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Title: Rancho Cucamonga Grape Harvest Festival Collection
Creator: Cucamonga Service Club
Creator: Rancho Cucamonga
Chamber of Commerce
Identifier/Call Number: 0075
Contributing Institution: California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. Special
Collections and Archives
Language of Material: English
Physical Description: 4.50 Linear
Feet(5 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1935-2011, bulk 1985-2011
Abstract: The
collection contains memorabilia from the Rancho Cucamonga Grape Harvest Festival, an
event that started in 1939 and was billed as "California's Oldest Grape Harvest
Festival." The festival was originally scheduled to coincide with the beginning of
the grape harvest in the fall and it also promoted local wineries. The most recent
harvest festival was in 2017. Materials include festival passes, badges, pins, and
tickets; photocopies of early festival programs; and photocopies of clippings about
the event.
The processing of this collection and the creation of this finding aid was funded by the generous support of the National
Historical Publications and Records Commission.
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[Box/folder# or item name], Rancho Cucamonga Grape Harvest Festival Collection,
Collection no. 0075, Southern California Wine and Wine Industry Collection, Special
Collections and Archives, University Library, California State Polytechnic
University, Pomona.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The materials were gathered from Special Collections' Southern California Wine and
Wine Industry Collection files.
The Rancho Cucamonga Grape Harvest Festival was first held in 1939 and was called the
"Cucamonga Wine and Grape Festival" in the community then known as Cucamonga. The
Cucamonga Service Club sponsored the event, which was held in early September to
coincide with the fall harvest.
In 1981, the Rancho Cucamonga Chamber of Commerce took over festival operations and,
in later years, moved the event to June. The most recent festival, held in 2017, was
called the "Inland Empire Grape Harvest Festival" and was held at Cucamonga-Guasti
Park in Ontario.
The harvest festival was long billed as "California's Oldest Grape Harvest Festival,"
a designation made official by the state legislature in 1987.
During its history, the event featured a variety of entertainment, including a grape
stomp, wine tasting, and musical acts.
The collection contains memorabilia from the Rancho Cucamonga Grape Harvest festival,
an event that was billed as "California's Oldest Grape Harvest Festival." Materials
include festival passes, badges, pins, and tickets; flyers and posters; newspapers
inserts about the festival from the
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin and
Daily Report; photocopies of early festival programs; wine glasses
from the festival; and photocopies of clippings about the event.
The collection is arranged alphabetically by folder title in the finding aid but does
not reflect physical arrangement.
The collection was processed by Rob Strauss in September 2018.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Rancho Cucamonga Grape Harvest Festival
Inland Empire Grape Harvest Festival
Wine festivals
Wine glasses