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Biographic sketch and caricature of Mel Pratt, proprietor of the Music Mart and Mr. Music of the Peach Blossom City.

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Newspaper
The Journal
Date
April 5, 1950
Pages
p. 1 Section 2 (See basement box 112.)
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Newspaper
The Journal
Date
April 5, 1950
Pages
p. 1 Section 2 (See basement box 112.)
Subjects
Mel Pratt Business and industry - Music Mart
Item ID
29867AN
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Obituary/death notice.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 27, 1950
Pages
p. 1
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 27, 1950
Pages
p. 1
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
Subjects
Wilson, W. Mel
Item ID
9898AN
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Newspaper Index
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Obituary/death notice.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Bulletin
Date
April 29, 1950
Pages
p. 2
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
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Arcadia Bulletin
Date
April 29, 1950
Pages
p. 2
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
Subjects
Wilson, W. Mel
Item ID
9913AN
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Newspaper Index
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 13, 1958
Pages
p. 20
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 13, 1958
Pages
p. 20
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
Subjects
Pratt, Lloyd Chipman
Burton, George
Item ID
16563AN
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Newspaper Index
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Noted organist Elsie Mae Emerson to present concert at Arcadia Music Mart, announced owner Mel Pratt. Emerson is an organist on the famous "Queen for a Day" show both on television and radio. She will play and demonstrate the Minshall electronic organ.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 2, 1953
Pages
Section 2, p. 1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 2, 1953
Pages
Section 2, p. 1
Subjects
Arcadia Music Mart
Electronic instruments
Emerson, Elsie Mae
Pratt, Mel
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Newspaper Index
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Obituary notice.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 6, 1995
Pages
p. A4
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
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Pasadena Star News
Date
July 6, 1995
Pages
p. A4
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
Subjects
Lurie, Mildred Pratt
Item ID
4452AN
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 31, 1953
Pages
p. 7
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 31, 1953
Pages
p. 7
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
Subjects
Forsyth, Lawrence Joseph
Bosley, Nola
Pratt, Elizabeth C.
White, Willis Washington
Item ID
12825AN
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Birth. To Mr. and Mrs. Clyde A. Pratt, Dec. 18.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 30, 1954
Pages
p. 5
Announcement Type
Birth
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 30, 1954
Pages
p. 5
Announcement Type
Birth
Subjects
Pratt, son
Item ID
13438AN
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Birth. To Mr. and Mrs. Clyde A. Pratt, Dec. 24, 1949.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 5, 1950
Pages
p. 5
Announcement Type
Birth
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 5, 1950
Pages
p. 5
Announcement Type
Birth
Subjects
Pratt, Scott Allen
Item ID
9737AN
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Two shot to death Wednesday morning, August 1, in the alley near 816 Sunset Boulevard in Arcadia. Los Angeles Sheriff Department says it looks like a murder-suicide. The woman was pronounced dead at the scene and the second victim later died at hospital from self-inflicted gunshot wounds. Later identified as Mel Liu and Cherry Liu, an estranged married couple.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 2, 2018
Pages
p. 1, 4
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 2, 2018
Pages
p. 1, 4
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Liu, Cherry
Liu, Mel
Murder-suicide
Item ID
35434AN
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Marriage.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 4, 1953
Pages
p. 9 w/photo
Announcement Type
Marriage
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 4, 1953
Pages
p. 9 w/photo
Announcement Type
Marriage
Subjects
Huebotter, Lillie Margaret
Pratt, Lloyd Chipman, Jr.
Item ID
12311AN
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Cherry Liu, a Sierra Madre City employee was murdered August 1 in a tragic murder-suicide in the 800 block of Sunset Boulevard in Arcadia. Her estranged husband Mel Liu died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

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Newspaper
Mountain Views News
Date
August 4, 2018
Pages
p. 1
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Mountain Views News
Date
August 4, 2018
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Liu, Cherry
Liu, Mel
Murder-suicide
Item ID
35435AN
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Suspect in Arcadia murder-suicide leaves son a note. Couple was going through contentious divorce. Couple was identified as Mel Liu, 49, and Cherry Liu, 50 year old. Mel Liu left a letter to their 14 year old son trying to explain the fatal steps he took. Cherry Liu was well known through her work at Arcadia Chamber of Commerce and Sierra Madre Senior Services.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 9, 2018
Pages
p. 1, 4
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 9, 2018
Pages
p. 1, 4
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Liu, Cherry
Liu, Mel
Murder-suicide
Item ID
35440AN
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Obituary/death notice.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 30, 1953
Pages
p. 2
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 30, 1953
Pages
p. 2
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
Subjects
Baltensberger, Jean H.
Item ID
12210AN
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Obituary/death notice.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 30, 1953
Pages
p. 3
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 30, 1953
Pages
p. 3
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
Subjects
Moore, Jeannette C.
Fink, Meyer
Item ID
12211AN
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Obituary/death notice.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 30, 1953
Pages
p. 17
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 30, 1953
Pages
p. 17
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
Subjects
Molsberry, Wilma Marshall
Item ID
12215AN
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Obituary/death notice.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 30, 1953
Pages
p. 24
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 30, 1953
Pages
p. 24
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Obituary or death notice
Subjects
Michener, Lorena Jane
Campbell, Florence Martha
Item ID
12216AN
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Obituary/death notice.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Bulletin
Date
May 4, 1953
Pages
p. 2
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
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Newspaper
Arcadia Bulletin
Date
May 4, 1953
Pages
p. 2
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
Subjects
Simpson, Henry Buhl
Boor, Arthur
Item ID
12217AN
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Obituary/death notice.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Bulletin
Date
May 4, 1953
Pages
p. 3
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
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Newspaper
Arcadia Bulletin
Date
May 4, 1953
Pages
p. 3
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
Subjects
Reed, Charles
Item ID
12218AN
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Obituary/death notice.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 7, 1953
Pages
p. 2
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 7, 1953
Pages
p. 2
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
Subjects
Blake, George M.
Item ID
12236AN
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Newspaper Index
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