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History in Arcadia

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 16, 1961
Pages
p. 22
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 16, 1961
Pages
p. 22
Subjects
Camp Fire Girls - Santa Fe Trail Council
Item ID
3745AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Towne Center office building at Santa Anita and Wheeler

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 23, 1967 p. 1
May 4, 1967 p. 1
May 7, 1967 p. 1 (architect's drawing)
November 9, 1967 p. 1
November 19, 1967 p. 1
May 19, 1968 p. 1
January 7, 1970 p. 1
February 21, 1971 p. 1 (ground breaking)
April 4, 1971 p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 23, 1967 p. 1
May 4, 1967 p. 1
May 7, 1967 p. 1 (architect's drawing)
November 9, 1967 p. 1
November 19, 1967 p. 1
May 19, 1968 p. 1
January 7, 1970 p. 1
February 21, 1971 p. 1 (ground breaking)
April 4, 1971 p. 1
Subjects
Buildings
Item ID
3697AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Uses of Santa Fe Dam considered.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 11, 1965
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 11, 1965
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Dams
Item ID
3888AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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8 story office building at Baldwin and Arcadia

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 10, 1966
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 10, 1966
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Buildings
Item ID
3696AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Building height

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 23, 1963 p. 1
June 27, 1963 p. 1
July 7, 1963 p. 1
August 8, 1963 p. 1
August 11, 1963 p. 1
August 15, 1963 p. 1
September 26, 1963 p. 1 (reduction)
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 23, 1963 p. 1
June 27, 1963 p. 1
July 7, 1963 p. 1
August 8, 1963 p. 1
August 11, 1963 p. 1
August 15, 1963 p. 1
September 26, 1963 p. 1 (reduction)
Subjects
Ordinances, Municipal
Item ID
4051AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Building controls

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 19, 1964 p. 1 (Towne Center)
December 17, 1964 p. 1 ("Conditional Use" changes)
January 24, 1965 p. 1 ( " )
September 5, 1971 p. 1 ( " )
January 13, 1966 p. 1 (2 story houses)
January 20, 1966 p. 1 ( " )
August 38, 1966 p. 1 (building controls tightened)
September 18, 1968 p. 1 (minimum lot size increased)
March 29, 1970 p. 1 (multi-story amendment)
June 24, 1973 p. 1 (condominium code tightened)
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 19, 1964 p. 1 (Towne Center)
December 17, 1964 p. 1 ("Conditional Use" changes)
January 24, 1965 p. 1 ( " )
September 5, 1971 p. 1 ( " )
January 13, 1966 p. 1 (2 story houses)
January 20, 1966 p. 1 ( " )
August 38, 1966 p. 1 (building controls tightened)
September 18, 1968 p. 1 (minimum lot size increased)
March 29, 1970 p. 1 (multi-story amendment)
June 24, 1973 p. 1 (condominium code tightened)
Subjects
Ordinances, Municipal
Item ID
4052AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Pacific Telephone building

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 30, 1963
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 30, 1963
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Buildings
Item ID
3691AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Library Building (1961-1989)

