Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Senora Louisa Arenas de Stanchfield, surviving daughter of Luis Arenas, presiding over the dedication of Pioneers Monument in Ganesha Park. 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. Luis Arenas, Ignacio Palomares and Ricardo Vejar were the Spanish grantees of ranch on which Pomona is built. Text from negative sleeve: Calif. - Pomona, Ganesha Park, unveiling of monument, Oct. 1934 Text from newspaper caption: Senora Louisa Arena de Stanchfield, surviving daughter of Luis Arenas, who unveiled the historic stone ["Park Monument Unveiled. Descendants of Original Owners of Rancho San Jose in Colorful Ceremony," Los Angeles Times, 10/14/1934].
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b&w nitrate negative
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uclamss_1429_0542 ark:/21198/zz002d9tt3
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Ganesha Park (Pomona, Calif.) Landmarks People Monuments & memorials--California--Pomona Events Stanchfield, Louisa Arenas de, 1856-1950
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