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Title
El Verde tract plan for the Fred J. Smith residence, Pomona
Alternative Title
El Verde tract
Date Created and/or Issued
[1922-1952?]
1922/1952
Contributing Institution
UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection
Cornell (Ralph D.) papers
Rights Information
copyrighted
Copyright is owned by the UC Regents. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Below the main plan is a "typical road cross section" with labels: walk, pavement, planting and a small legend drawing with labels: street, property line, alley and curb line.
Fred J. Smith came to Pomona in 1881 and was an important figure in the history of the development of water in the area. Smith bought the El Verde Ranch (site of this plan) and then combined with nearby landowners, J.B. Camp and Robert Catheart, to form the Citizen's Water company.
Labels on plan: Grant Ave., McKinley Ave., Towne Ave., Caswell Ave., Raylene Pl., San Antonio Ave., boundary, walk, pavement, planting, street, property line, alley, curb line
Track No 14192 of El Verde Tract, Pomona, California, prepared for the Fred J. Smith Estate by Ralph D. Cornell - F.A.S.L.A. Landscape Architect, Los Angeles, California; Plan No 712-5
Type
image
Identifier
uclamss_1411_0025
ark:/21198/zz002b5w43
Language
English
Subject
Entertainment
Transportation
Alleys (streets)
Tract houses
Streets
Landscape architecture
Fred J. Smith Residence
Source
Ralph D. Cornell Papers, 1925-1972

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