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Start Date
1961
End Date
1989
Contents
1. "Report and recommendations." Report from E. Castagna to Library Board on locating new library building, March 18, 1957, nine pages. 2. "A report on the future building program." Report by the Library Board and Administration, March 21, 1957, fifteen pages. 3. Letter from E. Castagna to Libra…
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Start Date
1961
End Date
1989
Contents
1. "Report and recommendations." Report from E. Castagna to Library Board on locating new library building, March 18, 1957, nine pages.
2. "A report on the future building program." Report by the Library Board and Administration, March 21, 1957, fifteen pages.
3. Letter from E. Castagna to Library Board, May 15, 1957.
4. "Arcadia Public Library second preliminary planning program." Undated, fifteen pages.
5. Schematic drawing prepared for the Arcadia Library Board, July 5, 1957.
6. "Arcadia Library plans approved by Library Board." Monrovia Daily News, November 16, 1959.
7. Information sheet on Arcadia Public Library at the time of building dedication, April 16, 1961.
8. City of Arcadia final cost and related data published at the time of building dedication, April 1961.
9. Dedication Ceremony program, April 16, 1961. Four copies.
10. "Art Exhibitions." List of exhibits at the time of building dedication, April 16, 1961.
11. "Invitation to Your New Library." Brochure for the public, April 16, 1961.
12. Invitation to the formal dedication ceremony, April 16, 1961.
13. "Arcadia Public Library history." A history and list of personnel as of opening the new building, April 16, 1961, one page.
14. List of Arcadia Public Library activities for the dedication week, April 17-22, 1961.
15. "Library dedication ceremonies." Arcadia Tribune, April 13, 1961, two parts.
16. "Library to be dedicated in Arcadia." Los Angeles Times, San Gabriel Valley section, April 9, 1961, with photos.
17. Area handwritten sheet with square footage, undated. (MISSING - April 1994)
18. "Arcadia changes image with carpets and music." Library Journal, December 15, 1961.
19. "Everybody loves the Library." San Francisco Sunday Chronicle, April 15, 1962.
20. Arcadia Public Library Junior Reading Room Dedication program, November 16, 1963. Two copies. (NOTE: Children's wing was not completed at the time the new library opened in 1961.)
21. Program for an Arcadia High School Music Holiday Concert to benefit the Jerry Broadwell Fund. (NOTE: The Children's room was redecorated in 1976 and dedicated to Fire Captain Jerry Broadwell.)
22. "Jerry Broadwell Children's Library." Information sheet describing memorial fund.
23. Dedication program of the Jerry Broadwell Children's Room, March 21, 1976.
24. The Memorial Fund Committee invitation to the dedication of the Jerry Broadwell Children's Room, March 21, 1976.
25. Arcadia Public Library floor plan, 1967.
26. "Book borrowers get gate." Arcadia Tribune, February 5, 1967.
27. Arcadia Public Library floor plan, pre-1972-1973.
28. "Arcadia's library violates city zoning law, planner charges." Los Angeles Times, January 31, 1971.
29. "New concepts in service seen at Arcadia Library." News clip, August, 1972.
30. "Arcadia's library violates city zoning law, planner charges." Los Angeles Times, January 31, 1971.
31. "Anti-stealing device ok'd for library." News clip, October 1974.
32. "Big bargain." News clip, June 1975.
33. "Broadwell memorial selected." News clip, undated.
34. "Patience, please." News clip, May 1975.
35. "Children's Library." News clip, February 1976.
36. "Arcadia Library using detection." News clip, June 1975.
37. "Arcadia fireman and their wives painting Children's Room of the Arcadia Public Library." News photo, February 1976.
38. Library renovation." News clip, February 1973.
39. Arcadians gather to honor Broadwell." News photos, March 1976.
40. "New children's section opens." Arcadia Tribune, October 17, 1963.
41. "Recommendations for the new library building." Study from the Library Board to the City Council, February, 18, 1958.
42. Packet of correspondence, news clips, etc. relating to development and building of the library at 20 West Duarte Road, undated.
43. "Library site selection: size, open space, parking, proximity." Arcadia Tribune, 1978.
44. "Arcadia changes the image with carpets and music." Library Journal, December 1, 1961, page 4100. Two copies.
45. "Final project cost estimate - Library Building." Published by the City of Arcadia, California, 1960, three pages.
46. Packet on the Children's and Young Adult's room, circa 1963.
47. "Recommendations for new library - location and size." February 18, 1958.
48. Packet on library furnishings with emphasis on the carpet controversy.
49. Memo from City Librarian Jim Domney to City Manager George J. Watts regarding earthquake damage to the Library building, October 2, 1987.
50. "Library built for future." Los Angeles Times, March 26, 1961.
Subjects
Library Building (1961-1989)
Physical Description
2 folders
Item ID
139AF
Collection
Subject Files
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Office building at First and Wheeler

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 12, 1962
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 12, 1962
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Buildings
Item ID
3690AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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New building for Chamber of Commerce

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 24, 1963 p. 1
May 16, 1963 p. 13
June 13, 1963 p. 1 (new building)
August 22, 1963 p. 1 (architect's drawing)
August 22, 1964 p. 1
September 3, 1964 p. 1
February 28, 1965 p. 1 (ground breaking)
June 6, 1965 p. 1 (picture)
November 14, 1965 p. 3 (dedication)
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 24, 1963 p. 1
May 16, 1963 p. 13
June 13, 1963 p. 1 (new building)
August 22, 1963 p. 1 (architect's drawing)
August 22, 1964 p. 1
September 3, 1964 p. 1
February 28, 1965 p. 1 (ground breaking)
June 6, 1965 p. 1 (picture)
November 14, 1965 p. 3 (dedication)
Subjects
Chamber of Commerce
Item ID
4145AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Items regarding Santa Clara

