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United Methodist Church of Rancho Cucamonga
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1981
View of United Methodist Church of Rancho Cucamonga located at 7690 Archibald Ave. in the city of Rancho Cucamonga. Photo shows a strong, large stone…
Cucamonga wine festival set
1962
Photograph article dated August 30, 1962 partially reads, "The large man dabbed a napkin at his drooping, black mustache, and commented, "That was fi…
Cucamonga Winery and snow-capped mountains
Works Progress Administration…
1930s
Front view of the Cucamonga Winery and parking lot. A large sign along the road welcomes visitors and announces the sale of wines on a retail basis. …
Cucamonga Winery concentrator
Works Progress Administration…
1930s
Close-up view of a concentrator used in making heavy grape syrup inside the Cucamonga Winery, which was built in 1835. Cucamonga Winery, often called…
Cucamonga Winery fermenting tanks
Works Progress Administration…
1930s
Close-up view of several fermenting tanks inside the Cucamonga Winery, into which grapes are pumped. Wine is produced by fermenting crushed grapes us…
Cucamonga Winery
Works Progress Administration…
1939
The Cucamonga Winery, California's oldest, on May 3, 1939. A sign in front welcomes visitors and announces the sale of wines on a retail basis.
Barstow's Beacon Tavern
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Circa 1935
Interior view of the lobby and stairways of Beacon Tavern in Barstow circa the 1930s. One of a series of hotels built by developers Highway Communiti…
Barstow's Beacon Tavern
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Circa 1935
Interior view of a bedroom in the Beacon Tavern in Barstow circa the 1930s. One of a series of hotels built by developers Highway Communities Corpora…
Barstow's Beacon Tavern
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Circa 1935
Exterior view of the Beacon Tavern in Barstow circa the 1930s. One of a series of hotels to be built by developers Highway Communities Corporation, L…
Barstow's Beacon Tavern
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Circa 1935
Exterior view of the Beacon Tavern in Barstow circa the 1930s. In the foreground is the great Richfield Airways aeronautical tower, with its 16,000,0…
Barstow's Casa del Desierto
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1930s-1950s
Exterior postcard view of the Casa del Desierto (House of the Desert) in Barstow. This landmark hotel was built in 1912. In bygone days the hotel hou…
Canyon near Barstow
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1900s-1930s
A scenic drive through Odessa Canyon near Barstow. The sun is striking the far canyon wall.
Barstow High gym
Works Progress Administration…
1930s
Exterior view of the gymnasium of Barstow High School in Barstow.
Barstow's Brown residence
Works Progress Administration…
Circa 1937
Exterior view of the Brown residence in Barstow, noted as being the first all-timber house built in the desert area.
Wall Street Canyon, Calico
Works Progress Administration…
1930s
Looking towards Barstow three miles away from Wall Street Canyon in Calico.
Alvadrez home
1937
Arrows point to the Northcott home and a location where a car stood. Evidently in the foreground is the Alvadrez home in Mira Loma.
Mystery hole in shed
1928
J. L. "Barney" Barnard discovers a hole of mystery inside a shed on the murder farm. It was sawed or hacked through the wooden floor and then dug int…
Nelson Winslow's hair
1929
A sample of Nelson Winslow's hair, furnished to police chemist Rex Welch by parents of the missing boy.
Northcott murder farm
1929
Prosecutors say Gordon Stewart Northcott carried bodies of his victims into this chicken house for burial. In the foreground is what officers say was…
Walter Collins
1929
The real Walter Collins before he was kidnapped. Sanford Clark maintained he was killed on the "murder farm". The boy impostor who came backas Collin…
Wineville murder farm
1929
A farmhouse near Wineville (later Mira Loma), where Gordon Stewart Northcott killed his victims.
Underground distillery, a diagram
1930
Diagram explains arrangement of underground distillery, one of the largest ever discovered in Southern California. Photo dated: January 25, 1930.; A…
Underground liquor plant, boilers
1930
Photo of Federal agents standing in the boiler room of the underground liquor plant near Elsinore. The boiler was as big as that of a locomotive. Pho…
Underground liquor plant, interior
1930
Those who passed by the peaceful rural scene little dreamed that the stack of baled hay was a "dummy", hiding the tops of two tall still columns, and…