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Winners of the Bicycle Rodeo, an event sponsored by Arcadia Police Department and Arcadia Recreation Department, from left to right: Albert Schneider (winner boys 8-14 year old group), Bruce Frazier (winner boys 8 and under), Juanita Curti (winner girls 14 and under), Betsy Bosil (winner girls 8 and under). Pictured behind the children left to right are Police Chief William Orr and Patrolman William Goodman. The Bicycle Rodeo was a contest in bicycle safety and riding skill. Winners received nighttime riding lights and electric horns. The awards were the culmination of bicycle safety instruction offered at Arcadia playgrounds throughout the summer by William Goodman. A similar version of this photograph appeared in Arcadia Tribune, p. 6, August 23, 1956.

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Date
August 1956
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Date
August 1956
Subjects
Recreation Department Collection
Awards
Bicycle safety
Bosil, Betsy
Children
Curti, Juanita
Frazier, Bruce
Goodman, William
Orr, William
Schneider, Albert
Physical Description
6 1/2 x 6 1/2 b&w
ID
1905
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Alfred Paredes of AP Sculpture Studio is the sculptor (wearing shorts and cap), standing to the right, of the Lucky Baldwin statue called "A Dawn in the West." Photo was taken after the patina was completed at Art Bronze Foundry in Burbank, CA. The two on the left of the statue are artisans who applied the patina. The statue is now located at the Reverend Monsignor Gerald M. O'Keeffe Rose Garden near the Arcadia Community Center at 365 Campus Drive. Printed on inkjet from a JPEG file.

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Date
c. October 2012
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Date
c. October 2012
Subjects
Artists
Baldwin, Elias J. "Lucky"
Lucky Baldwin statue
Paredes, Alfred
Sculptures
Statuary
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8 x 10 color
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2094
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Portrait of Arcadia Police Department Officer Eric R. Topel, in uniform.

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Date
1950s
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Date
1950s
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Arcadia Police Department
Topel, Eric R.
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4x5 b&w
ID
2123
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Portrait of Arcadia Police Department Officer Eric Topel.

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Date
1950s
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Date
1950s
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Arcadia Police Department
Topel, Eric R.
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4x5 b&w
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2124
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Bob Merget, on left, and helper Torval Yates pictured in front of Merget's Malt Shop located at 111 E. Huntington Drive, where Bank of America was located until its move to N. Santa Anita. It was a tradition on May Day that free cones were given out to all youngsters, according to information given by former residents.

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Date
1935
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Date
1935
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Restaurants-Merget's Malt Shop
Ice cream
Merget, Robert R.
Yates, Torval
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
841
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Ribbon cutting for first segment of Foothill Freeway completed through Arcadia, September 1968. Pictured L-R: Roger Ferguson, Mayor of Monrovia; next not identified; Sherrill Watson; Frank Bonelli, L.A.County Supervisor; Haig Ajamain; Don Hage, Mayor of Arcadia; next not identified; and Mayor Prentiss R. Ham of Duarte.

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Date
September 1968
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Date
September 1968
Subjects
Foothill Freeway
Ferguson, Roger
Watson, Sherrill
Bonelli, Frank
Ajamian, Haig
Hage, Donald
Ham, Prentiss R.
Physical Description
4x6 b&w
ID
1060
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Police Force. "Know Your Policeman" a photograph of a display case showing police staff photos, titles, dates of appointment, and birthplaces. Top row (L to R): Chief of Police Neil F. Anderson, Captain William S. Orr, Eric R. Topel. Row 2 (L to R): Harry E. Peterson "Pete," Virgil Mayne, Richard J. Williams, James F. Hayes, Thomas G. Bednark, Florence Wilson. Row 3 (L to R): Joan Hames, Dudley M. Covell, Wayne G. Moore "Dinty," Jack Tillotson "Tillie," James W. Clark, Joseph V. Calvechie, Earl A. Cann. Row 4 (L to R): William L. Reddington, Herman H. Decker, Emil H. Leese, Jack P. Jordan "Rocky," Ray E. Owen, John H. Brown, Edward W. Goldsberry. Row 5 (L to R): Donald J. Molden "Jack," Kaare E. Nordlie "Ken," Paul R. Bird, William M. White, Billy D. Oliver, Richard S. Chatwin, Fred R. Smith "Smitty." Bottom row (L to R): Martin Renteria, William A. Goodman.

