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Ben Bridge Jeweler in Santa Anita Fashion Park was robbed at gunpoint of watches and jewelry valued at over $165, 000.

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Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 7, 1997
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p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 7, 1997
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p. 1
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Ben Bridge Jeweler
Robbery
Item ID
26042AN
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Santa Anita Park race track sold to Frank Stronach, a Canadian billionaire businessman and horse owner. The property is valuable to the city for sales tax reasons.

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Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 19, 1998
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p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 19, 1998
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p. 1
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Santa Anita Park - 1991-2000
Stronach, Frank
Item ID
26676AN
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After more than 12 year of negotiations between Arcadia, Sierra Madre and LA County officials, Orange Grove Avenue will get new pavement, storm drains and sidewalks between Michillinda and Santa Anita Avenues.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 10, 1995
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p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 10, 1995
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Streets - Orange Grove Avenue
Item ID
4776AN
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A masked robber broke into a home on the 2000 block of South Fourth Avenue where a group of seniors were playing their monthly bridge game.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 17, 1997
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p. A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 17, 1997
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p. A4
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
11188AN
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Andy Tran of Alhambra was stabbed by Enrique Farias at the Santa Anita Fashion Park and died as a result of the attack.

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Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 18, 1997
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p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 18, 1997
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p. 1
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Tran, Andy
Santa Anita Fashion Park
Murder
Stabbing
Item ID
26125AN
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The 1913 mansion, Anoakia, former home of Anita Baldwin, is about to be demolished.

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Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 2, 1999
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p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 2, 1999
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p. 1
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Anoakia
Baldwin, Anita
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27355AN
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Andy Thuy Tran of Alhambra died of his wounds after being stabbed in the head during an altercation at Santa Anita Fashion Park.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 13, 1997
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p. A2
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 13, 1997
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p. A2
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
11725AN
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Anoakia Oaks, LLC, developers of the Anoakia estate, are willing to give away the Anita Baldwin mansion or it will be demolished.

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Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 11, 1999
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p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 11, 1999
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p. 1
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Anoakia
Anoakia Oaks, LLC
Baldwin, Anita
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27353AN
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The first REI sportswear superstore in California opened Friday on Santa Anita Avenue in Arcadia.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 18, 1999
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p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 18, 1999
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p. A3
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Business & Industry - REI
Item ID
14162AN
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The Arcadia Business Association (ABA) has announced that the Arcadia Farmers Market will end. The reasons for closing are stated.

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Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 8, 1999
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p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 8, 1999
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p. 1
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Arcadia Business Association
Business and Industry
Farmers Market
Item ID
27135AN
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The Mandarin Baptist Church on the corner of Santa Anita Avenue and Colorado Boulevard was occupied by Maranatha High School from 1970-81.

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Pasadena Star News Cheers Section
Date
October 9, 1998
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p. 6 w/photo
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Pasadena Star News Cheers Section
Date
October 9, 1998
Pages
p. 6 w/photo
Subjects
Churches - Mandarin Baptist Church
Item ID
16016AN
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City officials consider reasons why the Fire Suppression District tax measure failed by a 2 - to - 1 margin.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 7, 1997
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p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 7, 1997
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Elections - Fire Suppression District
Item ID
10176AN
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History-Rancho Santa Anita (1875-1909)-Elias J. Baldwin

