Guide to the East Irvine Historic Resources Documentation Photographs, 1988
Processed by Alexis Schwarz; machine-readable finding aid created by Michael C. Conkin
Special Collections and Archives
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University of California
Irvine, California 92623-9557
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The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Note
History --History, California --History,
Los Angeles Area
Social
Sciences --Urban Planning and Environment
Geographical (by Place) --California --Los Angeles Area
Guide to the East Irvine Historic Resources Documentation Photographs
Collection number: MS-R 66
Special Collections and Archives
The UCI Libraries
University of California
Irvine, California
Contact Information
- Special Collections and Archives
- The UCI Libraries
- P.O. Box 19557
- University of California
- Irvine, California 92623-9557
- Phone: (949) 824-3947
- Fax: (949) 824-2472
- Email: spcoll@uci.edu
- URL: http://www.lib.uci.edu/rrsc/speccoll.html
- Processed by:
- Alexis Schwarz
- Date Completed:
- 1998
- Encoded by:
- Michael C. Conkin and Adrian Turner
© 1998 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
Title: East Irvine historic resources documentation photographs,
Date: 1988
Collection number: MS-R066
Creator:
Sanchez Talarico Associates
Extent:
0.8 linear feet (2 boxes)
Repository:
University of California, Irvine. Library. Special Collections and Archives.
Irvine, California 92623-9557
Abstract: This collection of 230 photographs and 106 associated negatives documents buildings in East Irvine, California that were built
at the turn of the twentieth century. The collection was compiled by Sanchez Talarico Association, Inc. in circa 1988 in
order to document the site prior to demolition of some of the buildings. The area was the hub of activity on the Irvine Ranch,
but with the growth of a planned community to the southwest beginning in the 1970's, East Irvine is now important primarily
as an historical site. Most photographs depict the Irvine Bean Growers Association Building, Irvine Village General Store
and service station, the Irvine Garage and blacksmith shops. Other photographs illustrate houses built in the early 1900s
which may have been used by Irvine Ranch workers and tenants.
Language:
English.
Administrative Information
Access
Collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
Property rights reside with the University of California. Literary rights are retained by the creators of the records and
their heirs. For permissions to reproduce or to publish, please contact the Head of Special Collections and Archives.
Preferred Citation
East Irvine Historic Resources Documentation Photographs. MS-R 66. Special Collections and Archives, The UCI Libraries, Irvine,
California.
Acquisition Information
Gift of the City of Irvine in 1988.
Processing History
Processed by Alexis Schwarz and Laura Clark Brown in 1998.
History
Irvine is a planned city located in Orange County, California, near the Pacific coast. It
shares its borders with Newport Beach, Costa Mesa, Santa Ana, Tustin, Aliso Viejo and
Laguna Beach. From the 1880s to the 1960s, Irvine was centered around what was once the
Irvine Ranch hub. In 1964 the first General Plan of the City of Irvine was completed. In
1965 the former town center became known as East Irvine, and the planned community to the
southwest, the present-day city of Irvine, began to take shape. The City of Irvine was
incorporated on December 28, 1971. The following historical overview emphasizes the
origins of the Irvine Ranch and the surrounding village.
James Henry Irvine inherited the land stretching from what is now Red Hill to Newport
Beach and down to Laguna Beach from his father in 1892, and he established the Irvine
Company in 1894. His father Henry Irvine and partners had purchased the land from Don
José Andres Sepulveda, who owned the land when it was Rancho San Joaquin. On the Irvine
Ranch, James Irvine attempted to raise raisin grapes, olives and walnuts, but the most
productive crops were barley and beans. In addition, the ranch raised cattle and not
sheep as Sepulveda had.
In 1889, a silo was constructed at the center of Irvine Ranch to house sacks of grains
and legumes which by 1895 had grown to more that a million sacks a year. As production
increased, so did the work force. A school and post office became a necessity, yet all
requests for a post office were denied, as there was already one named "Irvine" in
central California. James Irvine substituted "Irvine" with "Myford" (the name of his
young son), and on May 20, 1889, a post office opened in the village. Soon after, Kate
Munger built a two-story county store that carried everything from canned goods to
gasoline and cigarettes. In 1914, the Myford intersection of El Camino Real and Laguna
Road was paved, and a gas station and blacksmith shop became part of the village.
A distinct community grew around the ranch silos and warehouses near and on what is now
Sand Canyon Avenue. On March 17, 1914, the post office in central California changed its
title, and the name "Irvine" was transferred to the Myford post office. The village then
came to be known as Irvine.
