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"Showboat," Arcadia's float entry in the 1990 Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade, pays tribute to musical theater with its salute to the musical Showboat. The boat, with its giant paddle wheel, carries the Arcadia Rose Court, dancers, singers and a Dixieland band.

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Date: January 1990

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Date: January 1990

Subjects: Tournament of Roses-Floats-1990

Physical Description: 8x10 color

ID: 1320

Collection: Photographs

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Three people standing beside automobile of Officer Albert Matthies which was shot up by men who shot him July 18, 1927. Officer on extreme left is Grady Pardue. Other two in photo are not identified.

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Date: July 19, 1927

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Date: July 19, 1927

Subjects: Police Department; Crime and criminals; Matthies, Albert; Pardue, Grady

Physical Description: 4x6 b&w

ID: 440

Collection: Photographs

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Baseball player, possibly Johnny Lindell, talking to a crowd of about 23 boys at an Arcadia Recreation Department event on a baseball field. Johnny Lindell grew up in Arcadia in the 1930s, went to Monrovia-Arcadia-Duarte High School and USC, before being signed by the Yankees. He was both a pitcher and outfielder, and played several years in the 1950s for the Hollywood Stars of the Pacific Coast League.

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Date: 1950s

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Date: 1950s

Subjects: Recreation Department Collection; Baseball players; Lindell, Johnny

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 1872

Collection: Photographs

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Dewey Butler's Corn Stand with four people standing at the stand. A sign propped up on the ground next to the stand reads, "Butler's Golden Bantam Corn," and another hanging sign reads, "Home of Dewey Butler's Corn and Melons Grown on Rancho Santa Anita."

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Date: c.1938-1939

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Date: c.1938-1939

Subjects: Dewey Butler's Corn Stand

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 1529

Collection: Photographs

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Baseball player, possibly Johnny Lindell, demonstrating a technique at the grip of a baseball bat to a crowd of boys at an Arcadia Recreation Department event on a baseball field. Some boys are wearing baseball caps and mitts. Bleachers are visible in the left rear of the photo. Johnny Lindell grew up in Arcadia in the 1930s, went to Monrovia-Arcadia-Duarte High School and USC, before being signed by the Yankees. He was both a pitcher and outfielder, and played several years in the 1950s for the Hollywood Stars of the Pacific Coast League.

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Date: 1950s

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Date: 1950s

Subjects: Recreation Department Collection; Baseball players; Lindell, Johnny

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 1873

Collection: Photographs

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Frank McCoy (1869-1935) pictured in bust-length studio photograph. He has a hat on with brim turned up all the way around. Identified for library by George McCoy in 1978. No other circumstances known.

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Date: c.1880's

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Date: c.1880's

Subjects: McCoy, Frank

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 422

Collection: Photographs

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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.

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Date: May 7, 1904

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Date: May 7, 1904

Subjects: Baldwin, Elias J. "Lucky"; Lawrence, Melville; Stocker, Harold; Tucker, George Lowen; Unruh, Hiram Augustus; Newspapers-Arcadia Bulletin

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 1087

Collection: Photographs

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Child seen standing in driveway entrance with man on extreme right watching. Caption beneath reads: Driveway, "Lucky" Baldwin's Home. It is not known which entrance to ranch this was.

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Date: 1906

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Date: 1906

Subjects: Rancho Santa Anita-1975-1909; Baldwin Ranch

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 925

Collection: Photographs

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Night photo of three firemen by Arcadia Fire Department truck surveying a mountain fire north of Arcadia. Standing up on the truck is Jerry Broadwell, killed several years later in a commercial building fire in Arcadia.

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Date: 1966 or 1967

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Date: 1966 or 1967

Subjects: Fire Department; Broadwell, Jerry

Physical Description: 6x6 b&w

ID: 1093

Collection: Photographs

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Approximately 8 horsemen apparently involved in a roping competition. There are grand stands in the background. Back of card indicates this was on the Old Lucky Baldwin track in what is now Arcadia County Park. (Club House had burned)

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Date: 1913 or 1915

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Date: 1913 or 1915

Subjects: Arcadia County Park

Physical Description: 3x5 b&w postcard

ID: 538

Collection: Photographs

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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

Physical Description: 8 x 10 color

ID: 2094

Collection: Photographs

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Automobile accident on unknown street, believed to be in Arcadia, CA. People and police stand near the scene of the car crash, while traffic lines the opposite side of the street. Police appear to be filling out paperwork, and a man pushes a broom to clean up debris. See also 1783.

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Date: 1940s or 1950s

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Date: 1940s or 1950s

Subjects: Arcadia Police; Automobile accidents

Physical Description: 8 x 10 b & w

ID: 1773

Collection: Photographs

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Exterior of mansion, showing close-up of relief sculpture of three standing figures, on the south side of the house. Former home of Prince Erik of Denmark in 1920s at 2607 S. Santa Anita Avenue. Built in 1924. Property now owned by Arcadia Congregational Church. Photograph by Terry Miller. See also ID 2189 and 2190. Note: Per Jolene Cadenbach, a fire destroyed Prince Erik Hall in June 2021, tear down started around end of 2021, and was completely torn down in 2022.

