Close up of five Board of Trustees for City of Arcadia (now, City Council). Upper left, Hiram Unruh; upper right, Melville Lawrence (manager of Oakwood Hotel). Lower left, Harold Stocker; lower right, George Lowen Tucker; center, E.J.Baldwin. This was from first issue of Arcadia Bulletin.
"On the Air," a combined Arcadia-Monrovia float entry in the 1940 Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade, featured a floral radio. Ten people rode on the float.
Volume I no. 1 issue of first Arcadia newspaper, THE ARCADIA BULLETIN. Paper included an article on the opening of Clara Villa which opened May 3, 1904. The paper has photos of five members of the Board of Trustees (now City Council) and also one of Arcadia's first City Marshall, Elmer Anderson and his brother, Charles Anderson, City Treasurer.
Individual study room at the Arcadia Public Library. Three study rooms were added with the library remodel/expansion project. Part of the "History of the Arcadia Public Library" slide series prepared by City Librarian Kent Ross.
Miss Eleanor Gilbert is seated at circulation desk, with view east out large double wooden front doors. Coming through the door is a mother with her son.
Six men shoveling sand as part of cleaning up following construction at Santa Anita Assembly Center for the Japanese. Four ladies are seen coming down stairs.
Close up of an ad that appeared in first issue of Arcadia Bulletin. Ad is for Clara Villa. It is billed as the "swellest resort in the San Gabriel Valley".
View north toward San Gabriel Mountains. Men of Ross Field Balloon School, holding gondola or basket just coming to the ground or being readied to go aloft.
Military convoy coming toward camera. First vehicle is passing under branch of a tree. There are six men on it and it appears to be pulling a smaller 4-wheeled vehicle. The second vehicle in convoy appears to be identical to first.
View west on Huntington Drive from above intersection with Baldwin during rush hour race traffic coming to track. Note Pacific Electric Tracks have been removed but right-of-way has not been reworked.
View of intersection of Golden West and possibly Arcadia Avenue during heavy flooding. There are four people walking near right side of photo. There are four homes on right side of flooded street. Two cars are coming toward intersection.
Parachute pictured coming down on Balloon School field. San Gabriel Mountains and Chantry Flats Road can be seen in background. Parachutes were used as emergency way to evacuate balloon in case of enemy fire, lightning, etc., according to H.F.Paden.
Photographic reproduction of front cover of the July 1921 issue of The Western Humanitarian, published monthly by the Los Angeles Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. The cover features Anita Baldwin wearing a large hat with a flower in the middle.