Opening Hours
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Rare Books
California, for fruit growers and consumptives
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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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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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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
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Visual Materials
photCL 290, photOV 10750-10758
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Visual Materials
Consists of typescript papers: "Novum Lumen Chirurgicum or, a New Light of Chirurgery" by John Colbatch (typescript of 1699 printed text); "The Migration of Citrus Fruits" by Clark Nattkemper, 1936; "Lemon Harvesting and Preparation for Market" by H. W. Nixon, 1944; and "Household Uses for Lemons," 1936.
photCL 290, photOV 10750-10758