Agriculture; Alvarado, Juan Bautista, 1809-1882; Animals, Fossil; Antiquities; Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company; Banks and banking; Baptists; Barnes, E.; Bible. O.T.; Bixby, L. H.; Boards of trade; Church buildings; Church of the...
Page contains articles on activities in La Verne, particularly its union with the city of Lordsburg and a fight between citrus growers and the California Citrus Union. Also contains articles on various archeological finds in Claremont and Lordsburg
Charts, diagrams, etc.; Electric railroads-Rails; Engineers; Huntington, Henry Edwards, 1850-1927; Maps; Pacific Electric Railway Company; Scrapbook journaling; Street-railroads
Map of the Pacific Electric Railway lines in Southern California, particularly from cities below the San Gabriel Mountains to Newport Beach. Highlighted are routes proposed by Henry Edwards Huntington and the final route built by Pacific Electric.
Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company; Bichowsky, Emmo C.; Billheimer, John S.; Business enterprises; Camps; Canyons; Citrus fruit industry; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Electric railroads-Rails; Engineers; Gates, George Augustus;...
Entitled "coming of the Pacific Electric," collection of articles present the various aspects that went into the construction of a Pacific Railway line through Southern California. Includes responses by cities affected and the business deals formed...
Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad Company; Botany; Camps; Canyons; Citrus fruit industry; Claremont Colleges; Climate; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); College teachers; Congregational churches; Dinosaurs; Droughts; Electric railroads;...
Page contains newspaper articles which cover a plethora of subjects in Claremont and Los Angeles. Also contains a booklet which describes the positive qualities of Indian Hill and Claremont.
Architecture, Domestic; Bears; Beekeepers; Biography; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Dwellings; Founding; Frontier and pioneer life; Land settlement; Landscape and garden; Letters; Martin, Margaret Mary; Martin, Robert Andrew; Martin, William...
Articles and photographs of William T. Martin, the first white settler in Claremont. Includes information on his family, history, and active participation in Claremont and Los Angeles County's development.
Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad Company; Baldwin, Cyrus Grandison; Blaisdell, James Arnold, 1867-1957; Brackett, Frank Parkhurst, b. 1865; California-Gold discoveries; Cemeteries; Christian cemeteries; Citrus fruit industry; City halls;...
Articles detail the history of Pomona College on its 40th anniversary; a citrus industry landmark; the Claremont school and its time as a city hall and fire station; and the Palomares cemetery, Pomona's oldest graveyard. Also includes a group...
Agriculture; Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company; Census; Citrus fruit industry; Complaint letters; Congregational Church (Claremont, Calif.); Country clubs; Dates (Fruit); Lemon trade; Letters; Letterheads; Los Angeles County Fair (Los...
Entitled, "The Pirates of Pomona," page contains pages from Rand McNally and Company's guide as well as a letter of complaint from Frank Wheeler and its response from the company president.
Advertising; Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Golf Tournaments; Golfers; High school buildings; Scrapbook journaling; Southern Pacific Railroad Company; Union Pacific Railroad Company; Lemon...
Articles relate to the beauty and popularity of Pomona through articles and photographs. Also includes an obituary of a Pomona resident.
Adams Express Company; Alvarado, Juan Bautista, 1809-1882; Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine for North America; Apprenticeship programs; Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad Company; Bible. O.T.; Bixby, Llewellyn; Bridges;...
Page contains articles relating to Frank Wheeler's activities and historical speeches. Also includes his obituaries. Last clipping shows image of Ontario's first, mule-driven street car.
Drawing; Electric railroads; Maps; Pacific Electric Railway Company; Pacific railroads; Railroad companies; Railroad stations; Railroad tracks; Railroads
Two maps of the proposed and completed portions of the Pacific Electric Railway system's route, as well as the location of the system's electrical equipment.
Drawing; Electric railroads; Maps; Pacific Electric Railway Company; Pacific railroads; Railroad companies; Railroad stations; Railroad tracks; Railroads
Materials laid on top of, but not affixed to, page 354 consist of a copy of a hand-drawn map comparing the Pacific Electric Railway project as proposed in 1903 to that which was actually built in 1914.
Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad Company; Business enterprises; Citrus; Irrigation; Land tenure; Maps; Mountains; Pacific Electric Railway Company; Packing-houses; Parks; Railroad stations; Rivers; Schools; Southern Pacific Railroad Company;...
Reverse side of page 419 contains two maps of Fontana. First map shows Fontana's placement in Southern California. Second map shows properties in Fontana to be used for industry. Also on page are two torn fragments. One item is a blueprint fragment...
Abernethy, Martin; Advertising; American Legion of California; Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company; Athletic fields; Banks and banking; Belcher, Harry T.; Betterments; Boards of trade; Bonds; Brooks, Raymond C.; Business enterprises;...
Materials laid on top of, but not affixed to, page 420 consist of four Claremont maps. First map, created by Frank Wheeler, has two sides and gives a detailed description of Claremont and its qualities on back. Last map shows Claremont in 1897.
Anaheim Union Water Company; Engineers; Highway departments; Land grants; Land grants-California; Maps; Missions; Mountains; Orange County (Calif.)--Maps; Pacific Electric Railway Company; Ranches; Real property; Real property-California; Road...
Map shows highway system, including paved roads, in Orange County. Map includes cities, land tracts, natural landmarks, and surrounding counties. Bottom of map shows soil, oil, and natural gas production in a five year span. Includes map scale and...
Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad Company; Banks and banking; City maps; College buildings; High schools; Land grants; Land grants-California; Lighthouses; Maps; Meeks and Daley Ditch; Missions; Pacific Coast Highway; Pacific Electric Railway...
Reverse of page 423 contains two maps. Maps shows information on the cities of Santa Barbara and Colton.
Bichowsky, Emmo C.; Billheimer, John S.; Business enterprises; Citrus fruit industry; College presidents; Dole, James Albert; Duvall, Oliver Harvey; Electric railroads-Rails; Engineers; Gates, George Augustus; Hart, Elmer W.; Huntington, Henry...
Page contains Frank Wheeler's personal retelling of the Pacific Electric Railway's development in Southern California and photographs of notable men, including railroad magnate Henry Edwards Huntington.
Auditors; Anderson, Robert M.; Angellotti, Frank M.; Banks and banking; Beatty, William H.; California. Dept. of General Services; California. District Attorney (Los Angeles County); California. Legislature. Assembly; California. Office of State...
Collection of short articles describe 1902 California electoral results, accusations against banks, and a critique of James N. Gillett and his collusion with the Southern Pacific Railroad Company.
