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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.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper24460
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 16, 2002
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p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 16, 2002
Pages
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
Collection
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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.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper25439
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 1, 2003
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p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 1, 2003
Pages
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.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper25436
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 28, 2003
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p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 28, 2003
Pages
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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A statue of Arcadia pioneer Hugo Reid and his family, including the dog, will be dedicated in a ceremony at the Arcadia Historical Museum.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper28423
Newspaper
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
28617AN
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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.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper26164
Newspaper
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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The Hugo Reid Adobe still stands in disrepair at the Los Angeles County Arboretum five years after preservation and restoration efforts should have started. At issue is whether it should be preserved as the Hugo Reid Adobe or reinterpreted as the Elias J. ("Lucky") Baldwin Adobe.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30237
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 11, 2006
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p. B1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 11, 2006
Pages
p. B1
Subjects
Getty Foundation
Historic Buildings
Hugo Reid Adobe
Landmarks
Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden
Preservation
Item ID
30424AN
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Community donations are being sought to help defray the cost of a bronze statue that will be installed in front of the new Arcadia Police Station. David Chapple, an Irvine sculptor and painter who graduated from Arcadia High School in 1965, will create the $50,000 art work for the city.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper27383
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 16, 2004
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p. A2
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 16, 2004
Pages
p. A2
Subjects
Police Station
Chapple, David
Statuary
Item ID
27582AN
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Carol Libby and Scott Hettrick of the Arcadia Historical Society are both on the Baldwin Adobe Restoration Committee, which wants to restore the Hugo Reid Adobe on the grounds of the Los Angeles County Arboretum. They want to re-create the adobe as it was in its heyday, when Elias J. "Lucky" Baldwin lived there from 1875 until he died in 1909.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31725
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 24, 2009
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p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 24, 2009
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Baldwin Adobe Restoration Committee
Hettrick, Scott
Historic preservation
Hugo Reid Adobe
Libby, Carol
Los Angeles County Arboretum
Item ID
31922AN
Collection
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Orange County artist Dave Chapple will create a bronze statue of two uniformed officers that will be installed at the entrance to the new $16 million police station. The cost of the sculpture will be about $50,000.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper27255
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 3, 2004
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p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 3, 2004
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Chapple, Dave
Police Department
Police Station
Sculptures
Statuary
Item ID
27454AN
Collection
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Santa Anita Park race track will unveil a 1000-pound bronze statue of popular race horse John Henry and a historical marker covering 75 years of the race track's history, as part of its 75th anniversary this Saturday. The bronze statue cost more than $100,000. The marker was done by the Arcadia Historical Society.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31853
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 24, 2009
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p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 24, 2009
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Arcadia Historical Society
Historical markers
Santa Anita Park - 2001-2010 -75th anniversary
Statuary
Item ID
32050AN
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A bronze statue of Andres Avelino Duarte, located at 1600 Huntington Drive in the city of Duarte, will be dedicated on March 31, 2007. Duarte was the Spanish rancher and soldier that owned the land that would later become Duarte, Bradbury, Monrovia, Arcadia, Azusa, Baldwin Park, and Irwindale.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30456
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 30, 2007
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p. Local 1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 30, 2007
Pages
p. Local 1
Subjects
Duarte, Andres Avelino (1805-1863)
San Gabriel Valley - history
Statuary
Statues
Item ID
30643AN
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A photograph only shows a 2.5-ton bronze statue of Andres Avelino Duarte, located at 1600 Huntington Drive in the city of Duarte. Duarte was the Spanish rancher and soldier that owned the 7,000 acres of land that are now the cities of Duarte, Bradbury, Monrovia, Arcadia, Azusa, Baldwin Park, and Irwindale. He called the area Rancho Azusa de Duarte.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30457
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 1, 2007
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p. News 1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 1, 2007
Pages
p. News 1
Subjects
Duarte, Andres Avelino (1805-1863)
San Gabriel Valley - history
Statuary
Statues
Item ID
30644AN
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The 75th anniversary of Santa Anita Park was celebrated with festivities including a parade of Budweiser Clydesdales and the unveiling of sculptor Nina Kaiser's life-size bronze statue of the race horse John Henry. The article includes a list of people in attendance at the party in the Directors' Room.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31856
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 29, 2009
Pages
p. A20
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 29, 2009
Pages
p. A20
Subjects
John Henry (race horse)
Kaiser, Nina (artist)
Santa Anita Park - 2001-2010 -75th anniversary
Statuary
Item ID
32056AN
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A ceremony was held for the moving of a memorial plaque dedicated to Captain Jerry Broadwell. He is the only Arcadia firefighter to die in the line of duty. The plaque has been moved to Station 2.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29786
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 19, 2005
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p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 19, 2005
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Broadwell, Jerry
Arcadia Fire Department
Plaques
Firefighters
Ceremonies
Item ID
29971AN
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The fountain at Peacock Corner is being repaired. It has some small cracks and leaks.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30882
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 8, 2008
Pages
p. Local 1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 8, 2008
Pages
p. Local 1
Subjects
Fountains
Peacock Corner
Statuary
Item ID
31070AN
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10-year-old Arcadia resident Natalia Sanchez-Nigolian started a "Save the Trees" fund to maintain trees on Paloma Drive, where she lives. She plans to start an environmental club at Hugo Reid Elementary.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30598
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 26, 2007
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p. Local 1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 26, 2007
Pages
p. Local 1
Subjects
Environmentalists
Preservation
Sanchez-Nigolian, Natalia
Trees
Item ID
30786AN
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A state-of-the-art Arcadia police station nears completion at a cost of $16 million. The police headquarters features a two-story atrium and an open staircase.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper25956
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
Aug.11, 2003
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p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
Aug.11, 2003
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Police Station
Item ID
26157AN
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Arcadia police officers moved into new police headquarters on Monday. A photo shows Detective Steve Phan hooking up his computer.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper25957
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
Aug.12, 2003
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p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
Aug.12, 2003
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Police Station
Item ID
26158AN
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With the redrawing of the 29th District to include parts of three counties, Senator Bob Margett has moved his office from Arcadia to Diamond Bar.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper24780
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 27, 2002
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p. A2
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 27, 2002
Pages
p. A2
Subjects
Margett, Robert (Senator)
29th Congressional District
Item ID
24974AN
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Asian immigrants are changing the face of San Gabriel Valley. Los Angeles County reports 1.3 million Asians, with many of them moving to Arcadia for jobs and schools.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper26249
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 18, 2003
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p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 18, 2003
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Seabiscuit
Asians
Population
Immigration
Item ID
26450AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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