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San Gabriel Mission

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Artist
Justine Wishek
Description
San Gabriel Mission -- Established in 1771 by Frs. Cambon and Somera, the fourth of 21 missions built by the Franciscan Fathers along El Camino Real. It became known as "The Queen of the Missions". The largest and richest of the missions, its fertile lands extended from the Pacific Ocean to the San…
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Justine Wishek
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San Gabriel Mission -- Established in 1771 by Frs. Cambon and Somera, the fourth of 21 missions built by the Franciscan Fathers along El Camino Real. It became known as "The Queen of the Missions". The largest and richest of the missions, its fertile lands extended from the Pacific Ocean to the San Bernardino Mountains, and the entire "Valley" was under its jurisdiction.
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2W
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San Gabriel Mission

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Artist
Edna Lenz
Description
Choir Loft Stairway--at the San Gabriel Mission.
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Edna Lenz
Description
Choir Loft Stairway--at the San Gabriel Mission.
Item ID
3L
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San Gabriel Mission

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Artist
Edna Lenz
Description
Mission Bells (San Gabriel Mission) -- Brought from Spain for the belfry (campanario), the bells, in their rope-worn niches, are still used on occasion.
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Artist
Edna Lenz
Description
Mission Bells (San Gabriel Mission) -- Brought from Spain for the belfry (campanario), the bells, in their rope-worn niches, are still used on occasion.
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4L
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San Gabriel Mission. Agriculture

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Artist
Edna Lenz
Description
Trinity Grapevine -- Alleged to be California's first grapevine, planted near the San Gabriel Mission by David Franklin Hall in 1861.
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Artist
Edna Lenz
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Trinity Grapevine -- Alleged to be California's first grapevine, planted near the San Gabriel Mission by David Franklin Hall in 1861.
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8L
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Photo of Bell Tower of Mission San Gabriel.

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Date
c. 1970
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Date
c. 1970
Subjects
San Gabriel Valley
Mission San Gabriel
Physical Description
8x8 color
ID
611
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Perez, Dona Eulalia. San Gabriel Mission

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Artist
Justine Wishek
Description
Dona Eulalia Perez -- Housekeeper of the San Gabriel Mission from 1821 to 1835, this charitable lady kept the keys of the storehouses, soap house and olive mill ...apportioned the daily rations to the Indian workers ...instructed the neophytes in the culinary arts... and was an accomplished nurse a…
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Justine Wishek
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Dona Eulalia Perez -- Housekeeper of the San Gabriel Mission from 1821 to 1835, this charitable lady kept the keys of the storehouses, soap house and olive mill ...apportioned the daily rations to the Indian workers ...instructed the neophytes in the culinary arts... and was an accomplished nurse and midwife." She lived to be 110, and was buried at the Mission.
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5W
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San Gabriel Mission. Las Tunas Adobe

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Artist
Justine Wishek
Description
Las Tunas Adobe -- Reputed to be the oldest adobe dwelling in California. It was occupied by the Padres during the construction of the San Gabriel Mission.
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Justine Wishek
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Las Tunas Adobe -- Reputed to be the oldest adobe dwelling in California. It was occupied by the Padres during the construction of the San Gabriel Mission.
Item ID
6W
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Mission bell from San Gabriel Mission hanging in rustic shelter built for it. Just how Baldwin acquired this bell is unclear. It was returned to the Mission in the 1930's. This is another of the Baldwin playing cards.

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Date
c.1880's
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Date
c.1880's
Subjects
Rancho Santa Anita
Baldwin, Elias J. "Lucky"-Playing cards
Physical Description
8x10 b&w vertical
ID
132
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Section of map of the Ranchos, centered around San Gabriel Mission, showing about 20 Rancho boundaries in the area.

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Date
c. 1840
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Date
c. 1840
Subjects
San Gabriel Valley
Mission San Gabriel
Physical Description
8x10 color
ID
612
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Cedar Walk on Ranch. Hugo Reid Adobe appears to be directly at the end of this walk. Note bell from San Gabriel Mission hanging in shelter made for it. Framed photos are of Baldwin's three hotels: Tallac at Lake Tahoe, Baldwin Hotel & Theater, San Francisco, and the Oakwood, Arcadia.

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Date
February 12, 1894
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Date
February 12, 1894
Subjects
Rancho Santa Anita
Baldwin Ranch
Physical Description
8x20 b&w
ID
128
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View looking east toward wing of Hugo Reid adobe added by Baldwin. Lake is on left. In foreground is a rustic shelter built to house bell which came from San Gabriel Mission under peculiar circumstances (and that was in later years returned to Mission by Anita Baldwin). There is also one of Baldwin's mastiffs (dog) standing in left foreground and unidentified man in background.

