Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Visual Materials
Image of a certificate from the Sonoma County Agricultural and Mechanical Society of California with three farming and labor vignettes depicting cattle in a field, smiths working at an anvil, and women and girls with fruit baskets harvesting in an orchard; arch of flowers, fruit, vegetables, and grain topped with an eagle on a globe makes a decorative border for the certificate text.
priJLC_AGR_001805
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Strawberry pickers in a field of strawberries with flats of fruit in the foreground.
photCL Pierce 06639
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A group of men, women and children in a wooden structure with flats of cut fruit on the table and boxes of whole fruit.
photCL Pierce 06628
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A man standing in a lotus pond with newly planted orchard in background.
photCL Pierce 04312
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Image of an advertisement for Fritzsche, Schimmel & Company's fruit essences; medals for various awards surround an eagle with an olive branch standing on a Union shield.
priJLC_PC_001966
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Manuscripts
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
