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Ascending Spanish Steps With a Postcard of the Gainsborough Heath Sales Office, San Marino, postmarked 11 June 1929, Part Four

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  • Posted on June 15, 2026June 15, 2026
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  • Biographies

“The Historical Pageant is a Mirror Held Up to an Actual or Imaginary Past”: The Mission Play in “The West Coast Magazine,” March 1912

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on February 11, 2026
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“The Voice of People Who Have Traveled Far and Well With the Vibrant March of Progress”: A Special Section on Black Angelenos in the Los Angeles Times, 12 February 1909, Part One

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on October 6, 2025October 7, 2025
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  • Architecture & Decoration

“This Stately Temple, in its Incomparable Beauty, is Their Monument . . . to California and its Hallowed Traditions”: A Program for the New Mission Playhouse, San Gabriel, 5 March 1927

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on March 9, 2025March 9, 2025
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  • Race, Ethnicity, & Marginalized Groups

“A Marvelously Vivid Picture of California Under Spanish Rule”: Reading Between the Lines in a Letter from The Mission Play Dancer Juanita Vigare to Laura González Temple, 30 October 1916

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  • Posted on October 29, 2024
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“Dreamy Chinatown . . . Is Soon to Pass Into Oblivion”: A Photo of Los Angeles Street and Ferguson Alley, Los Angeles, 12 August 1925

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on August 12, 2024
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  • Agriculture

Reading Between the Lines in a Letter from F.P.F. Temple to Abraham Temple, 26 December 1843

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on December 26, 2023
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  • Oil Industry

Making a Statement: A Report of Receipts and Expenditures for Walter P. Temple, 18 September to 17 October 1921

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on October 18, 2023
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  • Places & Communities

The Early History of Temple City Postview: The Renaming of the Town of Temple, 1927-1928

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on February 19, 2023February 19, 2023
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  • Architecture & Decoration

“To Win a Happy Community Destiny”: The Dedication of Los Angeles City Hall, 26-28 April 1928

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on April 29, 2020January 4, 2021
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  • That’s a Wrap While Treading the Boards With a Program from the Hillstreet Theatre, Los Angeles, the Week of 16 July 1923

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