Rare Books
Worldwide ramblings of a Covina orange grower
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Covina Orange Growers Association record books
Manuscripts
The record books include two Articles of Incorporation and By-Laws, 1899 and 1936; Audit report, 1943; Membership certificate book, 1936; two Minute books, from 1904 to 1936; Re-appraisal of Covina Orange Growers Association, 1949; Stock certificate book, 1934; Stockholders record book, from 1900 to 1935; and five Time books from 1933 to 1938. There are some loose items in the Stockholders record book regarding stockholder losses and the Time book for 1933 to 1936 has a typed letter in the inside front cover regarding laws for "Minimum Wage for Women and Minors."
mssCovina
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Covina Citrus Association, 1941-1949; Covina Orange Growers Association, undated and 1949; Duarte-Monrovia Fruit Exchange, 1909-1910 [4 items]
Visual Materials
Consists of 4 pamphlets: 1941 Covina Citrus Association annual report; Covina Orange Growers Association undated by-laws and "Fifty Years of Achievement From 1899 to 1949"; and 1909-1910 Duarte-Monrovia Fruit Exchange annual report.
photCL 290, photOV 10750-10758
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Covina-Pomona Line. Covina; Orange and lemon groves in Whittier and Covina; Strawberry farm; Kerckhoff residence
Visual Materials
The collection consists of 3396 black and white photographs (many with corresponding original and copy negatives), 116 unprinted glass plate negatives, memos, correspondence, press releases, and notes related to the Pacific Electric Railway, ca. 1870s-1950s. The collection provides a comprehensive overview of the routes and areas served by the Railway during the years of its operation, and thus a picture of the growth of Southern California during the first half of the twentieth century. The images include views of landscape along, and towns served by, the Pacific Electric routes, including Central Los Angeles; Pacific Electric track and stations; Pacific Electric advertising, publicity, and public relations photographs; Los Angeles and surrounding area parks; Pacific Electric employees and employee activities; construction of Pacific Electric facilities, such as the Hollywood subway, the 6th and Main Street terminal, and the Subway Terminal Building; and Pacific Electric trolley cars and buses.
photCL 91
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Covina-Pomona Line. Covina; Orange and lemon groves in Whittier and Covina; Strawberry farm; Kerckhoff residence
Visual Materials
The collection consists of 3396 black and white photographs (many with corresponding original and copy negatives), 116 unprinted glass plate negatives, memos, correspondence, press releases, and notes related to the Pacific Electric Railway, ca. 1870s-1950s. The collection provides a comprehensive overview of the routes and areas served by the Railway during the years of its operation, and thus a picture of the growth of Southern California during the first half of the twentieth century. The images include views of landscape along, and towns served by, the Pacific Electric routes, including Central Los Angeles; Pacific Electric track and stations; Pacific Electric advertising, publicity, and public relations photographs; Los Angeles and surrounding area parks; Pacific Electric employees and employee activities; construction of Pacific Electric facilities, such as the Hollywood subway, the 6th and Main Street terminal, and the Subway Terminal Building; and Pacific Electric trolley cars and buses.
photCL 91