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Author C. W. Clark presented a copy of his book "Sovereign of the Seas," to the Arcadia Public Library.

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Newspaper: The Journal

Date: December 21, 1949

Pages: p. 2 (See basement box 112.)

Newspaper: The Journal

Date: December 21, 1949

Pages: p. 2 (See basement box 112.)

Subjects: Clark, W. C. Arcadia Public Library Donations

Item ID: 29883AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Fire broke out last night at the Arcadia Theatre, gutting the newly decorated interior.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 12, 1942

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 12, 1942

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Moving Picture Theaters - Arcadia Theatre

Item ID: 6514AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Head Librarian

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 16, 1947

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 16, 1947

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Arcadia Public Library - Employees; Chene, Laurrene

Item ID: 3982AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Mrs. A. L. Leigh, librarian, is heading the effort to collect books for army camps.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 15, 1942; January 22, 1942 second section p. 8; January 29, 1942 p. 8

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 15, 1942; January 22, 1942 second section p. 8; January 29, 1942 p. 8

Subjects: Arcadia Public Library, 1930-1960; Victory Book Campaign

Item ID: 6515AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

A description and history of businesses near the intersection of Baldwin Avenue and Duarte Road.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 25, 1943

Pages: p. 8

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 25, 1943

Pages: p. 8

Subjects: Baldwin Avenue; Duarte Road; Business & Industry - West Arcadia; Wetmore, Bruce

Item ID: 7267AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

History of Baldwin-Duarte Business Center

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 25, 1943

Pages: p. 8

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 25, 1943

Pages: p. 8

Subjects: Business and Industry

Item ID: 3702AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

History-Rancho Santa Anita (1838-1947)

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Start Date: 1838

End Date: 1947

Contents: 1. Chain of title. Three copies given to Arcadia Public Library on the Rancho's fiftieth anniversary. 2. "Santa Anita Rancho history told in book." News clip, circa 1956. 3. "Our community." Article from Arcadia Savings and Loan brochure. 4. "Arcadia, City of Arcadia." San Gabriel Valley Adver…

