South El Monte: The History of a City (Preface)
25th anniversary souvenir edition
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Title
South El Monte: The History of a City (Preface)
25th anniversary souvenir edition
25th anniversary souvenir edition
Subject
City Hall
South El Monte (Calif.)
Vargas, Joe
Kelly, Jim
South El Monte (Calif.)
Vargas, Joe
Kelly, Jim
Description
This page contains the preface for the South El Monte history 25th anniversary booklet that was published in 1983. This page includes a photograph of the first South El Monte City Hall in 1958, a photograph of the first city council of South El Monte, a photograph of the 1983 City Hall, and the portraits of the 1983 city council members.
The booklet traces the history of South El Monte from “The Indians and the Land” through “The ‘80s: A Challenging New Era,” narrating many of the events and developments also chronicled in the Clippings File and the Annual Reports. It contains lots of useful information, but its perspective is very much that of the mostly white, middle class and landowning business community and reflects their biases. Paired with the Annual Reports and Clippings File, it serves as both a fascinating, if incomplete, history of the place and as a primary source that helps us understand the vision of the past, present, and future that South El Monte’s “leading citizens” had of themselves and their city in 1983.
The booklet traces the history of South El Monte from “The Indians and the Land” through “The ‘80s: A Challenging New Era,” narrating many of the events and developments also chronicled in the Clippings File and the Annual Reports. It contains lots of useful information, but its perspective is very much that of the mostly white, middle class and landowning business community and reflects their biases. Paired with the Annual Reports and Clippings File, it serves as both a fascinating, if incomplete, history of the place and as a primary source that helps us understand the vision of the past, present, and future that South El Monte’s “leading citizens” had of themselves and their city in 1983.
Creator
Municipal Services Bureau for the City of South El Monte
Source
Booklet page, 1 JPEG, East of East- Mapping Community Narratives in South El Monte
Publisher
Municipal Services Bureau
Date
1983
Contributor
KRR
Rights
A wide variety of materials, including this one, were obtained from many different sources, created and provided by many different individuals and institutions in the South El Monte and El Monte communities (as well as the wider San Gabriel Valley and Los Angeles area). SEMAP may or may not hold copyright for these items. SEMAP does its best to secure permission for reproduction before placing items online. If you claim the rights to any of the materials on this website and believe they are inappropriately accessible online, please contact SEMAP at semartsposse@gmail.com. South El Monte Arts Posse (SEMAP) provides access to the materials on this website for the purposes of research and education. To reproduce/use/share these items online or in print, please request permission at semartsposse@gmail.com
Format
JPG
Language
English
Type
Image
Identifier
SEM City Hall 1958 and 1983
Citation
Municipal Services Bureau for the City of South El Monte, “South El Monte: The History of a City (Preface)
25th anniversary souvenir edition,” East of East, accessed April 24, 2024, https://semapeastofeast.com/items/show/46.
25th anniversary souvenir edition,” East of East, accessed April 24, 2024, https://semapeastofeast.com/items/show/46.