An oval basket presenting a copy of the beautifully illustrated hardcover book The Encyclopedia of American Art Tiles: Region 6 Southern California by Norman Karlson, and three pieces of reproduction tile from La Casa Nueva, the 1920s Spanish Colonial Revival house that is now part of the Workman and Temple Family Homestead Museum.
     The Homestead Museum provides a unique way to look at southern California's history from the days of the Mexican ranchos in the 1840s, through the 1920s, when Los Angeles came to be  known worldwide as a major metropolitan city.  This six-acre site features the Workman House, a Victorian-era country home constructed around an 1840s adobe; La Casa Nueva, noted for its architectural crafts; and El Campo Santo, one of the oldest private cemeteries in southern California.