Alfred D. Robinson and his wife Marion James Robinson were wealthy residents of San Diego, California, known for their impact on gardening and the cultivation of flowers, particularly begonias. Their
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Katherine Augusta Westcott Tingley was a social worker and prominent theosophist. She led the American Section of the Theosophical Society after W. Q. Judge. She founded and led the Theosophical commu
Alfred D. Robinson and Marion James Robinson
…inherited the bulk of her grandfather's fortune, giving the couple independent means. In San Francisco the Robinsons heard a lecture by Theosophist Katherine Tingley, describing the utopian community "Lomaland" which she was developing in the Point Loma area of San Diego. In 1903, they purchased 10 acres of barley…
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IBL broadside requesting funds and supplies for war relief in aftermath of Spanish-American War