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  • Collection: Library History 1900-1949

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A view of the Lily Creamery, the first evaporated milk cannery in California and the first industry in Buena Park, circa 1900. The Lily Creamery is also the site of the first library in Buena Park.

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A view of the first Buena Park Library District building, located at the intersection of Grand Avenue and Court Street, circa 1920.

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The residence of Mr. and Mrs. W.D. Hasson, located at 7611 10th Street, where library books were stored after the closing of the Lily Creamery, in 1907.

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The Warren Store building, located near the Southern Pacific Depot, in 1917. The building, owned by H.E. Warren, temporarily housed the first library collection in Buena Park.

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A view of the new Buena Park Library building, constructed with funding from the Works Progress Administration, circa 1935.
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