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Tag: La Puente history

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Sharing History with Sierra Vista Middle School, La Puente

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  • Posted on November 19, 2019January 6, 2021
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City of Industry Wells Fargo Bank Branch Mural Celebrates Local History

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  • Posted on August 22, 2018January 8, 2021
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Getting Schooled with a Student Memory Book, Puente Union High School, 1925

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  • Posted on August 21, 2018August 2, 2022
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All Over the Map: A Map of Puente Valley, Rancho La Puente, June 1870

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  • Posted on August 20, 2018January 8, 2021
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Sharing Local History During ABC7 News’ “In the Neighborhood” Segment in La Puente

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  • Posted on August 15, 2018January 8, 2021
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The 1918 Flu Pandemic & the History of Hand-Washing

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  • Posted on February 20, 2018January 11, 2021
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On This Day: A Turning Point in Walter P. Temple’s Business Fortunes, 13 January 1926

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  • Posted on January 13, 2018January 11, 2021
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Time Capsule Tuesday: A Photo of the Homestead, La Puente and the Future City of Industry, circa 1940

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  • Posted on June 13, 2017December 28, 2020
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Time Capsule Tuesday: City of Industry-Area Aerial Photo #2

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  • Posted on May 2, 2017December 28, 2020
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Getting Schooled at Puente Union High School, 1928

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  • Posted on January 22, 2017August 2, 2022
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  • At Our Leisure Through the Viewfinder: A Photo Album of Camping in Big Santa Anita Canyon, San Gabriel Mountains, ca. 1910s
  • “Financial Facts for the Protection of the Investing Public”: The August 1920 issue of American Globe/ The Pacific Trade Review, Los Angeles
  • Working the Land: The Day Book of Laura González for the Workman Homestead, Rancho La Puente, July-August 1887

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Press photo, 1929. Spectators watch as each boat tries to knock the other over.
La Casa Nueva is turning 100! Check out these certificates we received from the State Senate in recognition of this milestone.
Free; tour sizes are limited and space is available on a first-come, first-served basis.
There's maintenance going on at the Homestead! This historic arch needed some help to stay standing, so we brought in some experts to get it back into shape.
Monument, Memorial, Showpiece, Home: Celebrating La Casa Nueva at 100
Check out this shot of our fountain from Song of the Gringo compared to a photo of our fountain today. Did you know our fountain supposedly contains the millstones from Workman's mill?

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