Name/Title
ANNOUNCEMENT, TEMPLE ESTATE COMPANY MOVE, CA. 1924Entry/Object ID
2002.89.30.1Description
ANNOUNCEMENT, TEMPLE ESTATE COMPANY MOVE, CA. 1924
Color: Black; White
An announcement concerning the move of the Temple Estate Company to the Great Republic Life Building, Los Angeles, ca. 1924. The announcement card (a) is on heavy white cardstock and has an embossed matte-like border. Within this is "WATER P. TEMPLE / AND / TEMPLE ESTATE COMPANY / ANNOUNCE THE REMOVAL OF THEIR OFFICES TO / 4TH FLOOR GREAT REPUBLIC LIFE BUILDING / NORTH EAST CORNER EIGHTH & SPRING STREETS / LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA / TELEPHONE Trinity 9135." Item (b) is a thin tissue sheet with fluted textured embossing and item (c) is a plain white envelope with the manufacturer's name and location (W. P. Jeffries Company of Los Angeles) embossed on the back under the flap. Walter Temple was part of a syndicate that constructed this building, which housed the company until the Edison Building in Alhambra, built by the company, was completed in 1924. The company seemed to have moved from offices further up Spring near Fifth Street after it was founded in 1923. The card has water stains, discoloration, surface soiling and a creased lower right corner and is in good overall condition. The sheet has creases, stains, and discoloration and is in fair condition. The envelope has much discoloration, staining, creases, acid burns, and abrasions, and is in poor condition.Lexicon
Search Terms
Two-dimensional, Announcements, Temple Estate Company, W. P. Jeffries Company, Real estate business--Los Angeles (Calif.), Commercial buildings--Los Angeles (Calif.), Downtown business districts--Los Angeles (Calif.)
