Descriptive Summary
Access
Preferred Citation
Acquisition Information
Project Information
Scope and Content of Collection
Subjects
Descriptive Summary
Title:
Upland
Public
Library
Historic Photograph Collection
Dates: 1888-1969 Bulk 1930-1940
Bulk Dates: Circa 1930-1940
Collection number: Consult library
Collector:
Upland
Public
Library
Collection Size:
200 photographs
200 online items
Repository:
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.
Languages:
Languages represented in the collection:
English
Access
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
Acquisition Information
The photographs were collected by the
Upland
Public
Library
, the City of Upland and others.
Project 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.
Scope and Content of Collection
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.
Subjects
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in
the
library's online
public access catalog.
Upland
(Calif.)
Businesses--Local (Early)
Camping--California
Churches--California
Citrus fruit industry--California, Southern
Clubs--California
Fraternal organizations (LCSH)
General Electric Company--History--20th Century
Hospitals--California
Interstate 10
Libraries--California--Upland
Monuments--California
Parades--California--History--Pictorial Works
Streets--California--Upland
Unions, Trade
Upland (Calif.) Fire Department
Upland (Calif.) Police Department
Upland (Calif.)--Historic Buildings, etc.
Upland (Calif.)--History--Pictorial work
Water (Agricultural use) (LCSH)