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Anoakia Mansion (Anita Baldwin's Home)

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Anoakia Mansion (Anita Baldwin’s home) 701 W. Foothill Blvd, Arcadia, CA. Located at Foothill Blvd at Baldwin Ave., later became 78 Anoakia School (1941-1989)-permits (building, plumbing), correspondence, zoning from 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1980s.
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Anoakia Mansion (Anita Baldwin’s home) 701 W. Foothill Blvd, Arcadia, CA. Located at Foothill Blvd at Baldwin Ave., later became 78 Anoakia School (1941-1989)-permits (building, plumbing), correspondence, zoning from 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1980s.
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Anoakia Mansion (Anita Baldwin's Home)
Location
Basement
Box Number
Box 129
Shelf Number
Shelf H6
Item ID
442AF
Collection
Subject Files
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Anoakia

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1. "Famous Santa Anita Rancho." News clip, October 10, 1914. Original in archives. 2. "The building of an ideal California rancho." Out West, May/June, 1914. 3. "Anoakia - where no harm shall..." Pasadena Daily News, circa 1915? 4. "The art of Maynard Dixon." International Studio, May, 1915…
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1. "Famous Santa Anita Rancho." News clip, October 10, 1914. Original in archives.
2. "The building of an ideal California rancho." Out West, May/June, 1914.
3. "Anoakia - where no harm shall..." Pasadena Daily News, circa 1915?
4. "The art of Maynard Dixon." International Studio, May, 1915.
5. "Anoakia, home of Anita Baldwin." News clip, August 3, 1934.
6. Santa Anita Rancho. Anoakia Breeding Farm Private Catalogue, 1916. Black cover. Two copies in Archives.
7. Santa Anita Rancho Los Angeles County California Anita M. Baldwin. Original brochure (black cover with red Maltese cross) describing the animals and crops on Santa Anita Rancho. Photocopy of descriptive brochure.
8. First annual sale of registered hogs. October 24, 1916. Original is missing from Archives since August 1987.
9. "Fabulous estate converted into a school." Pasadena Star News, July 18, 1954.
10. Anoakia - name. Handwritten card giving one opinion.
11. "Anoakia property." News clip, January 19, 1975.
12. Environmental impact report of development of property (DRAFT). November, 1975. 135+ pages.
13. "Anoakia annexation." News clip, January 23, 1975.
14. "Anita Baldwin's Arcadia estate." San Gabriel Valley Tribune, July 11, 1976.
15. Rancho Village. Dinner-dance program given at Anoakia in 1975. Excellent floor plan and room description. Two copies.
16. "Mundy mail." Arcadia Tribune, January 15, 1976.
17. "Association to race." Arcadia Tribune, January 22, 1976.
18. "Estate transformed to girl's school." Arcadia Tribune, September 4, 1941. Photocopy.
19. Anoakia inventory. 1916. Copied from original at Huntington Library.
20. Anoakia kennels. Letterhead, 1917.
21. Anoakia stationery. Letterhead, 1921.
22. Anita Baldwin purchases plants from the New York State Building at the Panama Pacific Exposition. San Francisco, 1915.
23. 23a. Anoakia background. Spring, circa 1977. 23b. Anoakia Background, March 1, 1977, slight revision from 23a. 23c. Letter to Arcadia Historical Society from Lowry B. McCaslin January 19, 1977, with accompanying letter dated December 22, 1976 to the Planning Commission of the City of Arcadia, item 23d.
24. "Anoakia: a quiet place 'where no harm shall befall'." Arcadia Tribune, July 6, 1978.
25. "For all time." News photo of the Daughters of the American Revolution placing a historical marker. Arcadia Tribune, May 27, 1979.
26. "Telegram adds another chapter to Baldwin saga." Arcadia Tribune, August 26, 1979.
27. "Stately homes of California II: Anoakia," by Porter Garnett. Sunset Magazine, January 1914.
28. "Will follow Italian types." Los Angeles Times, September 26, 1912, pt. 5, p. 26.
29. "Unique among homes of America's rich." Los Angeles Times, September 21, 1913, pt. II, p. 7.
30. Anoakia - Tiffany Catalog (light fixtures). No date. Copied from original owned by Lowry McCaslin, owner of Anoakia, 1991.
31. Interview with secretary of Mr. Lowry McCaslin, owner of Anoakia beginning circa 1942. See also Oral History folder, item #8.
32. "Report on the Anoakia property and mansion and its historical significance." Memorandum from Community Development Administrator Donna Butler to the Arcadia Mayor and City Council. December 6, 1994.
33. Minutes of the Arcadia City Council, December 6, 1994. Approval of staff communication with owner Lowry McCaslin regarding the condition and historical significance of the Anoakia property.
34. Letter to Lowry B. McCaslin, McCaslin Properties, February 21, 1995. City of Arcadia Development Services Department requested that a video and related photographs of Anoakia be included in the City's historical records.
35. Obituary of Lowry B. McCaslin, owner of Anoakia since the 1940s. Los Angeles Times, August 11, 1995.
36. "Plans for development force school from idyllic campus." Los Angeles Times (Home Edition), June 28, 1990 (on-line).
37. Note - For information regarding Arthur B. Benton, Architect for Anoakia, see also Architects (Benton, Arthur B.) folder.
38. Correspondence from Mark McCaslin to Arcadia City Council re: Anoakia property, dated June 13, 1996 and July 10, 1996.
39. Program. Senior Ring Ceremony. Anoakia Hall. April 18, 1968.
40. "The West on walls: Maynard Dixon and the McClaughry Murals," California State Library Foundation Bulletin. Summer 1998. several articles about Maynard Dixon murals being placed in the State Library.
41. Arcadia City Planning Commission meeting minutes November 9, 1999 regarding the Anoakia estate.
42. Anoakia Residential Planned Development - Final Environmental Impact Report (FEIR), C.U.P. 99-004 and Vesting Tentative Map 52745. Staff Report for the Arcadia City Planning Commission prepared by the Development Services Department, November 9, 1999.
43. Consideration of Final Map No. 52745 for the Anoakia Residential Planned Development Project at 701 West Foothill Boulevard. Staff Report to Mayor and City Council prepared by the Development Services Department. August 15, 2000.
44. Two pages from Sotheby's Auction Catalog showing Tiffany light fixtures and hanging light from Anoakia. March 10, 2005 catalog pp. 94-95.
45. Sotheby's 20th Century Decorative Arts catalog (in color), New York, March 10, 2005. See pages 94-95 for Tiffany light fixtures from Anita Baldwin's Anoakia estate.
46. Color printout of a 1978 photograph, taken by Sandy Snider in 1978, of the fountain with dragon, originally located at Anoakia estate. Dragon was stolen, but fountain base (bowl) currently located at Gilb Museum of Arcadia Heritage.
47. Wine Tasting at Anoakia, September 26, 1986. Copy of invitation from Friends of the Arcadia Public Library, description of various rooms inside Anoakia Mansion located at 758 Anoakia Lane, hand drawn map, Arcadia Library Association Wine Tasting Notes.
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Anoakia
Physical Description
2 folders
Item ID
8AF
Collection
Subject Files
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Anoakia.