Start Date: 1838

End Date: 1947

Contents: 1. Chain of title. Three copies given to Arcadia Public Library on the Rancho's fiftieth anniversary.; 2. "Santa Anita Rancho history told in book." News clip, circa 1956.; 3. "Our community." Article from Arcadia Savings and Loan brochure.; 4. "Arcadia, City of Arcadia." San Gabriel Valley Advertiser, February 26, 1969 by I. Hope.; 5. "Arcadia gets publicity." News clip, 1927 copied from Alton Green's scrapbook.; 6. "The Romance of Rancho Santa Anita." Booklet by Rancho Santa Anita, circa 1948. Eight copies.; 7. Lasca Leaves, October 1967. Three copies.; 8. "The Romance of the Ranchos." Booklet by Palmer Conner, Title Insurance and Trust Company, 1941. Six copies. Insert of 1919 map of Old Spanish and Mexican Ranchos of Los Angeles County.; 9. "Rancho Santa Anita ... trials of ownership." Lasca Leaves, December 1975. Two copies.; 10. "The people of Rancho Santa Anita, Part II." Lasca Leaves, July 1956.; 11. "From romance to racehorses." Westways, February 1974.; 12. "Ranch Santa Anita." Section of the book, Brief Sketches of the History of the Ranchos San Pascual, Santa Anita ...etc. by J.M. Miller.; 13. Lasca Leaves, December 1975.; 14. a. "Historic Santa Anita: the development of the land." Brochure by the Arboretum, circa 1976. 14b. Historic Santa Anita the Development of the Land, undated. 14c. Historic Santa Anita the Development of the Land, originally printed by California Arboretum Foundation 1976, Revised and reprinted by Los Voluntarios 2006.; 15. "Expedients." Four pages detailing Reid's claim. Copied from the collection of Huntington Library.; 16. "Santa Anita Ranch, Rancho Santa Anita." Articles from The Westerner's Brand Book, published by Los Angeles Corral, 1956.; 17. "The old and new Santa Anita." Westways, January 1948.; 18. "Chain of horticulture." Lasca Leaves, July 1951.; 19. "The restorations at Rancho Santa Anita." Lasca Leaves, January 1961.; 20. "Background to Rancho Santa Anita." By Florence Slocum, circa 1969.; 21. "People say." Arcadia Tribune, February - April, 1941. A series of eight articles commemorating Rancho Santa Anita's 100th birthday.; 22. "Rancho Santa Anita 'Place of Many Waters.'" Lasca Leaves, October 1967 by Susanna Bryant Dakin.; 23. Historic calendar of events of Ranch Santa Anita. Peacock Call, September/October 1978.; 24. Manuscript of Mrs. C.W. (Emma Elinor Hines) Young. From the Bancroft Library at the University of California at Berkeley, October 1978. Photocopy of handwritten manuscript and typed copy.; 25. "Owners and cattle brands of the Rancho Santa Anita." The Branding Iron, June 1979 by Jack McCaskill.; 26. "The Baldwin legacy." Lasca Leaves, June 1976 by Sandy Snider.; 27. "Santa Anita Rancho - history told in book." Pasadena Independent, January 11, 1953. Pasadena Star News, September 23, 1956.; 28. "Pasadena the Crown of the Valley: a souvenir." Pasadena Board of Trade, 1893-1894 by E. Norman Baker. From the historical collection of William F. Salisbury.; 29. "Rancho Santa Anita - 'Place of Many Waters'." Junior League Community News, October 1957 by Susanna Bryant Dakin.; 30. "Rancho Santa Anita's colorful past." News clip, undated.; 31. "Rancho Santa Anita, chuck full of early California memories; one of the Southland's most beautiful spots." Arcadia Tribune, December 6, 1937, page 1.; 32. "Historic ranchos' sale recalls pioneer days." Los Angeles Times, April 5, 1936, Part V, page 1.; 33. "Two famous holdings to be subdivided soon. Santa Anita and La Cienega Ranch acreage purchased for vast residential development." Los Angeles Times, April 5, 1936, Part V.; 34. Town Rambler by Marjorie Hesse: description of Rancho Santa Anita and the arrangement of the rooms at the old adobe house as told by Miss Lena McCulley and second cousin of E.J. "Lucky" Baldwin, Mrs. H. H. Cross. Arcadia Tribune, June 22, 1938. Copied from Rancho Santa Anita Scrapbook #1, April 1936-Jan. 1, 1939. Arcadia Historical Society.; 35. "The Romance of California Land Titles" by Stuart O'Melveny. Title Insurance and Trust Company, 1928. (Rancho Santa Anita mentioned on page 13.); 36. Rancho Santa Anita and the development of San Marino and Sierra Madre. From pages 91, 93, 94, 100 of the book Pasadena Area History by Manuel Pineda and E. Caswell Perry (1972).

Subjects: History-Rancho Santa Anita (1838-1947)

Physical Description: 2 folders

Item ID: 103AF

Collection: Subject Files

Following a successful debut Sunday, Arcadia's new Civic Band has begun practice for future programs. Members are listed.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 7, 1948

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 7, 1948

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Arcadia Civic Band

Item ID: 9526AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Birth. To Mr. and Mrs. Kent Kiester, Oct. 25.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: October 28, 1948

Pages: p. 4

Announcement Type: Birth

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: October 28, 1948

Pages: p. 4

Announcement Type: Birth

Subjects: Kiester, Michael Kent

Item ID: 9195AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Resignation

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 16, 1947

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 16, 1947

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Arcadia Public Library - Employees; Vassalo, Carol

Item ID: 3991AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Groundbreaking ceremonies were scheduled this morning at 135 Colorado Place, where construction of a new first-run theater was set to begin next week. This comes one week after a disastrous fire which gutted the Arcadia Theatre.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 19, 1942

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 19, 1942

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Moving Picture Theaters - Arcadia Theatre

Item ID: 6513AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Biographic sketch of Ken Scott, Arcadia's new recreation director.

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Newspaper: The Journal

Date: December 28, 1949

Pages: p. 1 Section 2 (See basement box 112.)

Newspaper: The Journal

Date: December 28, 1949

Pages: p. 1 Section 2 (See basement box 112.)

