Business and legal papers of Charles F. and Isaac B. Potter, concentrating on several water and power companies in California, Arizona, and Nevada. Although more than half of the collection contains daily business correspondence, there are also...
Image of an agricultural valley with aerial view of fruit groves, vegetable farms, packing houses, and railroad tracks located between mountain ranges; Salton Sea in distance. Label hinged to brown paper overprinted with red lattice design;...
Image of a desert at sunset with a grapefruit in foreground. "Coachella Valley"--text, on grapefruit. Coachella Valley / sweet seedless / grapefruit / Grown in Coachella Valley / bryn Mawr Mutual Orange Assn. / bryn Mawr, California"--text, lower...
As late as 1950, most homes in the Imperial and Coachella Valleys relied upon frequent ice deliveries. Here, the "delivery boy" stands beside his Pat Patterson Ice Delivery truck. Pg. 129.
Image of title letters in green valley with Pure Gold logo at lower right. "Grapefrut / Sweet seedless / Grown in Coachella Valley / Bryn Mawr Mutual Orange Assn. / Bryn Mawr, California"--text, lower middle. "C. V. Brand Reg. U. S. Pat....
California Electric Power Corp. - Southern Sierras Power Co. - Hydroelectric facilities, cottages, and other buildings at Bishop Creek Plant 2, Plant 3, Plant 4, Plant 5, Control Station and Plant 6; Facilities, buildings and offices at Laws, Big...
California Electric Power Corp. - Southern Sierras Power Co. - Constructing San Bernardino Steam Plant, transformer assembly, water tank, boiler construction, turbine assembly, switchyard; facilities at Bakersfield, Goldfield, Tonopah, Owens River,...
Image of title lettering in a diagonal band above the Forbes Farm shell logo and below a grapefruit stamped "Dr. Forbes." "Contents of this box / not genuine unless / each fruit is stamped / Dr. Forbes"--text, upper right. "Tree-ripened / seedless...
Image of a sun over mountains with rays highlighting title letters; blue Flavorseal Protected logo at lower right. "Coachella / marsh seedless grapefruit"--text, middle centered. "Produce / of U.S.A."--text, lower left. "Packed and shipped by /...
Image of a road leading through grapefruit groves with farm houses and mountains. "Finest Coachella / Grapefruit / Grown in U.S.A."--text, top center. "Growers - Packers - Shippers / Evans Bros. Packing Company / Riverside & Fullerton,...