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The Ruth and Charles Gilb Arcadia Historical Museum opened with a grand ceremony and ribbon cutting. A photograph shows Charles Gilb, Ruth Gilb, Micky Segal, Floretta Lauber and Carol Libby. A List of major donors is included.

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Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 25, 2001
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p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 25, 2001
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p. 1
Subjects
Gilb, Charles
Gilb, Ruth
Lauber, Floretta
Libby, Carol
Segal, Micky
Arcadia Historical Society
Ruth and Charles Gilb Arcadia Historical Museum
Item ID
30297AN
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The 65 year old statue of Hugo Reid created by Preston Prescott may be moved from Arcadia County Park to a spot between the Ruth and Charles Gilb Arcadia Historical Museum and the Arcadia Community Center. The City Council will have to approve $57,362 contract for its removal.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 16, 2002
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p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 16, 2002
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p. A1
Subjects
Reid, Hugo
Prescott, Preston
Parks - Arcadia County Park
Ruth & Charles Gilb Arcadia Historical Museum
Statuary
Hugo Reid Family Statue
Item ID
24651AN
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A statue of Arcadia pioneer Hugo Reid and his family, including the dog, will be dedicated in a ceremony at the Arcadia Historical Museum.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 26, 2004
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p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 26, 2004
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p. A3
Subjects
Hugo Reid family statue - dedication
Silverlake Conservation
Ruth and Charles Gilb Arcadia Historical Museum
Item ID
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The Hugo Reid Family sculpture created in 1937 by sculptor Preston Prescott is being moved from the Arcadia County Park to the Arcadia Historical Museum. Details of the move are given. See also May 2, 2003 and May 3, 2003.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 1, 2003
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p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 1, 2003
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p. A1
Subjects
Museums - Ruth & Charles Gilb Arcadia Historical Museum
Hugo Reid Family Statue
Prescott, Preston
Reid, Hugo
Statuary
Item ID
25638AN
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The "Hugo Reid Family" sculpture created in 1937 by artist Preston Prescott will be moved to the Arcadia Historical Museum. The museum has purchased a portrait of Lucky Baldwin created in 1906 by Maynard Dixon. The article includes a profile of items on display at the museum.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 28, 2003
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p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 28, 2003
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p. A3
Subjects
Museums - Ruth & Charles Gilb Arcadia Historical Museum
Hugo Reid Family Statue
Baldwin, Elias Jackson (Lucky)
Dixon, Maynard
Prescott, Preston
Reid, Hugo
Statuary
Item ID
25635AN
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The foundation is being poured for the new historical museum.

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Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 7, 2000
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p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 7, 2000
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p. 1
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Museums - Ruth and Charles Gilb Arcadia Historical Museum
Item ID
27964AN
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"Good Old Days" in Arcadia schools. Superintendent Mimi Hennessy presented her State of the District report to the Arcadia Rotary. She said Arcadia is sending 98% of graduates on to higher education, and gives other figures and statistics.

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Arcadia Weekly,
Date
October 16, 2003
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p. 8
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Arcadia Weekly,
Date
October 16, 2003
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p. 8
Subjects
Arcadia Schools
Hennessy, Mimi
Item ID
33403AN
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A new exhibit at the Ruth and Charles Gilb Arcadia Historical Museum is about the Santa Anita Assembly Center, a temporary facility at Santa Anita Park that held Japanese Americans before they were sent to more permanent internment camps during World War II. The opening reception will feature speakers Osamu Miyamoto, Akkiko Nomura and others. Dana Dunn is the curator.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 13, 2009
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p. Weekend 1, 2
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 13, 2009
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p. Weekend 1, 2
Subjects
Dunn, Dana
Miyamoto, Osamu
Nomura, Akkiko
Ruth and Charles Gilb Arcadia Historical Museum
Santa Anita Assembly Center for the Japanese
Item ID
32018AN
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The delayed completion of the Arcadia Historical Museum has been a cause of concern to city officials. The Museum is set to open in July or August.

