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A crowd, mostly of children, looks on from bleachers at Arcadia Recreation Department event, featuring a cowboy doing rope tricks atop a horse, perhaps a rodeo demonstration on a baseball field. Photograph by Paul Kennedy Studios, Arcadia, CA.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs1900
Date
c. 1950s (?)

  1 image

Date
c. 1950s (?)
Subjects
Recreation Department Collection
Cowboys
Horseman
Rodeo
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
1881
Collection
Photographs
Images
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A crowd, mostly of children, looks on from bleachers at Arcadia Recreation Department event, featuring a cowboy on a horse, perhaps a rodeo demonstration, on a baseball field. Photograph by Paul Kennedy Studios, Arcadia, CA.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs1901
Date
c. 1950s (?)

  1 image

Date
c. 1950s (?)
Subjects
Recreation Department Collection
Cowboys
Horseman
Rodeo
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
1882
Collection
Photographs
Images
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Arcadia Recreation Department event shows a crowd of children and adults (families) on grass at Los Angeles County Park (?). Background left is a statue and County Park buildings are visible. Fenced area could be the County pool. Photograph by Paul Kennedy, Arcadia, CA.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs1898
Date
c. 1940s (?)

  1 image

Date
c. 1940s (?)
Subjects
Recreation Department Collection
Los Angeles County Park
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
1879
Collection
Photographs
Images
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A boy and a girl pose, each with an egg, standing behind crates, while a crowd looks on at Arcadia Recreation Department Easter egg event. San Gabriel Mountains in the background. Photograph by Paul Kennedy, Arcadia, CA.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs1897
Date
c. early 1950s

  1 image

Date
c. early 1950s
Subjects
Recreation Department Collection
Easter
Holidays
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
1878
Collection
Photographs
Images
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Former building of Foulger Ford, 55 West Huntington Drive, Arcadia, CA. Offices of mostly glass. Photograph by Terry Miller.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs2336
Date
2001

  1 image

Date
2001
Subjects
Foulger Ford
Automobile dealerships
Physical Description
4x6 b&w
ID
2247A
Collection
Photographs
Images
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Baseball player, possibly Johnny Lindell, demonstrating a technique at the grip of a baseball bat to a crowd of boys at an Arcadia Recreation Department event on a baseball field. Some boys are wearing baseball caps and mitts. Bleachers are visible in the left rear of the photo. Johnny Lindell grew up in Arcadia in the 1930s, went to Monrovia-Arcadia-Duarte High School and USC, before being signed by the Yankees. He was both a pitcher and outfielder, and played several years in the 1950s for the Hollywood Stars of the Pacific Coast League.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs1892
Date
1950s

  1 image

Date
1950s
Subjects
Recreation Department Collection
Baseball players
Lindell, Johnny
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
1873
Collection
Photographs
Images
Less detail

Children, both boys and girls, approximately ages 6 to 8, on a playground, jumping rope. One girl is bouncing a ball.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs1910
Date
c. 1950s

  1 image

Date
c. 1950s
Subjects
Recreation Department Collection
Children
Games
Physical Description
5x7 b&w
ID
1891
Collection
Photographs
Images
Less detail

A boy and girl are shown with live Easter bunnies, with two men and four other children standing around. Hugo Reid statue is in the background at Arcadia County Park. Hugo Reid Statue has since moved to a location between the Gilb Museum of Arcadia Heritage and the Arcadia Community Center. Photograph by Paul Kennedy, Arcadia, CA.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs2192
Date
c. 1950s

  1 image

Date
c. 1950s
Subjects
Recreation Department Collection
Easter
Holidays
Rabbits
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
1878A
Collection
Photographs
Images
Less detail

Baseball player, possibly Johnny Lindell, talking to a crowd of about 23 boys at an Arcadia Recreation Department event on a baseball field. Johnny Lindell grew up in Arcadia in the 1930s, went to Monrovia-Arcadia-Duarte High School and USC, before being signed by the Yankees. He was both a pitcher and outfielder, and played several years in the 1950s for the Hollywood Stars of the Pacific Coast League.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs1891
Date
1950s

  1 image

Date
1950s
Subjects
Recreation Department Collection
Baseball players
Lindell, Johnny
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
1872
Collection
Photographs
Images
Less detail

City Council has approved the expenditure of approximately $100,000 to provide lighting and additional bleachers for the Civic Center Athletic Field, to allow for night soccer games.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1004
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 28, 1980
Pages
p. A-1
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 28, 1980
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
City Council 1980 - 1989
Item ID
1004AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia Recreation Department event "Arcadia Pet Show." Several children sit on benches with about seven birdcages between them. Written on back of photograph is "Parakeet Row."

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs1919
Date
c. 1950s

  1 image

Date
c. 1950s
Subjects
Recreation Department Collection
Animals
Birds
Pets
Physical Description
6x7 b&w
ID
1900
Collection
Photographs
Images
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Arcadia Recreation Department event "Arcadia Pet Show." A baby is seated next to a turtle or tortoise. Written on back of photograph is "July 13, 1974." Stamped on back is "Milton K. Bell, Photographer, 174 N. Madison Ave., Monrovia, CA. July 11, 1974."

