Job Harriman
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Job Harriman was an American minister who later became an agnostic and a socialist. In 1900, he ran for vice president of the United States along with Eugene Debs on the ticket of the Socialist Party
Harriman c. 1900
The 1900 Social Democratic Party of America ticket for President and Vice President of the United States with Eugene V. Debs and Job Harriman portraits
Harriman c. 1902
Harriman later in life
Llano del Rio
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Llano del Rio was a commune located in what is now Llano, California, east of Palmdale in the Antelope Valley, Los Angeles County. The colony was devised by lawyer and socialist politician Job Harrima
Job Harriman
…America. He later twice ran for mayor of Los Angeles, drawing considerable attention and support. He also founded a socialist utopian community called Llano del Rio in California, later relocated to Louisiana. Harriman was born on January 15, 1861, in Frankfort, Clinton County, Indiana. He lived on the family farm…
Llano del Rio ruins in late 2009
Full page ad for the new Llano del Rio colony published in July 1914 in The Western Comrade, a monthly magazine started by Job Harriman to help promote the venture
Colonists outside a crude machine shop at the Llano del Rio colony, 1914.
The Western Comrade conveyed grandiose plans for the Llano del Rio colony to its readers. This raw rock-walled building with a corrugated metal roof was to be "remodeled for trout hatchery and motion picture factory," according to the photo caption.