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"100 Years of Good Health, Happiness, and Prosperity," Arcadia's float entry in the 2003 Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade. Side view showing five of the riders in a small boat, Queen Anne Cottage, peacock, and goose. Riders left to right: Dawn Pejsar, Nicholas Campbell, Dr. Bradford Hack, Lane Barcham, Alison Chien.

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Date: January 1, 2003

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Date: January 1, 2003

Subjects: Tournament of Roses - Floats - 2003; Centennial Celebrations, 2003; Bracham, Lane; Campbell, Nicholas; Chien, Alison; Hack, Bradford (Dr.); Pejsar, Dawn

Physical Description: 5x7 color

ID: 1701

Collection: Photographs

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"100 Years of Good Health, Happiness, and Prosperity," Arcadia's float entry in the 2003 Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade. Side view showing the Queen Anne Cottage and peacock. Riders standing on ground, left to right: Black Hawk pilot, Captain Jon Shafer representing local service men and women; Nicholas Campbell, Dr. Bradford Hack, and Dawn Pejsar representing Methodist Hospital; Lane Barcham and Alison Chien representing local children.

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Date: January 1, 2003

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Date: January 1, 2003

Subjects: Tournament of Roses - Floats - 2003; Centennial Celebrations, 2003; Barcham, Lane; Campbell, Nicholas; Chien, Alison; Hack, Bradford (Dr.); Pejsar, Dawn; Shafer, Jon (Capt.)

Physical Description: 5x7 color

ID: 1700

Collection: Photographs

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Actor George Lloyd on sand in a still from Devil's Island, a movie shot at Arboretum.

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Date: 1940

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Date: 1940

Subjects: Lloyd, George; Motion pictures

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 389

Collection: Photographs

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Aerial view toward NE. Plane is over property of Charles W. Stewart (10 acres), and Jaspar Teague (10 acres), at 1320 S. Santa Anita Avenue, which is directly under the plane. Next street east is First Avenue, then Second Avenue, the Fourth Avenue. Reservoir is at corner of Valnett Avenue and Second Avenue and was owned by Walnut Grove Mutual Water Company (Valnett Avenue was first through street south of Duarte Road at this time and became Camino Real).

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Date: November 1929

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Date: November 1929

Subjects: Aerial Photo Collection; Aerial views; Camino Real; Duarte Road; First Avenue; Fourth Avenue; Second Avenue; Santa Anita Avenue (South); Stewart, Charles W.; Teague, Jaspar; Valnett Avenue

Physical Description: 6x10 b&w

ID: 640

Collection: Photographs

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Aerial view west toward Santa Anita Ave. from above First Avenue, site of new grammar school. Long driveway heads to Jaspar N. Teague home in center of 10 acre orange grove. (Address in City Directory for this name is 1380 S. Santa Anita.) House to left and south was that of Charles W. Stewart in another 10 acre plot. Both ranches are now occupied by First Avenue Junior High School.

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Date: November 1929

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Date: November 1929

Subjects: Houses; Teague, Jaspar; Stewart, Charles W.; Agriculture; First Avenue Junior High School; Arcadia(City)-History-1920-1929

Physical Description: 6x10 b&w

ID: 12

Collection: Photographs

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Arcadia City Council members in a decorated Hupmobile Touring Car parked on Huntington Drive next to City Hall. Behind is a fire truck, also decorated, with 10 firemen on the truck or near by. The man at the wheel of the fire truck is Jim Nellis. The Councilmen are: Rear seats,L-R: Ferd E. Gram; Arthur N. Multer; and Charles Hawk. Front seat,L-R: Samuel L. Wheeler; John T. Joyce, the Hupmobile Dealer. Fifth member of Council, John Granville was not present. Seated at the base of the pillar of City Hall is Adrian Winkler and standing beside him is George Newton. The vehicles are on their way to dedication of new concrete span over Santa Anita Wash.

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Date: 1925

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Date: 1925

Subjects: Gramm, Ferd E; Hawk, Charles; Multer, Arthur Nelson; Wheeler, Samuel L.; Joyce, John T.; Newton, George; City Hall; Winkler, Adrian

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 1075

Collection: Photographs

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Arcadia postcard collection. Postcards collected in a green 3-ring binder on Shelf G3 in the History Room. Shown by appointment.

