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Truck drives in Diamond Jubilee Parade carrying members of Kiowas (women's service club at the High School) and also members of Senior Mens (the men's service club at High School).

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Date: September 30,1978

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Date: September 30,1978

Subjects: Centennial celebrations,etc.-Diamond Jubilee,1978-Parade

Physical Description: 5x7 b&w

ID: 796

Collection: Photographs

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Schools - History (1991-2000)

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Contents: 1. AUSD Newsletter, February 1991. 2. AUSD Information Sheet, May 1991. 3. AUSD. A Report to the Community. Summer 1991. 4. "Choice": a Fatal Attraction for the 1990's? Information sheet sent by Terry Towner, Superintendent, AUSD, February 1992. 5. AUSD Information Sheet, March 1992. 6. A…

Contents: 1. AUSD Newsletter, February 1991.; 2. AUSD Information Sheet, May 1991.; 3. AUSD. A Report to the Community. Summer 1991.; 4. "Choice": a Fatal Attraction for the 1990's? Information sheet sent by Terry Towner, Superintendent, AUSD, February 1992.; 5. AUSD Information Sheet, March 1992.; 6. AUSD letter from C. Earl Davis, Assistant Superintendent, Business Services to area parents re School Bond Issue dated July 6, 1992.; 7. Impact of the passage of Proposition 174 on the Arcadia Unified School District and resolution of the District Governing Board opposing passage of Proposition 174: the Voucher Initiative from Mary B. Dougherty, President. n.d. circa 1992.; 8. AUSD Information sheet - Bond Issue Narrowly Defeated. dated October 1992.; 9. Information letter from Terrence Towner, Superintendent, AUSD to parents regarding the 1992-93 school year.; 10. AUSD Newsletter, December 1992.; 11. AUSD Newsletter, February 1993.; 12. Voters face decisions on education, leadership. Los Angeles Times April 18, 1993.; 13. AUSD Newsletter, June 1993.; 14. AUSD announcement of classified openings - Day-Care Assistant. dated July 29, 1993.; 15. AUSD. A Report to the Community. Summer 1993.; 16. AUSD. A Report to the Community. Summer 1995.; 17. Schools give community a High School. Los Angeles Times March 28, 1993.; 18. Announcement re: AUSD Home Page on the World Wide Web. March 1996.; 19. Profile of AUSD. AUSD Homepage. March 4, 1996.; 20. AUSD letter to parents for the 1993-94 school year with addresses, phone numbers, and a construction work schedule.; 21. AUSD newsletter to parents for the 1994-95 school year.; 22. Arcadia Festival of Bands calendar of events, 1994.; 23. School system lures diverse group to Southwest Arcadia. Los Angeles Times, San Gabriel Valley View. January 23, 1991. p. E3.; 24. Flyer welcoming students to Arcadia High School Library after school. This was in response to the Arcadia Public Library closing on Fridays. March 1998.

Subjects: Schools - History (1991-2000)

Item ID: 225AF

Collection: Subject Files

Circulation workroom, library staff, Arcadia Public Library at 25 N. First Avenue. Left to right: June Davies, Mary Lou Harbin, Madeline Hopps, Mary Louise Fitts, Hazel Bolton.

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Date: c.1953

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Date: c.1953

Subjects: Arcadia Public Library-1930-1959; Davies, June; Harbin, Mary Lou; Hopps, Madeline; Fitts, Mary Louise; Bolton, Hazel

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 312

Collection: Photographs

Images

Goodyear blimp VOLUNTEER is seen stopping at Ross Field Balloon School in 1929. Five automobiles are seen parked and interested spectators are standing nearby. The two large hangars at the extreme west portion of the Balloon School land are seen in background.

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Date: 1929

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Date: 1929

Subjects: Balloon School; Aeronautics

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 862

Collection: Photographs

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Elias J."Lucky" Baldwin, standing in front of Queen Anne Cottage. There are three unidentified women seated and one standing figure second from right, who appears to be daughter Anita at age eleven. See photo #112 as basis for indentification.

