Museum in Los Angeles
Clip: S8 Ep1 | 8m 35s | Charles Lummis sought to preserve Native American and Mexican cultures. (8m 35s)
Clip: S8 Ep1 | 4m 22s | Charles Lummis' stone house along the Arroyo Seco is now a designated cultural monument. (4m 22s)
Clip: S8 Ep1 | 7m 50s | Charles Fletcher Lummis began his infamous cross-country walk in 1884. (7m 50s)
Larger Than Life: Charles Fletcher Lummis
Clip: S8 Ep1 | 3m 9s | Charles Lummis spread a gospel of indigenous and regional Southwestern history and culture (3m 9s)
Saving Songs of Old California
Clip: S8 Ep1 | 3m 11s | In 1903, Charles Lummis began recording traditional Mexican and Native American folk songs (3m 11s)
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