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Date: Unknown

Date: Unknown

Subjects: Arcadia, California; Arcadia Methodist Hospital; Arcadia Music Mart; Arcadia Public Library; Arcadia Station-Santa Fe Railway; Baldwin Lake; Baldwin Ranch; Baldwin Ranch Cabin; Baldwin Ranch Cottage; Baldwin Ranch entrance gate; Chamber pots; City Seal-Community of Homes; Eaton's Santa Anita Hotel; Flowers; Horses and horse racing; Hugo Reid Adobe; Los Angeles State and County Arboretum; Los Angeles State and County Arboretum-Peacock Pavilion building; Methodist Hospital of Southern California; Mr. Snack; Old San Gabriel Mission Bell; Peacocks; Peafowl; Plants; Pony Express Museum; Queen Anne Cottage; Rancho Santa Anita; Rose trees; Santa Anita Avenue; Santa Anita Church; Santa Anita Depot; Santa Anita Park; Santa Anita Fashion Park; Santa Anita Racetrack; Selmer Collection; Sheep; Shopping malls; Trams; Trees; Valley National Bank; Westerner Hotel (Best Western); W. Parker Lyon

Collection: Photographs

Arcadia Public Library Building 20 W. Duarte Rd. Plans and blueprints 1995-1996 Remodel

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Contents: 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…

Contents: 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.

Subjects: 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

Arcadia Public Library Building 20 W. Duarte Rd. Plans and blueprints 2002-2003 Renovation

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Contents: 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…

Contents: 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.

Subjects: 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

Arcadia Public Library Building 20 W. Duarte Rd. Plans and blueprints April 4, 1960

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Contents: 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.

Contents: 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.

Subjects: 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

Arcadia Public Library Building 20 W. Duarte Rd. Selected plans and blueprints

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Contents: 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.

Contents: 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.

Subjects: 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

Arcadia Public Library Building Complete set of Blueprints for Library Remodel 20 W. Duarte Rd.

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Contents: Arcadia Public Library. Complete set of blueprints for library remodel 20 W. Duarte Rd. Charles Walton, November 18, 1994. Reproducible copy of floor plan for Phase I. Continued in Box 025B.

Contents: Arcadia Public Library. Complete set of blueprints for library remodel 20 W. Duarte Rd. Charles Walton, November 18, 1994. Reproducible copy of floor plan for Phase I. Continued in Box 025B.

Subjects: Arcadia Public Library Building Complete set of Blueprints for Library Remodel 20 W. Duarte Rd.

Location: Basement

Box Number: Box 025A

Shelf Number: Shelf H14

Item ID: 448AF

Collection: Subject Files

Arcadia Public Library Building Complete set of Blueprints for Library Remodel 20 W. Duarte Rd.

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Contents: Arcadia Public Library. Complete set of blueprints for library remodel 20 W. Duarte Rd. Charles Walton, November 18, 1994. Reproducible copy of floor plan for Phase I. Continued from Box 025A.

Contents: Arcadia Public Library. Complete set of blueprints for library remodel 20 W. Duarte Rd. Charles Walton, November 18, 1994. Reproducible copy of floor plan for Phase I. Continued from Box 025A.

Subjects: Arcadia Public Library Building Complete set of Blueprints for Library Remodel 20 W. Duarte Rd.

Location: Basement

Box Number: Box 025B

Shelf Number: Shelf H15

Item ID: 449AF

Collection: Subject Files

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

Subjects: Restaurants-Merget's Malt Shop; Ice cream; Merget, Robert R.; Yates, Torval

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 841

Collection: Photographs

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The Burnell estate, formerly located at 290 W. Foothill Boulevard, is seen heavily covered in ivy. The view is from Foothill Boulevard, looking down a curving driveway toward the front of the house.

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Date: c.1920-1925

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Date: c.1920-1925

Subjects: Historic houses; Burnell, George Edwin

Physical Description: 2 3/4 x 4 1/2 b&w

ID: 1418

Collection: Photographs

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The Burnell Estate, formerly located at 290 W. Foothill Boulevard. View is looking toward the front entrance. A water spigot is seen in the foreground.

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Date: c.1950

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Date: c.1950

Subjects: Historic houses; Burnell, George Edwin

Physical Description: 5x7 color

ID: 1417

Collection: Photographs

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The Burnell estate is shown, heavily covered with what appears to be ivy growing one side of the front of the house. This was the home of George Edwin Burnell, author, lecturer and philosopher. The estate was built 1910-1912 and razed in 1961. It was located at 290 West Foothill Blvd., and encompassed 7 acres.

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Date: unknown

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Date: unknown

Subjects: Arcadia authors-Burnell, George Edwin; Foothill Boulevard

Physical Description: 8x10, 7x10 b&w

ID: 1371

Collection: Photographs

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Burnell, George Edwin

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Contents: 1. Copy of photo of George Edwin Burnell, circa 1885. 2. Basic data on Burnell Estate, 290 W. Foothill Blvd., Arcadia. Typed on William F. Salisbury letterhead. 3. "George Edwin Burnell: scholar, lecturer and interpretive philosopher of Los Angeles, California." Advance Bio-Bulletin, no date, r…

