Shades of Corona photograph collection, 1886-1999, bulk Ca. 1920-1950

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Summary

Creators:
Corona Public Library
Abstract:
The Shades of Corona photograph collection includes images of family life, work life, and daily activities in the community that would be of historical interest to the people of Corona and surrounding areas.
Extent:
775 items 722 online items
Language:
Languages represented in the collection: English
Preferred citation:

Shades of Corona photograph collection. Corona Public Library, Corona, California 92882.

Background

Scope and content:

The Shades of Corona photograph collection includes images of family life, work life, and daily activities in the community that would be of historical interest to the people of Corona and surrounding areas. The photographs cover a period from the late 1880's to 2001. The collection is the primary source of photographs about Corona's ethnic communities primarily the Mexican Americans and Italian Americans who came to Corona in 1890's to work in the citrus industry. The images of family life include family portraits, weddings, daily household chores, and funerals. The images of work document all phases of the citrus industry, farming, and trade. Many images document the leisure time activities of the community such as the Mexican baseball league and community celebrations such as Cinco de Mayo. A small number of images document the addition of new ethnic communities from Asia and the Middle East.

Acquisition information:
This collection was created was created by the Corona Public Library staff from 1998-2000 as part of the Shades of California project and Corona Heritage Online Project.
Processing information:

These photographs were copied from various photograph collections from Corona donors as part of a three month grant funded by the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) from June 1998 through September 1998 and continued in 2000 and 2001 with library support. The digitization of the photographs was part of a one-year project again funded by the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) from July 2003 through June 2004 in order to provide a single access point to primary graphic resources documenting the history of Corona ethnic communities from its founding to current times.

Rules or conventions:
Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

Collection open for research.

Preferred citation:

Shades of Corona photograph collection. Corona Public Library, Corona, California 92882.

Location of this collection:
650 S. Main Street
Corona, CA 92882, US
Contact:
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