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Title: Monterey Park history collection
Dates: 1885-2001
Collection number: Consult library
Creators:
Monterey Park Chamber of Commerce
Monterey Park Historical Museum
Monterey Park Bruggemeyer Library
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Monterey Park Bruggemeyer Library
Monterey Park, CA 91754
Abstract: The Monterey Park Collection includes photographs, slides, postcards and picture clippings that document the history and depict
people, places and events of the City of Monterey Park and the surrounding San Gabriel Valley.
Languages:
Languages represented in the collection:
English
Collection open for research.
Property rights reside with the Monterey Park Historical Society. For permission to publish or reproduce, please contact
Monterey Park Historical Society.
Monterey Park history collection. Monterey Park Bruggemeyer Library, Monterey Park, CA 91754.
The photographs were collected by the staff of Monterey Park Bruggemeyer Library, the Monterey Park Historical Society and
others as part of the Local History Digital Resources Project grants from the California State Library.
The mission of the Monterey Park Bruggemeyer Library is to meet the cultural, educational, and informational needs of the
residents of the City of Monterey Park by providing free and open access to its resources and services. The Monterey Park
Chamber of Commerce devotes itself to improving the business climate in the city of Monterey Park. The Monterey Park Historical
Society works to encourage and promote the study of history in its relation to Monterey Park and surrounding San Gabriel Valley;
to collect and preserve all materials of whatsoever kind which could have any bearing on the City of Monterey Park; the general
purpose shall be the discussion of such historical and literacy subjects.
Scope and Content of Collection
The Monterey Park Collection includes photographs and slides depicting its historic pioneers and including items up to present
day. It consists of images related to local business, places, people and events. The photographs and slides were digitalized
as part of the California Local History Digital Resources Project (LHDRP) grant from July 2010 to June 2011. It was supported
by the California Digital Library under the provision of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in the California
by the State Librarian. Items in the Monterey Park collection were selected from different sources including the Monterey
Park Historical Society, the Monterey Park Chamber of Commerce and the Monterey Park Bruggemeyer Library collection with the
help of curators from the Monterey Park Museum. Significant holdings include photographs of streets such as Atlantic Blvd,
Garvey Avenue and Garfield, photographs of El Encanto, the Midwick County Club, the Monterey Park Bruggemeyer Library over
the years, Laura Scudder the local pioneer of potato chips, Monterey Park City Council in the 1980's, the Ynez School, Barnes
Park, Monterey Park City Hall and the Cascades among many others.
These materials were assembled and digitized as part of the California Local History Digital Resources Project, supported
by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA),
administered in California by the State Librarian.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection.
Atlantic Boulevard (Monterey Park, Calif.)
Barnes Park (Monterey Park, Calif.)
Bruggemeyer, Judge Mancha
El Encanto
Fremont Avenue (Monterey Park, Calif.)
Garfield Avenue (Monterey Park, Calif.)
Garfield Hospital
Garvey Avenue (Monterey Park, Calif.)
Garvey, Richard Jr.
Garvey, Richard Sr.
Midwick View Estates
Monterey Park City Hall (Monterey Park, Calif.)
Monterey Park Civic Center (Monterey Park, Calif.)
Monterey Park Historical Heritage Commission
Monterey Park Museum
Ramona Acres
Repetto's Adobe House
Scudder, Laura
The Cascades
Ynez Elementary School
Garvey Avenue Jubilee
Play Days
Agriculture--California--Monterey Park
Amphitheater--California--Monterey Park
Architecture--California--Monterey Park
Articles of incorporation--California--Monterey Park
Aviation--California, Southern
Business--California--Monterey Park
City council members--California--Monterey Park
Gliders (Aeronautics)
Grocery trade--California--Monterey Park
Historic buildings--California--Monterey Park
Monterey Park (Calif.)--Aerial photographs
Monuments--California--Monterey Park
Olympics programs--California--Los Angeles
Parades--California--Monterey Park
Petroleum--California--Los Angeles County
Potato chip industry
Real estate business--California--Monterey Park
Portraits
Aerial photographs
Books
Clippings
Photographs
Postcards
Sheet music
Slides (photographs)