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Start Date
1912
End Date
1921
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Anoakia, 715 North Baldwin Avenue. Site Plan 1912-1921
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Start Date
1912
End Date
1921
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Anoakia, 715 North Baldwin Avenue. Site Plan 1912-1921
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Anoakia.
Location
History Room
Box Number
Box 65
Shelf Number
Shelf E6
Item ID
379AF
Collection
Subject Files
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Arcadia Public Library Building 20 W. Duarte Rd. Selected plans and blueprints

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Arcadia Public Library 20 W. Duarte Rd. Selected plans and blueprints. 1) South Patio Renovation (no date). 2) South Patio Schematic (no date). 3) 2008 Air Handler. 4) Emergency Exit from Basement, 1991.
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Arcadia Public Library 20 W. Duarte Rd. Selected plans and blueprints. 1) South Patio Renovation (no date). 2) South Patio Schematic (no date). 3) 2008 Air Handler. 4) Emergency Exit from Basement, 1991.
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Arcadia Public Library Building 20 W. Duarte Rd. Selected plans and blueprints
Location
Basement
Box Number
Box 117
Shelf Number
Shelf H16
Item ID
430AF
Collection
Subject Files
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Arcadia Public Library Building 20 W. Duarte Rd. Plans and blueprints 2002-2003 Renovation

