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.
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.
Images and article on water and water conservation in the Southern Coastal Basin of California. Also includes a group photograph at Stoddard's Camp in the San Antonio Canyon.
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.
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.
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...
Census; Citrus fruit industry; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Fire stations; Municipal bonds; Municipal incorporation; Pamphlets; Pomona College (Claremont, Calif.); Public officers; Ranchers; Roads Design and construction; School buildings;...
Titled "Private opinions publicly expressed at election time," articles present an array of viewpoints concerning Claremont's upcoming bond election and possible incorporation as a city.
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...
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.
Allied and Associated Powers (1914-1920); American Legion of California; American Relief Administration; Armistice Day; Below, Otto von, 1857-1944; Brackett, Frank Parkhurst, b. 1865; Byng, Julian Hedworth George Byng, Viscount, 1862-1935; Diaz,...
Two articles on World War One. The first article presents portraits of major military leaders as well as detailed descriptions of battles and the context surrounding the war. The second article is a speech by Frank Parkhurst Brackett on the topics...
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.
Business enterprises; Citrus fruit industry; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Obituaries; Palmer, Frank L.; Water conservation
The reverse side of page 105 includes an obituary and article on Frank L. Palmer and his contribution to Pomona's citrus industry and water conservation.
Abernethy, Martin; Banks and banking; Boards of trade; Bonds; Business enterprises; Citrus fruit industry; Cree, Ira J.; Founding; Land settlement; Photographs; Portraits; Postmasters; Printed ephemera; Retirement communities; Savings and loan...
Portraits and list of accomplishments of Ira J. Cree and Martin Abernathy, two founding businessmen of Claremont.
Marston, George White, 1850-1946; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); College bulletin; Letters; Portraits
A special issue of the Pomona College Bulletin in honor of George White Marston, on the occasion of his twenty-fifth anniversary as president of the college's Board of Trustees, and a congratulatory letter from Almon T. Richardson.
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); College buildings; Deans (Education); Landscape and garden; Mount Baldy (Calif.); Norton, Edwin Clarence; Photographs; Receipts (Acknowledgments); Pomona College (Claremont, Calif.). Sumner Hall; Pomona College...
Page contains pictures of campus buildings, homes in Claremont, and visit from Theodore Roosevelt. A personal account by Edwin Clarence Norton is included, along with a record of his property taxes.
Captioned, "The Father of Pomona College", the page contains a magazine clipping and several newspaper clippings covering the life and death of Charles Burt Sumner. Portrait of Sumner inscribed "Sincerely yours, C.B. Sumner".
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.
Focused on the San Antonio Canyon, page contains images of homes, a toll booth, electric utilities, and water utilities. Also contains a history of Camp Baldy through photographs and a newspaper clipping.
