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Monrovia. Hotels, motels, etc.- La Vista Grande

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Artist: Justine Wishek

Description: La Vista Grande Hotel -- One of Monrovia's several early hotels, La Vista Grande "enjoyed much activity" and was used as a town meeting place for a number of years before it was destroyed by fire.

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Artist: Justine Wishek

Description: La Vista Grande Hotel -- One of Monrovia's several early hotels, La Vista Grande "enjoyed much activity" and was used as a town meeting place for a number of years before it was destroyed by fire.

Item ID: 45W

Collection: Paintings

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Pio Pico Courtyard

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Artist: Justine Wishek

Description: Pio Pico Courtyard -- Don Pico, who "went in for gaming, horse races and gay fiestas" entertained lavishly. His guests dined in this courtyard that faced the Puente Hills.

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Artist: Justine Wishek

Description: Pio Pico Courtyard -- Don Pico, who "went in for gaming, horse races and gay fiestas" entertained lavishly. His guests dined in this courtyard that faced the Puente Hills.

Item ID: 15W

Collection: Paintings

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Hotel

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Artist: Justine Wishek

Description: Claremont Hotel -- This hotel, which had never been furnished or occupied, was offered as the first permanent building to Pomona College, thereby locating Pomona College in Claremont.

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Artist: Justine Wishek

Description: Claremont Hotel -- This hotel, which had never been furnished or occupied, was offered as the first permanent building to Pomona College, thereby locating Pomona College in Claremont.

Item ID: 27W

Collection: Paintings

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Hotel

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/paintings67

Artist: Justine Wishek

Description: Lordsburg Hotel -- Built in 1888 in what is now LaVerne, at a cost reputed to have been $90,000, this 126-room hotel was the largest of the boom era hotels. It is no longer standing.

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Artist: Justine Wishek

Description: Lordsburg Hotel -- Built in 1888 in what is now LaVerne, at a cost reputed to have been $90,000, this 126-room hotel was the largest of the boom era hotels. It is no longer standing.

Item ID: 29W

Collection: Paintings

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Hotel

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Artist: Justine Wishek

Description: Palomares Hotel -- This is a typical boom hotel, long since destroyed.

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Artist: Justine Wishek

Description: Palomares Hotel -- This is a typical boom hotel, long since destroyed.

Item ID: 30W

Collection: Paintings

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Hotel

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/paintings74

Artist: Edna Lenz

Description: Alosta Hotel -- Built just across the line from Glendora, this was a very active hotel until 1955 when it was torn down; the lumber was purchased by the Mormons for their Temple.

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Artist: Edna Lenz

Description: Alosta Hotel -- Built just across the line from Glendora, this was a very active hotel until 1955 when it was torn down; the lumber was purchased by the Mormons for their Temple.

Item ID: 36L

Collection: Paintings

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Hotel

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Artist: Justine Wishek

Description: Azusa Brunjes Hotel -- Built in 1884 in Gladstone and moved to the corner of Azusa Avenue and Foothill Boulevard in Azusa in 1896, this building, which contained a barbershop, saloon, newsstand and library, served as the community center. It was torn down in 1955.

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Artist: Justine Wishek

Description: Azusa Brunjes Hotel -- Built in 1884 in Gladstone and moved to the corner of Azusa Avenue and Foothill Boulevard in Azusa in 1896, this building, which contained a barbershop, saloon, newsstand and library, served as the community center. It was torn down in 1955.

Item ID: 40W

Collection: Paintings

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Hotel

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Artist: Justine Wishek

Description: Azusa Hotel -- This boom hotel had only one guest, a lady from the East, who paid $25.00 for one month "for room, board, and carriage". This was torn down many years ago.

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Artist: Justine Wishek

Description: Azusa Hotel -- This boom hotel had only one guest, a lady from the East, who paid $25.00 for one month "for room, board, and carriage". This was torn down many years ago.

