Sporting Guide: Los Angeles, 1897
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"Sporting Guide: Los Angeles, 1897" is a historical work by Liz Goldwyn that explores the underworld, vice districts, and social culture of late 19th-century Los Angeles.
All labels observed (1)
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| Sporting Guide: Los Angeles, 1897 canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9237735 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Sporting Guide: Los Angeles, 1897 Context triple: [Liz Goldwyn, notableWork, Sporting Guide: Los Angeles, 1897]
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Los Angeles Athletic Club
The Los Angeles Athletic Club is a historic private athletic and social club in downtown Los Angeles known for its prominent role in sports culture, including administering major collegiate basketball honors.
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B.
Los Angeles sports media
Los Angeles sports media is the network of television, radio, print, and digital outlets that cover and shape public perception of the city’s professional and collegiate sports teams.
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C.
Los Angeles Athletic Club building
The Los Angeles Athletic Club building is a historic early 20th-century private athletic and social club structure in downtown Los Angeles, known for its Beaux-Arts architecture and long-standing role in the city’s social and sporting life.
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D.
Philadelphia Base Ball Grounds
Philadelphia Base Ball Grounds was the original name of the historic Baker Bowl ballpark in Philadelphia, which served as the longtime home of the Philadelphia Phillies in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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E.
California Sports Hall of Fame
The California Sports Hall of Fame is an institution that honors and preserves the legacy of outstanding athletes, coaches, and sports figures connected to the state of California.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sporting Guide: Los Angeles, 1897 Target entity description: "Sporting Guide: Los Angeles, 1897" is a historical work by Liz Goldwyn that explores the underworld, vice districts, and social culture of late 19th-century Los Angeles.
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A.
Los Angeles Athletic Club
The Los Angeles Athletic Club is a historic private athletic and social club in downtown Los Angeles known for its prominent role in sports culture, including administering major collegiate basketball honors.
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B.
Los Angeles sports media
Los Angeles sports media is the network of television, radio, print, and digital outlets that cover and shape public perception of the city’s professional and collegiate sports teams.
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C.
Los Angeles Athletic Club building
The Los Angeles Athletic Club building is a historic early 20th-century private athletic and social club structure in downtown Los Angeles, known for its Beaux-Arts architecture and long-standing role in the city’s social and sporting life.
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D.
Philadelphia Base Ball Grounds
Philadelphia Base Ball Grounds was the original name of the historic Baker Bowl ballpark in Philadelphia, which served as the longtime home of the Philadelphia Phillies in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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E.
California Sports Hall of Fame
The California Sports Hall of Fame is an institution that honors and preserves the legacy of outstanding athletes, coaches, and sports figures connected to the state of California.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
book
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historical work ⓘ |
| about |
entertainment culture in 1890s Los Angeles
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history of sex work in Los Angeles ⓘ moral reform movements ⓘ urban vice regulation ⓘ |
| author | Liz Goldwyn ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| creator | Liz Goldwyn ⓘ |
| depicts |
brothels
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gambling culture ⓘ red-light districts in Los Angeles ⓘ saloon culture ⓘ sex work in the 19th century ⓘ social hierarchies in vice districts ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
hidden histories of Los Angeles
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marginalized communities ⓘ social culture of late 19th-century Los Angeles ⓘ |
| genre |
non-fiction
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social history ⓘ |
| hasPerspective |
cultural
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gendered ⓘ historical ⓘ |
| hasTitle | Sporting Guide: Los Angeles, 1897 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Los Angeles
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late 19th-century American urban life ⓘ prostitution ⓘ underworld culture ⓘ vice districts ⓘ |
| relatedWork | Sporting Guide: Los Angeles, 1897 (film and multimedia projects by Liz Goldwyn) ⓘ |
| settingPlace | Los Angeles, California ⓘ |
| settingTime | 1897 ⓘ |
| timePeriodCovered | late 19th century ⓘ |
| usesSourceType |
archival materials
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ephemera ⓘ historical photographs ⓘ newspaper accounts ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Sporting Guide: Los Angeles, 1897 Description of subject: "Sporting Guide: Los Angeles, 1897" is a historical work by Liz Goldwyn that explores the underworld, vice districts, and social culture of late 19th-century Los Angeles.
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