Los Angeles County Fair Wines of the Americas Collection, 1949-2011

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Summary

Creators:
Los Angeles County Fair Association
Abstract:
The collection contains materials relating to the Los Angeles County Fair wine judging competition, including informational packets, books that list the award-winning wines, a bottle of award-winning wine, wine glasses, and prize ribbons.
Extent:
2.5 Linear Feet (4 boxes)
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Box/folder# or item name], Los Angeles County Fair Wines of the Americas Collection, Collection no. 0032, Southern California Wine and Wine Industry Collection, Special Collections and Archives, University Library, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection contains materials relating to the Los Angeles County Fair wine judging competition. Materials include informational packets about the competition, books that list the award-winning wines, clippings about the event, a bottle of award-winning wine, wine glasses, and prize ribbons. Most of the materials are from when the competition was called Wines of the Americas.

Biographical / historical:

The Los Angeles County Fair wine judging competition is the nation's oldest county fair event of its kind. The competition was first held in 1935 but it went on hiatus during World War II. It has now taken place every year since 1948. The event is currently named the Los Angeles International Wine Competition. It has previously been called the Wines of the Americas competition and the Wines of the World competition.

Acquisition information:
Materials in the collection were donated to California State Polytechnic University, Pomona by the Pomona Fairplex in 2001 and gathered from Special Collections' Southern California Wine and Wine Industry Collection files.
Processing information:

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.

The collection was processed by Rob Strauss in August 2018.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged alphabetically by folder title.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

Advance notice required for access.

Terms of access:

Unpublished manuscripts are protected by copyright. Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository and the copyright holder.

Preferred citation:

[Box/folder# or item name], Los Angeles County Fair Wines of the Americas Collection, Collection no. 0032, Southern California Wine and Wine Industry Collection, Special Collections and Archives, University Library, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona.

Location of this collection:
3801 West Temple Ave.
Pomona, CA 91768, US
Contact:
(909) 869-3775
speccollections@cpp.edu
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