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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
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1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Rare Books
Confidential instructions to representatives of the California Fruit Growers Exchange : Los Angeles, Cal
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Rare Books
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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Rare Books
194925
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Manuscripts
The documents provide insight into the business history and practices of the South Riverside Land and Water Company as well as the Jameson Packing House, which shipped citrus fruit, during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
mssSouth Riverside Land and Water Company records
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Visual Materials
photCL 290, photOV 10750-10758
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Manuscripts
A collection of approximately 3,500 items from 1893 to 1938, it consists of the business records of the Pasadena Orange Growers Association. These records deal with the company's organization and operation, consisting chiefly of correspondence and accounts with members of the organization; it includes information about: stockholder's meetings; tax information; daily picking records; pest control; marketing; and shipping. The collection also includes bound volumes of annual reports, stock certificates, various accounts, cash books, and receipts.
mssPasaOra
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Manuscripts
Notebook kept by George Harold Powell while he was general manager of the California Fruit Growers Exchange. Includes detailed statistics from approximately 1893-1920 on the California citrus industry, including citrus shipments, crop yields, acreage, frost damage, imports, costs, supply, consumption, railroad freight rates, profit sharing, sales, international imports and exports, as well as data about Chinese workers. Some statistics are also included on citrus growers in Australia, Cuba, and Canada. Statistics primarily relate to oranges and lemons.
mssHM 74820