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.
Arcadia Recreation Department employee Jerry Collins is standing in the middle, in a conference room, with three other men, identified on the back as Pauly, Gibson, and Phillips (in no particular order).
Eight women at a driving range at Par 3 Golf Course in Arcadia. Three of the women are holding golf clubs and in position to swing at the balls. Some of the same women appear in photo ID 1923.
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.
ID #2012-2027 show the opening dedication and ribbon cutting at the newly built Arcadia Community Center, at 365 Campus Drive. Jerry Collins is on the far left. Floretta Lauber is holding the big scissors.
ID #2012-2027 show the opening dedication and ribbon cutting at the newly built Arcadia Community Center, at 365 Campus Drive. Left to right: Jerry Collins (Recreation Department), unidentified, Sue Nevin, John Garton.
ID #1966-1987 show groundbreaking ceremony for the Arcadia Community Center, to be built soon at the site at Holly Avenue and Huntington Drive. City council members in attendance include Charles Gilb, Roger Chandler, Robert Harbicht, Mary Young, Dennis Lojeski. A U.S. flag is standing just right of the center.
Five women sit around an outdoor patio table with umbrella, at Par 3 Golf Course in Arcadia. Some of the ladies are wearing golf shoes. The building behind them has a sign reading "Club, Bag and Cart Area." The woman on the right has a cigarette in her hand.
Three people show off their pet birds (in cages) at the Arcadia Recreation Department Pet Show, with onlookers. Seated from L to R: unidentified, Bill Zogg (Arcadia High School football coach in 1957), Mariam Clarke (Arcadia High School teacher, see 1958 yearbook). Back of photo is stamped with "Arcadia Police Photo, August 6, 1956."
ID #2012-2027 show the opening dedication and ribbon cutting at the newly built Arcadia Community Center, at 365 Campus Drive. Uniformed cadets hold a United States flag.
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."
Left to right: Councilman Robert F. Dennis, Mrs. Frank B. Stratford (Project Chairman), Mrs. Lawrence Lydick (President), Mrs. Carl Foley (First Vice President). The three women are in the Assistance League of Arcadia. Copy 2 is 5x7. Same people appear in photo ID 1932.
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.
Exterior view of the front of brand new City of Arcadia Community Center. The large covered area in the front is a passenger drop-off point. Community Center is at 365 Campus Drive.