The village's importance diminished through the decades. In 1959, the Irvine Company
dedicated a tract of land for a state university, and the University of California,
Irvine was constructed. City planners hired by the Irvine Company envisioned a city of
50,000 people built around the new university. To the southwest of the old Irvine town, a
city began to develop. In 1965 the village changed its name from Irvine to East Irvine.
In 1984, the City of Irvine proposed a redevelopment project for East Irvine. Several
historic buildings and structures were moved or demolished to make room for a commercial
complex. The environmental impact report which preceded the project indicated the adverse
impact that development would have on the historic site and required the city to produce
a historical documentation project. The City of Irvine hired the consulting company
Sanchez Talarico and Associates of Newport Beach, California to compile photographs of
the buildings and to record the cultural and architectural development of the East Irvine
site; this collection of photographs and the report are the result of that project.
Collection Scope and Content Summary
This collection of 230 photographs and 106 associated negatives documents buildings in East Irvine, California that were built
at the turn of the twentieth century. The collection was compiled by Sanchez Talarico Association, Inc. in circa 1988 in
order to document the site prior to demolition of some of the buildings. The area was the hub of activity on the Irvine Ranch,
but with the growth of a planned community to the southwest beginning in the 1970's, East Irvine is now important primarily
as an historical site. Most photographs depict the Irvine Bean Growers Association Building, Irvine Village General Store
and service station, the Irvine Garage and blacksmith shops. Other photographs illustrate houses built in the early 1900s
which may have been used by Irvine Ranch workers and tenants.
Sanchez Talarico Association issued a report which includes an introduction, an index to the photographs, and photocopies
of each of the photographs.
Each photograph was assigned a unique number and letter identification, and the photographs remain in the original order established
by this numbering scheme. The photographs are arranged in thematic groups, such as interior shots of the Irvine Bean Growers
Association Building.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Subjects
Irvine Bean and Grain Growers Association--Photographs.
City planning--California--Irvine--Photographs.
Land use--California--Irvine--Photographs.
Regional planning--California--Irvine--Photographs.
Historic buildings--California--Irvine--Photographs.
Orange County (Calif.)--Photographs.
Orange County (Calif.)--Archival resources.
Irvine Ranch (Calif.)--Photographs.
Genres and Forms of Material
Architectural photographs--California--Orange County.
Photographic prints--California--Orange County.
Negatives--California--Orange County.
Collection Contents
Box 1 : 3-6
Photocopies of photographs
Box 1 : 7
General Views (EI-1 through EI-9)
Box 1, Folder 8
Exterior (EI-A-1 through EI-A-9)
Box 1, Folder 9
Interior (EI-A-10 through EI-A-20)
Box 1 : 10
Exterior (EI-B-1 through EI-B-13)
Box 1 : 11
Interior (EI-B-14 through EI-B-28)
Box 1 : 12 - 2 : 7
Irvine Bean and Grain Growers Association Building
Box 1 : 12-13
Exterior (EI-C-1 through EI-C-42)
Box 1 : 14-15
Interior (EI-C-43 through EI-C-79)
Box 2 : 1
Weighing station (EI-CA-1 through EI-CA-4)
Box 2 : 2
Butler building (EI-CB-1 through EI-CB-4)
Box 2 : 3
Corrugated metal structure (EI-CC-1 through EI-CC-5)
Box 2 : 5
Shed (EI-CE-1 through EI-CE-4)
Box 2 : 6
Wooden shed (EI-CF-1 through EI-CF-5)
Box 2 : 7
Associated equipment (EI-CG-1 through EI-CI-1)
Box 2 : 8
Exterior (EI-D-1 through EI-D-5)
Box 2 : 9
Interior (EI-D-6 through EI-D-15)
Box 2 : 10
Exterior (EI-E-1 through EI-E-6)
Box 2 : 11
Interior (EI-E-7 through EI-E-12)
Box 2 : 12
Exterior (EI-F-1 through EI-F-5)
Box 2 : 13
Interior (EI-F-6 through EI-F-12)
Box 2 : 14
Exterior (EI-G-1 through EI-G-5)
Box 2 : 15
Interior (EI-G-6 through EI-G-14)
Box 2 : 16
Exterior (EI-H-1 through EI-H-3)
Box 2 : 17
Interior (EI-H-4 through EI-H-8)
Box 2 : 18
Exterior (EI-I-1 through EI-I-2)
Box 2 : 19
Interior (EI-I-3 through EI-I-8)
Box 3
Negatives.
Access Information
Use of negatives is restricted to Special Collections and Archives staff.
