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Tag: Whittier California history

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The Evolution of Christmas: Community Christmas Trees in Greater Los Angeles in 1913-1914

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on December 4, 2025December 5, 2025
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“If You Once See the Property, You Will Desire a Portion for Yourself”: Correspondence Regarding the North Whittier (Hacienda) Heights Subdivision, 6 October 1914

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  • Posted on October 7, 2024October 8, 2024
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No Place Like Home: The Sierra Madre Villa Estate of Walter P. Temple’s Attorney and Fellow Investor George H. Woodruff, Part Two

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  • Posted on July 11, 2024
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No Place Like Home: The Sierra Madre Villa Estate of Walter P. Temple’s Attorney and Fellow Investor George H. Woodruff, Part One

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  • Posted on July 10, 2024
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“With Vision to Plan, With Courage to Start and With Ability to Complete”: Sharing Some History of George B. Chaffey With the Ovitt Family Community Library, Ontario

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  • Posted on April 18, 2024April 19, 2024
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“With Women’s Sphere of Influence and Activity Constantly Broadening”: Greater Los Angeles Representatives in “Women of the West,” 1928, Part Three

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  • Posted on March 30, 2024March 30, 2024
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Making a Statement: A Financial Statement of Walter P. Temple, 31 December 1925

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  • Posted on December 30, 2023
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  • Commerce & Manufacturing

Read All About It While Drilling for Black Gold in “California Oil World,” 27 December 1923

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on December 27, 2023December 27, 2023
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  • Architecture & Decoration

No Place Like Home: Celebrating California State Parks Week with Don Pío Pico’s Adobe House, Whittier

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on June 14, 2023June 15, 2023
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  • Biographies

Sharing the History of Shelley M. Stoody with the Chino Hills Historical Society

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on June 13, 2023June 13, 2023
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