Corner of Baldwin Ave. and Duarte Rd, with Baldwin Ave painted on the curb. There is a Mobilgas Service Station at the corner. A traffic light is in the center of the photo.
Corner of Baldwin Ave. and Duarte Road showing a traffic signal on a light standard in the center of the photo. There is a Mobilgas Service station at the corner. A man is walking toward the station. To the left in the photo is the West Arcadia Prescription Pharmacy.
Intersection of Baldwin Ave. and Duarte Road, looking toward a Union Oil Service Station. A traffic signal in visible in the front middle of the photo. There is a sign with an arrow which reads SHELTER.
Intersection of Baldwin Ave. and Duarte Road, looking toward Hinshaw's department store. A traffic signal and street lamp are visible in the front middle of the photo.
View of intersection of Baldwin and Duarte Road with Renshaw's service station on NE corner. There is a real estate office in small square building further east on Duarte with a car parked in front. There is a man standing near door into station.
View of intersection of Baldwin Avenue and Duarte Road. Service station on the NE corner was owned by Mr. Renshaw. There is a two story house just north of station. There has been a recent snow fall in the San Gabriel Mountains. Home to the north is F.E. Grote home.
Corner of Baldwin Avenue and Duarte Road, with West Arcadia Prescription Pharmacy seen across the street. Photo is of the traffic signal and telephone pole on the corner.
View of service station. Printed on the station are:WEST ARCADIA SERVICE STATION and also the words SHELL MOTOR OILS. Address listed for this business in 1930 City Directory is 1211 S. Baldwin and in 1928 Directory, it is 710 W. Duarte. Man in cap standing by pump apparently is owner, Bruce Wetmore.
View toward west into Arcadia Drive-In Market (aka Market Basket). On the left is John C. Baldwin Gas Station. The Pines Cafe is the business establishment nearest the right side of the photo. One sedan, one pick-up and one convertible are parked in area.
View toward west across Santa Anita Avenue near intersection with Lucile Street where a small service station was located (name of station and owner unknown). Note large advertising poster on a stand promoting Gilmore Blu-Green Gasoline. Eucalyptus trees in center are prominent.
West Arcadia Service Station, designed in Spanish style architecture including red tile roof located at 1221 S. Baldwin, was operated by Bruce Wetmore and Blake Smith. Man working on car is Bruce Wetmore. Shell Gasoline. Gilmore Red Lion.
Pat Carlin is the small boy standing with the tire in front of service station owned and operated by his father and his aunt, J.A. and M.A. Carlin on the NE corner of First and LaPorte. This building is the same one as shown in photo #490 and which served briefly as City Hall.
Shopping Bag Market (which is listed in 1939 City Directory at 1225 S. Baldwin) and the West Arcadia Service Station (apparently owned at this time by Blake Smith and Bruce Wetmore), located at 1221 S. Baldwin.
White Oak Service Station located on SW corner of Foothill Boulevard and Santa Anita Avenue. View probably is looking east across Santa Anita toward large barn that must have been on southeast corner. Owner Emil Bolz is pictured standing in front of his station. He not only sold auto products but ice cream, tobaccos, cold drinks, etc. The address listed in 1928 City Directory is 2 W. Foothill.
Looking west on Huntington Drive from intersection at First Avenue. Corner of City Hall shows on right side of photo. Two people standing are: George Ackerman, City Treasurer; and Louis Altona Building inspector. Building on north side of Huntington Drive with square tower, is Community Presbyterian Church. Service station is opposite City Hall. Part of panorama, ID#s 916-921.
View south, perhaps from top of City Hall on Corner of First and Huntington Drive, to Arcadia Drive-In Market. Located on SW corner of the same intersection there was, in addition to the Service Station, a dry cleaners, a bakery, a fresh vegetable market, a meat market, a grocery store, and the Pines Cafe. First Avenue is street seen on the left.
Blueprints – Gas stations, Items 1-4
1. Plot plan for Shell Oil Co. Service Station plan, 171 E. Live Oak, N.W. corner of Live Oak & 2nd, Nov. 5, 1958
2. Plans for Shell Oil Co. 704 Huntington Drive. Huntington Drive and Baldwin, June 24, 1970
3. Slimline Plan for Union Oil Co. 1127 S. Baldwin, Arc…
Blueprints – Gas stations, Items 1-4
1. Plot plan for Shell Oil Co. Service Station plan, 171 E. Live Oak, N.W. corner of Live Oak & 2nd, Nov. 5, 1958
2. Plans for Shell Oil Co. 704 Huntington Drive. Huntington Drive and Baldwin, June 24, 1970
3. Slimline Plan for Union Oil Co. 1127 S. Baldwin, Arcadia, March 5, 1948
4. Plans for Richfield Oil Co. 5 W. Foothill Blvd. May 29, 1956
View west on Huntington Drive clearly showing Drive-In Markets which were located around service station on SW corner of First and Huntington Drive. Moving picture theater is mid-way in block on south side of street. Church with tower on NE corner of Huntington Drive and Santa Anita Avenue was moved to South First Avenue about 1935.
George Fasching, shown in a photo, is no longer selling gas at Fasching's Car Wash in Arcadia because he is unwilling to comply with a state mandate, effective April 1, 2009, that requires gas station owners to purchase new equipment to reduce vapor emissions at the pump.