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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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Part of Ott family on a hike in Little Santa Anita Canyon at First Falls. L-R: John, Jr; Eleanora; Marshall (standing); their Aunt Catherine Rinne (on a visit from St. Louis); and Ella Ott (Mrs. John Ott).

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Date: August 17, 1923

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Date: August 17, 1923

Subjects: San Gabriel Mountains; Pertile, Eleanora Ott; Ott, Marshall; Ott, John, Jr.; Rinne, Catherine; Ott, Ella

Physical Description: 7x10 b&w

ID: 1053

Collection: Photographs

Images

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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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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Photo of Arcadia Police Chief Don Ott wearing what appears to be a navy uniform.

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Date: c.1942

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Date: c.1942

Subjects: Ott, Donald; Police Department

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 1346

Collection: Photographs

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Formal photo of Arcadia Police Department. Back row left to right: Ross E. "Med" Cayer, Leo Bertolina, L. Jack Richards (chief of police), Henry W. Haines (father of George, later in charge of Mutual windows at Santa Anita), Paul Edwards. Motorcycle officers, left to right: Jack Stine, Grady Pardue, Donald Ott. Standing in back: Jim Nellis, Fire Chief. Taken by police station on Wheeler Street. Identified September 9, 1970 by Bill Orr, former Police Chief.

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Date: April 17, 1932

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Date: April 17, 1932

Subjects: Bertolina, Leo; Cayer, Ross E. Med; Edwards, Paul; Haines, Henry W; Ott, Donald; Nellis, Jim M; Pardue, Grady; Police Department; Richards, Louis Jack; Stine, Jack

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 427

Collection: Photographs

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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)