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.
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...
An obituary on Himon N. Pierce as well as a photograph and newspaper clipping on his work with the Pomona Land and Water Company and Loop-Meserve Water Company. Includes his tax receipts and photographs of various Claremont residences.
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.
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; 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...
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...
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...
Agriculture; American Home Missionary Society; Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine for North America; Appendicitis; Artesian wells; Banks and banking; Beet sugar industry; Brackett, Frank Parkhurst, b. 1865; California State...
Newspaper clippings recount various topics including, but not limited to, deaths, suicides, marriages, reports on the Congregational Church, and then current population counts of Pomona.
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.
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
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...
Maps; Railroads; Railroad tracks; Railroad stations; Railroad companies; Pacific Electric Railway Company; Electric railroads; Pacific railroads; Drawing; Statistics
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.
Maps; Railroads; Railroad tracks; Railroad stations; Railroad companies; Pacific Electric Railway Company; Electric railroads; Pacific railroads; Drawing
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.
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.
Banks and banking; Biography; Business enterprises; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Founding; Johnson, Cassius C.; Johnson, James Dixon; Land settlement; Los Angeles County Medical Association; Obituaries; Photographs; Portraits; Printed...
Page includes photographs of developers of early Claremont as well as biographies and a newspaper clipping which detail their various city and county developments.
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.
Biography; Boys; Business enterprises; California Institute of Technology; Children; Children's clothing; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Farms; Gas pipelines; Judges; Letters; Men's clothing; Obituaries; Photographs; Pneumonia; Pomona College...
Two obituaries on Edwin J.Whitney, developer of Catalina Island, as well as a portrait and biographical letter on Edwin Squire, a surveyor for various oil companies including Standard Oil. Includes a portrait and history of George E. Hopkins, a...
