Excerpts from Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Pomona, Los Angeles County, California
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Title
Excerpts from Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Pomona, Los Angeles County, California
Subject
Map Showing Teresa Reyes Trujillo's Childhood Home
Description
This fire insurance map of Pomona, California shows the city in 1911. While the map was not part of her A-file, Teresa Reyes Trujillo's childhood home is evident on the one of the map's detail pages. An enlarged section from the detail page more clearly shows Trujillo's childhood home at 859 West 2nd Street.
It's unclear where Trujillo's family first settled when they came to the U.S. in 1910, and Trujillo, who was only three-years old at the time, may not have known herself. A document from1971 in her A-file says the family was bound for Chicago; another from 1972 says their destination was Kansas City, Missouri. What is certain is that by September, 1915 when Trujillo began first grade, the family was living at 859 West 2nd Street in Pomona, California, according to school records in her A-file. Pomona's population increased from about 10,000 in 1910 to nearly 14,000 residents in 1920, according to the 1920 U.S. Census. This reflected, in part, a growth in immigration from Mexico, fueled by both the Mexican Revolution and U.S. government programs designed to ease World War I-related labor shortages.
It's unclear where Trujillo's family first settled when they came to the U.S. in 1910, and Trujillo, who was only three-years old at the time, may not have known herself. A document from1971 in her A-file says the family was bound for Chicago; another from 1972 says their destination was Kansas City, Missouri. What is certain is that by September, 1915 when Trujillo began first grade, the family was living at 859 West 2nd Street in Pomona, California, according to school records in her A-file. Pomona's population increased from about 10,000 in 1910 to nearly 14,000 residents in 1920, according to the 1920 U.S. Census. This reflected, in part, a growth in immigration from Mexico, fueled by both the Mexican Revolution and U.S. government programs designed to ease World War I-related labor shortages.
Creator
Sanborn Map Company
Source
Library of Congress
Publisher
Sanborn Map Company
Date
1911
Rights
Public Domain
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
Map
Collection
Citation
Sanborn Map Company, “Excerpts from Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Pomona, Los Angeles County, California,” Migrants and the State, accessed September 17, 2026, https://aphnyu.org/creatingdigitalhistory/2024/a-files/items/show/19.