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Paul and Selma Backert, who operated a dry goods store at 221 N. First Avenue from at least 1928 to approximately 1940. They came to Los Angeles area in about 1890 and operated general merchandise stores in Newhall and Lancaster. They lived at 212 N. Myrtle in Monrovia.

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Date: c.1898

1 image

Date: c.1898

Subjects: Arcadia Department Store; Business & industry; Stores

Physical Description: 3x5 oval original

ID: 409

Collection: Photographs

Images

Portrait of Arcadia Police Officer Paul Harrington, in uniform (hat, badge, necktie, patch).

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Date: 1950s

1 image

Date: 1950s

Subjects: Arcadia Police Department; Harrington, Paul

Physical Description: 4x5 b&w

ID: 2107

Collection: Photographs

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Same five police officers, in uniform, as seen in photo ID 1766. One man in a suit shakes hand of first officer on the left.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs1845

Date: 1940s or 1950s

1 image

Date: 1940s or 1950s

Subjects: Arcadia Police Department

Physical Description: 8 x 10 b & w

ID: 1767

Collection: Photographs

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Four unidentified male police officers lined up, along an exterior wall, in uniforms and hats. Man in suit is pinning a badge on the first officer on the left.

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Date: 1940s or 1950s

1 image

Date: 1940s or 1950s

Subjects: Arcadia Police Department

Physical Description: 8 x 10 b & w

ID: 1765

Collection: Photographs

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Early 1950s exterior view of Arcadia police and fire department building at Wheeler Avenue and First Avenue. Two police officers are sitting on their motorcycles, parked by the curb. The doorway has a "Police" sign above it.

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Date: Early 1950s

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Date: Early 1950s

Subjects: Arcadia Police Department

Physical Description: 8 x 10 b&w

ID: 2091

Collection: Photographs

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Construction in progress of the one-story Arcadia Police Department building at 250 W. Huntington Drive. Men are working on the interior shell of the building.

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Date: 1956

1 image

Date: 1956

Subjects: Arcadia Police Department

Physical Description: 8 x 10 b & w

ID: 1839

Collection: Photographs

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Interior Arcadia Police Department building at 250 W. Huntington Drive. Female employee in APD uniform, possibly a dispatcher, sitting at a telephone switchboard and communications panel, using rotary dial telephone and writing. Also seen are a manual typewriter, microphone, and the time

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Date: late 1950s

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Date: late 1950s

Subjects: Arcadia Police Department; Police woman

Physical Description: 8 x 10 b & w

ID: 1753

Collection: Photographs

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Interior Arcadia Police Department building at 250 W. Huntington Drive. Three men at the same dispatch or switchboard communication station as shown in photo #1753. One man in APD uniform, sitting with headset on, two men in suits look over him.

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Date: late 1950s

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Date: late 1950s

Subjects: Arcadia Police Department; Police man

Physical Description: 8 x 10 b & w

ID: 1755

Collection: Photographs

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One man pins an Arcadia police badge on another man's left lapel. A pennant on the wall reads Arcadia Mounted Police.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs1835

Date: 1940s or 1950s

1 image

Date: 1940s or 1950s

Subjects: Arcadia Police Department

Physical Description: 8 x 10 b & w

ID: 1756

Collection: Photographs

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Side and back view of the yet unfinished Arcadia Police Department and its parking lot at 250 W. Huntington Drive. View of the San Gabriel Mountains is clear in the background.

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Date: 1956

1 image

Date: 1956

Subjects: Arcadia Police Department; San Gabriel Mountains

Physical Description: 8 x 10 b & w

ID: 1820

Collection: Photographs

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Arcadia police officer Bill White (was identified by former APD officer Neal Johnson), with unidentified equipment. Bill White left Arcadia Police Department in 1956.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs1879

Date: 1940s or 1950s

1 image

Date: 1940s or 1950s

Subjects: Arcadia Police Department; White, Bill

Physical Description: 8 x 10 b & w

ID: 1795

Collection: Photographs

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Mug shots. One shows full frontal view of a man. The other shows right profile and full right side.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs1833

Date: 1957

1 image

Date: 1957

Subjects: Arcadia Police Department

Physical Description: 5" x 7" b & w

ID: 1756b

Collection: Photographs

Images

Construction in progress of the one-story Arcadia Police Department building at 250 W. Huntington Drive. Man is working on the ceiling. Santa Anita Park Racetrack is visible in the left-hand background.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs1768

Date: 1956

1 image

Date: 1956

Subjects: Arcadia Police Department

Physical Description: 8 x 10 b & w

ID: 1801

Collection: Photographs

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Far view of front exterior of one-story Arcadia Police Department building at 250 W. Huntington Drive. Building looks unoccupied.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs1837

Date: 1956 or 1957

1 image

Date: 1956 or 1957

Subjects: Arcadia Police Department

Physical Description: 8 x 10 b & w

ID: 1760

Collection: Photographs

Images

Construction in progress of the one-story Arcadia Police Department building at 250 W. Huntington Drive. View of the lower part of a crane.

