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Five men with fire and police vehicles outside City Hall at NW corner of First and Huntington Drive. Left to right: Grady Pardue (on motorcycle), Jim Nellis standing on running board of fire engine (Fire Chief), Anist Mussachia (fireman), Albert Matthies (police -- killed approaching car of three men planning hold up of ODETTES which was previous name of Pines Cafe on Huntington Drive). The man on extreme right in business suit is Chief of Police and Fire Marshall, A. N. Coberly. Photo taken at City Hall, NW corner of First and Huntington Drive, it is believed.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs437
Date
c.1926

  1 image

Date
c.1926
Subjects
Fire Department
Police Department
Pardue, Grady
Nellis, Jim M.
Mussachia, Anist
Matthies, Albert
Coberly, A.N.
Physical Description
5x7 sepia, 8x10 b&w
ID
435
Collection
Photographs
Images
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Portraits of five members of the Arcadia Fire Department, taken from a page of the "Arcadia Police and Firemen Relief Association Annual Souvenir" (see Arcadia VF-Police-Archives). Pictured are Frank Hinman, Walter Best, Leo C. Bertolina, A.A Mussachia, and Jim M. Nellis.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs1346
Date
1927

  1 image

Date
1927
Subjects
Fire Department
Police Department
Hinman, Frank
Best, Walter
Bertolina, Leo
Mussachia, A.A.
Nellis, Jim M.
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
1337
Collection
Photographs
Images
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Portrait of Jim Nellis, engineer with Arcadia Fire Department.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs250
Date
1917

  1 image

Date
1917
Subjects
Fire Department
Nellis, Jim M.
Physical Description
3x5 b&w vertical
ID
248
Collection
Photographs
Images
Less detail

Looking west toward City Hall on NW corner of First Avenue and Huntington Drive with extensive view north on First. Thirteen people stand on corner in front of City Hall. They are: seated by Fire House door, Jim Nellis. Standing L-R: George Ackerman, City Treasurer; Louis Altona, Building inspector; behind him with hat possibly Judge Horlack; Grady Pardue, police; behind him with hat Les Talley, Assistant City Engineer; Gladys Randall Pelky, Water Dept. Clerk. Behind her with cap, not identified. Next A. N. Coberly, Police Chief; Florence Shaver, Assistant City Clerk; Dick Cutter (not City employee); Bernice Hinman (not City employee); Anist Mussachia, Fire Dept. Two other men and lady not identified. Part of panorama, ID#s 916-921.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs923
Date
1927

  1 image

Fire Chief James Nellis

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper4050
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 22, 1935 p. 1 (appointed Chief)
August 2, 1935 p. 7
June 1, 1938 p. 1
June 8, 1938 p. 1
October 29, 1950 p. 1
June 26, 1958 p. 1 (resigns)
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 22, 1935 p. 1 (appointed Chief)
August 2, 1935 p. 7
June 1, 1938 p. 1
June 8, 1938 p. 1
October 29, 1950 p. 1
June 26, 1958 p. 1 (resigns)
Subjects
Fire Department
Nellis, James
Item ID
3926AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia has replaced Fire Chief Ken Lavoie with Jim Reed, on an interim basis.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper13992
Newspaper
Sierra Madre News
Date
May 21, 1998
Pages
p. 9
Newspaper
Sierra Madre News
Date
May 21, 1998
Pages
p. 9
Subjects
Reed, Jim
Fire Department
Item ID
14553AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia fire-fighting facilities expanded through a third station on Orange Grove Avenue. Chief James M. Nellis reports activities of fire fighters.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32998
Newspaper
The Journal
Date
March 22, 1950
Pages
p. 5
(See basement box 112.)
Newspaper
The Journal
Date
March 22, 1950
Pages
p. 5
(See basement box 112.)
Subjects
Arcadia Fire Department
Nellis, James
Item ID
33195AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia City Council members in a decorated Hupmobile Touring Car parked on Huntington Drive next to City Hall. Behind is a fire truck, also decorated, with 10 firemen on the truck or near by. The man at the wheel of the fire truck is Jim Nellis. The Councilmen are: Rear seats,L-R: Ferd E. Gram; Arthur N. Multer; and Charles Hawk. Front seat,L-R: Samuel L. Wheeler; John T. Joyce, the Hupmobile Dealer. Fifth member of Council, John Granville was not present. Seated at the base of the pillar of City Hall is Adrian Winkler and standing beside him is George Newton. The vehicles are on their way to dedication of new concrete span over Santa Anita Wash.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs1084
Date
1925

