[W.T. Henderson scrapbooks] [1870-1915]

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[W.T. Henderson scrapbooks] [1870-1915]

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Newspaper clippings some from the Riverside Daily Press, on citrus culture and shipping and circulars of growers, including the Riverside Fruit company and the Fruit Growers and Shippers The W.T. Henderson collection consists of two scrapbooks. Scrapbook one deals with general agriculture with clippings from the late 1870's to the early 1880's. Though it has some newspaper articles relating to fruit production from other parts of the world, it also contains information regarding early Riverside history. Scrapbook two focuses more on the citrus culture and Hendersons' activities in Riverside with items dating from 1897 to 1907 with two unbound new articles dating from 1915.

1 linear foot (2 boxes)

Riverside Public Library, Main Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6860313

Riverside Public Library, Main Library

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Fruit Growers and Shippers Association of Southern California.

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Riverside Fruit Company.

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Henderson, William Thomas

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Originally from New York, Robert Henderson and his family settled in Riverside in 1897. The family included his wife,Jennet, three sons, Robert L., Henry B. and William T., and a daughter, Jean Anne. His business in New York (Robert Henderson and Co.) served as an agency of domestic and foreign fruit products. When he came to Riverside, he bought a ten acre orange grove off of Victoria Avenue. In 1897, Henderson, two of his sons, Robert and Henry, and two other men start...