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Wheeler Scrapbook Collection
  • All fields: Palomares
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    • Wheeler scrapbook 2, page 300

    • Wheeler scrapbook 2, page 300

    • Alcoholic beverages; Atchison, Topeka, and Santa fe Railroad Company; Business enterprises; California; Canyons; Census; Clerks; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); College publications; Cree, Ira J.; Diamond mines and mining; Duvall, Oliver...

    • A various collection of newspaper articles and records on land valuations, average rainfall, and historical happenings in Claremont. Its records include neighboring city records in order for comparison. Also contains an article on California...
    • Wheeler scrapbook 2, page 317

    • Wheeler scrapbook 2, page 317

    • Actions and defenses; Aqueducts; Artesian wells; Auditors; Auditor's reports; Bonds; Boulder Canyon Project (U.S.); Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Currier, Alvan Tyler; Dams; Dikes (Geology); Droughts; Engineers; Financial statements;...

    • Newspaper article and balance sheet detail the activities of the Pomona Valley Protective Association and its work in irrigation and water conservation in Pomona and Southern California.
    • Wheeler scrapbook 2, page 106

    • Wheeler scrapbook 2, page 106

    • Architecture, Domestic; Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad Company; Biography; Business enterprises; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Congregational Church (Claremont, Calif.); Obituaries; Palmer, Frank L.; Photographs; Portraits;...

    • Collection of obituaries, biographies, and photographs of Frank L. Palmer and Lewis Nathaniel Smith. Includes photograph of Mrs. Lewis Nathaniel Smith.
    • Wheeler scrapbook 2, page 123

    • Wheeler scrapbook 2, page 123

    • Airplanes; Architecture, Domestic; Archives; Beekeepers; Botany; Brackett, Frank Parkhurst, b. 1865; Citrus fruit industry; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Dwellings; El Alisal (Claremont, Calif.); Flood damage; Flood damage prevention;...

    • Articles cover William T. Martin, Claremont's first American settler, as well as the early history of Claremont floods and flood damage. Other pieces describe the unique history of specific areas in early Claremont including Palmer Canyon, El...
    • Wheeler scrapbook 2, page 302

    • Wheeler scrapbook 2, page 302

    • Adams, John S.; Advertising, Newspaper; Artesian wells; Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad Company; Bartlett, William Henry; Basins (Geology); Camp, John Bradford; Christian Churches (Disciples of Christ); Citrus fruit industry; Clippings...

    • A collection of articles which focus on water use and reuse in the Pomona Valley area. Most articles focus on water well use in particular cities, specifically usage by water companies, ranchers, and citrus growers. Last article relates a...
    • Wheeler scrapbook 2, page 311

    • Wheeler scrapbook 2, page 311

    • 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.
    • Wheeler scrapbook 2, page 318

    • Wheeler scrapbook 2, page 318

    • Advertising, Newspaper; American Tree Association; Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad Company; Beet sugar industry; California; Church services; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Daughters of the American Revolution; Franciscans; Frontier...

    • Various articles relate a wedding in the Palomares and Soto family, the historical significance of a Pomona live oak tree, and a notable railroad accident in San Dimas.
    • Wheeler scrapbook 2, page 333, verso

    • Wheeler scrapbook 2, page 333, verso

    • Alvarado, Juan Bautista, 1809-1882; Architecture, Domestic; Carrion, Saturino; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Dams; Famines; Fruit growers; Irrigation; Land grants-California; Mortgages; Obituaries; Palomares, Ignacio; Photographs; Ranchers;...

    • Reverse page contains an obituary, photograph, and short histories on the Carrions and the land grant they received from Ignacio Palomares and Ricardo Vejar.
    • Wheeler scrapbook 2, page 130

    • Wheeler scrapbook 2, page 130

    • Airplanes; Architecture, Domestic; Automobiles; Banks and banking; Bells; Brackett, Frank Parkhurst, b. 1865; Business enterprises; Cleveland, Grover, 1837-1908; College teachers; Duvall, Oliver Harvey; Dwellings; Eastman Kodak Company; Electrical...

    • Articles recount tales by older members of Claremont community who were active in the founding and modernizing of the city. Focuses on college faculty, the general neighborhood, the first Claremont store, and establishment of the city's water...
    • Wheeler scrapbook 2, page 210

    • Wheeler scrapbook 2, page 210

    • Architecture, Domestic; Business enterprises; Dogs; Donkeys; Dwellings; Horse-drawn vehicles; Hotels; Landscape and garden; Letters; Men's clothing; Mountains; Older couples; Photographs; Pomona College (Claremont, Calif.); Portraits, Group;...

