Places & Communities “As a Memorial to the Pioneer Temple Family”: The Announcement of the Town of Temple, 11 May 1923 by homesteadmuseum Posted on May 11, 2023 Read More
Architecture & Decoration The Early History of Temple City Preview: Walter P. Temple and His Boomtime Real Estate Projects, 1919-1923 by homesteadmuseum Posted on February 18, 2023February 18, 2023 Read More
Economics “The HUB of the Most Developed Portion of all Southern California”: Selling San Gabriel in a Chamber of Commerce Pamphlet, ca. 1924 by homesteadmuseum Posted on October 29, 2022 Read More
Biographies “The Stronger Will be Our Family Lines When Records and History are Made”: Sunny Slope Acres, the Precursor to Temple City, 1921-1923 by homesteadmuseum Posted on October 9, 2022 Read More
Homes La Casa Nueva’s Centennial: The Temple Family in the News in 1922 by homesteadmuseum Posted on July 30, 2022July 30, 2022 Read More
Homes Making a Statement: Statements of Bank Account Transactions for Walter P. Temple, 1-13 June 1927 by homesteadmuseum Posted on June 7, 2022 Read More
Law & Crime “An Expression of the Determined Spirit of Local Citizens”: A Reward Poster by the City of San Gabriel After the Murder of Police Officer Elmer H. Griffin, 7 February 1926 by homesteadmuseum Posted on February 7, 2022February 8, 2022 Read More
Places & Communities “When California Was the Happiest Land in All the World”: A Pamphlet for “The Mission Play,” San Gabriel, 1923 by homesteadmuseum Posted on February 3, 2022 Read More
Education Reading Between the Lines: A Letter from Thomas W. Temple II to Walter P. Temple, 31 October 1922 by homesteadmuseum Posted on October 31, 2021 Read More
Agriculture “A Spanish Belle of San Gabriel”: A “Vintage” Press Photo of Amapola del Vando, Queen of the Vendimia Grape Festival, San Gabriel, September 1928 by homesteadmuseum Posted on October 3, 2021October 8, 2021 Read More