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Title
Dedication of Pioneers Monument in Ganesha Park, Pomona, 1934
Date Created and/or Issued
October 13, 1934
Publication Information
Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution
UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection
Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information
US
Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
The monument is in the form of a relief plaque in an elevated concrete frame, with a semicircular retaining wall made of river stones against a wooded hill behind it
Note in negative collection (image: uclamss_1429_0453i)
Text from negative sleeve: Calif. - Pomona, Ganesha Park, unveiling of monument, Oct. 1934
Text from newspaper caption: Pomona pays tribute to Early Settlers; Pioneers of the city and descendants of the original owners of the great ranch on which Pomona is built standing in front of the commemorative monument unveiled at Ganesha Park Pomona yesterday in honor of the long deceased Spanish grantees, Ignacio Palomares, Ricardo Vejar and Luis Arenas ["Park Monument Unveiled," Los Angeles Times, 10/14/1934].
Type
Image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_0541
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Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Events
Landmarks
Ganesha Park (Pomona, Calif.)
Monuments & memorials--California--Pomona
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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