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...
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.
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...
Advertising, Newspaper; American Tree Association; Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad Company; Beet sugar industry; California; Church services; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Daughters of the American Revolution; Franciscans; Frontier...
Various articles relate a wedding in the Palomares and Soto family, the historical significance of a Pomona live oak tree, and a notable railroad accident in San Dimas.
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...
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.
Articles report damage inflicted by a large flood and tornados in Los Angeles County. Includes an article on rainfall records broken in the Big Santa Anita Canyon.
Items contributed by alumnus Louis G. Neville. Includes items relating to the School of Music, the Pomona College Athletic Association, the Pomona College Glee Club, and solicitations of donations to the school.
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...
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...
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...
Advertising; Boards of trade; City council members; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); College buildings; College students; Horse-drawn vehicles; Municipal incorporation; Newspapers; Pomona College (Claremont, Calif.); Pomona College (Claremont,...
Page contains a copy of The Pomona Student from 1889, newspaper clippings regarding the incorporation of Claremont and the ownership of its water company. Also includes are images from Pomona College's campus and student body.
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".
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....
Charts, diagrams, etc.; Electric railroads-Rails; Engineers; Huntington, Henry Edwards, 1850-1927; Maps; Pacific Electric Railway Company; Scrapbook journaling; Street-railroads
Map of the Pacific Electric Railway lines in Southern California, particularly from cities below the San Gabriel Mountains to Newport Beach. Highlighted are routes proposed by Henry Edwards Huntington and the final route built by Pacific Electric.
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.
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.
Congregational Church (Claremont, Calif.); Printed ephemera; Pomona College (Claremont, Calif.); Church anniversaries; Programs; Brackett, Frank Parkhurst, b. 1865; Spalding, Phebe Estelle; Sumner, Charles Burt; Sumner, George Stedman; Norton,...
The page focuses on the Claremont Congregational Church, including its construction and one of its pastors.
