The Shades of Corona photograph collection includes images of family life, work life, and daily activities in the community that would be of historical interest to the people of Corona and surrounding areas. The photographs cover a period from the late 1880's to 2001. The collection is the primary source of photographs about Corona's ethnic communities primarily the Mexican Americans and Italian Americans who came to Corona in 1890's to work in the... citrus industry. The images of family life include family portraits, weddings, daily household chores, and funerals. The images of work document all phases of the citrus industry, farming, and trade. Many images document the leisure time activities of the community such as the Mexican baseball league and community celebrations such as Cinco de Mayo. A small number of images document the addition of new ethnic communities from Asia and the Middle East.