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Arcadia Public Library Board meeting. Left to right: Mrs. Herman Snider, Chair; Mr. J.L. Young; Mr. Dexter Jones; Mrs. Herbert Opel; and Mrs. Gene Gregg. Standing is Grace Clark, City Librarian.

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Date: c.1956

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Date: c.1956

Subjects: Arcadia Public Library Board of Trustees; Snider, Mrs. Herman; Young, J.L.; Jones, Dexter; Opel, Mrs. Herbert; Gregg, Gene; Clark, Grace

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 345

Collection: Photographs

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Conrad "Connie" T. Reibold, former Arcadia Mayor and City Councilman, died on June 27th at age 79.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 2, 1989

Pages: p. A-2 photo

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 2, 1989

Pages: p. A-2 photo

Subjects: City Council, 1903 - 1969 Reibold, Conrad

Item ID: 990AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Grace Clark, City Librarian 1953-1959, at her desk at Arcadia Public Library, 25 N. First Avenue.

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Date: c.1955

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Date: c.1955

Subjects: Clark, Grace

Physical Description: 3x5 b&w vertical

ID: 355

Collection: Photographs

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Grace Clark, City Librarian, Arcadia Public Library (25 N. First Avenue), from 1953-1959.

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Date: c.1953

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Date: c.1953

Subjects: Clark, Grace; Arcadia Public Library-1930-1959

Physical Description: 1x2 b&w vertical (2 poses on one cardboard)

ID: 453

Collection: Photographs

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View of guests and staff at an Author's Tea. Back row: Library Board Member Mrs. John P. Ross, City Librarian Louise DuMond, Library Board Member Helen Kinnison. Front row: author Margaret Richardson, Children's Librarian Mary Louise Fitts, author Hannah Smith. Mrs. Richardson lived in Arcadia and wrote SEVEN LITTLE PIFFLESNIFFS.

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Date: 1952

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Date: 1952

Subjects: Arcadia Public Library-1930-1959; DuMond, Louise; Fitts, Mary Louise; Smith, Hannah; Arcadia Authors-Richardson, Margaret; Kinnison, Helen; Ross, Mrs. John P.

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 299

Collection: Photographs

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Grace Clark has retired after more than 21 years with the Arcadia Public Library. She was City Librarian for a number of years and has been head of the Technical Services Department for the past 15 years.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: October 3, 1974

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: October 3, 1974

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Arcadia Public Library - Employees - Clark, Grace

Item ID: 1932AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Group photo in front of main entrance to Arcadia Public Library, 25 N. First Avenue. Left to right: Virginia May, Greta Gunderson, Nancy Hitchcock, Virginia Doty, Grace Clark, Hazel Bolton, Helen Lawrence, Antoinette Morley, Amy Schmocker, Alfreda Bolduan, Judith B. Moore, Virginia Pontius, Marjorie Phelps, Helen Cavanaugh, Leroy Holt, Joy Brisco, Irene Kieft, Vi Chaffers, Homer Fletcher (City Librarian).

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Date: March 1960

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Date: March 1960

Subjects: May, Virginia; Gunderson, Greta; Hitchcock, Nancy; Doty, Virginia; Clark, Grace; Bolton, Hazel; Lawrence, Helen; Morley, Antoinette; Schmocker, Amy; Bolduan, Alfreda; Moore, Judith B.; Pontius, Virginia; Phelps, Marjorie; Cavanaugh, Helen; Holt, Joy; Brisco, Joy; Kieft, Irene; Chaffers, Vi; Fletcher, Homer

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 351

Collection: Photographs

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Two young men playing cards at a table in a room. Man with cap is Richard Herman Shierske, who was a jockey for E.J."Lucky" Baldwin. He was licensed under the name of Richard Herman. Other young man is Charles McIver.

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Date: 1909

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Date: 1909

Subjects: Baldwin, Elias J. "Lucky"-Horses and horse racing; Shierske, Herman; McIver, Charles

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 407

Collection: Photographs

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Group seated at Christmas breakfast at Arcadia Public Library, 25 N. First Avenue. Left to right: Linda Buxton, Leroy Holt (custodian), Marilyn Moore, Irene Kieft, Frank Gustafson (gardener), Joy Brisco, Alfreda Bolduan (hidden), Hazel Bolton, Grace Clark, Helen Lawrence, Judith B. Moore, Vi Chaffers, Grace Rahm, Marjorie Phelps, Alice Cheney, Eleanor Gilbert, Virginia Bailey, Dorothy Breyer.

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Date: 1956

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Date: 1956

Subjects: Arcadia Public Library employees; Christmas; Holidays; Buxton, Linda; Holt, Leroy; Moore, Marilyn; Kieft, Irene; Gustafson, Frank; Brisco, Joy; Bolduan, Alfreda; Clark, Grace; Lawrence, Helen; Moore, Judith B.; Chaffers, Vi; Rahm, Grace; Phelps, Marjorie; Cheney, Alice; Gilbert, Eleanor; Bailey, Virginia; Breyer, Dorothy Bolton, Hazel

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 352

Collection: Photographs

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Obituary/death notice.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 2, 1989

Pages: p. A2 w/photo

Announcement Type: Obituary or death notice

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 2, 1989

Pages: p. A2 w/photo

Announcement Type: Obituary or death notice

Subjects: Reibold, Conrad T.

