Advertising; Amherst College; Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad Company; Bachelor of arts degree; Bachelor of liberal studies; Banks and Banking; Bowdoin College; Business enterprises; Cafes; Church buildings; Climate; Cogswell, Franklin;...
Page contains an extensively detailed booklet on Claremont and Pomona College as well as pictures of important Claremont landmarks and photographs of Horace A. Powell.
Armour, Elmer Eugene; Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad Company; Avis, Walter Moore; Cahuilla Indians; Citrus fruit industry; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Congregational Church (Claremont, Calif.); Curran, Charles P.; Duvall, Oliver...
A booklet and newspaper clipping on the early history of Claremont and Pomona. Both describe the Spanish and Native American occupancy of the area. The booklet contains extensive detail on the creation and expansion of Pomona College.
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...
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.
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Founding; Frontier and pioneer life; Garner, Herman H.; Gold; Horse-drawn vehicles; Land settlement; Landscape and garden; Letters; Martin, William T.; Mexicans; Mormons; Parties; Photographs; Portraits, Group;...
Captioned "Early history of Claremont by H. A. Palmer," page includes a collection of articles and short pieces on the history of El Alisal and Claremont's development.
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.
Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company; Automobiles; Automobiles-Societies, etc.; Caricatures and cartoons; Census; Clerks; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Committees; Geer, Francis Heman; Marshals; Mayors; Motorcycles; Photographs;...
Titled "the shame of Claremont (1912)," page shows a collection of newspaper clippings and a multiple-city survey on increased police activity in giving multiple speeding tickets to Claremont citizens. Focuses particularly on the influence of...
Architecture, Domestic; Athletic fields; Business Enterprises; Flood damage; Floods; Pacific Electric Railway Company; Photographs; Scrapbook journaling; United States Highway 66
Overall page entitled "when dam broke above Claremont, Feb[ruary], 1914." Collection of photographs depicts the flood and its damage to Claremont.
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.
Artesian wells; Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad Company; Baldwin, Cyrus Grandison; Banks and banking; Belcher, Harry T.; Bell Telephone Company; Bent, H. K. W.; Blanchard, Nathan W.; Boards of trade; Bonds; Brackett, Frank Parkhurst, b....
Collection of newspaper clippings present a chronological history of the development of Claremont. Acknowledgement for much of the source material is made to Frank Wheeler and his scrapbook. The scrapbook is reported as housed in the Claremont...
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...
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.
Claremont Colleges; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Foothill Boulevard (Claremont, Calif.); Historians; Journalists; Pomona College (Claremont, Calif.); Pomona College (Claremont, Calif.). Library; Real estate developers; Scrapbook journaling;...
Obituary for Frank Wheeler lauds his contributions to Southern California and his activities as a traveler. Also mentions his work as a journalist and historian.
American LaFrance (Firm); Automobiles; Belcher, Harry T.; Boards of trade; Brackett, Frank Parkhurst, b. 1865; Brooks, John Tinley; Business enterprises; Church buildings; Church membership; Church officers; Citrus fruit industry; City council...
Collection of articles titled "Know your own city" continues a detailed history of Claremont's development. Set of articles focus on municipal departments, church history, and Claremont's incorporation.
Automobiles; Bonds; Book clubs (Discussion groups); Business enterprises; City council members; City halls; Clerks; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); College teachers; Cree, Ira J.; Farmhouses; Frontier and pioneer life; Fuelbreaks; Gale,...
Three newspaper articles highlight the early history of Claremont and Palmer Canyon. Four photographs focus on Warren Gale and his goat farm. The goats were utilized in government clearing of firebreaks, now called fuelbreaks.
Businessmen-Taxation; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Debts, Public; Geological Survey (U.S.); Tax evasion; Politicians; Pomona College (Claremont, Calif.); Pomona College (Claremont, Calif.). Holmes Hall; Ranchers; Real property and taxation;...
Collection of articles describes Los Angeles County's real estate value increase and provides comparative values from other counties in the state of California. First article, however, reports property tax evasion by large businessmen and...
College yearbooks; College students; Pomona College (Claremont, Calif.); Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Wit and humor, Pictorial; Photographs; Portraits, Group; College athletes; College sports; Football uniforms; Scrapbook journaling;...
Wheeler corresponds with Brackett to learn more about Pomona College and presents snippets of Claremont's history through its educational institutions.
