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...
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.
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...
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...
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.
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.
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); College teachers; College students; Dedications; Norton, Edwin Clarence; Photographs; Portraits; Portraits, Group; Scrapbook journaling; College yearbooks; College athletes; Letters to the editor; Glee clubs;...
Dated 1897, the page contains photographs of Pomona College faculty and organizations and clippings from the college yearbook. A newspaper clipping and a poem address an unexpected snowfall.
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.
Architecture, Domestic; Bears; Beekeepers; Biography; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Dwellings; Founding; Frontier and pioneer life; Land settlement; Landscape and garden; Letters; Martin, Margaret Mary; Martin, Robert Andrew; Martin, William...
Articles and photographs of William T. Martin, the first white settler in Claremont. Includes information on his family, history, and active participation in Claremont and Los Angeles County's development.
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.
Brackett, Frank Parkhurst, b. 1865; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); College buildings; Pomona College (Claremont, Calif.); Pomona College (Claremont, Calif.). Frank P. Brackett Observatory; Extreme weather (Claremont, Calif.)
Highlights from the life of Professor Brackett in Claremont and his career at Pomona College.
Blaisdell, James Arnold, 1867-1957; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917; China History Boxer Rebellion, 1899-1901; Church of the Brethren; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Congregational Church (Claremont, Calif.); Cowboys; Doshisha Daigaku; Garner, Herman...
Three articles by Lee Shippey on the happenings of Claremont. Includes facts on the famous residents of Pilgrim's Place, a retirement community for missionaries, missionary doctors, and missionary educators. Also recounts personal anecdotes from...
Pamphlets; Portraits; Obituaries; Norton, Edwin Clarence; Spalding, Phebe Estelle; Sumner, Charles Burt; Neely, Charles Gracchus; Brackett, Frank Parkhurst, b. 1865; College teachers; Memorial service; College presidents; Pomona College (Claremont,...
A booklet honoring Daniel Herbert Colcord and photographs of the Claremont and Pomona College community.
Architecture, Domestic; Automobile repair shops; Business enterprises; Church buildings; College buildings; College stores; Commercial buildings; Drugstores; Duvall, Oliver Harvey; Dwellings; Fleming, Peter; Grocers; Holabird, William Henry;...
Photographs of residences, a natural landmark, and important buildings in and around Claremont. Includes a picture of President Theodore Roosevelt's speech at Pomona College's Pearsons Hall and a picture of two other Pomona College halls.
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.
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.
Blueprints; Claremont (Calif.)-Maps; Engineers; Land grants; Land grants-California; Land tenure; Maps; Real property; Real property-California; Signatures (Writing); Street names; Surveyors
Page contains map and blueprint of the Kluegel property. Frank Wheeler makes corrections to the blueprint.
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.
