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The Workman Brothers in Missouri, Part Two

by homesteadmuseum
Posted on February 18, 2021

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“One of the Pitiful Examples of the Helplessness of the Old Californians”: A Los Angeles Times Article on the Interment of Don Pío Pico and Doña María Ygnacia Alvarado at the Walter P. Temple Memorial Mausoleum, 6 March 1921
Charles F. Lummis and His “Right Hand of The Continent” from Out West Magazine, March 1903
A “Babylonian Revelry” and a “Staggering Bacchanale” at the Mardi Gras des Artistes at the Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles, 4 March 1924
“Necessary For the Future Well-Being of the Indians”: The Report of Edward F. Beale, Superintendent of Indian Affairs in California, 3 March 1853
“Subtract the Abominations of Commercial Greed”: The Valley Beautiful Magazine, March 1926

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This year marks the 100th anniversary of the completion of the Walter P. Temple Memorial Mausoleum, built within El Campo Santo Cemetery, which Walter Temple undertook as a priority to renovate once he bought the Workman Homestead in late 1917. In addition to relocating the remains of family members from a damaged burial plot in the cemetery, Temple also secured permission to relocate Don Pío Pico, the last governor of Mexican-era California, and Doña María Ygnacia Alvarado, close friends and near neighbors of the Workman and Temple family, to the mausoleum.

The genealogy website MyHeritage has just launched a new tool for animating photos called #DeepNostalgia. Like others, we couldn’t resist jumping right in, so here is an animated daguerreotype portrait of William Workman, the first known photo of him, from 1851 when he was on his way to his only return visit to his native England. What do you think? 🤔 Captivating? 😮 Off-putting? 😨

Would you want to be an early 20th century door-to-door salesman? No? Well, at least you can eat like one. Find out what it took to do the job for the Jewel Tea Company and indulge in their recipe for a tasty Java Custard. #ArchivesCooking

Happy Read Across America Day! Are you looking for new and interesting historic fiction books to read? We’ve got reading lists from past and future book club sessions listed on our website. There is something for almost any mood. And if you like to talk about what you've read with others (and play fun games!), join us for our virtual meetings on Zoom the third Wednesday of the month.

March is #WomensHistoryMonth. Our newly updated blog makes it easy to curate posts by topic. Come and read some fascinating stories about women in Los Angeles including Clara Shortridge Foltz (1849-1934), the first female lawyer on the West Coast of the US and the earliest advocate for an office of public defender.

This beautifully ornamented gold ring with an inset of granite featuring veins of gold was given by F.P.F. Temple to, as best we can tell, his sister-in-law Cassandana Temple, whose great-great-grandson Douglas MacDonald donated it recently to the Homestead.

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