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Start Date
1875
End Date
1909
Contents
1. " 'Lucky' Baldwin's retreat." Article by Susanna B. Dakin. 2. Article from Touring Topics, March 1929, page 41. 3. "One of many entrances to 'Lucky' Baldwin's ranch." Page from a Los Angeles Racing Association program, 1907. 4. "First street entrance to Fairyland Park, Baldwin's ranch." Page…
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Start Date
1875
End Date
1909
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1. " 'Lucky' Baldwin's retreat." Article by Susanna B. Dakin.
2. Article from Touring Topics, March 1929, page 41.
3. "One of many entrances to 'Lucky' Baldwin's ranch." Page from a Los Angeles Racing Association program, 1907.
4. "First street entrance to Fairyland Park, Baldwin's ranch." Page from a Los Angeles Racing Association program, 1907.
5. "Large oak tree, Hotel Oakwood, Baldwin's ranch." Page from a Los Angeles Racing Association program, 1907.
6. "Rancho Santa Anita."Lasca Leaves, March 1976, by Sandy Snider.
7. "Pastoral - it's scenes like this that gave Arcadia its name." News photo mounted on gray paper, circa 1950.
8. "This is Santa Anita." Arcadia Tribune, March 23, 1950. News photo of Baldwin store.
9. "Baldwin's boat house." Arcadia Tribune, August 11, 1960. News photo of boat house.
10. "List of ranches and acreage planted to various crops." Century Magazine, October 1883, Volume XXVI, Number 6. Compiled 1978.
11. "Last remnant of the Rancho." Thoroughbred, November 1965 by Dick Nash. Six pages.
12. "Days of yore - progress is wonderful, but ..." Arcadia Tribune, March 24, 1949. News photo of Baldwin cattle pastures.
13. " 'Beast' Baldwin and his two great loves." Sports Illustrated, February 19, 1962 by Dolly Connelly.
14. "1894 photo of the bell tower of Mission San Gabriel." Article confirming bell from Mission was at ranch.
15. "History of Santa Anita." Westways, October 1955 by M. Richard Marx.
16. "Life at Guenoc (breeding farm owned by Lily Langtree). Westways, August 1957 by Idwal Jones.
17. "Mission-period Rancho." Arcadia Tribune, April 2, 1978.
18. "About 1876 or 1877, Baldwin hired a distant relative, Julius A. Kelly." Los Angeles Herald Tribune, December 30, 1960. Typed notes.
19. "Rancho was lucky for Baldwin." Arcadia Tribune, April 6, 1978.
20. The Peacock Call, September/October 1978. Rancho area residents' newsletter with article and map on Ranch. Also: a chronology on Rancho by Joe Buck.
21. "Life and death." Golden West, January 1966, pages 20-21+. Regarding Workman and Temple tragedy.
22. Ad in Sierra Madre Vista for Baldwin store. March 16, 1889.
23. February 1889 notice in Sierra Madre Vista telling of corn sale by Baldwin.
24. Story of Blas Cuellar recalls days of Baldwin Reign; 40 descendants still live in Arcadia. Arcadia Tribune, March 24, 1949. Cuellar had come from Mexico.
25. Letter relating to observation of the Ranch in 1883. Article in Western States Jewish Historical Quarterly, March 1979.
26. "Baldwin large operator - acquired much land in Los Angeles County." Chapter 3 from the book _California Memories_ by Jackson A. Graves, published by Times Mirror Press, 1930. Copied at Huntington Library, 1979.
27. "Lucky Baldwin's energy turning to the swamp lands of his great ranch." Valley Vista, March 31, 1900. Regarding lands in El Monte and Savanna areas.
28. "Mr. E.J. Baldwin was presented with four Java oyster shells by a captain of a vessel from China." San Gabriel Valley News, March 28, 1878.
29. "The Los Angeles Herald recently contained the following about E.J. Baldwin's Santa Anita Ranch: a long account of the ranch and its developing." Sierra Madre Vista, February 5, 1891.
30. Boat house construction." Sierra Madre Vista, May 28, 1891.
31. "Baldwin money for road up Mount Wilson." Sierra Madre Vista, May 3, 1889.
32. "Brick manufacture at Santa Anita." Sierra Madre Vista, April 14, 1888.
33. "Banana trees." Sierra Madre Vista, May 31, 1889.
34. List of numbers of fruit trees, grape vines, and head of livestock. Sierra Madre Vista, January 15, 1891.
35. "Acreage being sold for small ranches." Sierra Madre Vista, November 20, 1890.
36. "Estimated worth of ranch, 1891. Sierra Madre Vista, August 13, 1891.
37. Description of ranch from newspaper. Sierra Madre Vista, January 8, 1890.
38. "E.J. Baldwin's Santa Anita ranch is undoubtedly the most beautiful." Los Angeles Daily Herald, March 30, 1887. Copied from the Los Angeles Public Library by Sandy Snider of the Los Angeles County Arboretum.
39. "Water." San Gabriel Valley News, February 28, 1878. Regarding Baldwin building flumes to carry water from Big Santa Anita Canyon.
40. "The Santa Anita Ranch." Two pages from California of the South, by Walter Lindley, publisher, 1888.
41. "The Builders. VI Where Ranch and City Meet." Outing, October 1906 by Ralph D. Paine.
42. "In 1880, 'Lucky' Baldwin orange grove of 75 acres at Sierra Madre was planted to navels." Historical Society of Southern California Bulletin, December 1943, page 152.
43. "A large number of fine varieties of plants received for Mr. Baldwin." San Gabriel Valley News, February 28, 1878. From the Huntington Library.
44. Map showing irrigated lands, canals, pipe lines and pumping plants in the Pasadena Quadrangle, 1907. Original owned by Mrs. Robert Pitzer.
45. Letter from H. Unruh to Richard Garvey on E.J. Baldwin office letterhead featuring Bird's Eye Map. Original owned by Jack Donnelly. Obtained March 3, 1981.
46. "Notice of claim to water." Legal notice filed by E.J. Baldwin on August 23, 1883 in Court in Los Angeles. Regarding his right to water from Santa Anita Canyon. Original at County Hall of Records.
47. "Santa Anita Store." Ad in Sierra Madre Vista, circa late 1880's.
48. The Land of Sunshine: a magazine of California and the Southwest, February 1898, edited by Chas. F. Lummis. Photos and mentions of Arcadia on marked pages.
49. "Typical views of California." Los Angeles Times. Large photographic prints. (NOTE: OVERSIZE! See bottom drawer of photo file cabinet with oversize photos.)
50. "Childhood visit to Baldwin home recalled by former Los Angeles mayor." Arcadia Tribune, April 23, 1956, page 1. Article and photo.
51. "Rancho Santa Anita once vast Baldwin empire of more than 54,000 acres." News clip, circa April 1948.
52. "Lucky Baldwin's Rancho Santa Anita." by Percy L. Bonebrake. From the Westerners Brand Book, Los Angeles Corral. Book six, Los Angeles Westerners, 1956, page 83-85.
53. "Elias Jackson 'Lucky' Baldwin and his Santa Anita Ranch." by Carey S. Bliss. From the Westerners Brand Book, Los Angeles Corral. Book six, Los Angeles Westerners, 1956, page 79-82.
54. "20 cents an acre! - The Santa Anita Rancho story." The Realty Scene, Pasadena (Ca.) Independent, January 11, 1953 by Independent Real Estate Editor, Jack Cressman.
55. Ad in the Monrovia Planet, January 15, 1887, page 2. For the sale of 5-20 acre lots (out of 2,000 for sale) by E.J. Baldwin.
56. Arcadia Notes in the Monrovia Planet, May 21, 1887, page 2. Regarding buildings and road work, etc. for Arcadia at that time.
57. Article in the Monrovia Planet, March 15, 1887, page 3. Regarding the sale of two lots by E.J. Baldwin to the two Studebaker brothers.
58. Articles regarding the orange trees E.J. Baldwin will set out. Monrovia Messenger, March 27, 1890 and November 13, 1890.
59. Article regarding the placing of several thousand acres of land on the Santa Anita Ranch by E.J. Baldwin. Monrovia Messenger, January 8, 1891.
60. Lucky Baldwin's Ranch: a Southern California paradise of sixteen thousand acres. (Description of the ranch). The Daily Constitution, March 22, 1877.
61. It was too much. (Description of the ranch). Chicago Daily Tribune, May 25, 1877.
62. Lucky Baldwin's Ranch. Chicago Daily Tribune, June 17, 1879. Description of the acreage, trees, fruits, etc.
63. Lucky Baldwin's 'Arcadia': establishes sporting city on Santa Anita Ranch in defiance of strenuous opposition. New York Times, June 23, 1903. Arcadia is incorporated, and it promises to be the "sportiest" place in the country, despite opposition from the State Anti-Saloon League. The town is located on Baldwin's ranch of 18,000 acres.
64. "A Corner in Arcady," a chapter copied from History of Pasadena and the San Gabriel Valley California, Vol. 1 (1930) by Harold Carew.
Subjects
History-Rancho Santa Anita (1875-1909)-Elias J. Baldwin
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In a joint venture, the Monrovia and Arcadia redevelopment agencies have created a new logo which reads "Huntington Crossing" and it will top the sign where the 210 Freeway crosses Fifth Avenue.

