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Title: Los Angeles County Fair Wines of the Americas Collection
Creator: Los
Angeles County Fair Association
Identifier/Call Number: 0032
Contributing Institution: California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. Special
Collections and Archives
Language of Material: English
Physical Description: 2.5 Linear
Feet(4 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1949-2011
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.
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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Unpublished manuscripts are protected by copyright. Permission to publish, quote, or
reproduce must be secured from the repository and the copyright holder.
[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.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
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.
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.
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.
The collection is arranged alphabetically by folder title.
The collection was processed by Rob Strauss in August 2018.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Los Angeles County Fair (Los Angeles County, Calif.)
Wine tasting
Wine