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Description
Key Words: Pomona College; Housing in Claremont Harry Hitchcock was born in Nebraska, and he moved to Claremont with his family in 1893. His father, George Hitchcock, was a professor of physics and chemistry at Pomona College. Hitchcock shared photographs from early California with the interviewers. He describes several of the early homes in Claremont, and the families who lived in them. He earned a science degree at Pomona College and became an engineer. He served as a consultant for the U.S. Army and NATO. He later became a city councilmember and mayor of San Marino.
Type
sound
Format
Copy Audio cassette
Form/Genre
Oral histories
Extent
1 Tape of 1
Identifier
caclah_000021
Language
English
Subject
City council members Engineers--California Local history Mayors U.S. Army
Time Period
1893/
Place
Claremont (Calif.) Pomona College (Claremont, Calif.)
Provenance
Claremont Heritage California Revealed is supported by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian.
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