Upland Public Library Historic Photograph Collection, 1888-1969 Bulk 1930-1940, bulk Circa 1930-1940

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Summary

Creators:
Upland Public Library
Abstract:
Upland Public Library Historic Photograph Collection consists of images of Upland, California beginning in the late 1800's. The images document the early days of the citrus industry, residential, commercial and public buildings and community events such as parades and athletic events, street scenes, and early fire department social activities. Significant individuals, including studio portraits of the Bedford Brothers and the Chaffey family; early civic leaders, group and family portraits are included in the collection. There are a few aerial photographs in the collection. Photographs primarily document community life and street scenes.
Extent:
200 photographs 200 online items
Language:
Languages represented in the collection: English
Preferred citation:

Upland Public Library Historic Photograph Collection. Upland Public Library, Upland, CA 91786.

Background

Scope and content:

Upland Public Library Historic Photograph Collection consists of images of historical interest for Upland, California beginning in the late 1800's. The images document the early days of the citrus industry, residential, commercial and public buildings and community events such as parades and athletic competitions, street scenes, and early fire department social activities. Significant individuals, including studio portraits of the Bedford Brothers and the Chaffey family; early civic leaders, group and family portraits are included in the collection. There are a few aerial photographs in the collection. Photographs primarily document community life and street scenes. The collection contains glass negative photographs taken by Edna Swan and photographs donated by Esther Boulton Black from her slide show created for her presentation for 3rd grade curriculum and her book 'Stories of Old Upland'. The photographs taken by or donated by these two women are the core of the library's local history photograph collection. The photographs selected include photographs from the donated collections of these two women. Unpublished card file indexes to individual photographs are available at the Upland Public Library. Consult the library for more information.

Upland Public Library's Local History collection currently has holdings comprised of some 1000 photographs, 69 linear feet of newspaper clippings, pamphlets, brochures, and other paper ephemera. The collection also has various years of Upland City Directories from 1898 to the present, Upland High school yearbooks, scrapbooks, oral histories. Newspapers on microfilm include The Upland News from 1913 to 1971 and The Inland Valley Daily Bulletin (formerly The Daily Report) from 1980 to the present. The Inland Valley Daily Bulletin is indexed from 1980 to August of 1994 and from October 1996 to February 2009. Beginning in March 2009, only obituaries of Upland residents are being indexed.

Acquisition information:
The photographs were collected by the Upland Public Library, the City of Upland and others.
Processing information:

Two hundred photographs were chosen for inclusion in the University of California's California Digital Library's databases reflecting various aspects of the history of the City of Upland. Images include: businesses located on 2nd Avenue in downtown Upland, citrus industry, homes and community events from Upland's past.

The photographs were chosen from the Upland Public Library Local History collection. The photographs were digitized to broaden access to the library's unique historic photographs. The project included selecting photographs from the collection and research as needed to document the photographs. The photographs were previously cataloged; however they are not currently in the library's online catalog. The photographs were entered into CONTENTdm by Reference Staff.

The Upland Public Library participated in the Local History Digital Resources Program (LHDRP) in 2008-09. This project was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian.

Rules or conventions:
Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

The collection is housed at Upland Public Library; please contact the reference desk at (909) 931-4205 for information about access to the collection.

Preferred citation:

Upland Public Library Historic Photograph Collection. Upland Public Library, Upland, CA 91786.

Location of this collection:
450 N. Euclid Ave
Upland, CA 91786, US
Contact:
(909) 931-4322
lorene.broersma@uplandlibrary.org
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