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 Read More
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 Read More
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 by homesteadmuseum Posted on October 29, 2024 Read More
Places & Communities Making a Statement: A Temple Estate Company Financial Statement, 21 March 1927 by homesteadmuseum Posted on March 21, 2024 Read More
Miscellaneous Museum Director Musings on the Imminent Demise of the “Sugarcube Mission” by homesteadmuseum Posted on September 25, 2017December 28, 2020 Read More
Biographies Milton Kauffman, Temple Estate Business Manager and Housing Mogul by homesteadmuseum Posted on July 9, 2017December 28, 2020 Read More
Miscellaneous From Point A to Point B on a Six-in-Hand Carriage Ride to Mission San Gabriel, 1900 by homesteadmuseum Posted on May 28, 2017December 28, 2020 Read More
Politics & Government On This Day: “The Open Forum”, ACLU, Los Angeles, 4 May 1929 by homesteadmuseum Posted on May 4, 2017December 28, 2020 Read More
Race, Ethnicity, & Marginalized Groups Ticket to the Twenties Themes: Chief Menito and Tourists, Mission San Gabriel, 1920s by homesteadmuseum Posted on September 26, 2016December 30, 2020 Read More