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Date
Late 1950s
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Date
Late 1950s
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Arcadia Police Department
Anderson, Neil F.
Bednark, Thomas G.
Bird, Paul R.
Brown, John H.
Calvechie, Joseph V.
Cann, Earl A.
Chatwin, Richard S.
Clark, James W.
Covell, Dudley M.
Decker, Herman H.
Goldsberry, Edward W.
Goodman, William A.
Hames, Joan
Hayes, James F.
Jordan, Jack P.
Leese, Emil H.
Mayne, Virgil
Molden, Donald J.
Moore, Wayne G.
Nordlie, Kaare E.
Oliver, Billy D.
Orr, William S.
Owen, Ray E.
Peterson, Harry E.
Reddington, William L.
Renteria, Martin
Smith, Fred R.
Tillotson, Jack
Topel, Eric R.
White, William M.
Williams, Richard J.
Wilson, Florence
Physical Description
8 x 10 b&w
ID
2092
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Page 13 of The Arcadian Observer, Official Publication of the United States Army Balloon School, Arcadia, California. September 1918 Supplement. Featuring photographs of U.S. Balloon School officers, all lieutenants: N.C. Farnum, Joseph Raymond Williams, R. Lauch Benson, Carleton T. Olds, Clarence Lober, Richard Lewis, Charles Irwin, W.S. Brown, Larkin O'Neill, N. Roman, N.J. Van Valkenberg, Roy Parker, and Carl McCarthy. Negative and print were made for the grant funded Local History Digital Resources Project 2006-2007. A digital image of this photograph is file name: caarpl_116 on LHDRP 2006-2007 Disc 9 of 14. See black box labeled Arcadia History Room Media Box.

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Date
September 1918
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Date
September 1918
Subjects
Balloon School
Benson, R. Lauch
Brown, W. S.
Farnum, N. C.
Irwin, Charles
Lewis, Richard
Lober, Clarence
McCarthy, Carl
Olds, Carleton T.
O'Neill, Larkin
Parker, Roy
Roman, N.
Van Valkenberg, N. J.
Williams, Joseph Raymond
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
1854
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Page 15 of The Arcadian Observer, Official Publication of the United States Army Balloon School, Arcadia, California. September 1918 Supplement. Featuring photographs of U.S. Balloon School officers, all lieutenants. L. Heath, J.J. Fitzgerald, H.C. Hahlbeck, Stanley W. Hahn, George K. Barnes, Robert Drake, Rolla W. Wybrant, William D. Geiger, Harry R. Rafferty, Wayne Burbank, T.N. Wrenn, George Parish, William Barnard, Charles N. White, William B. Gemmill, and William Simpson. Negative and print were made for the grant funded Local History Digital Resources Project 2006-2007. A digital image of this photograph is file name: caarpl_117 on LHDRP 2006-2007 Disc 9 of 14. See black box labeled Arcadia History Room Media Box.

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Date
September 1918
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Date
September 1918
Subjects
Balloon School
Barnard, William
Barnes, George K
Burbank, Wayne
Drake, Robert
Fitzgerald, J. J.
Geiger, William D.
Gemmill, William B.
Hahlbeck, H.C.
Hahn, Stanley W.
Heath, L.
Parish, George
Rafferty, Harry R
Simpson, William
White, Charles N.
Wrenn, T. N.
Wybrant, Rolla W.
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
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1853
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Portrait of Anita Baldwin at time of marriage to George Baldwin, circa 1891. Copied from original given to Arcadia Historical Society by J.T. Reidell.

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Date
c. 1891
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Date
c. 1891
Subjects
Baldwin, Anita
Baldwin family
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8x10 b&w vertical 2 prints
ID
89
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Portrait photo of Marian (?) Louise Rothe, who was married to Samuel Waterson Eldridge on April 29, 1914 and on September 5, 1914 (2 marriages). See also photo 2169.

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Date
c. 1914
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c. 1914
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Rothe, Marian (?) Louise
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4x6" b&w
ID
2168
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Portrait photo of Samuel Waterson Eldridge, who was married to Marian (?) Louise Rothe on April 29, 1914 and on September 5, 1914 (2 marriages). See also photo 2168.

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Date
c. 1914
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Date
c. 1914
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Eldridge, Samuel Waterson
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4x6" b&w
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2169
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