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 7, 1968 p. 1 (bridge)
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 7, 1968 p. 1 (bridge)
Subjects
Streets - Santa Clara
Item ID
4284AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Changes made in zoning for Santa Anita Village

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 31, 1968
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 31, 1968
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Real estate - Santa Anita Village
Item ID
4159AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Santa Anita Oaks shopping center proposal faces planning commission. The application, filed by National Shopping Centers, Inc., Rosemead, requests zone change at the northwest corner of Santa Anita Avenue and Foothill Boulevard from C-2 and R-O to C-2 and D. See hard copy of newspaper in Box 51.

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Newspaper
Arcadia News Post
Date
August 21, 1967
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia News Post
Date
August 21, 1967
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Planning Commission
Santa Anita Oaks shopping center
Zoning
Item ID
34145AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Mrs. Raymond A. Dorn, wife of Pasadena real estate man, who developed much of the property north of Foothill Boulevard in Arcadia, was killed and her husband injured in an automobile accident at Rosemead Boulevard and Callita Street.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 10, 1961
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 10, 1961
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Dorn, Raymond A. (Mrs.)
Real estate developers
Item ID
32505AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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"Unique Alumni Group Welcomes Former Baldwin Era Residents" by Helen Schrader. Ernest Schultz and his twin sisters Freda Schultz and Hilda Schultz, who were residents of early Arcadia and former students of the little school at the corner of Huntington Drive and Santa Anita, reunite and talk about life and schools in the early 1900s, including Arcadia's first school in the old packing house on the Baldwin Ranch. They recalled that the eighth grade teacher Miss Jeanette Said taught in English and Spanish since many students only spoke Spanish. News clipping. See also: Arcadia file "People," item number 2 clipping which includes a photo.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 2, 1964
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 2, 1964
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Arcadia schools - history
Schultz, Ernest
Schutlz, Freda
Schultz, Hilda
Baldwin Ranch
Said, Jeanette
Item ID
29788AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia Journal first paper in Arcadia

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 12, 1962
Pages
p. 2
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 12, 1962
Pages
p. 2
Subjects
Newspapers - Arcadia Journal
Item ID
4027AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Items regarding Arcadia St.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 15, 1960 p. 1 (extension)
August 18, 1960 p. 1 ( " )
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 15, 1960 p. 1 (extension)
August 18, 1960 p. 1 ( " )
Subjects
Streets - Arcadia
Item ID
4279AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Egner Construction Company of Gardena will starting building second apartment in the city on West Huntington Drive. Earlier in January, the Egner Company took out a permit for a 21-unit apartment on Fairview Avenue. See hard copy of newspaper in Box 51.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune,
Date
February 2, 1964
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune,
Date
February 2, 1964
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Apartment buildings
Egner Construction Company
Item ID
34151AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia Beautiful Commission Scrapbook

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Start Date
1969
End Date
1991
Contents
a. Arcadia Beautiful Commission Scrapbook featuring award winners and pictures of awards ceremonies. Clippings from 1984 through 1991. b. Arcadia Beautiful Commission Scrapbook. Established 1970. Paintings by Edna Lenz on the first few pages. Clippings from 1969 through 1978.
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Start Date
1969
End Date
1991
Contents
a. Arcadia Beautiful Commission Scrapbook featuring award winners and pictures of awards ceremonies. Clippings from 1984 through 1991.
b. Arcadia Beautiful Commission Scrapbook. Established 1970. Paintings by Edna Lenz on the first few pages. Clippings from 1969 through 1978.
Subjects
Arcadia Beautiful Commission Scrapbook
Location
Basement
Box Number
Box 83
Shelf Number
Shelf H34
Item ID
389AF
Collection
Subject Files
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General articles regarding Arcadia Area Development Group

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 29, 1967 p. 1
November 12, 1967 p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 29, 1967 p. 1
November 12, 1967 p. 1
Subjects
Organizations - Arcadia Area Development Group
Item ID
4064AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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