Item ID: 28739AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

An exhibition of oil paintings by Dexter Jones, will remain on display at the city library through June 30.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 20, 1957

Pages: p. 28

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 20, 1957

Pages: p. 28

Subjects: Arcadia Artists - Jones, Dexter

Item ID: 15735AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Birth. To Mr. and Mrs. Wilvan R. Conrad, May 9.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Bulletin

Date: May 16, 1960

Pages: p. 9

Announcement Type: Birth

Newspaper: Arcadia Bulletin

Date: May 16, 1960

Pages: p. 9

Announcement Type: Birth

Subjects: Conrad, Todd

Item ID: 16454AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Birth. To Mr. and Mrs. Conrad Kretchmar, May 9.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: May 25, 1978

Pages: p. C3

Announcement Type: Birth

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: May 25, 1978

Pages: p. C3

Announcement Type: Birth

Subjects: Kretchmar, Clint Conrad

Item ID: 25607AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Birth. To Mr. and Mrs. Samuel D. Snider, July 23.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Bulletin

Date: August 6, 1951

Pages: p. 4

Announcement Type: Birth

Newspaper: Arcadia Bulletin

Date: August 6, 1951

Pages: p. 4

Announcement Type: Birth

Subjects: Snider, daughter

Item ID: 10936AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

A tale of two cities: Arcadia and bygone Arcadia. Noted historians Carol Libby and Sandy Snider slighted by longtime Councilman Roger Chandler's remarks about Anoakia, Anita Baldwin's mansion, and the historic preservation issue. See hard copy in VF City Council 2010-2019

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Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: February 28, 2019

Pages: p. 1, 12

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: February 28, 2019

Pages: p. 1, 12

Subjects: Arcadia City Council-2010-2019; Chandler, Roger; Historic preservation; Libby, Carol; Snider, Sandy

Collection: Newspaper Index

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: April 12, 1956 p. 1 (elected); April 10, 1958 p. 1; April 23, 1959 p. 1 (named mayor); April 12, 1962 p. 1 (re-elected to Council); April 22, 1965 p. 1 (2nd term as mayor); January 13, 1966 p. 1 (retired)

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: April 12, 1956 p. 1 (elected); April 10, 1958 p. 1; April 23, 1959 p. 1 (named mayor); April 12, 1962 p. 1 (re-elected to Council); April 22, 1965 p. 1 (2nd term as mayor); January 13, 1966 p. 1 (retired)

Subjects: City Council, 1903 - 1969; Reibold, Conrad

Item ID: 3817AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Birth. To Mr. and Mrs. Woody Herman, on Jan. 6.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 9, 1947

Pages: p. 4

Announcement Type: Birth

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 9, 1947

Pages: p. 4

Announcement Type: Birth

Subjects: Herman, Candice Aleene

Item ID: 8320AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Dexter Jones, 72, long active in Arcadia civic affairs, died at Arcadia Methodist Hospital. He was a local attorney, a former member of the Arcadia Board of Education and the Arcadia Chamber of Commerce.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 2, 1986

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 2, 1986

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Subjects: Arcadia Public Library - Library Board - Jones, Dexter

Item ID: 1956AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Two jockeys on two horses, each horse being held by a handler. Jockey on left is Richard Herman Shierske, who raced under the name Richard Herman and had a jockey license signed by Baldwin, dated 1909.

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Date: c.1909

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Date: c.1909

Subjects: Rancho Santa Anita; Baldwin, Elias J. "Lucky"-Horses and horse racing; Herman, Richard; Shierske, Richard Herman see Herman, Richard

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 130

Collection: Photographs

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Sandy Snider, a historian at the L. A. County Arboretum, has published a biography of Lucky Baldwin, entitled "Lucky Baldwin -- California Visionary."

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: November 22, 1987

Pages: p. B-1 photo

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: November 22, 1987

Pages: p. B-1 photo

Subjects: Arcadia authors - Snider, Sandy

Item ID: 575AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

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Arcadia Public Library Board meeting. Left to right: Mrs. Herman Snider, Chair; Mr. J.L. Young; Mr. Dexter Jones; Mrs. Herbert Opel; and Mrs. Gene Gregg. Standing is Grace Clark, City Librarian.

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Conrad "Connie" T. Reibold, former Arcadia Mayor and City Councilman, died on June 27th at age 79.

Grace Clark, City Librarian 1953-1959, at her desk at Arcadia Public Library, 25 N. First Avenue.

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Grace Clark, City Librarian, Arcadia Public Library (25 N. First Avenue), from 1953-1959.

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Grace Clark has retired after more than 21 years with the Arcadia Public Library. She was City Librarian for a number of years and has been head of the Technical Services Department for the past 15 years.

Images

Two young men playing cards at a table in a room. Man with cap is Richard Herman Shierske, who was a jockey for E.J."Lucky" Baldwin. He was licensed under the name of Richard Herman. Other young man is Charles McIver.

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Obituary/death notice.

An exhibition of oil paintings by Dexter Jones, will remain on display at the city library through June 30.

Birth. To Mr. and Mrs. Wilvan R. Conrad, May 9.

Birth. To Mr. and Mrs. Conrad Kretchmar, May 9.

Birth. To Mr. and Mrs. Samuel D. Snider, July 23.

A tale of two cities: Arcadia and bygone Arcadia. Noted historians Carol Libby and Sandy Snider slighted by longtime Councilman Roger Chandler's remarks about Anoakia, Anita Baldwin's mansion, and the historic preservation issue. See hard copy in VF City Council 2010-2019

General information

Birth. To Mr. and Mrs. Woody Herman, on Jan. 6.

Dexter Jones, 72, long active in Arcadia civic affairs, died at Arcadia Methodist Hospital. He was a local attorney, a former member of the Arcadia Board of Education and the Arcadia Chamber of Commerce.

Two jockeys on two horses, each horse being held by a handler. Jockey on left is Richard Herman Shierske, who raced under the name Richard Herman and had a jockey license signed by Baldwin, dated 1909.

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Sandy Snider, a historian at the L. A. County Arboretum, has published a biography of Lucky Baldwin, entitled "Lucky Baldwin -- California Visionary."