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Two men in sporty baseball clothing grip a baseball bat. A third man wearing a suit and bowtie stands in the middle. They appear as though they are at home plate, since there is a fence directly behind them. The man on the left wears a shirt imprinted with B.C.L. Sons.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs1935
Date
c. 1950s

  1 image

Date
c. 1950s
Subjects
Recreation Department Collection
Baseball
Physical Description
4 x 6 1/2 b&w
ID
1916
Collection
Photographs
Images
Less detail

Two men are shown shaking hands and holding a baseball trophy. The photograph is by Michael F. Wells Photography, 335 Arbolada Drive, Arcadia, CA (stamped on back).

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs1941
Date
unknown

  1 image

Date
unknown
Subjects
Recreation Department Collection
Awards
Baseball
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
1922
Collection
Photographs
Images
Less detail

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

Three unidentified men in suits and another man, more casually dressed in a short-sleeve shirt, at a party or social celebration.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs1955
Date
c. 1950s

  1 image

Date
c. 1950s
Subjects
Recreation Department Collection
Physical Description
3 1/2 x 5 1/2 b&w
ID
1936
Collection
Photographs
Images
Less detail

City councilman Robert F. Dennis with two boys holding baseball trophies. Another boy and woman are in the picture. Back is stamped with: Photo by Arcadia Tribune and Bulletin, 909 South Santa Anita Avenue, Arcadia, CA, August 19, 1957.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs1954
Date
August 19, 1957

  1 image

Date
August 19, 1957
Subjects
Recreation Department Collection
Awards
Baseball
City Council
Dennis, Robert F. (Councilman)
Physical Description
3 1/2 x 5 1/2 b&w
ID
1935
Collection
Photographs
Images
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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

Large group photo of mostly young adults outdoors, likely summer time at a park of campground with pine trees. Man in back row, center is wearing an Arcadia Recreation tee- shirt. Man in front, center is wearing a KROQ 106.7 (FM radio station) tee-shirt.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs1949
Date
c. 1981

  1 image

Date
c. 1981
Subjects
Recreation Department Collection
Physical Description
8x10 color
ID
1930
Collection
Photographs
Images
Less detail

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 Summer Concert on the Arcadia City Hall lawn, with two police officers in uniform and a man wearing shorts.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs2094
Date
July 24, 2003

  1 image

Date
July 24, 2003
Subjects
Recreation Department Collection
Police officers
Summer concerts
Physical Description
4 x 6 color
ID
2073
Collection
Photographs
Images
Less detail

Five children in photo outside a school building (?). One boy in the middle is barefoot, wearing cut-off jean shorts, and drinking a can of Shasta Cola. The boy on the right has opened a can but the soda is squirting straight up. Girl on the left reaches into a paper bag. Two onlookers.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs1907
Date
c. 1970s

  1 image

Date
c. 1970s
Subjects
Recreation Department Collection
Physical Description
7 1/2" x 9 1/2" b&w
ID
1888
Collection
Photographs
Images
Less detail

Basketball team of 6 unidentified boys, who are the 1955-56 Recreation Basketball Champions. They are in line posing with trophies. The first boy is shaking hands with a man on the left. Another man wearing eyeglasses and a suit stands on the far right. L to R: unidentified adult, Marty Kordick, Al Bonfiglio, Ray Dombrowski, the rest are unidentified.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs1937
Date
1956

  1 image

Date
1956
Subjects
Recreation Department Collection
Basketball
Boys
Bonfiglio, Al
Dombrowski, Ray
Kordick, Marty
Physical Description
5x7 b&w
ID
1918
Collection
Photographs
Images
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Two men in suits holding a certificate from the Society of American Registered Architects in recognition of superior achievement and for design and professional excellence in regard to the Community Recreation Center Project.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs1376
Date
1971

  1 image

Date
1971
Subjects
Community Recreation Center Project
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
1366
Collection
Photographs
Images
Less detail

ID #1960-1965 are print sheets of swimming pool construction at Arcadia High School. Two images on each print sheet #1960-1964. Top image shows two men looking at plans or blueprints for the pool. Bottom image shows same two men looking at the plans, they are wearing sunglasses, and construction is visible behind them.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs1980
Date
November 1965

  1 image

Date
November 1965
Subjects
Recreation Department Collection
Arcadia High School swimming pool
Physical Description
5 x 2 1/2 b&w
ID
1960
Collection
Photographs
Images
Less detail

Seven unidentified men stand in a row. Five are Arcadia police officers in uniform. Two men are wearing suits.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs1844
Date
1940s or 1950s

  1 image

Date
1940s or 1950s
Subjects
Arcadia Police Department
Physical Description
8 x 10 b & w
ID
1766
Collection
Photographs
Images
Less detail

Clara Baldwin Stocker is seen stepping out of a motor car. She is wearing a long light colored dress with no hat. Holding onto her left arm appears to be Walter McGinley, dressed in light colored suit, shoes and holding a hat. The car appears to be the same as photo #1570.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs1585
Date
c.1922

  1 image

Date
c.1922
Subjects
Baldwin Stocker, Clara
McGinley, Walter
Physical Description
5x7 b&w vertical
ID
1569
Collection
Photographs
Images
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Arcadia Recreation Department employee Jerry Collins is standing, fourth from the left, wearing a red v-neck sweater, in a conference room, with fourteen other unidentified people.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs2062
Date
January 1998

  1 image

Date
January 1998
Subjects
Recreation Department Collection
Collins, Jerry
Physical Description
4 x 6 color
ID
2041
Collection
Photographs
Images
Less detail

ID #2012-2027 show the opening dedication and ribbon cutting at the newly built Arcadia Community Center, at 365 Campus Drive. Unidentified man is holding the big scissors.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs2038
Date
July 19, 1991

  1 image

Date
July 19, 1991
Subjects
Recreation Department Collection
Arcadia Community Center
Physical Description
3 1/2 x 4 1/2 color
ID
2017
Collection
Photographs
Images
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Storefront building with a group of four women and one man standing in what appears to be a doorway or entrance. Two men in suits and hats are walking on the sidewalk. Handwriting at the bottom of the photo reads, "July 4th 1915."

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs1590
Date
July 4, 1915

  1 image

Date
July 4, 1915
Subjects
Stocker, Clara Baldwin
Physical Description
5x7 b&w
ID
1574
Collection
Photographs
Images
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Unidentified park, showing baseball field and basketball hoop. San Gabriel Mountains in background.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs2055
Date
c. June 1989

  1 image

Date
c. June 1989
Subjects
Recreation Department Collection
Parks
Physical Description
4 x 6 color
ID
2034
Collection
Photographs
Images
Less detail

Basketball team of 8 unidentified boys, posing in two rows, in an indoor basketball court (gym). They are wearing numbered tank tops and shorts. This photo was in an envelope marked "Forum Basketball February 26, 1971."

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs1936
Date
February 26, 1971

  1 image

Date
February 26, 1971
Subjects
Recreation Department Collection
Basketball
Boys
Physical Description
5 x 6 1/2 b&w
ID
1917
Collection
Photographs
Images
Less detail

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