Subjects: Scott, Ken City Employees City Recreation director

Item ID: 29824AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

City of Arcadia Assessment Books of the Property in the City of Arcadia

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Start Date: 1948

End Date: 1954

Contents: City of Arcadia. Assessment books of the property in the City of Arcadia. Includes legal description, last known owner, value of land, taxes paid. 101 A. Book 1. Assessment no. 1-728. Tax year 1948/49-1954/55. Book 2. Assessment no.729-1721. Tax year 1948/49-1954/55. 101 B. Book 3. Assessment…

Start Date: 1948

End Date: 1954

Contents: City of Arcadia. Assessment books of the property in the City of Arcadia. Includes legal description, last known owner, value of land, taxes paid.; 101 A. Book 1. Assessment no. 1-728. Tax year 1948/49-1954/55. Book 2. Assessment no.729-1721. Tax year 1948/49-1954/55.; 101 B. Book 3. Assessment no. 1722-2532. Tax year 1948/49-1954/55. Book 4. Assessment no. 2533-3391. Tax year 1948/49-1954/55.; 101 C. Book 5. Assessment no. 3392-4596. Tax year 1948/49-1954/55. Book 6. Assessment No. 4597-5666. Tax year 1948/49-1954/55.; 101 D. Book 7. Assessment no. 5667-6765. Tax year 1948/49-1954/55. Book 8. Assessment no. 6767-7784A. Tax year 1948/49-1954/55.; 101 E. Book 9. Assessment no. 7785-9032. Tax year 1948/49-1954/55. Book 10. Assessment no. 9033-9976. Tax year 1948/49-1954/55.

Subjects: City of Arcadia Assessment Books of the Property in the City of Arcadia

Physical Description: Ten books bound in ledgers

Location: Basement

Box Number: Boxes 101A through 101E

Shelf Number: Shelf H21 and Shelf H22

Item ID: 408AF

Collection: Subject Files

Arcadia Bootery opens

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: October 3, 1946

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: October 3, 1946

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Business and Industry - Arcadia Bootery

Item ID: 3709AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Construction at Arcadia High School

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 17, 1949 p. 1 (plans for new high school in Arcadia); December 1, 1949 p. 1 ( " ); December 3, 1949 p. 2 ( " ); December 17, 1949 p. 1 ( " ); October 16, 1950 p. 1 (withdrawal from MAD); June 1, 1950 p. 1 (picture of planned school); November 27, 1950 p. 1 (withdrawal from MAD); February 5, 1951 p. 1; February 26, 1951 p. 1; April 30, 1951 p. 1; October 29, 1951 p. 1 (construction); November 1, 1951 p. 1 ( " ); November 5, 1951 p. 1 ( " ); December 31, 1951 p. 1 ( " ); February 21, 1952 p. 1 ( " ); April 13, 1953 p. 1 (dedication); January 4, 1954 p. 1 (expansion); September 16, 1954 p. 2 (new wing); June 7, 1962 p. 1 (quonset hut classrooms); May 21, 1964 p. 1 (new library); October 11, 1964 p. 1 ( " ); November 15, 1964 p. 1 (swimming pool); January 20, 1966 p. 1 (library dedication)

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 17, 1949 p. 1 (plans for new high school in Arcadia); December 1, 1949 p. 1 ( " ); December 3, 1949 p. 2 ( " ); December 17, 1949 p. 1 ( " ); October 16, 1950 p. 1 (withdrawal from MAD); June 1, 1950 p. 1 (picture of planned school); November 27, 1950 p. 1 (withdrawal from MAD); February 5, 1951 p. 1; February 26, 1951 p. 1; April 30, 1951 p. 1; October 29, 1951 p. 1 (construction); November 1, 1951 p. 1 ( " ); November 5, 1951 p. 1 ( " ); December 31, 1951 p. 1 ( " ); February 21, 1952 p. 1 ( " ); April 13, 1953 p. 1 (dedication); January 4, 1954 p. 1 (expansion); September 16, 1954 p. 2 (new wing); June 7, 1962 p. 1 (quonset hut classrooms); May 21, 1964 p. 1 (new library); October 11, 1964 p. 1 ( " ); November 15, 1964 p. 1 (swimming pool); January 20, 1966 p. 1 (library dedication)