    • A collection of homes, a photograph of the Smiths and of Ramon Ybarra, and a letter on the transferral of Ye Claremont Inn to Pomona College.
    • Wheeler scrapbook 2, page 310

    • Wheeler scrapbook 2, page 310

    • Bicycles; Boys; Carriages and carts; Children; Children's clothing; Commercial buildings; Fires; Horse-drawn vehicles; Hotels; Men's clothing; Photographs; Railroad accidents; Railroad tracks; Scrapbook journaling; Women; Women's clothing

    • Photographs of the Palomares Hotel fire and a Santa Fe train wreck in Pomona. Also includes a photograph of a large building and a wagon with goods.
    • Wheeler scrapbook 1, page 31

    • Wheeler scrapbook 1, page 31

    • Palomares, Ignacio; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Brackett, Frank Parkhurst, b. 1865; Vejar, Ricardo; Washington (D.C.); Daughters of the American Revolution; Trees; Adobe houses; Mount Baldy (Calif.); Landscape and garden; Photographs;...

    • President Roosevelt comes to Claremont, a tree in Pomona becomes a landmark and the Pomona campus is showcased in a series of images.
    • Wheeler scrapbook 2, page 328

    • Wheeler scrapbook 2, page 328

    • 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.
    • Wheeler scrapbook 2, page 329a

    • Wheeler scrapbook 2, page 329a

    • Alcoholism; Carson, Walter Scott; Chinatown (Los Angeles, Calif.); Commercial buildings; Hotels; Irrigation; Jails; Landscape and garden; Mountains; Photographs; Scrapbook journaling; Sheep; Southern Pacific Railroad Company; Springs; Steam;...

    • Collection of photographs relate to early Pomona, its water company, a hotel, and various buildings.
    • Wheeler scrapbook 1, page 42

    • Wheeler scrapbook 1, page 42

    • Claremont (Calif.)-Maps; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Windmills; Maps; Photographs; Trees; Orange growers; Farmhouses; Reprints; California-History; Spain; Mexico; Land grants-California; Agriculture; Farming; Irrigation; Water; Citrus;...

    • Map of land tracts donated for the use of Pomona College. Page includes photographs, a newspaper clipping, and a short history of the surrounding land.
    • Wheeler scrapbook 2, page 330

    • Wheeler scrapbook 2, page 330

    • Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Maps; Municipal incorporation; Palmer, Frank L.; Scrapbook journaling; Southern Pacific Railroad Company; Water utilities

    • Page contains a map of land owned by the Pomona Land and Water Company as well as a short newspaper clipping on potential incorporation of Pomona.
    • Wheeler scrapbook 2, page 331

    • Wheeler scrapbook 2, page 331

    • 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
    • Wheeler scrapbook 2, page 333

    • Wheeler scrapbook 2, page 333

    • Carrion, Saturino; Citrus fruit industry; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Corporate treasurers; Dams; Electric railroads-Rails; Engineers; Executives; Foreign workers, Chinese; Forest rangers; Fruit growers; Geological Survey (U.S.); Hart,...

    • Page chronicles plans by the San Jose Mutual Irrigation Company to irrigate the San Gabriel Valley. Clippings detail the history of the project, construction plans, responses by affected cities, and the project's conclusion. Also contains the...
    • Wheeler scrapbook 3, page 335

    • Wheeler scrapbook 3, page 335

    • Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine for North America; Automobiles; Beekeepers; Boards of trade; Bonds; Brackett, Frank Parkhurst, b. 1865; Burdette, Robert J. (Robert Jones), 1844-1914; Citrus fruit industry; Clippings (Books,...

    • Articles on page report the renovation of Foothill Boulevard and anecdotes about Frank Wheeler's activities.
    • Wheeler scrapbook 3, page 340, Pomona realty board holds successful banquet

    • Wheeler scrapbook 3, page 340, Pomona realty board holds successful banquet

    • Alvarado, Juan Bautista, 1809-1882; Bible. O.T.; Camp, John Bradford; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Founding; Frontier and pioneer life; Fryer, James M.; Garthside, Joseph Relton; Land grants-California; Native Americans; Palomares, Ignacio;...

    • Clipping transcribes Frank Wheeler's speech given at the Pomona realty banquet. His speech details the history of the Pomona Valley from early Spanish and Mexican ranchers to when he began his work in real estate.

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