Manuscripts
Southern California spiders
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Fleur de lis
Visual Materials
Image of a proof sheet for several smaller prints featuring purple and white irises; the flowers are illustrated with frames, gold and colored backgrounds, dragonflies, and a spider web.
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Southern California agricultural materials
Manuscripts
Reports and printed materials related to agriculture and livestock in Southern California from 1942 to 1943. Includes a report by Teague entitled "The Problem of Lemon Tree Deterioration on Ventura County Soils" (August 5, 1942), the text of Teague's opening talk for the Limoneira Directors' Field Day (June 14, 1943), a letter and copy of a report from the National Council of Farmer Cooperatives on the need for maximum production of food crops and livestock partially due to the impact of World War II (May 10, 1943), and several printed materials relating to agriculture and farming (1943).
mssHM 73073-73076
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Judges map of Southern California
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Map notes, "Southern California has an average of twenty people per square mile. Rhode Island has 566 per square mile. When Southern California is as thickly populated as Rhode Island is today, the population will be 40,000,000." Relative size of Southern California to several North Eastern states is shown. "Los Angeles Area Maps same size as this map, Ten Dollars." State areas and population. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: hachures. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography.
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Southern Pacific Railroad materials
Manuscripts
Holabird's papers have been arranged into four main series. The first and largest series (HM 73863-73875) is comprised of documents and correspondences related to Holabird's survey of Miller and Lux's property for Southern Pacific in 1909. Holabird's surveys were in response to the Southern Pacific's interest in purchasing Miller and Lux and its various holdings. There is one letter by Henry Miller to Holabird. Series two (HM 73876-73878) concerns a handful of papers, reports, and other documents related to Holabird's time as receiver and general manager of the California Development Company. Series three (HM 73879-73884) is made up of various reports Holabird wrote during and after his trips to the Philippines, Manchuria, and Siberia while working for E.H. Harriman and the Southern Pacific Railroad. This section also includes related correspondences regarding Manchuria with New York City-based journalist George Kennan (1845-1924). The final series (HM 73885-73892) includes a number of miscellaneous items: a photograph of Holabird, biographical and autobiographical materials, letters, and World War I-era essays written by Holabird regarding nationalism and communism; it also includes a folder of ephemera with two copies of the Los Angeles Times announcing Holabird's death and a newspaper clipping written by Holabird on agriculture and irrigation in the Imperial Valley.
mssHM 73863-73892
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Photographs related to Sunkist Growers, Inc. and citrus packing operations in Southern California
Visual Materials
Images depict citrus packing houses and their operations in Southern California including College Heights Orange and Lemon Association, Claremont; El Camino Citrus Association, Claremont; Claremont Ice and Pre-Cooling Plant; Indian Hill Citrus Association, North Pomona; Pomona Fruit Growers Exchange; West Ontario Citrus Association; Walnut Fruit Growers Association. Views of the packing house exteriors as well as employees at work sorting and packing fruit. Crate labels visible in the photographs include the following brands: Athlete, Campus, Hawk, Hercules, King, Parrot, Stork, and Volunteer. Included are one image of Sunkist representatives on a trip in Europe, and a portrait of P. J. Dreher, father of cooperative citrus marketing. In addition, there are two pictures of railroad refrigeration cars. Identified photographers include Black'd Photo Service, Boye Portrait, Cooper's Foto Shop of Claremont, California, and Frasher's of Pomona, Cal. There is also one picture of the Sunkist representatives in a tour car on a visit to Europe in the 1920s (photPF 25047).
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Tourists in southern California, 1875-1903 :
Manuscripts
Paul F. Allen's thesis covers the history of tourism in southern California from 1875 to 1903. Allen details the tourists who came to California, the reasons they came, the activities in which they took part, the hotels in which they stayed, and the places they visited, particularly Los Angeles, Pasadena, and San Diego. The thesis also includes a list of California guidebooks and a bibliography.
mssHM 66662