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Description
Order Number
00076299
Title
Aerial
view
of
Glendora
orchards
Studio
Fairchild Aerial Surveys, inc.
Collection ID
Security Pacific National Bank Collection
Location/Accession
Glendora
Date
1931
Physical Description
1
photographic
print
:b&w
;19
x
24
cm
.
Notes
Title
supplied
by
cataloger
.
Historical Data
Glendora
was
founded
on
April
1
,
1887
by
George
D
.
Whitcomb
and was
officially
incorporated
as a
City
in
1911
. In the
mid-1930s
,
nearly
all
of the
city's
4,500
acres
of
land
were
cultivated
for
citrus
fruit
; by the
late
1950s
agriculture
had
given
way
to
large-scale
residential
development
. As of
2006
,
population
of the
city
known
as the "
Pride
of the
Foothills
" was
estimated
at
51,608
.
Description
Aerial
view
of
citrus
groves
in an
area
labeled
as "
Orchard
8
",
which
is
an
important
citrus
area
near
Glendora
.
Three
mountain
ranges
can
be
seen
in the
background
, the
farthest
one
showing
"
Old
Baldy
"
covered
with
snow
;
Old
Baldy
later
became
Mt
.
Baldy
.
January
20
,
1931
.
Subject
Agriculture--California--Glendora.
Orchards--California--Glendora.
Mountains--California, Southern.
Aerial photographs.
San Gabriel Mountains (Calif.).
Mount Baldy (Calif.).
Glendora (Calif.).
Glendora (Calif.)--Aerial views.
Format
Photographic prints
Reproduction Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at
http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html
for additional information.
Sub-Collection Name
Security Pacific National Bank Photo Collection
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