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Senora Louisa Arenas de Stanchfield presiding over the dedication of Pioneers Monument in Ganesha Park, Pomona, 1934

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Title: Senora Louisa Arenas de Stanchfield presiding over the 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.
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 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].
Text from negative sleeve: Calif. - Pomona, Ganesha Park, unveiling of monument, Oct. 1934
Type: Image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_0542
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Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Events
Landmarks
Ganesha Park (Pomona, Calif.)
People
Monuments & memorials--California--Pomona
Stanchfield, Louisa Arenas de, 1856-1950
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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