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Tag: Walter P. Temple oil

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Getting Schooled While Reading Between the Lines in a Letter from Thomas W. Temple II to Walter P. Temple, Sr., 2 June 1927

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  • Posted on June 2, 2026June 3, 2026
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Making a Statement With a “Report of Receipts & Disbursements May 20 to June 19, 1922,” for Walter P. Temple

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on May 20, 2026
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  • Oil Industry

Making a Statement With a Temple Estate Company Year-End Financial Statement, December 1926

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on December 29, 2024
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  • Oil Industry

Making a Statement: A Financial Statement of Walter P. Temple, 31 December 1925

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on December 30, 2023
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Read All About Drilling for Black Gold: An Oil Field in the Suburbs of Los Angeles in “Scientific American” Magazine, 17 July 1897

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on July 17, 2020December 30, 2020
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  • Oil Industry

Drilling for Black Gold: Promotional Materials for the Snowolene Oil Company, Los Angeles, 1923

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on March 21, 2020September 28, 2023
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  • Oil Industry

Drilling for Black Gold: A Letter from West Whittier Oil Company to Walter P. Temple, 5 January 1921

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on January 5, 2020December 28, 2020
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  • Economics

Making a Statement: A Temple Estate Company Financial Statement, 15 July 1930

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on July 16, 2019January 7, 2021
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Making a Statement: A Walter P. Temple Financial Statement, 12 July 1919

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on July 15, 2019January 7, 2021
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  • Oil Industry

All Over The Map: A Map of the Whittier-Olinda Oil Field, June 1912

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on June 4, 2019January 7, 2021
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