Collection Guide
Collection Title:
Collection Number:
Get Items:
Finding Aid for the Crystal Ice Manufacturing Company Records, 1915-1950
154
View entire collection guide
Search this collection
Table of contents
Title: Crystal Ice Manufacturing Company Records,
Date (inclusive): 1915-1950
Collection number: 154
Creator: Crystal Ice Manufacturing Company (Whittier, Calif.)
Extent: 1 box (0.5 linear ft.)
1 oversize box
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Abstract: The Crystal Ice Manufacturing Company began as the Whittier Ice and Cold Storage Company in 1914 by C. Caldwell and delivered
ice to homes in Southern California. The collection contains ledgers, legal documents, sales forms, receipts, and a time book
related to the operations of the Crystal Ice Manufacturing Company.
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department
of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Language:
English.
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections. Literary rights, including
copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds
the copyright and pursue the
copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.
Additional Physical Form Available
A copy of the original version of this online finding aid is available at the UCLA Department of Special Collections for in-house
consultation and may be obtained for a fee. Please contact:
- Public Services Division
- UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
- Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
- Box 951575
- Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
- Telephone: 310/825-4988 (10:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m., Pacific Time)
- Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Phillip L. Gabriel, 1955.
[Identification of item], Crystal Ice Manufacturing Company Records (Collection 154). Department of Special Collections, Charles
E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
UCLA Catalog Record ID:
964570
The Crystal Ice Manufacturing Company began as the Whittier Ice and Cold Storage Company in 1914 by C. Caldwell; the company
used horses and wagons to deliver ice to homes in Southern California; L.O. Montegomery purchased the company in 1915; as
the business grew, trucks replaced the horses to expedite service; in 1928, all ice was sold to homes, cafes, and butcher
shops, but by 1930 business expanded to provide ice for railroad cars carrying citrus fruits; in February 1938, Philip L.
Gabriel purchased the company, built a seasonal ice storage building, and the name changed to the Crystal Ice Company of Whittier;
in 1941 the company expanded to include its Fullerton site, and a second food locker plant was also built.
Collection contains ledgers, legal documents, sales forms, receipts, and a time book related to the operations of the Crystal
Ice Manufacturing Company in Whittier, California. Ledgers contain ice production information, 1915-38. Also includes materials
related to the National Association of Ice Industries and the California Association of Ice Industries, including copies of
several presentations and research reports about the ice industry and the storage of vegetables.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Crystal Ice Manufacturing Company (Whittier, Calif.)--Archives.
Cold storage industry--California, Southern--Archival resources.
Business records.