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Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 14, 2001
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p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 14, 2001
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p. 1
Subjects
Arcadia Historical Museum
Arcadia Historical Society
Gilb, Charles
Gilb, Ruth
Item ID
29995AN
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The Arcadia Historical Museum is honoring pioneering women with an exhibit titled "Daring Dames: Women's Firsts in Arcadia."

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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 8, 2004
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p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 8, 2004
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p. A3
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Ruth and Charles Gilb Arcadia Historical Museum
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28034AN
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Ruth and Charles Gilb Arcadia Historical Museum is advertising for volunteers.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
July 6, 2008
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p. A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
July 6, 2008
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p. A4
Subjects
Ruth and Charles Gilb Arcadia Historical Museum
Volunteers
Item ID
31434AN
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Ground was broken for the new Ruth and Charles Gilb Arcadia Historical Museum designed by the architectural firm of Sparano and Mooney.

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Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 9, 2000
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p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 9, 2000
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p. 1
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Ruth and Charles Gilb Arcadia Historical Museum
Item ID
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Work will get underway by Sept. 1 on the 4000 sq. ft. historical museum to be named after benefactors Ruth and Charles Gilb.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 5, 2000
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p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 5, 2000
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p. A3
Subjects
Arcadia Historical Society
Ruth and Charles Gilb Historical Museum
Gilb, Charles
Gilb, Ruth
Item ID
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A vintage toymaking program was part of the Ruth and Charles Gilb Arcadia Historical Museum exhibit on the history of toys.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30281
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 19, 2006
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p. News 3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 19, 2006
Pages
p. News 3
Subjects
Exhibits
Museums
Ruth and Charles Gilb Arcadia Historical Museum
Item ID
30468AN
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The Gilb Foundation is challenging the community to raise additional funds of $175,000 needed for the building of the Arcadia Historical Museum.

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Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 16, 2000
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p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 16, 2000
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Ruth and Charles Gilb Arcadia Historical Museum
Fundraisers
Item ID
27648AN
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Jennifer Warner is the new museum education coordinator at the Ruth and Charles Gilb Arcadia Historical Museum.

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Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 21, 2002
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p. 11
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 21, 2002
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p. 11
Subjects
City of Arcadia - employees
Ruth and Charles Gilb Arcadia Historical Museum.
Warner, Jennifer
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30881AN
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The Ruth and Charles Gilb Arcadia Historical Museum is now in a city-owned building, with a curator paid through the city, and is managed by the library and museum director Janet Sporleder. The Arcadia Historical Society owns the collection and a new agreement commits the city and the society to jointly pay for an insurance policy.

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Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 15, 2003
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p. 24
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 15, 2003
Pages
p. 24
Subjects
Arcadia Historical Society
Ruth and Charles Gilb Arcadia Historical Museum
Item ID
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The Ruth and Charles Gilb Arcadia Historical Museum keeps the past alive. Recently Doug Hayes donated family artifacts to the collection, an exhibit of Seabiscuit will run until October 31, and work will begin soon on restoration of "The Hugo Reid Family" statue.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 18, 2003
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p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 18, 2003
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p. A1
Subjects
Ruth and Charles Gilb Arcadia Historical Museum
Item ID
26364AN
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A photo and caption of museum education coordinator Hwee-Ching Sinclair shows some of the exhibit called "Childhood Memories of Our Dolls." See also VF Museums-Ruth and Charles Gilb Arcadia Historical Museum for a hard copy.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 12, 2007
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p. Local 2
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 12, 2007
Pages
p. Local 2
Subjects
Dolls
Exhibits
Museum employees
Ruth and Charles Gilb Arcadia Historical Museum
Sinclair, Hwee-Ching
Item ID
31016AN
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The exhibit "Petals, Peacocks and Princesses" features more than 80 years of Arcadia's Rose Parade heritage. It is on display through February at the Arcadia Historical Museum.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 22, 2003
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p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 22, 2003
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p. A3
Subjects
Tournament of Roses
Ruth and Charles Gilb Arcadia Historical Museum
Item ID
27404AN
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