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Date: March 4, 1887

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Date: March 4, 1887

Subjects: Baldwin family; Queen Anne Cottage

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w 1 hard board professional original taken by Shaffner Studio, 500 Sixth Street, Los Angeles, CA, also 2 print copies

ID: 109

Collection: Photographs

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Four people standing in front of palm tree and other tree. They are, L-R: Elmer Westerhouse, superindentent of schools; Ellison Leake, first graduate of Arcadia School; Mary Robelard, first teacher; and Walter G. Coombs, principal.

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Date: c.1949

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Date: c.1949

Subjects: Schools-History-1880's-1950; Schools-Employees-Westerhouse, Elmer; Schools-Employees-Robelard, Mary; Schools-Employees-Coombs, WalterG; Leake, Ellison O.

Physical Description: 3x5 b&w

ID: 709

Collection: Photographs

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Queen Anne Cottage

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Contents: 1. Lucky Baldwin's "Cottage". Arboretum brochure, 1955. 2. "The Queen Anne Cottage." Lasca Leaves, September, 1974. 3. "Lucky Baldwin's paradise." Los Angeles Times-Home Section, January 2, 1949. 4. "The Queen Anne Cottage." Article by Patricia Warren, May 1973. Three typed pages. 5. "A look into …

Contents: 1. Lucky Baldwin's "Cottage". Arboretum brochure, 1955.; 2. "The Queen Anne Cottage." Lasca Leaves, September, 1974.; 3. "Lucky Baldwin's paradise." Los Angeles Times-Home Section, January 2, 1949.; 4. "The Queen Anne Cottage." Article by Patricia Warren, May 1973. Three typed pages.; 5. "A look into the 'Queen Anne Cottage' and the 'Adobe' ". Arcadia News Post, June 1, 1968. Photos and captions.; 6. "Fire sweeps Arboretum at cottage." News clip, circa December 27, 1969.; 7. "Queen Anne cottage rugs." Daily News Post, January 4, 1968.; 8. "It says here..." San Gabriel Valley Topics, March 9, 1948.; 9. "Lucky Baldwin's Queen Anne Cottage." Los Angeles County publication, undated.; 10. "Lucky's cottage arises from ruins." Los Angeles Times, January 18, 1953. Article and photo.; 11. "Lucky Baldwin's retreat." Article by Susanna B. Dakin, undated. Seven pages.; 12.. "Baldwin cottage will be dedicated." Los Angeles Times, May 17, 1954.; 13. "The Queen Anne Cottage." Lasca Leaves, Winter 1961.; 14. Magazine photo. Unknown source, undated.; 15. "On the lake." News photo, undated.; 16. "In its day." News photo, March 23, 1950.; 17. "Queen Anne Cottage." Los Angeles State and County Arboretum telephone book cover, December 1968.; 18. Periodical photo of Queen Anne Cottage, 1966. Two copies.; 19. "The Baldwin 'Queen Anne' Cottage." Arcadia Tribune, January 31, 1965.; 20. Copy of original photos of Queen Anne Cottage at Arboretum. (#197, #173, #168); 21. "One day only: Queen Anne Cottage to be opened." Los Angeles Times, December 7, 1978. Photos.; 22. Five color patch of the Queen Anne Cottage in the background with horse racing in the foreground.; 23. "Restoration: Old California rancho days revived in Arcadia." Pasadena Star News, August 23, 1953.; 24. Queen Anne Cottage Fact Sheet. From Sandy Snider, Arboretum. undated.; 25. Baldwin House 1881: Arcadia, California. Excerpt from book "West Coast Victorians: a Nineteenth Century Legacy" by Kenneth Naversen, published 1987. Color photos and text.; 26. Southern California Landmarks Queen Anne Cottage, article from Westways, February 1966. Drawing by Peter Alexander.

Subjects: Queen Anne Cottage

Item ID: 43AF

Collection: Subject Files

Children's Room at Arcadia Public Library at 25 N. First Avenue. Standing left to right: Judith Moore, Mary Lou Fitts, Hazel Boulton, Mary Lou Harbin, Geneva Jones, teacher. In foreground, in white blouse, is Louise DuMond, City Librarian.