Item ID: 41W

Collection: Paintings

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Hotel

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Artist: Justine Wishek

Description: Raymond Hotel -- This is the second Raymond Hotel; the original one, built in the 1880's was destroyed by fire. Located on a knoll overlooking South Pasadena's vast citrus groves, this model boom-era hotel was the first stop (10:00 a.m.) on the Grand Round.

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Artist: Justine Wishek

Description: Raymond Hotel -- This is the second Raymond Hotel; the original one, built in the 1880's was destroyed by fire. Located on a knoll overlooking South Pasadena's vast citrus groves, this model boom-era hotel was the first stop (10:00 a.m.) on the Grand Round.

Item ID: 51W

Collection: Paintings

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Bonita Hotel

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Artist: Edna Lenz

Description: Bonita Hotel -- Built in 1890 on what is now the corner of Wheeler Street and First Avenue, this "hotel and bar" prospered after the Oakwood Hotel was destroyed by fire. It is no longer standing.

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Artist: Edna Lenz

Description: Bonita Hotel -- Built in 1890 on what is now the corner of Wheeler Street and First Avenue, this "hotel and bar" prospered after the Oakwood Hotel was destroyed by fire. It is no longer standing.

Item ID: 96L

Collection: Paintings

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Sierra Madre. Hotels, motels, etc.-Lima Hotel

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Artist: Justine Wishek

Description: Lima Hotel -- Still standing on Lima Street in Sierra Madre, this Victorian style hotel built in 1887 was converted to a convalescent home. (In 1954 it was used in the film, "The Seven Little Foys," starring Bob Hope.)

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Artist: Justine Wishek

Description: Lima Hotel -- Still standing on Lima Street in Sierra Madre, this Victorian style hotel built in 1887 was converted to a convalescent home. (In 1954 it was used in the film, "The Seven Little Foys," starring Bob Hope.)

Item ID: 56W

Collection: Paintings

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Oakwood Hotel. Fairy Land

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Artist: Justine Wishek

Description: Oakwood Hotel -- Entrance to Fairy Land. Construction of Lucky Baldwin's Oakwood Hotel began in June of 1887 on the southwest corner of First Avenue and Santa Clara Street, across the tracks from the Santa Anita Depot. When completed, the two-story brick building contained 35 rooms with verandas r…

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Artist: Justine Wishek

Description: Oakwood Hotel -- Entrance to Fairy Land. Construction of Lucky Baldwin's Oakwood Hotel began in June of 1887 on the southwest corner of First Avenue and Santa Clara Street, across the tracks from the Santa Anita Depot. When completed, the two-story brick building contained 35 rooms with verandas running around both floors. In 1903 it became the first City Government headquarters, and later was the area's sporting center. It was destroyed by fire on November 26, 1911.

Item ID: 72W

Collection: Paintings

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Monrovia. Streetcars

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Artist: Justine Wishek

Description: Donkey Streetcar (Monrovia) -- This is the famous streetcar that went between the center of town and the Santa Fe station. The donkey pulled it uphill, then rode downgrade on the rear platform.

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Artist: Justine Wishek

Description: Donkey Streetcar (Monrovia) -- This is the famous streetcar that went between the center of town and the Santa Fe station. The donkey pulled it uphill, then rode downgrade on the rear platform.

Item ID: 44W

Collection: Paintings

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Monrovia Planet Building

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Artist: Edna Lenz

Description: Monrovia "Planet" Building -- The Monrovia Townsite Committee offered E.L. Buck the landsite if he would start a newspaper. Buck built this structure on East Lemon, between Myrtle and Ivy Avenues; he used the first floor as a publishing plant and lived upstairs. The first issue of "The Monrovia Pla…

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Artist: Edna Lenz

Description: Monrovia "Planet" Building -- The Monrovia Townsite Committee offered E.L. Buck the landsite if he would start a newspaper. Buck built this structure on East Lemon, between Myrtle and Ivy Avenues; he used the first floor as a publishing plant and lived upstairs. The first issue of "The Monrovia Planet" was printed on Saturday, November 10, 1886.

