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Wheeler Scrapbook Collection
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    • 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 307-1

    • Wheeler scrapbook 2, page 307-1

    • Bear attacks; Geologists; Landscape and garden; Lava flows; Mountains; Photographs; Pomona College (Claremont, Calif.); Portraits, Group; Printed ephemera; Puma attacks; Smithsonian Institution; Trees; Volcanoes; Water well drilling

    • A short summary and photograph of Brown's flats which details its location, history, and discovery of lava.
    • Wheeler scrapbook 2, page 307

    • Wheeler scrapbook 2, page 307

    • Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company; Baker, Vincent W.; Bear attacks; Camp, John Bradford; Camping-California; Citrus fruit industry; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Cremation; Donkeys; Freemasons; Fruit growers; Fumigation;...

    • A collection of newspaper clippings which relate to the area called Brown's flats and John Bradford Camp, its owner.
    • Wheeler scrapbook 2, page 309

    • Wheeler scrapbook 2, page 309

    • 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...
    • Wheeler scrapbook 2, page 309-2

    • Wheeler scrapbook 2, page 309-2

    • 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.
    • 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 324

    • Wheeler scrapbook 2, page 324

    • 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.
    • Wheeler scrapbook 2, page 323

    • Wheeler scrapbook 2, page 323

    • 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.
    • Wheeler scrapbook 2, page 325

    • Wheeler scrapbook 2, page 325

    • Baldwin, Cyrus Grandison; Carroll, Lewis, 1832-1898; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Complaint letters; Dams; Electric industries; Electric utilities; Engineers; Exhibitions; History-Societies, etc; Horsepower; Hydroelectric power plants;...

    • Page is titled: "the Pirates of Pomona." Photographs, letters, and newspaper clippings describe the history of the San Antonio power plant: the first long distance generator of electricity by water. Materials include the wrong attribution of the...
    • 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 1, page 38

    • Wheeler scrapbook 1, page 38

    • Pomona College (Claremont, Calif.); Pomona College (Claremont, Calif.). Library; Orange growers; La Verne (Calif.); Obituaries; Knox College (Galesburg, Ill.); Baldwin, Cyrus Grandison; Street names; Photographs; Scrapbook journaling; Trees;...

    • Images of Pomona College and the surrounding area are accompanied by a portrait of Hitchcock and newspaper clippings announcing his death.
    • 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 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 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 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 338

    • Wheeler scrapbook 3, page 338

    • 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...
    • Wheeler scrapbook 3, page 348

    • Wheeler scrapbook 3, page 348

    • Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Citrus; Citrus fruit industry; Land settlement; Southern Pacific Railroad Company; Orange growers; Orange industry; Oranges; Fruit growers; Fig industry; Prune industry; Water; Water well drilling; Water...

    • Three newspaper clippings tell stories of early settlers and fruit-growers in the Pomona Valley.
    • Wheeler scrapbook 3, page 337, loose materials

    • Wheeler scrapbook 3, page 337, loose materials

    • Afflerbaugh, Clinton B.; Agriculture; Arbuthnot, Daniel G.; Architecture--Conservation and restoration; Architecture, Domestic; Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company; Bank of America; Bertonneau, Arnold J.; Birthday parties; Boards of...

    • Materials laid on top of, but not affixed to, page 337 consist of predominantly maps of areas in Claremont, La Verne, San Dimas, and Pomona. Also includes correspondences between Frank Wheeler and various individuals.
    • Wheeler scrapbook 3, page 342, loose materials

    • Wheeler scrapbook 3, page 342, loose materials

    • Clapp, Stacy W.; Claremont (Calif.)-Maps; Facsimiles; Gapp, John C.; Hansen, Jacob P.; Johnson, Cassius C.; Land grants; Land grants-California; Land tenure; Letters; Maps; Real property; Real property-California; Scrapbook journaling; Signatures...

    • Materials laid on top of, but not affixed to, page 342 show maps in Claremont and various areas as well as property values in Lordsburg, now La Verne. Also includes information requests on real estate properties from Frank Wheeler to Sean Otto.
    • Wheeler scrapbook 3, page 374

    • Wheeler scrapbook 3, page 374

    • Carson, Walter Scott; Clapp, Stacy W.; Claremont (Calif.)-Maps; Crookshank, David C.; Dentists; Facsimiles; Fruit growers; Irrigation; Land grants; Land grants-California; Land tenure; Maps; Marshals; Palmer, Carolyne H.; Palmer, Edwin T.; Palmer,...

    • Map tracings show properties of Claremont residents with acreage. Two maps contain properties of Pomona Valley residents who were integral to the citrus industry and the area's development.

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