A real photo postcard of the dining room at Silver Peak Guest Ranch house, Diamond Bar, California

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Homestead Museum

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A real photo postcard of the dining room at Silver Peak Guest Ranch house, Diamond Bar, California

Entry/Object ID

2013.1031.1.2

Description

A real photo postcard of the Silver Peak Guest Ranch house, Diamond Bar, California, ca. 1920s. The view shows an elevation of the one-story structure, with vine-covered walls, a bay window, and a patio cover under which is an umbrella-shaded table. A bench, some lawn A real photo postcard of the dining room at Silver Peak Guest Ranch house, Diamond Bar, California, ca. 1920s. The view shows aabout ten round and square tables decorated for service in the large room with four windows with geometric patterned curtains and double doors at the back. The ranch, located in a corner of Diamond Bar within Rancho La Puente, was off today's Golden Springs Road west of Lemon Street. It was built by George W. Chessman and named for Nevada mines he owned. It operated from about 1915 to the early 1930s and later was a school, Claretian seminary, a resort again, a substance abuse rehab facility, and a church before it was razed in the 1960s. With light fading at the bottom, the condition is good.

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Real Photographic Postcards