Item ID: 46L

Collection: Paintings

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Monroe, William Newton. Monrovia

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Artist: Justine Wishek

Description: Monroe House -- This is the home (known as The Oaks) of William Newton Monroe, a Los Angeles Councilman, who in 1886 bought 60 acres as a townsite and laid out the town of Monrovia, which was incorporated in 1887. It was located on Primrose Avenue.

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Artist: Justine Wishek

Description: Monroe House -- This is the home (known as The Oaks) of William Newton Monroe, a Los Angeles Councilman, who in 1886 bought 60 acres as a townsite and laid out the town of Monrovia, which was incorporated in 1887. It was located on Primrose Avenue.

Item ID: 43W

Collection: Paintings

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California - San Marino. El Molino Viejo

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Artist: Edna Lenz

Description: Old Mill (El Molino Viejo) -- This, San Marino's oldest (circa 1812) and most historic building, was the first grist mill in California. It was soon abandoned because water spiraling up the shaft dampened the grain and the meal could not be stored there.

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Artist: Edna Lenz

Description: Old Mill (El Molino Viejo) -- This, San Marino's oldest (circa 1812) and most historic building, was the first grist mill in California. It was soon abandoned because water spiraling up the shaft dampened the grain and the meal could not be stored there.

Item ID: 7L

Collection: Paintings

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Arcadia Station

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Artist: Edna Lenz

Description: Arcadia Sante Fe Station -- This is the Arcadia Santa Fe station as it looked in 1966.

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Artist: Edna Lenz

Description: Arcadia Sante Fe Station -- This is the Arcadia Santa Fe station as it looked in 1966.

Item ID: 75L

Collection: Paintings

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Arcadia Jail

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Artist: Edna Lenz

Description: Arcadia's First Jail -- Arcadia's first jail was built in 1907 of solid concrete blocks on land purchased from Lucky Baldwin.

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Artist: Edna Lenz

Description: Arcadia's First Jail -- Arcadia's first jail was built in 1907 of solid concrete blocks on land purchased from Lucky Baldwin.

Item ID: 85L

Collection: Paintings

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Arcadia Library

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Artist: Edna Lenz

Description: Arcadia's Second City Library Building -- Located on the southwest corner of First Avenue and Wheeler Street, this "modern" library building, modeled after the Hill Avenue Branch of the Pasadena Public Library "because of its efficient floor arrangement, suitable size, and architectural good taste,…

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Artist: Edna Lenz

Description: Arcadia's Second City Library Building -- Located on the southwest corner of First Avenue and Wheeler Street, this "modern" library building, modeled after the Hill Avenue Branch of the Pasadena Public Library "because of its efficient floor arrangement, suitable size, and architectural good taste," opened its doors in April, 1930. With the addition, in 1954, of a spacious "children's wing" -- designed and equipped especially for the needs of young people -- this building served as Arcadia's library until April 1961, when the present library on the southwest corner of Duarte Road and Santa Anita Avenue was first dedicated.

Item ID: 88L

Collection: Paintings

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Arcadia Public Library

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Artist: Edna Lenz

Description: Arcadia's First City Library Building -- This small frame house just north of the old City Hall was given to the City Council "without alterations, for use as a library," in 1924. ( A room in City Hall had served as the municipal library since the summer of 1920 when a proposition placed on the ba…

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Artist: Edna Lenz

Description: Arcadia's First City Library Building -- This small frame house just north of the old City Hall was given to the City Council "without alterations, for use as a library," in 1924. ( A room in City Hall had served as the municipal library since the summer of 1920 when a proposition placed on the ballot to establish a city library had received a favorable vote earlier in the year. From 1914 to 1920 the local library had been a branch of the Los Angeles County Library, housed in the McCoy Block.) This building served as the City's library until a new building was constructed in 1930.

Item ID: 87L

Collection: Paintings

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