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Orange Public Library and History Center

Orange Public Library and History Center

The Local History Collection of the Orange Public Library was established in 1988 under a Library Services & Construction Act Grant. Its purpose is to collect, preserve and make available to the public materials relating to the historical development of the City of Orange and Orange County. The Collection consists of the Florence Flippen Smiley Memorial Archives, on permanent loan from the Orange Community Historical Society, as well as numerous items acquired by the Library through purchase or donation.
Covering the period 1871 to the present, this rich and diverse collection includes books, periodicals, photographs, manuscripts, maps, pamphlets, ephemera and artifacts. A variety of subject areas are represented, with particular emphasis on the citrus industry, old businesses, civic and religious organizations, and city agencies.

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1,414 items found in 1 collection

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1910 Street Fair Poultry Exhibit around Plaza Park, Orange, California, 1910
1910 Street Fair Poultry Exhibit around Plaza Park, Orange, California, 1910
1910 Street Fair, view of decorated Ehlen & Grote Company building, Orange, ...
1910 Street Fair with group in balloon ascension ride, Orange, California
1910 Street Fair with group in balloon ascension ride, Orange, California
1910 Street Fair with James Fullerton in front of his poultry exhibit, ...
1916 flood, bridge at Tustin Avenue, Orange, California
1916 flood, Orange, California
1916 flood, Santa Fe Railroad tracks and bridge, Orange, California
1916 flood with East Chapman Avenue Bridge, Orange, California
1918 Church Building, East Palm Avenue, Orange, California, 2003
1921 Craftsman bungalow, South Center Street, Orange, California, 2003
1928 Mediterranean Revival, East Palmyra Avenue, Orange, California
1938 flood erosion, Orange, California, 1938
1938 Santa Ana River flood, railroad tracks, Orange, California
200 block of North Orange Street, Orange, California, ca. 1905
200 block of North Orange Street, Orange, California, ca. 1925
241 South Grand Street, Orange, California
Adams house at 1056 E. Chapman Avenue, Orange, California, ca. 1898
Adolph Dittmer and his delivery crew outside the Dittmer's Mission Pharmacy in ...
Adolph Dittmer residence, located at 176 South Lemon Street in Orange, California, ...
Adolph Dittmer Sr. residence on Lemon Street, Orange, California, ca 1915
Adolph Dittmer Sr. residence on Lemon Street, Orange, California, ca. 1915
Adrianne Lewis residence, North Orange Street, Orange, California, 1996
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