Security Pacific National Bank Collection

2 mile team race

1893

Starting line of a 2 mile team race, Los Angeles, October 3, 1893. Bikers are: Los Angeles Wheelmen (in White); East Side Cyclling Club and the Rive…

Adams Street, Riverside

Horse and buggy on a tree-lined Adams Street in Riverside.

Aerial view of Hemet

1922

Aerial view of "downtown" Hemet, from glass plate. Residential dwellings are clustered in the foreground, and neatly manicured orchards visible farth…

Agua Caliente Bath House, Palm Springs

Postcard shows the Agua Caliente Bath House, in Palm Springs. Though unclear as to where this bath house was actually located, it is said that the Ka…

Aimee's Castle, Lake Elsinore

View of Aimee's (Semple McPherson) Castle, located on a hill above Lake Elsinore in Riverside County.

Alessandro Hotel in Hemet, view 1

1929

View 1: Exterior view of the Alessandro Hotel, an adobe hotel located on the southwest corner of Harvard and Florida. In 1928 the Alessandro Hotel, l…

Alessandro Hotel in Hemet, view 2

1929

View 2: Exterior view of the Alessandro Hotel, an adobe hotel located on the southwest corner of Harvard and Florida. In 1928 the Alessandro Hotel, l…

Alessandro Hotel in Hemet, view 3

1929

View 3: Exterior view of the Alessandro Hotel, an adobe hotel located on the southwest corner of Harvard and Florida. In 1928 the Alessandro Hotel, l…

Alessandro Hotel in Hemet, view 4

1929

View 4: Exterior view of the Alessandro Hotel, an adobe hotel located on the southwest corner of Harvard and Florida; an automobile is parked at the …

Alessandro Hotel in Hemet, view 5

1929

View 5: Exterior view of the Alessandro Hotel, an adobe hotel located on the southwest corner of Harvard and Florida. In 1928 the Alessandro Hotel, l…

Andreas Canyon Clubhouse, Palm Springs

1926

Four men stand outside the Andreas Canyon Clubhouse, located above the mouth of Andreas Canyon beyond Palm Springs, which was built of the materials …

Boy with huge cabbage

Jack King, 1158 West 4th Street, Riverside, and big cabbage.

Businesses in Palm Springs

View of an unidentified, but major, street that runs through Palm Springs. Several businesses can be seen on either side of the road, as well as nume…

Cahuilla granary basket

Circa 190-?

A Cahuilla Indian stands beside a granary basket that sits above the ground on a wooden platform made from logs. When filled with mesquite beans or o…

Carreta and car at Mission Inn

Circa 1935

Postcard showing "an ancient and modern conveyance," an ox-drawn carreta and an automobile, at the Mission Inn at Riverside circa the 1930s.

Child in cotton field

1932

Photograph shows a small child crying in a large cotton field somewhere in Riverside Calif. Photo dated October 18, 1932.

Dates protected by paper bags

View of loaded date palms on the Narbonne Ranch, Coachella, Calif. The dates are protected by paper bags. Notice the bags on the clusters.

Early Lake Elsinore panorama

Panoramic view of Lake Elsinore and surrounding country. Notice the vast unincorporated areas on the south side of the mountain range in comparison t…

End of competition

1925

Group photo taken at the end of running competition held at the Coliseum. Standing on the left are students from the Sherman Institute, the all-Indi…

Farm worker picking dates

1966

Farm worker, Leon Raimundo, picking dates at the Narbonne Ranch near Coachella, Calif.

Glenwood Mission Inn, Riverside

Upper balcony about the patio of the Glenwood Mission Inn (later to become the Mission Inn).

Glenwood Mission Inn, Riverside

Glenwood Mission Inn (later the Mission Inn) at Riverside.

Hemet Valley and Gray Back mountain range, Hemet

Panoramic view of Hemet Valley and the Gray Back mountain range from Brown's Ranch, with blooming orange groves in the foreground, neatly manicured o…

Horses and farm machine

A team of horses is pulling farm machinery in Riverside County. Men are sitting on the machine, one of whom is holding the reins.