Rare Books
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1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Visual Materials
photCL 290, photOV 10750-10758
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Manuscripts
The collection consists of letters, documents, letter books, ledgers, account books, cash books, market books, picking crew records, time books, and orange ledgers; this material made up the business records of the Duarte-Monrovia Fruit Exchange. The records document the processing and marketing of citrus fruit in Southern California from 1892 until 1937.
mssDuarte
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Manuscripts
The San Antonio Fruit Exchange records contains 46 items from 1893 to 1947, including annual reports, minutes, stock books and bylaws. The annual reports from 1894 to 1923 of the exchange contain information on the business practices of the exchange and its members along with comments that refer more generally to the citrus industry as a whole. The minutes from 1894 to 1924 are from Board of Director and stockholder meetings and contain information on the Exchange's day-to-day operations. The stock books from 1893 to 1926 contain information on the group's stockholders, including lists of names and actual stock certificates. The bylaws portion of the collection from 1893 to 1947 contains both the group's original bylaws as well as their subsequent revisions. Issues of prominence within the collection include the history of the California citrus fruit industry; the cooperative marketing of citrus fruits; the California Fruit Growers Exchange; the San Antonio Fruit Exchange; the Southern California Fruit Exchange; and Sunkist Growers, Inc.
mssSanAnt
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Manuscripts
The collection consists of the business records of the Cucamonga Citrus Fruit Growers' Association from 1896 to 1927. It includes journals, ledgers, cash books, time books, letter books, receipts, and other material. There is also some correspondence, most of which is addressed to the Cucamonga Citrus Fruit Growers' Association Secretary, J. A. Beattie, and some information about box labels.
mssCucamonga
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Manuscripts
mssHM 84457
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Visual Materials
photCL 290, photOV 10750-10758