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California Fruit Growers' Exchange notebook
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California Fruit Growers Exchange
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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California Fruit Growers Exchange. Papers and Lectures
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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.
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California Fruit Growers Exchange. Advertising, History, Marketing, and Labels. Miscellaneous publications, 1907-approximately 1945
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Consists of: "Co-operative Marketing of California Citrus Fruits by the California Fruit Growers Exchange and Its Predecessor the Southern California Fruit Exchange" (1907) "A Dollar and Sense Appeal for Dealer Interest" by Don Francisco (Advertising & Selling magazine reprint, June 1916) "Cooperative Advertising" by Don Francisco (ca. 1920) "Labels: Suggestions for the Shipper who is Seeking to Give His Pack a Worthy and Effective Mark of Identification" (1918) "Your Business : The Exchange Working for You" (ca. 1945) "The Citrus Industry and the California Fruit Growers Exchange System" by Nephtune Fogelberg and A. W. McKay (Farm Credit Administration, United States Department of Agriculture, June 1940)
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Letters on fruit trees in South Africa
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Six letters from fruit growers in South Africa writing for advice on growing fruit trees (particularly peach trees), including those acquired from California. In addition to writing of soil conditions and difficulty with fruit production, the authors also reference World War II, including their own losses and experiences and its impact on fruit exports. Also includes a letter from Weldon to Mrs. Una Winter, a newspaper article on Weldon, and a table of contents from his book Know your orchard problems (1946).
mssHM 73088-73096
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Photographs of construction of the California Fruit Growers Exchange Building, 707 West 5th Street, Los Angeles, California
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Chiefly snapshots, with larger 8 x 10 inch views, documenting the interiors and exteriors of the California Fruit Growers Exchange Building (Sunkist Building) during construction. The building was located at Fifth Street and Hope Street on Bunker Hill in downtown Los Angeles. in 1934 and 1935. Pages 1-9 have images of an older building on the site prior and during demolishing. Pages 7-9 have photographs by photographer Dick Whittington.
photCL 290, photOV 10750-10758
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Covina Citrus Association, 1941-1949; Covina Orange Growers Association, undated and 1949; Duarte-Monrovia Fruit Exchange, 1909-1910 [4 items]
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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.
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