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Woman (probably Nell Schrader) standing behind large sign reading ARCADIA GARAGE, WALTER A. SCHRADER PROPRIETOR. There is also a sign advertising Penzoil for sale.

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Date: c. late 1920's

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Date: c. late 1920's

Subjects: Arcadia Garage; Schrader, Nell

Physical Description: 2x3 b&w

ID: 1110

Collection: Photographs

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Pictured is clapboard, flat roofed garage with Arcadia Garage sign in view. It is believed to be what was called the Hibbard Building where City Hall offices were housed for a brief time. It was later converted to a garage by Walter Schrader. A small unidentified boy stands near what looks like a 1920's Model T.

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Date: c. early 1920's

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Date: c. early 1920's

Subjects: Arcadia Garage; Hibbard Building; Schrader, Walter

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 1117

Collection: Photographs

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A large group is pictured sitting or standing near entrance to Sturtevant Camp dining room. (Camp was one of many in San Gabriel Mountains; it was up Big Santa Anita Canyon.) In back row, on left, man in dark shirt and tie next to pillar, is John C. Juvinall of Monrovia.

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Date: July 3, 1916

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Date: July 3, 1916

Subjects: San Gabriel Mountains; Sturtevant Camp; Juvinall, John C

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 968

Collection: Photographs

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First building used as City Hall. (The very first City Hall offices were located in the Oakwood Hotel and next in the McCoy Building.) This apparently was known as the A.W. Hibbard Building (see Eberly, p. 69) and was used for only about two years; June 1914 to April 1916. It was on First Street at LaPorte. Sign on left above window reads: Standard Oil Co. Scrip Accepted. Back of photo reads, "first City Hall, 1913, Walter and Nell Schrader. Mr. Schrader converted old City Hall into garage." Arcadia Garage building shown with a car/truck "for sale" and a little boy posing by the back tire.

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Date: c.1917

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Date: c.1917

Subjects: City Hall

Physical Description: 5x7 b&w

ID: 490

Collection: Photographs

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ID #1966-1987 show groundbreaking ceremony for the Arcadia Community Center. City council member Dennis Lojeski at the podium. People are sitting on chairs and standing on the grass at the soon-to-be construction site at Holly Avenue and Huntington Drive.

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Date: January 11, 1990

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Date: January 11, 1990

Subjects: Recreation Department Collection; Arcadia City Council; Arcadia Community Center groundbreaking; Lojeski, Dennis

Physical Description: 3 1/2 x 4 1/2 color

ID: 1973

Collection: Photographs

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Clara Baldwin Stocker wearing an elaborate fur coat on right, with Walter McGinley in full formal attire standing in the middle holding a cane. Woman on the left is unidentified.

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Date: c.1914-1915

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Date: c.1914-1915

Subjects: Baldwin Stocker, Clara; McGinley, Walter

Physical Description: 5x7 b&w

ID: 1550

Collection: Photographs

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Arcadia City Council Members at the unveiling of plaque designating Arcadia Woman's Club Clubhouse the City of Arcadia Historic Landmark No. 1, at 324 S. First Avenue, Arcadia, CA. Left to right: Council Member Sho Tay, Council Member Michael Danielson, Cheryl Alberg, Mayor Tom Beck, Council Member Paul P. Cheng, Council Member April Verlato, and Marilyn Daleo. This is the first City of Arcadia Historical Landmark.

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Date: October 5, 2022

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Date: October 5, 2022

Subjects: Alberg, Cheryl; Arcadia City Council-2020-2029; Arcadia Woman's Club; Beck, Tom; Cheng, Paul P.; City of Arcadia Historic Landmarks; Daleo, Marilyn; Danielson, Michael; Tay, Sho; Verlato, April

Physical Description: digital, see i:images

ID: 2269

Collection: Photographs

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View toward mountains from pool area of home of Dr. Alva Surber at 1014 Hampton Road. House is seen connected to covered sitting area by trellised walk.

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Date: c.1938

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Date: c.1938

Subjects: Houses; Surber, Alva; Hampton Road

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 837

Collection: Photographs

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Mr. Walter G. Coombs, principal of First Avenue School shown pictured on the playgrounds there.

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Date: c.1939

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Date: c.1939

Subjects: Coombs, Walter B.; First Avenue School

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 1042

Collection: Photographs

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View north toward mountains and at rear of building at 22 E. Foothill Blvd., which was apparently built c. 1930. It was used for a fruit preserve business, family restaurant, and real estate office. It's last occupant was the Copy Cat custom dress business.

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Date: Feb. 1978

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Date: Feb. 1978

Subjects: Houses; Business & industry

Physical Description: 3 1/2 x 5 b&w

ID: 268

Collection: Photographs

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Engine, coal car, and two passenger coaches standing on track. The train is of the Los Angeles and San Gabriel Valley line. The engineer is sitting at his window in cab. Several other crew members can be seen. San Gabriel Mountains form backdrop of photo.

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Date: c.1885

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Date: c.1885

Subjects: Railroads; San Gabriel Mountains

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 215

Collection: Photographs

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Young lady in attire of 1890's on black horse alongside carriage barn on Baldwin Ranch. William E. Bagley of this area identified her as his mother, Alta Bagley.

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Date: c.1895

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Date: c.1895

Subjects: Bagley, Alta; Baldwin Ranch; Carriage Barn

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 410

Collection: Photographs

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Man, believed to be Wendell Chapman, member of Arcadia Civil Defense Amateur Radio Operators, shown upon horse with radio equipment. Probably taken up in mountain area north of Arcadia.

