Name/Title
THOMAS AND ARVELLA TEMPLE AT THE HOME OF PIO PICOEntry/Object ID
96.7.19.4Description
THOMAS AND ARVELLA TEMPLE AT THE HOME OF PIO PICO
Color: Black; White
A black and white photograph of Thomas and Arvella Temple at the home of Pio Pico, ca. 1920s. The two stand at the center on the brick floor of a courtyard with Arvella on the left. She smiles as she rests her chin on boths hands which are on Thomas' right shoulder. She wears a hat, gloves, short-sleeve dress with a belt, and two-tone heels. Thomas smiles at the camera and has his right arm across his stomach and holds a cigarette up in his left. He wears a tall wide-brim hat, tie, light jacket, and dark slacks. To the left behind them are bushes, a trellis, and the shingled roof of a building. To the right of the background is a fence post, lawn with long grass, barbed-wire fence, and a tree. At the left of the back is a stamp with the words, "ANDERSON / Photo Service / EL MONTE." At the bottom right is the number, "1." The photograph was housed in Agnes Temple's album which is item 96.7.94.1 along with many other photographs which span 96.7.1.1-.93.1. Contact sheets 2000.159.1.1-.8 show the original positioning of the images within the album. With only a small stain on the bottom right, the artifact is in good condition.
Number-Units: 1Lexicon
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Two-dimensional, Photographs, Anderson Photo Service, Clothing and dress, Dwellings--Whittier (Calif.), Historic buildings--Whittier (Calif.)