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The Victoria Gardens Cultural Center ( VGCC) is a community library and performance venue attached to the Victoria Gardens lifestyle center in Rancho Cucamonga, California. The building (which links the Lewis Family Playhouse, the Paul A. Biane Library, and the 4,500-square-foot (420 m 2) Celebration Hall under one roof) officially opened on ...
Rancho Cucamonga ( / ˌræntʃoʊ kuːkəˈmʌŋɡə / RAN-choh KOO-kə-MUNG-gə) is a city located just south of the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains and Angeles National Forest in San Bernardino County, California, United States. About 37 mi (60 km) [12] east of Downtown Los Angeles, Rancho Cucamonga is the 28th most populous city in ...
33°44′54″N 116°25′16″W. / 33.74833°N 116.42111°W / 33.74833; -116.42111. Inaugurated. January 8, 2006. ( 2006-01-08) Website. RanchoMirageLibrary.org. Rancho Mirage Library and Observatory is a public library and science education complex in Rancho Mirage, California. It has been called a "cultural oasis" in the Coachella ...
Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center, or Rancho, dates back to 1888 when indigent patients from the Los Angeles County Hospital were relocated to what was then known as the Los Angeles County Poor Farm. Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy were started in the late 1920s. The Rancho rapidly expanded after it was designated as a ...
Rancho Cucamongo was a 13,045-acre (20.383 sq mi; 52.79 km 2) Mexican land grant in present-day San Bernardino County, California, given in 1839 to the dedicated soldier, smuggler and politician Tiburcio Tapia by Mexican governor Juan Bautista Alvarado. [1] The grant formed parts of present-day California cities Rancho Cucamonga and Upland.
The Los Angeles Library Association was formed in late 1872, and by early 1873, a well-stocked reading room had opened in the Downey Block at Temple and Main streets under the first librarian, John Littlefield. [7] [8] Los Angeles Public Library is a library with 6 million works located in Los Angeles, United States of America.
The Sacramento Library Association was established in October 1857 as a public subscription library, and its first roster listed many prominent citizens, including E. B. Crocker, C. P. Huntington, and Leland Stanford. [4] In 1872, the association acquired a building on I Street between 7th and 8th and furnished a library on the first floor.
The National Medal for Museum and Library Service is an award given annually by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) to American libraries and museums with outstanding service to their communities. The IMLS refers to the medal as "the nation’s highest honor conferred on museums and libraries for service to the community." [1]