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Date
c.1893
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Date
c.1893
Subjects
Rancho Santa Anita-1875-1909
Physical Description
7x10 b&w
ID
879
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Water damage to the Arcadia Public Library resulting from rain. This view is of standing water on the roof. The San Gabriel Mountains are prominent in the background.

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Date
c. early 1990s
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Date
c. early 1990s
Subjects
Arcadia Public Library
Physical Description
4X6 color
ID
1677
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Water damage to the Arcadia Public Library resulting from rain. This view is of standing water on the roof. The San Gabriel Mountains are prominent in the background.

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Date
c. early 1990s
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Date
c. early 1990s
Subjects
Arcadia Public Library
Physical Description
4X6 color
ID
1681
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Water damage to the Arcadia Public Library resulting from rain. This view is of standing water on the roof. The San Gabriel Mountains are prominent in the background.

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Date
c. early 1990s
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Date
c. early 1990s
Subjects
Arcadia Public Library
Physical Description
4X6 color
ID
1682
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Arcadia Public Library Mission Statement. Part of " History of the Arcadia Public Library" slide series prepared by City Librarian Kent Ross.

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Date
1997
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Date
1997
Subjects
Arcadia Public Library, 1990-1999
Physical Description
4X6 COLOR
ID
1645
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Carrion Hacienda

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Artist
Edna Lenz
Description
Carrion Hacienda -- Saturnino Carrion, a nephew of Don Palomares, constructed this hacienda from plans drawn by an Italian architect. Completed in 1863, it is the oldest house in San Dimas (above Puddingstone Lake); the original walls are still standing.
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Artist
Edna Lenz
Description
Carrion Hacienda -- Saturnino Carrion, a nephew of Don Palomares, constructed this hacienda from plans drawn by an Italian architect. Completed in 1863, it is the oldest house in San Dimas (above Puddingstone Lake); the original walls are still standing.
Item ID
19L
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Fire Chief Chen Suen. He became the first Asian-American fire chief in the Arcadia Fire Department in November 2022.

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Date
2022
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Date
2022
Subjects
Arcadia Fire Department-Fire chiefs
Asian Americans
Suen, Chen
Physical Description
color printout, born digital, see P:\Library Photos\images
ID
2294
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Gene Glasco, City Clerk 2012-2024. Retired in 2024. This photo c. 2020. Gene Glasco is a native Californian and long time resident of Arcadia. Gene attended Highland Oaks Elementary school, First Avenue Junior High School, and is a graduate of Arcadia High School where he lettered in Football and played second chair trombone in the award-winning AHS Marching Band. Gene is Arcadia’s first elected City Clerk that is a graduate of Arcadia High School. Gene served six years in the United States Navy. He spent fourteen months in Vietnam as a Radioman in support of US Navy riverboat activities in the Mekong Delta and is a service-connected disabled Veteran. Gene is an Honor Role graduate of Cuesta College in San Luis Obispo. He attended San Jose State University where he majored in Public Relations with a minor in Asian American History. After thirty years in the foodservice industry, Gene retired from Glasco and Associates, Inc. He also has practiced real estate in Arcadia.

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Date
2020
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Date
2020
Subjects
Arcadia High School alumni
City Clerks
Glasco, Gene
Veterans
Physical Description
color printout, digital, see P:\Library Photos\images
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2293
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Vi Chaffers Mahr at the wheel of a convertible decorated for Arcadia Public Library's entry in Arcadia's 50th birthday party parade. San Gabriel Valley Lumber Company building is visible in the background. Location is approximately First Avenue and Wheeler Street.

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Date
August 1953
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Date
August 1953
Subjects
Arcadia Public Library-1930-1959
Chaffers, Vi
San Gabriel Valley Lumber Company
Physical Description
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ID
314
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El Encanto Inn (Encanto Restaurant). San Gabriel Canyon

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Artist
Edna Lenz
Description
Encanto Restaurant -- Originally El Encanto Inn, this building, which is still standing in San Gabriel Canyon north of Azusa, exemplifies early California architecture. It is one of the oldest restaurants in the area.
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Artist
Edna Lenz
Description
Encanto Restaurant -- Originally El Encanto Inn, this building, which is still standing in San Gabriel Canyon north of Azusa, exemplifies early California architecture. It is one of the oldest restaurants in the area.
Item ID
42L
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