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Title
Aerial view of Glendora in 1924
Alternative Title
Security Pacific National Bank Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued
1924
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
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Description
Title supplied by cataloger.
Glendora was founded on April 1, 1887 by George D. Whitcomb and was officially incorporated as a City in 1911. In the mid-1930s, nearly all of the city's 4,500 acres of land were cultivated for citrus fruit; by the late 1950s agriculture had given way to large-scale residential development. As of 2006, population of the city known as the "Pride of the Foothills" was estimated at 51,608.
Aerial view of Michigan Ave. (now Glendora Ave.) and surrounding area; Michigan Ave. runs the length of the photo in a north-to-south direction. Orchards dominate the upper left and top portion of the area. At the time this photograph was taken, Glendora had already begun to have that "developed" appearance. The surge of prosperity had started 20 years earlier when plenty of water was found in the lands below the mouth of San Dimas Canyon. With that, the area really mushroomed. Photo dated: July 12, 1924.; Photo is a smaller version of image 00076279.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;17 x 21 cm. on sheet 21 x 23 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00076274
Security Pacific National Bank Collection
Glendora-Views, Aerial.; G-002-507 4x5
CARL0000078590
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/110822
Subject
Agriculture--California--Glendora
Dwellings--California--Glendora
Buildings--California--Glendora
Glendora (Calif.)
Glendora (Calif.)--Aerial views

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