Placentia Historical Photographs

- A.S.Bradford's first home 1899
- Houses; Gardens; Childhood & youth;
- A.S.Bradford's first home in Placentia after they moved here from the town of Carlton. This photograph appeared in the Tribune, page 9 in 1899.
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- Aerial photograph of Placentia
- Aerial photographs; Orange orchards;
- Aerial view of Placentia. Railroad tracks at the bottom of the picture. Valencia High School with the track and bleachers in the center of the photograph. Note the abundance of orange groves still here in the early 1950s.
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- Aerial view of Placentia
- Aerial photographs;
- Aerial view of Placentia
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- Aerial view of Placentia 1930s
- Aerial views; packing houses;
- Aerial view of downtown Santa Fe showing Kraemer building upper left corner with downtown buildings, Sunkist packing houses, Water Company, California Belle-Carmencita-Colombo packing house
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- Aerial view of Placentia 1950
- Aerial photographs;
- Aerial view of Placentia with orange groves.
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- Aerial view of Placentia 1967
- Aerial photographs;
- Aerial view of Placentia facing north east.
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- Aerial view of Placentia 1990
- Aerial photographs
- Aerial view of the development of Placentia in the 1990s.
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- Aerial View of the George Key Ranch
- Oil wells; Orchards; Aerial photographs;
- Aerial view of the George Key Ranch before housing developments. The closest oil wells are the Associated Oil Co. fields. Fullerton dam is in that area now.
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- Albert S. Bradford
- Pioneers;
- Albert Sumner Bradford was born in Maine. He was called the Father of Placentia. He married Fannie Mead in 1881 and they had 4 children. In 1880 he bought 20 acres in Placentia, his ranch kept expanding and was called Tesoro Ranch. He also...
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- Altar in St Joseph Catholic Church
- Catholic churches; Altar fronts
- View of the altar of St. Joseph Catholic Church, April 1953?
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- Baseball Team, 1898. Boys of the Union League. Placentia, Cal.
- Baseball players;
- Placentia Merchants Baseball Team, 1898. Children from at least four prominent rancher families (Hetebrink, McFadden, Tuffree, Wagner). Note that there are several ethnic backgrounds represented.
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- C. C. Chapman's Santa Isabel Ranch
- Houses; Bicycles & tricycles; Windmills;
- In 1894 C.C.Chapman bought the Santa Ysabel Rancho in what is now Fullerton. In 1904 he was the first mayor of Fullerton. Chapman College is named after him.
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- Calvary Church of Placentia
- Churches;
- Exterior view of Calvary Church, corner of Bradford and Chapman Ave.
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- Chapman Hall
- Schools
- Abandoned Chapman Hall (formerly Chapman School), pictured in 1972. Chapman School was on Baker St. near Melrose Ave. It was the school that most of the Mexican students attended.
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- Children's Reading Room
- Public libraries; Interiors; Historic buildings;
- Children's reading area located to the left of the Library entrance.
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- Church of the Lord
- Churches;
- The undenominational Church of the Lord was founded at Placentia, California in 1918. Lewis and Elsie Richards became interested in the missionary Church of the Lord in Anaheim. Elsie was assistant pastor in 1936. They built the church in 1952 and...
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- Columbia Oil Company
- Petroleum industry; Oil wells; Storage tanks;
- The Columbia Oil Company was in northern Placentia. The photograph shows the wooden tanks that stored oil as it was pumped up. It was then piped to railroad tank cars.
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- Dr. Louis Schlesinger, founder of Societas Fraterna, known as Grasseaters
- Religious groups; Robes
- Dr. Louis Schlesinger was co-founder of Societas Fraterna, know as the Grasseaters. The other co-founder was George Risdale Hinde.
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- Early Presbyterian Church
- Presbyterian churches;
- The Presbyterian Church was one of the first churches in Placentia. This is their second building.
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- First Bradford Avenue school
- Schools; Architecture;
- Beautiful Bradford Avenue School. Opened in 1912. Children from Placentia School on Placentia Ave. marched from the old school to the new one in September 1912.
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