Photocopy of photograph (original print at Riverside Municipal Museum, Historical Resources Department), photographer and date unknown. VIEW OF VICTORIA AVENUE NEAR MYRTLE STREET - California Citrus Heritage Recording Project, Riverside, Riverside County, CA
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- Source:
- Library of Congress
- Collection:
- Historic American Buildings Survey
- Date:
- Documentation compiled after 1968
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- Photo(s): 32 | Measured Drawing(s): 1 | Data Page(s): 22 | Photo Caption Page(s): 3 Subjects: artesian wells, transportation, streetcars, es, african americans, tract houses, citrus fruit industry, hispanic heritage, packing plants, roads, agricultural land, spanish colonial revival architectural elements, agricultural facilities, water supply, labor housing, orange orchards, laborers, people associated with manual labor, allé, canals, chinese-americans, asian americans, immigrants Locations: california, riverside, riverside county Notes: For additional information, see also Arlington Heights Citrus Landscape (HAER CA-119), Gage Irrigation Canal (HAER CA-120), National Orange Company Packing House (HAER CA-121), Victoria Bridge (HAER CA-122), and Union Pacific Railroad Bridge (HAER CA-123). Significance: Riverside, California, continues to retain significant elements of the historic cultural landscape which developed in the region throughout the last 100 years. Founded on the production of citrus fruits, the area contributed to the rapid growth of California in the twentieth-century as a premier citrus producer. In addition, the world's first Citrus Experiment Station, now located at the University of California, Riverside, was initially sited in the city in 1906. Survey number: HAER CA-118 Building/structure dates: ca. 1870 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1906 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 1885-1888 Subsequent Work
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