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The John Ott family in front of their home at 124 E. Bonita Street. L-R: mother, Ella Ott; Eleanora, age 2; Marshall, age 4; father, City Marshall John Ott; and Donald Ott, age 10 seated with the family dog, Booze. Granite boulders used in the wall and foundation were undoubtedly hauled from the Santa Anita Wash. A sign hangs from the porch endorsing CLINE FOR SHERIFF.

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Date: c.1916

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Date: c.1916

Subjects: Ott, Ella; Ott, Marshall; Ott, John; Ott, Donald; Houses; Ott, Eleanora

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 1052

Collection: Photographs

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Three people are standing in front of stable area of Elias J."Lucky" Baldwin's Santa Anita Race Track. L-R: Mrs. John (Ella) Ott; eldest son, Donald; and City Marshall, John Ott. (Their daughter told us in 1980 that everyone called her father Jack.) Mrs. Ott is wearing a lavishly feathered hat and a tailored suit. Marshall Ott is wearing a dark double-breasted suit with his badge.

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Date: March 31, 1909

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Date: March 31, 1909

Subjects: Ott, John; Ott, Ella; Ott, Donald; Santa Anita Park-1907-1912

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 1054

Collection: Photographs

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Five police officers are seen standing for their picture. L-R: Don Ott, Harry Peterson, Louis Jack Richards, Grady Pardue, and Capt. James B. Stine. They are in full uniform.

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Date: November 1931

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Date: November 1931

Subjects: Ott, Donald; Peterson, Harry; Richards, Louis Jack; Pardue, Grady; Stine, James B.

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 991

Collection: Photographs

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John Ott shown in uniform and mounted on horseback. He was the constable for the City of Arcadia, serving from May to December of 1914.

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Date: c.1914

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Date: c.1914

Subjects: Police Department; Ott, John

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 414

Collection: Photographs

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A large group is pictured sitting or standing near entrance to Sturtevant Camp dining room. (Camp was one of many in San Gabriel Mountains; it was up Big Santa Anita Canyon.) In back row, on left, man in dark shirt and tie next to pillar, is John C. Juvinall of Monrovia.

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Date: July 3, 1916

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Date: July 3, 1916

Subjects: San Gabriel Mountains; Sturtevant Camp; Juvinall, John C

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 968

Collection: Photographs

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John "Jack" Ott, dressed in Indian Headdress is seen kissing the nose of an Indian pony (his daughter seemed to remember). Photo apparently was taken on north side of Anita Baldwin's home, Anoakia, shortly after it was completed. Mr. Ott was born in 1877 and came to Arcadia about 1907. He became City Marshal in 1914.

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Date: c.1913

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Date: c.1913

Subjects: Ott, John

Physical Description: 6 1/2x10 b&w

ID: 1055

Collection: Photographs

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Obituary/death notice.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 12, 1961

Pages: p. 3

Announcement Type: Obituary or death notice

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 12, 1961

Pages: p. 3

Announcement Type: Obituary or death notice

Subjects: Ott, Eleanora D.

Item ID: 17914AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The defeat of Canyon County's bid in the November election dims prospects of the San Gabriel Valley separating from Los Angeles County.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: November 8, 1976

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: November 8, 1976

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: San Gabriel Valley - Secession

Item ID: 2367AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

General information regarding Donald Ott

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 22, 1935 p. 1 (appointed Police Chief); August 2, 1935 p. 7; June 17, 1936 p. 1 (article and picture); January 17, 1938 p. 1 (Sheriff's vice squad raids "peekaboo house" that overlooks homestretch of Santa Anita Park.; January 21, 1938 p. 1 (Ott named in illegal gambling inquiry); January 22, 1938 p. 1 (suspended w/o pay); January 24, 1938 p. 1 (says he will resign rather than question racketeers); January 25, 1938 p. 1 (visit of racketeers to Ott home being probed); January 26, 1938 p. 1 (reinstated as Chief at full pay)

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 22, 1935 p. 1 (appointed Police Chief); August 2, 1935 p. 7; June 17, 1936 p. 1 (article and picture); January 17, 1938 p. 1 (Sheriff's vice squad raids "peekaboo house" that overlooks homestretch of Santa Anita Park.; January 21, 1938 p. 1 (Ott named in illegal gambling inquiry); January 22, 1938 p. 1 (suspended w/o pay); January 24, 1938 p. 1 (says he will resign rather than question racketeers); January 25, 1938 p. 1 (visit of racketeers to Ott home being probed); January 26, 1938 p. 1 (reinstated as Chief at full pay)