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Date: 1956

1 image

Date: 1956

Subjects: Arcadia Police Department; Cranes

Physical Description: 8 x 10 b & w

ID: 1811

Collection: Photographs

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Same setting as photograph #1757, but eighteen men in suits standing. Pennant on the wall reads Arcadia Mounted Police with "Queen City" seal. Fourth man from the left, front row, is holding a lit cigarette.

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Date: 1940s or 1950s

1 image

Date: 1940s or 1950s

Subjects: Arcadia Police Department

Physical Description: 8 x 10 b & w

ID: 1758

Collection: Photographs

Images

Construction in progress of the one-story Arcadia Police Department building at 250 W. Huntington Drive. It seems to be a view of the door / bars of a jail cell.

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Date: 1956

1 image

Date: 1956

Subjects: Arcadia Police Department; Jails

Physical Description: 8 x 10 b & w

ID: 1799

Collection: Photographs

Images

Man standing at dispatcher window in the Arcadia Police station at First Avenue and Wheeler Street. Door with telephone sign above it, First Aid sign on wall and cigarette machine near counter.

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Date: Early 1950s

1 image

Date: Early 1950s

Subjects: Arcadia Police Department; Cigarette machine; Police dispatcher

Physical Description: 8 x 10 b&w

ID: 1736

Collection: Photographs

Images

Skewed exterior view of front of Arcadia Police Department building at 250 W. Huntington Drive. Young trees and lack of landscaping indicate this was taken around when the police station opened in 1957.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs1829

Date: circa 1957

1 image

Date: circa 1957

Subjects: Arcadia Police Department

Physical Description: 8 x 10 b & w

ID: 1754

Collection: Photographs

Images

Four Arcadia police cars, two police motorcycles and five officers near the police station. Background shows Bekins building and a motel on upper left. Per Gene Glasco, the cars are identified as 1958 Ford Fairlane.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs1874

Date: 1950s

1 image

Date: 1950s

Subjects: Arcadia Police Department; Police cars; Police motorcycles

Physical Description: 8 x 10 b & w

ID: 1796

Collection: Photographs

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Paul and Selma Backert, who operated a dry goods store at 221 N. First Avenue from at least 1928 to approximately 1940. They came to Los Angeles area in about 1890 and operated general merchandise stores in Newhall and Lancaster. They lived at 212 N. Myrtle in Monrovia.

Images

Portrait of Arcadia Police Officer Paul Harrington, in uniform (hat, badge, necktie, patch).

Images

Same five police officers, in uniform, as seen in photo ID 1766. One man in a suit shakes hand of first officer on the left.

Images

Four unidentified male police officers lined up, along an exterior wall, in uniforms and hats. Man in suit is pinning a badge on the first officer on the left.

Images

Early 1950s exterior view of Arcadia police and fire department building at Wheeler Avenue and First Avenue. Two police officers are sitting on their motorcycles, parked by the curb. The doorway has a "Police" sign above it.

Images

Construction in progress of the one-story Arcadia Police Department building at 250 W. Huntington Drive. Men are working on the interior shell of the building.

Images

Interior Arcadia Police Department building at 250 W. Huntington Drive. Female employee in APD uniform, possibly a dispatcher, sitting at a telephone switchboard and communications panel, using rotary dial telephone and writing. Also seen are a manual typewriter, microphone, and the time

Images

Interior Arcadia Police Department building at 250 W. Huntington Drive. Three men at the same dispatch or switchboard communication station as shown in photo #1753. One man in APD uniform, sitting with headset on, two men in suits look over him.

Images

One man pins an Arcadia police badge on another man's left lapel. A pennant on the wall reads Arcadia Mounted Police.

Images

Side and back view of the yet unfinished Arcadia Police Department and its parking lot at 250 W. Huntington Drive. View of the San Gabriel Mountains is clear in the background.

Images

Arcadia police officer Bill White (was identified by former APD officer Neal Johnson), with unidentified equipment. Bill White left Arcadia Police Department in 1956.

Images

Mug shots. One shows full frontal view of a man. The other shows right profile and full right side.

Images

Construction in progress of the one-story Arcadia Police Department building at 250 W. Huntington Drive. Man is working on the ceiling. Santa Anita Park Racetrack is visible in the left-hand background.

Images

Far view of front exterior of one-story Arcadia Police Department building at 250 W. Huntington Drive. Building looks unoccupied.

Images

Construction in progress of the one-story Arcadia Police Department building at 250 W. Huntington Drive. View of the lower part of a crane.

Images

Same setting as photograph #1757, but eighteen men in suits standing. Pennant on the wall reads Arcadia Mounted Police with "Queen City" seal. Fourth man from the left, front row, is holding a lit cigarette.

Images

Construction in progress of the one-story Arcadia Police Department building at 250 W. Huntington Drive. It seems to be a view of the door / bars of a jail cell.

Images

Man standing at dispatcher window in the Arcadia Police station at First Avenue and Wheeler Street. Door with telephone sign above it, First Aid sign on wall and cigarette machine near counter.

Images

Skewed exterior view of front of Arcadia Police Department building at 250 W. Huntington Drive. Young trees and lack of landscaping indicate this was taken around when the police station opened in 1957.

Images

Four Arcadia police cars, two police motorcycles and five officers near the police station. Background shows Bekins building and a motel on upper left. Per Gene Glasco, the cars are identified as 1958 Ford Fairlane.

Images