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Arcadia Public Library 20 W. Duarte Rd. Plans and blueprints 2002-2003 Renovation. 1) Arcadia Public Library Floor Plan, sheets 2, 3—June 27, 2002. 2) 2002 Arcadia Public Library Floor Plan, Sheets 1,2--June 13, 2002. 3) Arcadia Public Library Renovation, Charles Walton Assoc. 2002-2003. Plans fo…
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Arcadia Public Library 20 W. Duarte Rd. Plans and blueprints 2002-2003 Renovation. 1) Arcadia Public Library Floor Plan, sheets 2, 3—June 27, 2002. 2) 2002 Arcadia Public Library Floor Plan, Sheets 1,2--June 13, 2002. 3) Arcadia Public Library Renovation, Charles Walton Assoc. 2002-2003. Plans for demolition, floor, reflected ceiling, interior elevations, furniture, mechanical plumbing, electrical. 4) Library Phase I Remodel Plans 2002-2003, demolition, grading, structural, construction, irrigation, planting.
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Arcadia Public Library Building 20 W. Duarte Rd. Plans and blueprints 2002-2003 Renovation
Location
Basement
Box Number
Box 118
Shelf Number
Shelf H16
Item ID
431AF
Collection
Subject Files
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Arcadia Public Library Building 20 W. Duarte Rd. Plans and blueprints 1995-1996 Remodel

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Arcadia Public Library 20 W. Duarte Rd. Plans and blueprints 1995-1996 Remodel. 1) Control Joints, Aug 24, 1995. 2) Taper Layout, July 25, 1995. 3) Revised steel connections, Nov. 13, 1995. 4) Structural steel drawings, June 26, 1995. 5) Exterior columns, Nov. 28, 1995. 6) Simplex Fire Alarm P…
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Arcadia Public Library 20 W. Duarte Rd. Plans and blueprints 1995-1996 Remodel. 1) Control Joints, Aug 24, 1995. 2) Taper Layout, July 25, 1995. 3) Revised steel connections, Nov. 13, 1995. 4) Structural steel drawings, June 26, 1995. 5) Exterior columns, Nov. 28, 1995. 6) Simplex Fire Alarm Panels, Aug. 25, 1995. 7) Revised GFRC shop drawings, Jan. 2, 1996. 8) Arcadia Public Library roof plan, Phase I, Aug. 24, 1995. 9) Sheets 1, 2, 3, Floor Plan, Elevation & details for Dorst & Dryden Glass Contractors—revised, Sept. 27, 1995. 10) Furniture/Book Stack/Signage Plan, Feb. 18, 1994. 11) Final Floor Plan, October 1996. 12) Structural and misc. steel, columns, beams, roof ladder, Dec. 22, 1995. 13) Revised mechanical roof screen shop drawings, Nov. 17, 1995.
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Arcadia Public Library Building 20 W. Duarte Rd. Plans and blueprints 1995-1996 Remodel
Location
Basement
Box Number
Box 119
Shelf Number
Shelf H16
Item ID
432AF
Collection
Subject Files
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Arcadia Public Library Building 20 W. Duarte Rd. Plans and blueprints April 4, 1960

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Arcadia Public Library 20 W. Duarte Rd. Plans and blueprints, April 4, 1960. William Guy Garwood, Architect. Foundation, framing, plumbing, levels, interior and exterior details, etc.
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Arcadia Public Library 20 W. Duarte Rd. Plans and blueprints, April 4, 1960. William Guy Garwood, Architect. Foundation, framing, plumbing, levels, interior and exterior details, etc.
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Arcadia Public Library Building 20 W. Duarte Rd. Plans and blueprints April 4, 1960
Location
Basement
Box Number
Box 120
Shelf Number
Shelf H16
Item ID
433AF
Collection
Subject Files
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Plans and blueprints Arcadia City Yard

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Plans and blueprints of Arcadia City Yard located at 34 S. Fourth St. and 35 S. Fifth St. By Richard K. Weimer, Architect at 75 N. Santa Anita Avenue, Arcadia, CA. The first one in the roll is dated 12/21/1955, some are dated November, 1965, most are dated 12/21/1965 and 12/23/1965, and the rest ar…
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Plans and blueprints of Arcadia City Yard located at 34 S. Fourth St. and 35 S. Fifth St. By Richard K. Weimer, Architect at 75 N. Santa Anita Avenue, Arcadia, CA. The first one in the roll is dated 12/21/1955, some are dated November, 1965, most are dated 12/21/1965 and 12/23/1965, and the rest are undated.
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Plans and blueprints Arcadia City Yard
Location
Basement
Box Number
Box 108
Shelf Number
Shelf H15
Item ID
418AF
Collection
Subject Files
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City of Arcadia. Recorder's Court.

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1. City of Arcadia. Recorder's Court. Criminal Docket #2: October 3, 1910-April 3, 1916
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1. City of Arcadia. Recorder's Court. Criminal Docket #2: October 3, 1910-April 3, 1916
Subjects
City of Arcadia. Recorder's Court.
Location
History Room
Box Number
Box 18
Shelf Number
Shelf A5
Item ID
327AF
Collection
Subject Files
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City of Arcadia. Recorder's Court.

