How to Research a Pomona Street
Turn a familiar Pomona block into a focused local-history project using archival clues, address checks, a research log, and carefully supported conclusions.
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Stories from our city
Explore the people, places, and everyday moments that shaped Pomona.
Read the story →: How to Research a Pomona StreetPomona, Then & Now: A Guide to Looking Closely
Read the story →: Pomona, Then & Now: A Guide to Looking CloselyA practical guide to comparing Pomona photographs across time, matching viewpoints, testing assumptions, and writing captions that make the evidence clear.
Reading Pomona’s Historic Homes
Read the story →: Reading Pomona’s Historic HomesLearn to read Pomona’s historic homes through their architecture, neighborhood setting, documentary records, and the lives that gave them meaning.
Downtown After Dark
Read the story →: Downtown After DarkRead downtown Pomona through its evening lights, theater architecture, galleries, music venues, and the historical images that reveal change.
Beyond the Orange Groves
Read the story →: Beyond the Orange GrovesLook beyond the familiar orange grove to explore the water, work, transportation, and advertising behind Pomona’s citrus history.
The Story of Spadra
Read the story →: The Story of SpadraFollow Spadra’s changing fortunes through transportation, the Phillips Mansion, its cemetery, and the preservation of an early Pomona community.
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Historic Places
Follow familiar streets and landmark buildings into the stories around them.
Across the years
Pomona Through Time
Place a local story alongside selected moments in the city’s history.