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Date: 1952

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Date: 1952

Subjects: Arcadia Public Library-1930-1959; Moore, Judith B.; Gilbert, Eleanor; Fitts, Mary Louise; Bolton, Hazel; Harbin, Mary Lou; DuMond, Louise; Jones, Geneva

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 300

Collection: Photographs

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View (we do not known which direction camera is looking) of Goodyear blimp VOLUNTEER when it stopped at Ross Field Balloon School. About 11 people seen to be gathered near it. On right side of photo is a long barracks-like building.

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Date: 1929

1 image

Date: 1929

Subjects: Balloon School; Aeronautics

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 863

Collection: Photographs

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Group of young people seated in a booth waiting to be served at Barron's Pharmacy, which was a popular place to shop and snack in West Arcadia on Baldwin Ave. From the Arcadia High School Yearbook.

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Date: c.1965

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Date: c.1965

Subjects: Barron's Pharmacy

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 954

Collection: Photographs

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Arcadia's first female mayors. Left to right: Mary Young, Gail Marshall, Floretta Lauber, Barbara Kuhn

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Date: May 7, 2014

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Date: May 7, 2014

Subjects: Kuhn, Barbara; Lauber, Floretta; Marshall, Gail; Mayors; Young, Mary

Physical Description: 8.5 x 11' color

ID: 2260

Collection: Photographs

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Queen Anne Cottage in background with large Eucalyptus tree in front.

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Date: 1985

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Date: 1985

Subjects: Queen Anne Cottage

Physical Description: 3.5x3.5 color

ID: 1626

Collection: Photographs

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Pacific Telephone switchboard in Arcadia. From left:Chief operator Ollie Palmer; Venerotia T. Pratt;operators Viola Grego; Eva Doss; Lucy Sommers; and, Ann Beatty.

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Date: March 1927

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Date: March 1927

Subjects: Telephone; Beatty, Ann; Palmer, Ollie; Sommers, Lucy; Doss, Eva; Pratt, Venerotia T.; Grego, Viola

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 614

Collection: Photographs

Images

Portion of porch of Queen Anne Cottage showing wooden decorative details.

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Date: c.1970

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Date: c.1970

Subjects: Queen Anne Cottage

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 496

Collection: Photographs

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Close view of front entry to Queen Anne Cottage prior to restoration.

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Date: c. early 1940's

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Date: c. early 1940's

Subjects: Queen Anne Cottage

Physical Description: 10x13 b&w mounted on board

ID: 714

Collection: Photographs

Images

Queen Anne Cottage with large Eucalyptus tree just right of center.

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Date: 1985

1 image

Date: 1985

Subjects: Queen Anne Cottage

Physical Description: 3.5x3.5

ID: 1628

Collection: Photographs

Images

Arcadia Hot Sheet (2004-present)

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Contents: 1. Arcadia Hot Sheet. First issued April 2004. April 2004 - current. Brought to you by the Communication and Marketing Division of the City of Arcadia. Highlighting news and events from around our town!

Contents: 1. Arcadia Hot Sheet. First issued April 2004. April 2004 - current. Brought to you by the Communication and Marketing Division of the City of Arcadia. Highlighting news and events from around our town!

Subjects: Arcadia Hot Sheet (2000-2020); Arcadia Hot Sheet (2021-2030)

Item ID: 273AF

Collection: Subject Files

Left to right: Mrs. John Panatier, Mrs. Lucas, Mrs. Mary Turner. Mrs. Panatier and Mrs. Lucas are wearing dresses as they run. This photograph was published in the Arcadia Tribune, August 20, 1956 with the caption: Here comes mama--By all indications from this picture, it looks as if the children weren't the only ones who were having a good time at the recent Arcadia Recreation Department city-wide track meet. The Tribune camera caught Mrs. Mary Turner as she broke the tape in the "feature" race of the afternoon. Running a close second in the event is Mrs. John Panatier followed across the finish line by Mrs. Lucas.

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Date: August 1956

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Date: August 1956

Subjects: Recreation Department Collection; Panatier, John, Mrs.; Track meet; Turner, Mary

Physical Description: 5x7 b&w

ID: 1920

Collection: Photographs

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Mary Beth Hayes, APL Librarian, giving a tour of the new Arcadia History Room after the Library Expansion/Renovation project was completed.