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Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 11, 1999
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p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 11, 1999
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Redevelopment
Signage
Item ID
27079AN
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The windmill will stay as part of the redesign of Denny's at the corner of Santa Anita Avenue and Huntington Drive. The windmill was originally built for a Van de Kamp's coffee shop in 1967.

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Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 12, 1999
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 12, 1999
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Restaurants - Denny's
Restaurants - Van de Kamp's
Architecture
Item ID
27176AN
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This article presents a list of budget cuts made by City Council and reasons why people should vote for the Fire Suppression District assessment.

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Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 10, 1997
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p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 10, 1997
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p. 1
Subjects
Fire Suppression District
Budget
Item ID
26037AN
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A senior citizen scared off an armed rober who broke into an Arcadia home during a monthly bridge game.

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Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 20, 1997
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p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 20, 1997
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Senior Citizens
Robbery
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Santa Anita Derby Day 5K started three years ago with less than 2000 participants but is expected to attract between 4000-5000 runners and walkers in the 5K's fourth year.

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Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 2, 1998
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p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 2, 1998
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p. 1
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Santa Anita Derby Day
Santa Anita Park - 1991-2000
Item ID
26498AN
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The Arcadia Tournament of Roses may lose its primary sponsor, the National Childhood Cancer Foundation. Reasons are given why NCCF thinks it did not get the national exposure it expected.

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Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 15, 1998
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 15, 1998
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p. 1
Subjects
Tournament of Roses
National Childhood Cancer Foundation
Item ID
26136AN
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The Serbian Orthodox church is struggling to rebuild after a New Year's Eve arson gutted the social hall.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
February 17, 1997
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p. A1 photo
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Pasadena Star News
Date
February 17, 1997
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p. A1 photo
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Churches - Serbian Orthodox Church
Item ID
9122AN
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