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Date: 1952

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Date: 1952

Subjects: Arcadia Civil Defense Amateur Radio Operators; Chapman, Wendell S.

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 801B

Collection: Photographs

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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

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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

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Clara Baldwin Stocker is seated second from the right, with her left hand resting on the shoulder of Melville Lawrence. Mr. Lawrence's wife, Emma Lawrence, is standing behind the group. Seen L-R: Unidentified woman sitting; Emma Lawrence standing; Walter McGinley; Clara Baldwin Stocker; Melville Lawrence. The group is on a boat excursion at Lake Tahoe.

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Date: c.1915-1918

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Date: c.1915-1918

Subjects: Baldwin Stocker, Clara; Lawrence, Emma; Lawrence, Melville; McGinley, Walter

Physical Description: 5x7 b&w

ID: 1571

Collection: Photographs

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Baldwin Ranch greenhouse located south of the Adobe, is pictured behind a row of whitewashed granite boulders. By 1905, these boulders lined all interior ranch roads. Baldwin's initials, E.J.B., are lettered in stone in front of the greenhouse.

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Date: c.1905

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Date: c.1905

Subjects: Baldwin Ranch; Rancho Santa Anita-1875-1909

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 1166

Collection: Photographs

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A disc plow sits in field in this view looking north toward mountains. This was very shortly after Mauch family bought the 5 acres near Palm Avenue and Holly Avenue. The dirt road on extreme right is Holly Avenue.

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Date: Feb. 1922

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Date: Feb. 1922

Subjects: Agriculture; Holly Avenue; San Gabriel Mountains; Mauch, Aloyosius

Physical Description: 6x10 b&w (this is left portion of a panorama - photo 1000 completes scene)

ID: 999

Collection: Photographs

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View north across Santa Anita Race Track parking lot toward San Gabriel Mountains with three members of Los Angeles County Sheriff's Posse mounted for Peach Blossom Festival.

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Date: c.1950

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Date: c.1950

Subjects: Peach Blossom Festival

Physical Description: 4x6 b&w

ID: 425

Collection: Photographs

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Arcadia Chinese Association Chinese New Year luncheon for Arcadia city employees at Arcadia Community Center. Five members of Arcadia Chinese Association are shown. The one man sitting down is writing in Chinese calligraphy.

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Date: January or February 1995

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Date: January or February 1995

Subjects: Recreation Department Collection; Arcadia Chinese Association

Physical Description: 4 x 6 color

ID: 2081

Collection: Photographs

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View across Santa Anita Rancho lands toward San Gabriel Mountains, looking north, slightly to the west.

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Date: probably 1935

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Date: probably 1935

Subjects: San Gabriel Mountains; Agriculture; Arcadia(City)-History-1930-1939

Physical Description: one 3x5, one 8x10 b&w

ID: 16

Collection: Photographs

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Woman (probably Nell Schrader) standing behind large sign reading ARCADIA GARAGE, WALTER A. SCHRADER PROPRIETOR. There is also a sign advertising Penzoil for sale.

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A large group is pictured sitting or standing near entrance to Sturtevant Camp dining room. (Camp was one of many in San Gabriel Mountains; it was up Big Santa Anita Canyon.) In back row, on left, man in dark shirt and tie next to pillar, is John C. Juvinall of Monrovia.

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ID #1966-1987 show groundbreaking ceremony for the Arcadia Community Center. City council member Dennis Lojeski at the podium. People are sitting on chairs and standing on the grass at the soon-to-be construction site at Holly Avenue and Huntington Drive.

Images

Clara Baldwin Stocker wearing an elaborate fur coat on right, with Walter McGinley in full formal attire standing in the middle holding a cane. Woman on the left is unidentified.

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View toward mountains from pool area of home of Dr. Alva Surber at 1014 Hampton Road. House is seen connected to covered sitting area by trellised walk.

Images

Mr. Walter G. Coombs, principal of First Avenue School shown pictured on the playgrounds there.

Images

View north toward mountains and at rear of building at 22 E. Foothill Blvd., which was apparently built c. 1930. It was used for a fruit preserve business, family restaurant, and real estate office. It's last occupant was the Copy Cat custom dress business.

Images

Engine, coal car, and two passenger coaches standing on track. The train is of the Los Angeles and San Gabriel Valley line. The engineer is sitting at his window in cab. Several other crew members can be seen. San Gabriel Mountains form backdrop of photo.

Images

Young lady in attire of 1890's on black horse alongside carriage barn on Baldwin Ranch. William E. Bagley of this area identified her as his mother, Alta Bagley.

Images

Man, believed to be Wendell Chapman, member of Arcadia Civil Defense Amateur Radio Operators, shown upon horse with radio equipment. Probably taken up in mountain area north of Arcadia.

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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.

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Baldwin Ranch greenhouse located south of the Adobe, is pictured behind a row of whitewashed granite boulders. By 1905, these boulders lined all interior ranch roads. Baldwin's initials, E.J.B., are lettered in stone in front of the greenhouse.

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A disc plow sits in field in this view looking north toward mountains. This was very shortly after Mauch family bought the 5 acres near Palm Avenue and Holly Avenue. The dirt road on extreme right is Holly Avenue.

Images

View north across Santa Anita Race Track parking lot toward San Gabriel Mountains with three members of Los Angeles County Sheriff's Posse mounted for Peach Blossom Festival.

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Arcadia Chinese Association Chinese New Year luncheon for Arcadia city employees at Arcadia Community Center. Five members of Arcadia Chinese Association are shown. The one man sitting down is writing in Chinese calligraphy.

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View across Santa Anita Rancho lands toward San Gabriel Mountains, looking north, slightly to the west.

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