"Pride of the Foothills" Slogan The slogan was coined by Flora Jones Seaman Webb in the early 1900s for the Glendora Gleaner. This photo of an electric street sign was taken around 1925. Flora’s father, John Atlas Jones, was publisher of the Gleaner, and 1st president of the Chamber of Commerce (1917). Her mother was president of the Glendora Woman’s Club (1912). Source: Glendoran magazine, Jan/Feb 2007.
Vista Bonita Ave. In this early photo, pepper trees adorn the sides of Vista Bonita Avenue, which would eventually contain Glendora’s first business district.Source: Beautiful Glendora: It’s people and history by Sheldon G. Jackson
Kamphefner Market Kamphefner Market was located on N. Vista Bonita Ave, and was one of Glendora’s first business buildings housing groceries, farm tools, hardware, and even a soda fountain!
Pacific Electric (PE) Car Service Pacific Electric began service in Glendora on December 20, 1907. The first rider was railroad tycoon and art collector Henry E. Huntington.Source: Glendora: The Annals of a Southern California Community, by Donald Pflueger (p.56).
The Converse Building Pictured here in 1905, now called the Lee Building is still on Glendora Ave., and has housed Nelson’s Drug Store since 1943.Source: The Converse Building 1905 by Ryan Price in the Jan/Feb 2009 issue of the Glendoran Magazine.
Glendora's First Postmaster The first post office in Glendora was located in the home of the first postmaster, W.B. Cullen.Source: The Glendoran Magazine, May/June 2005.