  1 image

Date
1925
Subjects
Gramm, Ferd E
Hawk, Charles
Multer, Arthur Nelson
Wheeler, Samuel L.
Joyce, John T.
Newton, George
City Hall
Winkler, Adrian
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
1075
Collection
Photographs
Images
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Formal photo of Arcadia Police Department. Back row left to right: Ross E. "Med" Cayer, Leo Bertolina, L. Jack Richards (chief of police), Henry W. Haines (father of George, later in charge of Mutuel windows at Santa Anita), Paul Edwards. Motorcycle officers, left to right: Jack Stine, Grady Pardue, Donald Ott. Standing in back: Jim Nellis, Fire Chief. Taken by police station on Wheeler Street. Identified September 9, 1970 by Bill Orr, former Police Chief.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs429
Date
April 17, 1932

  1 image

Jim Bateson, as fire prevention specialist, frequently gives talks at schools and clubs on fire prevention. He is also involved in arson investigation.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1585
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 3, 1981
Pages
p. A-1 photo
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 3, 1981
Pages
p. A-1 photo
Subjects
Fire Department
Bateson, Jim
Item ID
1584AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Four wheel drive truck with Cunningham winch used to get balloon aloft and back down and to keep them anchored. One truck for each balloon and had 1500 meters of heavy cable. Tires of truck were solid rubber. Note: ground line coming from truck near winch. This was to take care of static electricity generated along cable due to telephone in balloon. Information from H.F.Paden, Arcadia resident in 1978, former officer at Balloon School.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs157
Date
c.1917 or 1918

  1 image

Date
c.1917 or 1918
Subjects
Balloon School
Physical Description
3x5 b&w
ID
156
Collection
Photographs
Images
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Fire Chief Chen Suen. He became the first Asian-American fire chief in the Arcadia Fire Department in November 2022.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs2438
Date
2022

  1 image

Date
2022
Subjects
Arcadia Fire Department-Fire chiefs
Asian Americans
Suen, Chen
Physical Description
color printout, born digital, see P:\Library Photos\images
ID
2294
Collection
Photographs
Images
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Pictured in front of snorkel fire truck is Assistant Fire Chief Bruce Moore, congratulating new firemen. L-R they are: Lee Craven, Bob Madden, Don Cross, and George Truppelli.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs969
Date
c. November 1969

  1 image

Date
c. November 1969
Subjects
Fire Department
Moore, Bruce
Craven, Lee
Cross, Don
Truppelli, George
Physical Description
5x7 b&w
ID
961
Collection
Photographs
Images
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 12, 1950
Pages
p. 4 w/photo
Announcement Type
Marriage
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 12, 1950
Pages
p. 4 w/photo
Announcement Type
Marriage
Subjects
Rawson, Agnes D.
Mussachia, Anist (Enos) A.
Item ID
9745AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia Fire Department snorkel truck is parked close to entrance to First Avenue Junior High School following a major fire that hit the school. Seven firemen are seen in their gear, talking together.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs968
Date
about June 1, 1979

  1 image

Date
about June 1, 1979
Subjects
First Avenue Junior High School
Fire Department
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
960
Collection
Photographs
Images
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Woman pulled from Arcadia apartment fire has critical injuries. The fire was on August 7 at 922 West Huntington Drive.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34284
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 13, 2015
Pages
p. 1, 17
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 13, 2015
Pages
p. 1, 17
Subjects
Fires
Item ID
34478AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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The City Council approved preliminary plans Tuesday for a nearly $2.7 million fire station that will replace the city's fire station No. 2 at the northeast corner of Huntington Drive and Baldwin Avenue.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper46
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 19, 1992
Pages
p. A-1
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 19, 1992
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Fire Station
Item ID
46AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Photo taken of Department Heads on the occasion of the retirement of Arcadia Fire Chief Jerry Gardner. Pictured L-R: Mike Miller, Jim Dale, Pat Malloy, Bill Kelly, Ronnie Garner, Kent Ross and Jerry Collins.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs1642
Date
1996

  1 image

Date
1996
Subjects
Gardner, Gerald
Miller, Mike
Dale, Jim
Malloy, Pat
Kelly, Bill
Garner, Ronnie
Ross, Kent
Collins, Jerry
Physical Description
8x10 color
ID
1630
Collection
Photographs
Images
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Fire station across which is painted ENGINE #2. Parked in front is one fire truck with 2 firemen. Standing to left of engine are 3 firemen. Car parked at rear of station appears to be late 1930's model. Address 1420 S. Baldwin Avenue.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs246
Date
1948 (City Directory)

  1 image

Date
1948 (City Directory)
Subjects
Fire Department
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
244
Collection
Photographs
Images
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Looking west on Huntington Drive from intersection at First Avenue. Corner of City Hall shows on right side of photo. Two people standing are: George Ackerman, City Treasurer; and Louis Altona Building inspector. Building on north side of Huntington Drive with square tower, is Community Presbyterian Church. Service station is opposite City Hall. Part of panorama, ID#s 916-921.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs925
Date
1927

  1 image

Date
1927
Subjects
Huntington Drive
City Hall
Gas stations
Ackerman, George
Altona, Louis
Physical Description
7x10 b&w part of panorama
ID
918
Collection
Photographs
Images
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