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Tag: Mattoon Act

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Making a Statement With a Temple Townsite Company “Statement of Cash Received & Disbursed 5/15/26-5/22/26”

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on May 24, 2026
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  • Holidays & Celebrations

“A Veritable Paradise, Lavishly Favored by Nature”: Selling the Town of Temple, 1923-1924, Part Two

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on March 25, 2024March 26, 2024
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  • Holidays & Celebrations

Ticket to the Twenties Themes & Tangents: The Town of Temple’s First Birthday, 28 September 1924

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on October 1, 2019January 7, 2021
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  • Holidays & Celebrations

A Trio of Tournament of Roses Float Photos, New Year’s Day 1925

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on January 1, 2019January 7, 2021
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  • Economics

On This Day: A Turning Point in Walter P. Temple’s Business Fortunes, 13 January 1926

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on January 13, 2018January 11, 2021
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  • Transportation & Infrastructure

From Point A to Point B: The Pacific Electric Railway Alhambra Line Extension to the Town of Temple, 1924

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on October 12, 2017December 23, 2020
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  • “A Luster Undimmed by the Tears of the Innocent Victims of the Earth’s Greatest Curse”: Prohibition as Patriotism in the Rev. Ervin S. Chapman’s “A Stainless Flag,” 1907, Part Two
  • Ascending Spanish Steps With a Postcard of the Gainsborough Heath Sales Office, San Marino, postmarked 11 June 1929, Part Four
  • “A Luster Undimmed by the Tears of the Innocent Victims of the Earth’s Greatest Curse”: Prohibition as Patriotism in the Rev. Ervin S. Chapman’s “A Stainless Flag,” 1907, Part One
  • Ascending Spanish Steps With a Postcard of the Gainsborough Heath Sales Office, San Marino, postmarked 11 June 1929, Part Three
  • Ascending Spanish Steps With a Postcard of the Gainsborough Heath Sales Office, San Marino, postmarked 11 June 1929, Part Two

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