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Date: November 1996

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Date: November 1996

Subjects: Library - 1990-1999; Arcadia History Room; Hayes, Mary Beth

Physical Description: 4x6 color

ID: 1719

Collection: Photographs

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Gene Glasco, City Clerk 2012-2024. Retired in 2024. This photo c. 2020. Gene Glasco is a native Californian and long time resident of Arcadia. Gene attended Highland Oaks Elementary school, First Avenue Junior High School, and is a graduate of Arcadia High School where he lettered in Football and played second chair trombone in the award-winning AHS Marching Band. Gene is Arcadia’s first elected City Clerk that is a graduate of Arcadia High School. Gene served six years in the United States Navy. He spent fourteen months in Vietnam as a Radioman in support of US Navy riverboat activities in the Mekong Delta and is a service-connected disabled Veteran. Gene is an Honor Role graduate of Cuesta College in San Luis Obispo. He attended San Jose State University where he majored in Public Relations with a minor in Asian American History. After thirty years in the foodservice industry, Gene retired from Glasco and Associates, Inc. He also has practiced real estate in Arcadia.

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Date: 2020

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Date: 2020

Subjects: Arcadia High School alumni; City Clerks; Glasco, Gene; Veterans

Physical Description: color printout, digital, see P:\Library Photos\images

ID: 2293

Collection: Photographs

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Truck drives in Diamond Jubilee Parade carrying members of Kiowas (women's service club at the High School) and also members of Senior Mens (the men's service club at High School).

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Schools - History (1991-2000)

Circulation workroom, library staff, Arcadia Public Library at 25 N. First Avenue. Left to right: June Davies, Mary Lou Harbin, Madeline Hopps, Mary Louise Fitts, Hazel Bolton.

Images

Goodyear blimp VOLUNTEER is seen stopping at Ross Field Balloon School in 1929. Five automobiles are seen parked and interested spectators are standing nearby. The two large hangars at the extreme west portion of the Balloon School land are seen in background.

Images

Elias J."Lucky" Baldwin, standing in front of Queen Anne Cottage. There are three unidentified women seated and one standing figure second from right, who appears to be daughter Anita at age eleven. See photo #112 as basis for indentification.

Images

Four people standing in front of palm tree and other tree. They are, L-R: Elmer Westerhouse, superindentent of schools; Ellison Leake, first graduate of Arcadia School; Mary Robelard, first teacher; and Walter G. Coombs, principal.

Images

Queen Anne Cottage

Children's Room at Arcadia Public Library at 25 N. First Avenue. Standing left to right: Judith Moore, Mary Lou Fitts, Hazel Boulton, Mary Lou Harbin, Geneva Jones, teacher. In foreground, in white blouse, is Louise DuMond, City Librarian.

Images

View (we do not known which direction camera is looking) of Goodyear blimp VOLUNTEER when it stopped at Ross Field Balloon School. About 11 people seen to be gathered near it. On right side of photo is a long barracks-like building.

Images

Group of young people seated in a booth waiting to be served at Barron's Pharmacy, which was a popular place to shop and snack in West Arcadia on Baldwin Ave. From the Arcadia High School Yearbook.

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Arcadia's first female mayors. Left to right: Mary Young, Gail Marshall, Floretta Lauber, Barbara Kuhn

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Queen Anne Cottage in background with large Eucalyptus tree in front.

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Pacific Telephone switchboard in Arcadia. From left:Chief operator Ollie Palmer; Venerotia T. Pratt;operators Viola Grego; Eva Doss; Lucy Sommers; and, Ann Beatty.

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Portion of porch of Queen Anne Cottage showing wooden decorative details.

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Close view of front entry to Queen Anne Cottage prior to restoration.

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Queen Anne Cottage with large Eucalyptus tree just right of center.

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Arcadia Hot Sheet (2004-present)

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Mary Beth Hayes, APL Librarian, giving a tour of the new Arcadia History Room after the Library Expansion/Renovation project was completed.

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