Monrovia : Historical Society Wins
The Monrovia Historical Society has won a blue ribbon and a silver plate in the annual exhibit contest at the Los Angeles County Fair in Pomona.
The group received honors for its display of a 1918 Model T Ford, society board member Kathie Mueller said. The display’s background is a mural depicting a map of old U.S. Route 66. In the foreground, a mannequin family of three rides in the car through a landscape of sand and tumbleweeds, Mueller said.
This was the third time the group has entered the annual competition among historical societies.
The Monrovia group beat out the Pomona and La Puente historical societies for first prize in the historical category and for a special Superintendent’s Award, which is given for “outstanding exhibits in California history,” said Agnes Ortega, secretary of the exhibit department.
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