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Ontario City Library, Robert E. Ellingwood Model Colony History Room

Ontario City Library, Robert E. Ellingwood Model Colony History Room

The library's collections cover the history of Ontario and the western region of San Bernardino County.The Model Colony History Room was established in the Ontario City Library in 1970. The room contains non-circulating materials concerning the social, economic and governmental history of Ontario and the western region of San Bernardino County.Materials available in the Model Colony History Room include: manuscripts, photographs, documents, maps, local school yearbooks, news clippings, Ontario city directories, and phone books. Many of these materials date back to 1882 when George Chaffey and William Chaffey founded Ontario, the "Model Colony."

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A boy scout and a woman on a horse
Boy standing on rock
Brooks Block with Citizen's Bank and Southern Pacific Hotel
Bryce Ayres Denton oral history interviews
Building with flag pole
California 500 60 sec spot
California 500 at Ontario Motor Speedway, 1970
California 500 at Ontario Motor Speedway, 1972
California 500, Ontario Motor Speedway, 46 Second Commercial
The California Missions
Calrod by Hotpoint
Camp scene
Campers
Carrie Gooding oral history interview
Celesta Scott Walters oral history interview
Chaffey College class of 1895
Chaffey College field trip
Chaffey College library in 1898
Chaffey College pruning demonstration
"A Chaffey Song"
Chaffey Union High School
Charles Booth director, Chaffey College 1916-1954 oral history interview
Charles Chuck Newton oral history interview
Charles Vernon Cummins oral history interview
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