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Date: April 2001

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Date: April 2001

Subjects: Erik, Prince of Denmark; Arcadia Congregational Church; Historic houses

Physical Description: 4x6 b&w

ID: 2191

Collection: Photographs

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Staff member in dark leather jacket with arm band, talks with a seated man, probably father of the boy and girl who stand by, and husband of wife standing waiting their turn at Santa Anita Assembly Center for the Japanese.

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Date: April 1942

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Date: April 1942

Subjects: Santa Anita Assembly Center for the Japanese-Inspection & processing of internees; Santa Anita Park-1942-1945

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 687

Collection: Photographs

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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.

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Date: c.1900

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Date: c.1900

Subjects: Sports figures; Jeffries, James

Physical Description: 7x10 b&w

ID: 1091

Collection: Photographs

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Mrs. John (Effie) McCoy and son George standing in platform of Arcadia Santa Fe Station. There is a black and white cat crossing near them. Flowers have been trained up the pillars supporting the roof.

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Date: c.1900

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Date: c.1900

Subjects: Railroads-Arcadia Santa Fe Station; McCoy, Effie; McCoy, George; Railroads-Arcadia Railroad Station

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 510

Collection: Photographs

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Almost square building standing under tall Eucalyptus trees with sign across front reading: ARCADIA INN,WM. JOHNSON PROPRIETOR. According to information given to Sandy Snider at the Arboretum in a telephone interview with Vesta Reeves, this was known as Johnson's Inn and was on the SE corner of Santa Anita Avenue and Foothill Boulevard.

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Date: c.1905-1910

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Date: c.1905-1910

Subjects: Arcadia Inn

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 545

Collection: Photographs

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Construction in progress of the one-story Arcadia Police Department building at 250 W. Huntington Drive. Crane and pulley system help put up a wall while workers stand around. Name of company on the crane reads Heisler & Woods, Contractors, Crane Service, El Monte, CA. The name is clearer in photo #1825.

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Date: 1956

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Date: 1956

Subjects: Arcadia Police Department; Heisler & Woods Contractors Crane Service -- El Monte, California

Physical Description: 8 x 10 b & w

ID: 1804

Collection: Photographs

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Statue of a soldier at Arcadia County Park. He is standing, wearing boots and hat, belt of ammunition, canteen across his body, holding a rifle. It is known as "The Hiker," one of 52 casts of the Spanish American War Memorial made between 1921 and 1956 to commemorate the 1898 Spanish American War. Photograph by Terry Miller.

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Date: April 2001

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Date: April 2001

Subjects: Arcadia County Park; Statuary

Physical Description: 4x6 b&w

ID: 2228

Collection: Photographs

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Unknown lady standing on street curbing beside three large palm trees which adjoin a citrus orchard. Location in city is not known, but possibly Santa Anita. Note deep curbs to control rain run-off.

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Date: c.1930's

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Date: c.1930's

Subjects: Agriculture; Santa Anita Avenue

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 600

Collection: Photographs

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"Showboat," Arcadia's float entry in the 1990 Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade, pays tribute to musical theater with its salute to the musical Showboat. The boat, with its giant paddle wheel, carries the Arcadia Rose Court, dancers, singers and a Dixieland band.

Images

Three people standing beside automobile of Officer Albert Matthies which was shot up by men who shot him July 18, 1927. Officer on extreme left is Grady Pardue. Other two in photo are not identified.

Images

Images

Dewey Butler's Corn Stand with four people standing at the stand. A sign propped up on the ground next to the stand reads, "Butler's Golden Bantam Corn," and another hanging sign reads, "Home of Dewey Butler's Corn and Melons Grown on Rancho Santa Anita."

Images

Images

Frank McCoy (1869-1935) pictured in bust-length studio photograph. He has a hat on with brim turned up all the way around. Identified for library by George McCoy in 1978. No other circumstances known.

Images

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.

Images

Child seen standing in driveway entrance with man on extreme right watching. Caption beneath reads: Driveway, "Lucky" Baldwin's Home. It is not known which entrance to ranch this was.

Images

Night photo of three firemen by Arcadia Fire Department truck surveying a mountain fire north of Arcadia. Standing up on the truck is Jerry Broadwell, killed several years later in a commercial building fire in Arcadia.

Images

Approximately 8 horsemen apparently involved in a roping competition. There are grand stands in the background. Back of card indicates this was on the Old Lucky Baldwin track in what is now Arcadia County Park. (Club House had burned)

Images

Images

Automobile accident on unknown street, believed to be in Arcadia, CA. People and police stand near the scene of the car crash, while traffic lines the opposite side of the street. Police appear to be filling out paperwork, and a man pushes a broom to clean up debris. See also 1783.

Images

Images

Staff member in dark leather jacket with arm band, talks with a seated man, probably father of the boy and girl who stand by, and husband of wife standing waiting their turn at Santa Anita Assembly Center for the Japanese.

Images

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.

Images

Mrs. John (Effie) McCoy and son George standing in platform of Arcadia Santa Fe Station. There is a black and white cat crossing near them. Flowers have been trained up the pillars supporting the roof.

Images

Images

Images

Images

Unknown lady standing on street curbing beside three large palm trees which adjoin a citrus orchard. Location in city is not known, but possibly Santa Anita. Note deep curbs to control rain run-off.

Images