Article from The California Citrograph excerpts a travel article written by Stuart Wheeler, son of Frank Wheeler and a California citrus grower. Article stems from a talk given by Stuart Wheeler to the Claremont Pomological Club about his...
Claremont (Calif.)-Maps; Facsimiles; Land grants; Land grants-California; Land tenure; Letters; Lingo, Lewis E.; Maps; Real property; Real property-California; Signatures (Writing); Street names; Wheeler, Frank
Frank Wheeler asks Sean Otto for names of land owners on a section of Tract 4145 in Claremont. Map below Wheeler's request contains a map of the area with names and addresses of William H. Shaffer, Louis E. Lingo, Harry Fox, and Harry Miles.
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.
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.
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...
Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad Company; Business enterprises; Cactus; Citrus fruit industry; Clifton, Samuel B; College buildings; Commercial buildings; Fire insurance; Forest rangers; Gardeners; Gymnasiums; Horse-drawn vehicles; Horses;...
Collection of photographs depict the workers and buildings involved in the Claremont citrus fruit industry. Includes pictures of various Claremont businesses and buildings including Frank Wheeler's real estate and insurance office. Also contains a...
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.
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.
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.
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.
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...
Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad Company; Banks and banking; Boards of trade; Facsimiles; Flood control; Foothill Boulevard (Claremont, Calif.); Land grants; Land grants-California; Land tenure; Landscape photography; Lemon trade; Los...
Page contains various maps and an easement (or servitude) associated with the College Heights Tract, a tract of land on the border of Claremont.
Cemeteries; Land grants; Land grants-California; Land tenure; Maps; Pacific Electric Railway Company; Packing-houses; Public schools; Public utilities; Railroad stations; Real property; Real property-California; Southern Pacific Railroad Company;...
Page contains Frank Wheeler's maps of Charter Oak and San Dimas. Map of Charter Oak includes names of residents.
Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company; Boards of trade; City maps; Fire stations; Foothill Boulevard (Claremont, Calif.); Hill, Merton Earle; Land grants; Land grants-California; Land subdivision; Land tenure; Libraries; Maps; Pacific...
Page contains a folded map of Upland addressed to Frank Wheeler from the Upland Chamber of Commerce.
Automobiles-Societies, etc.; Blaisdell, James Arnold, 1867-1957; Boy Scouts; Claremont Colleges; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); College presidents; Engineers; Foothill Boulevard (Claremont, Calif.); Glee clubs; Griswold, George C.; Landscape...
Articles cover the opening of the recently-completed Foothill Boulevard and the multi-city celebration in its honor. Relates various details about the physical design of the road itself. Emphasizes Frank Wheeler's historical connection to the...
Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad Company; Bicycles; Business enterprises; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Commercial buildings; Foothill Boulevard (Claremont, Calif.); Johnson, Cassius C.; Johnson, James Dixon; Letters to the editor;...
Collection of photographs of various storefronts in Claremont. Also contains articles on and pictures of two shovels used in the construction of the Santa Fe railroad through Claremont. Lastly, includes a photograph and obituary of Emmons E....
Architecture, Domestic; Athletic fields; Boys; Children; Dwellings; Girls; Landscape and garden; Norton, Edwin Clarence; Photographs; Pomona College (Claremont, Calif.); Portraits, Group; High school buildings; Scrapbook journaling; Signs and...
Photographs of homes in Claremont. Many are noted as homes of professors. Includes a picture of Pomona's athletic field, the high school, and a smaller school.
American review of reviews; Architecture, Domestic; Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad Company; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Donkeys; Dwellings; Holabird, William Henry; Irrigation; Landscape and garden; Letterheads; Letters;...
Articles and letters on Colonel Henry Holabird, a real estate developer in early Claremont. Also includes a clipping from the American Review of Reviews.
Advertising; American Institute of Electrical Engineers; Baldwin, Cyrus Grandison; Bard, Thomas Robert, 1841-1915; Capital stock; Corporate treasurers; Dole, James Albert; Electric insulators and insulation-Oils; Electric transformers; Electrical...
A series of letters, pamphlets, and photographs on the Westinghouse Company's power plant in Pomona. Notes its importance and advancements in electrical engineering, particularly insulation of transformers and long distance transmission of power.