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs1916
Date
July, 1974

  1 image

Date
July, 1974
Subjects
Recreation Department Collection
Animals
Bell, Milton (Photographer)
Pets
Physical Description
5x7 b&w
ID
1897
Collection
Photographs
Images
Less detail

Winners of the Bicycle Rodeo, an event sponsored by Arcadia Police Department and Arcadia Recreation Department, from left to right: Albert Schneider (winner boys 8-14 year old group), Bruce Frazier (winner boys 8 and under), Juanita Curti (winner girls 14 and under), Betsy Bosil (winner girls 8 and under). Pictured behind the children left to right are Police Chief William Orr and Patrolman William Goodman. The Bicycle Rodeo was a contest in bicycle safety and riding skill. Winners received nighttime riding lights and electric horns. The awards were the culmination of bicycle safety instruction offered at Arcadia playgrounds throughout the summer by William Goodman. A similar version of this photograph appeared in Arcadia Tribune, p. 6, August 23, 1956.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs1924
Date
August 1956

  1 image

Date
August 1956
Subjects
Recreation Department Collection
Awards
Bicycle safety
Bosil, Betsy
Children
Curti, Juanita
Frazier, Bruce
Goodman, William
Orr, William
Schneider, Albert
Physical Description
6 1/2 x 6 1/2 b&w
ID
1905
Collection
Photographs
Images
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View north across part of Arcadia County Park while bleachers at ball field are still under construction. Directly north and just to the right of the eucalyptus trees can be seen the back of the Pony Express Museum on Huntington Drive. Building on right appears to be bath house for pool.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs898
Date
c.1937

  1 image

Date
c.1937
Subjects
Arcadia County Park
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
891
Collection
Photographs
Images
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Families on a baseball field at an Arcadia Recreation Department event. Location unknown. Photographer is Jim Hayes. Back of photo is stamped with "Arcadia Police Photo Sgt. Jim Hayes, Arcadia Police."

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs1893
Date
1950s

  1 image

Date
1950s
Subjects
Recreation Department Collection
Families
Hayes, Jim
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
1874
Collection
Photographs
Images
Less detail

Photos of dummies wearing fedoras filling the bleachers at Santa Anita Park for the filming of "Seabiscuit."

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper24781
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 28, 2002
Pages
p. A1
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 28, 2002
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Seabiscuit
Santa Anita Park
Moving pictures
Filmmaking
Item ID
24975AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia Recreation Department event "Arcadia Pet Show." A young girl stands next to her dog. Dog is wearing a tutu. Written on back of photograph is "Special Award, July 13, 1974." Stamped on back is "Milton K. Bell, Photographer, 174 N. Madison Ave., Monrovia, CA. July 11, 1974."

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs1917
Date
July, 1974

  1 image

Date
July, 1974
Subjects
Recreation Department Collection
Animals
Bell, Milton (Photographer)
Pets
Physical Description
5x7 b&w
ID
1898
Collection
Photographs
Images
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Children showing off their pets at the Arcadia Recreation Department Pet Show. Sitting from left to right: boy with a duck, girl with a cat, girl with a tortoise, girl with a gerbil (or guinea pig, hamster or rodent?). Standing from right to left: girl with a little monkey left shoulder, girl wearing sunglasses with undetermined pet on her right hand, girl with a pet (possibly a dog) dressed in a cowboy costume, and boy wearing a cowboy hat with his horse. Back of photo is stamped with "Arcadia Police Photo, August 6, 1956."

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs1895
Date
1956

  1 image

Date
1956
Subjects
Recreation Department Collection
Pets
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
1876
Collection
Photographs
Images
Less detail

Arcadia Recreation Department Yo-Yo program. Boy on the left is demonstrating a yo-yo trick called "Rock the Baby." Girl on the right is holding a yo-yo. The champion awards sit atop a table between the children. The program might have taken place at County Park because "Co." is written on the back of the photograph. The year 1956 is engraved on the trophies.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs1925
Date
1956

  1 image

Date
1956
Subjects
Recreation Department Collection
Awards
Children
Games
Physical Description
4x4 b&w
ID
1906
Collection
Photographs
Images
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Arcadia Recreation Department event "Arcadia Pet Show." A young girl displays her rare turtle. Written on back of photograph is "Special most rare turtle, Maggie Yvette Luna, July 13, 1974." Stamped on back is "Milton K. Bell, Photographer, 174 N. Madison Ave., Monrovia, CA. July 11, 1974."

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs1915
Date
July, 1974

  1 image

Date
July, 1974
Subjects
Recreation Department Collection
Animals
Bell, Milton (Photographer)
Luna, Maggie Yvette
Pets
Physical Description
5x7 b&w
ID
1896
Collection
Photographs
Images
Less detail

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