Photo of front page of the Los Angeles Times of April 3, 1909 with picture of Lily Bennett Baldwin and article about estate she inherited on death of Elias J."Lucky" Baldwin.
Looking north up First Avenue from corner with Huntington Drive. Six people standing in front of building on NE corner which is First National Bank or possibly had changed to Bank of Italy by this time. People L-R: First, not identified; next, Howard Bower, Bank Manager; next, not identified; Alberta Fabrick, escrow clerk; Jim Fletcher; Dick Hornie. Part of panorama, ID#s 916-921.
Groundbreaking ceremonies for the remodel/expansion project at Arcadia Public Library, 20 W. Duarte Road. This photo shows a group of people standing in front of a large sign announcing the expansion project. There is a shovel in the ground in front of them. L-R: Kent Ross, Joan Scott, Mavis Dumbacher, Don Swenson, June Fee, Sheng Chang, Jesse Vanlandingham, Mary Young, Barbara Kuhn and Mayor Dennis Lojeski.
General Robert F. Brainard is being greeted by Diamond Jubilee Chairman James Helms on the way into Diamond Jubilee Breakfast. Others on the left have not been identified.
James N. Walker, on left and Robert L. Walker on right, owners of Walker's Bar-B-Q, are pictured in front of their business at 63 W. Huntington Drive. Their menu is painted on the building.
Councilmember Mary Young is seen seated at a table in the north reading room of the Arcadia Public Library, 20 W. Duarte Rd. She is wearing a blue dress. The nonfiction stacks are visible behind her. There are books and a globe on the table. Photo was taken by Dorothy Denne of the Arcadia Weekly to be used in a display for National Library Week.
ID #1966-1987 show groundbreaking ceremony for the Arcadia Community Center, to be built soon at the site at Holly Avenue and Huntington Drive. Unknown man at the podium. City council members (left to right) Mary Young, Charles Gilb and Robert Harbicht are seated.
Arcadia Recreation Department event "Arcadia Pet Show." Man wearing a sweater vest is holding onto a duck, a toddler stands nearby. Written on back of photograph is "Fowl most unusual, Don Dugo or Don Diego (?), July 13, 1974." Stamped on back is "Milton K. Bell, Photographer, 174 N. Madison Ave., Monrovia, CA. July 11, 1974."
ID #2012-2027 show the opening dedication and ribbon cutting at the newly built Arcadia Community Center, at 365 Campus Drive. Charles Gilb and Mary Young are holding the big scissors. From left to right: George Fasching, City Manager George Watts, Mary Young, Joseph Ciraulo, Charles Gilb, Robert Harbicht. Fasching, Young, Ciraulo, Gilb and Harbicht are City Council members.
Department heads pictured in front of City Council Building. L-R: Steve Larson (Personnel); Jim Domney (Library); Jerry Collins (Recreation); Jay Corey (Redevelopment); Steve Bocian (Administrative Assistant); Jerry Gardner (Fire Chief); Bill Woolard (Planning); Bob Berlien (Water); Neal Johnson (Police);Jerry Shuster (Finance); Chester Howard (Public Works); Charles Mitchell (Police Chief); and George Watts (City Manager). Copy 1 acquired March 1982. Copy 2 acquired from Recreation Department November 2013.
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.
James Jeffries, well known boxer is shown in defensive stance. He is known to have visited Arcadia as reported in a 1904 newspaper -- and possible to have fought here.
ID #1966-1987 show groundbreaking ceremony for the Arcadia Community Center, to be built soon at the site at Holly Avenue and Huntington Drive. City council members with shovels from left to right Charles Gilb, Roger Chandler, Robert Harbicht, Mary Young, Dennis Lojeski.
ID #1966-1987 show groundbreaking ceremony for the Arcadia Community Center, to be built soon at the site at Holly Avenue and Huntington Drive. City council members with shovels from left to right Charles Gilb, Roger Chandler, Robert Harbicht, Mary Young, Dennis Lojeski.
ID #1966-1987 show groundbreaking ceremony for the Arcadia Community Center, to be built soon at the site at Holly Avenue and Huntington Drive. City council members with shovels from left to right Charles Gilb, Roger Chandler, Robert Harbicht, Mary Young, Dennis Lojeski.
ID #1966-1987 show groundbreaking ceremony for the Arcadia Community Center, to be built soon at the site at Holly Avenue and Huntington Drive. City council members with shovels from left to right Charles Gilb, Roger Chandler, Robert Harbicht, Mary Young, Dennis Lojeski.
ID #1966-1987 show groundbreaking ceremony for the Arcadia Community Center, to be built soon at the site at Holly Avenue and Huntington Drive. City council members in attendance include Charles Gilb, Roger Chandler, Robert Harbicht, Mary Young, Dennis Lojeski. A U.S. flag is standing just right of the center.
ID #1966-1987 show groundbreaking ceremony for the Arcadia Community Center, to be built soon at the site at Holly Avenue and Huntington Drive. City council members in attendance include Charles Gilb, Roger Chandler, Robert Harbicht, Mary Young, Dennis Lojeski.
Arcadia Public Library Board meeting in conference room at 20 W. Duarte Road. Left to right: City Librarian Richard Miller, Roberta Camphouse, Mary Fran Andregg, Secretary to Board and City Librarian Betty Sprang, Shirley McNall, Edward Butterworth (liaison from City Hall), and Dr. Robert Stragnell.