A day book kept by Walter P. Temple, ca. 1910-15. The item contains notations of the dates and amounts paid for work done by laborers working for Temple at his ranches at the Temple Homestead and at the "Temple Heights" property in and below the Montebello Hills. Entries include the names of laborers; type of work including agricultural labor (mainly with walnuts and tomatoes), ditch clearing, the building of a reservoir, the creation of a gravel pit; amounts paid; and notes about projects. The condition of the book is fair.
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