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Aerial view of downtown Gardena, looking southwest, 1968 [Courtesy of the Gardena City Clerk's Office]	Gardena from Harbor Freeway, looking west, 1968 [Courtesy of the Gardena City Clerk's Office]	Strawberry Festival parade float featuring students from the Strawberry Park School, early 1900s [Courtesy of the Gardena City Clerk's Office]
Strawberry Festival parade on Gardena Boulevard, 1920 [Courtesy of the Gardena City Clerk's Office]	Women and children picking berries on 161st Street in Gardena, 1900 [Courtesy of the Gardena City Clerk's Office]	Japanese farm workers and children with the crop in Lomita, 1924 [Courtesy of the Gardena City Clerk's Office]
Japanese family in a Gardena strawberry field, 1912 [Courtesy of the Gardena City Clerk's Office]	Gardena street scene, 1900 [Courtesy of the Gardena City Clerk's Office]	Gardena Boulevard, looking west toward Vermont, c. 1890s [Courtesy of the Gardena City Clerk's Office]
Gardena Boulevard, looking east, 1900 [Courtesy of the Gardena City Clerk's Office]	Los Angeles and Redondo Railway Company Freight and Ticket Office in Gardena, c. 1890s [Courtesy of the Gardena City Clerk's Office]	The M. Gilman grocery store in Gardena, c. 1900s [Courtesy of the Gardena City Clerk's Office]
Gardena school class, c. 1900-1910 [Courtesy of the Gardena City Clerk's Office]	Gardena High School, 1909 [Courtesy of the Gardena City Clerk's Office]	Gardena City Hall, c. 1964 [Courtesy of the Gardena City Clerk's Office]
Blueprint map showing the Redondo Railway Company line, c. 1890 [Courtesy of the Gardena City Clerk's Office]	Receipt documenting a mortgage payment on Gardena land by S. B. Thorpe, 1892 [Courtesy of the Gardena City Clerk's Office]	Letter from Colonel Rosecrans to S. R. Thorpe regarding the survey plat map of the Rosecrans tract and Gardena tract boundary line, 1893 [Courtesy of the Gardena City Clerk's Office]
Hand-drawn linen plat map showing the location of the San Pedro Ranch line, 1893 [Courtesy of the Gardena City Clerk's Office]	Aerial view of Gardena High School, looking northeast, 1968 [Courtesy of the Gardena City Clerk's Office]	Gardena Civic Center with flags, 1980 [Courtesy of the Gardena City Clerk's Office]
Real estate advertisement concerning Gardena property and printed in the 'Gardena Reporter.' [Courtesy of the Gardena City Clerk's Office]	Gardena city seal bearing the city logo 'Freeway City.' [Courtesy of the Gardena City Clerk's Office]	Gardena Strawberry Day trophy, 1917 [Courtesy of the Gardena City Clerk's Office]
Poem about Gardena printed in a pamphlet advertising the advantages of the area, c. 1900 [County of Los Angeles Public Library]	F. T. McLaughlin's white Wyandotte chicken ranch in Gardena, c. 1900 [County of Los Angeles Public Library]	Shipping berries at 163rd Street and Ainsworth, c. 1900 [County of Los Angeles Public Library]
Cover of a commemorative report about Gardena High School art collection, 1936 [County of Los Angeles Public Library]	A corner of the 1936 art exhibit [County of Los Angeles Public Library]

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