Contents: 1. Copy of photo of George Edwin Burnell, circa 1885.; 2. Basic data on Burnell Estate, 290 W. Foothill Blvd., Arcadia. Typed on William F. Salisbury letterhead.; 3. "George Edwin Burnell: scholar, lecturer and interpretive philosopher of Los Angeles, California." Advance Bio-Bulletin, no date, reprint.; 4. "George E. Burnell." National Cyclopedia of American Biography, no date.; 5. "George Edwin Burnell." News clip, no date. Possibly related to #12.; 6. Copy of wedding photograph of Mary Georgene Forgey and Chester Ferrell Salisbury. Forgey was granddaughter of George E. Burnell. Wedding site was the living room of the Burnell Mansion, 290 W. Foothill Blvd., Arcadia. July 1941.; 7. Enlarged copy of wedding photograph of Mary Georgene Forgey and Chester Farrell Salisbury, no date.; 8. Grounds of Burnell Estate. Drawn from memory by W.F. Salisbury, June 1988.; 9. "Storied Arcadia mansion razed." The Tribune, February 18, 1962, page 23.; 10. "Attractive suburban home of George Edwin Burnell." Los Angeles Daily Times, January 1, 1916, page 128.; 11. Diagram of the Burnell estate, no date.; 12. "Prominent Angelinos." Los Angeles Examiner, no date, page I9, reprint.; 13. Photo of George Edwin Burnell, no date.; 14. Publisher's announcement, 1902.; 15. Article on Burnell. Notables of the West, Volume I, 1913.; 16. "George Edwin Burnell as man and teacher." Originally in Christian, October 2, 1902, by H.A. Burch.; 17. List of stenographic reports by George Edwin Burnell. 46 page published by the Burnell Foundation, 1982.; 18. "George Burnell, noted religious instructor dies." Los Angeles Times, 1948.; 19. "The noble kingdom of heaven." Lecture 150 by G.E. Burnell, September 1925. Small leatherbound book with gilt edges.; 20. "The convert." Lecture 166 by G.E. Burnell, no date. Small black book.; 21. Copies of 5 letters written by George Edwin Burnell to his wife in June 1915.; 22. Copies of photos with descriptions of Burnell Estate.; 23. Legal description and list of improvements to Burnell Estate.; 24. Correspondence from William F. Salisbury to City Clerk, June Alford, regarding the Burnell Family and Estate, May 4, 1989.; 25. Obituary for Mrs. George Edwin Burnell.; 26. Copies of stock certificates owned by George Edwin Burnell. California Irrigated Farms Company and San Joaquin Farms Company.; 27. Copy of title for Burnell Estate.; 28. Copy of invitation to 50th wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. George Edwin Burnell, 1941.; 29. "Wedding announcement - Mrs. Chester Ferrell Salisbury." Pasadena Post, July 6, 1941.; 30. "Wedding announcement - Mrs. Chester Ferrell Salisbury." Arcadia Tribune, July 10, 1941.; 31. Funeral services at Burnell Estate for George Edwin Burnell; deceased October 24, 1948.

Subjects: Burnell, George Edwin

Item ID: 40AF

Collection: Subject Files

Charles and Billie Eaton on either side of Dan Daryea (sp?). They are all in formal attire. Billie is wearing the same dress as in photos 1374-1376.

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Date: unknown

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Date: unknown

Subjects: Eaton, Charles B.; Eaton, Billie

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 1378

Collection: Photographs

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Charles B. Eaton is shown standing with what appear to be six employees. Four men are dressed in white with tall white chef hats. Two women stand on either side of him.

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Date: unknown

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Date: unknown

Subjects: Eaton, Charles B.

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 1379

Collection: Photographs

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Actor George Lloyd on sand in a still from Devil's Island, a movie shot at Arboretum.

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Arcadia postcard collection. Postcards collected in a green 3-ring binder on Shelf G3 in the History Room. Shown by appointment.

Arcadia Public Library Building 20 W. Duarte Rd. Plans and blueprints 1995-1996 Remodel

Arcadia Public Library Building 20 W. Duarte Rd. Plans and blueprints 2002-2003 Renovation

Arcadia Public Library Building 20 W. Duarte Rd. Plans and blueprints April 4, 1960

Arcadia Public Library Building 20 W. Duarte Rd. Selected plans and blueprints

Arcadia Public Library Building Complete set of Blueprints for Library Remodel 20 W. Duarte Rd.

Arcadia Public Library Building Complete set of Blueprints for Library Remodel 20 W. Duarte Rd.

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The Burnell estate, formerly located at 290 W. Foothill Boulevard, is seen heavily covered in ivy. The view is from Foothill Boulevard, looking down a curving driveway toward the front of the house.

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The Burnell Estate, formerly located at 290 W. Foothill Boulevard. View is looking toward the front entrance. A water spigot is seen in the foreground.

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Burnell, George Edwin

Charles and Billie Eaton on either side of Dan Daryea (sp?). They are all in formal attire. Billie is wearing the same dress as in photos 1374-1376.

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Charles B. Eaton is shown standing with what appear to be six employees. Four men are dressed in white with tall white chef hats. Two women stand on either side of him.

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