Picture Yourself in Riverside History
Fun with Local History
Below are the photos taken at UCR Libraries' Booth at the "UCR/Riverside Citrus Heritage Celebration." If you would like any of these photos, click on the thumbnail for the full image. (If you would like a photo removed, please email Marie.Bronoel@ucr.edu the link to the image.).
Historical figures in the Picture Yourself in Riverside project include:
1. Eliza Tibbets who planted the first two navel orange trees in Riverside
2. John W. North who founded Riverside
3. Abraham Lincoln in a citrus label
4. Queen Victoria in a citrus label
The Real History
The UCR Libraries also created two digital projects to commemorate the 100th Anniversary of the Citrus Experiment Station:
1. The Citrus Experiment Station Centennial Exhibition at http://library.ucr.edu/go/ces
2. The Citrus Industry at http://lib.ucr.edu/agnic/webber
(Volume 5, chapter 5 of The Citrus Industry is about the history of citrus research in California.)
More Photos: Pages One | Two | Three | Four | Five | Six | Seven | Eight | Nine
More Photos: Pages One | Two | Three | Four | Five | Six | Seven | Eight | Nine