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1. City of Arcadia. Recorder's Court. Criminal Docket #4: July 26, 1918-March 3, 1929.
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1. City of Arcadia. Recorder's Court. Criminal Docket #4: July 26, 1918-March 3, 1929.
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City of Arcadia. Recorder's Court.
Location
History Room
Box Number
Box 19
Shelf Number
Shelf A5
Item ID
328AF
Collection
Subject Files
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City of Arcadia. City Court

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1. City of Arcadia. City Court. Criminal Docket #5: March 11, 1929-October 17, 1933
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1. City of Arcadia. City Court. Criminal Docket #5: March 11, 1929-October 17, 1933
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City of Arcadia. City Court
Location
History Room
Box Number
Box 20
Shelf Number
Shelf A5
Item ID
329AF
Collection
Subject Files
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City of Arcadia. City Court

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1. City of Arcadia. City Court. Police Docket: January 7, 1933-December 4, 1936
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1. City of Arcadia. City Court. Police Docket: January 7, 1933-December 4, 1936
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City of Arcadia. City Court
Location
History Room
Box Number
Box 22
Shelf Number
Shelf A6
Item ID
331AF
Collection
Subject Files
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City of Arcadia. City Court

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1. City of Arcadia. City Court. Police Docket: December 4, 1936-March 20, 1939
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1. City of Arcadia. City Court. Police Docket: December 4, 1936-March 20, 1939
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City of Arcadia. City Court
Location
History Room
Box Number
Box 23
Shelf Number
Shelf A6
Item ID
332AF
Collection
Subject Files
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City of Arcadia. City Court

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1. City of Arcadia. City Court. Traffic Docket: March 20, 1939-June 5, 1942
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1. City of Arcadia. City Court. Traffic Docket: March 20, 1939-June 5, 1942
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City of Arcadia. City Court
Location
History Room
Box Number
Box 24
Shelf Number
Shelf A6
Item ID
333AF
Collection
Subject Files
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City of Arcadia. City Court

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1. City of Arcadia. City Court. Criminal Docket: June 5, 1942-March 2, 1946
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1. City of Arcadia. City Court. Criminal Docket: June 5, 1942-March 2, 1946
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City of Arcadia. City Court
Location
History Room
Box Number
Box 25
Shelf Number
Shelf B2
Item ID
334AF
Collection
Subject Files
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City of Arcadia. City Court

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1. City of Arcadia. City Court. Criminal Docket: March 2, 1946-December 27, 1947
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1. City of Arcadia. City Court. Criminal Docket: March 2, 1946-December 27, 1947
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City of Arcadia. City Court
Location
History Room
Box Number
Box 26
Shelf Number
Shelf B2
Item ID
335AF
Collection
Subject Files
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City of Arcadia. Police Court

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1. City of Arcadia. Police Court Record: December 4, 1910-October 23, 1930
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1. City of Arcadia. Police Court Record: December 4, 1910-October 23, 1930
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City of Arcadia. Police Court
Location
History Room
Box Number
Box 27
Shelf Number
Shelf B2
Item ID
336AF
Collection
Subject Files
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City of Arcadia. City Court

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1. City of Arcadia. City Court. Motor Vehicle Violation Docket: June 28, 1928-May 2, 1931
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1. City of Arcadia. City Court. Motor Vehicle Violation Docket: June 28, 1928-May 2, 1931
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City of Arcadia. City Court
Location
History Room
Box Number
Box 28
Shelf Number
Shelf B2
Item ID
337AF
Collection
Subject Files
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City of Arcadia. City Court

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1. City of Arcadia. City Court. Motor Vehicle Violation Docket: May 2, 1931-December 31, 1932
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1. City of Arcadia. City Court. Motor Vehicle Violation Docket: May 2, 1931-December 31, 1932
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City of Arcadia. City Court
Location
History Room
Box Number
Box 29
Shelf Number
Shelf B3
Item ID
338AF
Collection
Subject Files
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City of Arcadia. City Court

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1. City of Arcadia. City Court. Index-Criminal Docket. No dates.
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1. City of Arcadia. City Court. Index-Criminal Docket. No dates.
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City of Arcadia. City Court
Location
History Room
Box Number
Box 30
Shelf Number
Shelf B3
Item ID
339AF
Collection
Subject Files
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