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The Queen's Float in the parade marking Arcadia's 36th birthday. The float is seen on Santa Anita Avenue across from present golf course. Boy on bicycle is not identified, nor are the Queen and her "court" despite searching newspapers for this period.

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Date: August 4, 1939

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Date: August 4, 1939

Subjects: Centennial celebrations, etc.-36th Birthday, 1939; Santa Anita Avenue

Physical Description: 6x10 b&w

ID: 859

Collection: Photographs

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Vi Chaffers Mahr at the wheel of convertible decorated for Arcadia Public Library's entry in Arcadia's 50th birthday parade.

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Date: August 1953

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Date: August 1953

Subjects: Arcadia Public Library-1930-1959; Chaffers, Vi

Physical Description: 3x5 b&w vertical

ID: 313

Collection: Photographs

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Three generations of Strong family who had family home at 460 W. Duarte Road on land purchased from Anita Baldwin. Left to right: Lois Strong Rife, Beth Strong Goerl (Flannes was first husband's surname), Pearl Strong on her 80th birthday.

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Date: c.1970

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Date: c.1970

Subjects: Strong, Pearl; Rife, Lois Strong; Rife, Beth Strong

Physical Description: 3x3 color

ID: 419

Collection: Photographs

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Young ladies carry banner reading:Arcadia-75th Birthday Parade Sept. 30 10:30 a.m.

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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: 785

Collection: Photographs

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Vi Chaffers Mahr at the wheel of a convertible decorated for Arcadia Public Library's entry in Arcadia's 50th birthday party parade. San Gabriel Valley Lumber Company building is visible in the background. Location is approximately First Avenue and Wheeler Street.

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Date: August 1953

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Date: August 1953

Subjects: Arcadia Public Library-1930-1959; Chaffers, Vi; San Gabriel Valley Lumber Company

Physical Description: 3x5 b&w

ID: 314

Collection: Photographs

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Photo showing hot-air balloon aloft over Santa Anita Race Track parking lot. View is toward east and shows mountains in background. Occasion was the 70th birthday of Arcadia. Approximately 18 people are shown viewing it.

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Date: August 18, 1973

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Date: August 18, 1973

Subjects: Centennial Celebrations,etc.-70th Birthday

Physical Description: 5x7 b&w

ID: 377

Collection: Photographs

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Mrs. Carol Jo Parry and her husband, Mayor David Parry, stand at their table to be introduced to guests at Diamond Jubilee Ball.

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Date: September 30, 1978

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Date: September 30, 1978

Subjects: Centennial celebrations,etc.-Diamond Jubilee,1978-Ball; City Council-1970-1979-Parry, David; Mayors-Parry, David; Parry, Carol Jo

Physical Description: 5x7 b&w

ID: 755

Collection: Photographs

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Wagon pulled by eight horses in parade on Huntington Drive to celebrate Peach Blossom Festival. Location of team is on Huntington Drive near Santa Anita parking lot near Club House.

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Date: probably March 1949

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Date: probably March 1949

Subjects: Peach Blossom Festival

Physical Description: 5x7 b&w

ID: 368

Collection: Photographs

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Mr. Dewey Butler is seen sitting on his tractor. The Mauch family knew him very well and he would use his tractor to turn the soil on their ranch as well as his own. This photo was taken at Mauch ranch at Palm Avenue and Holly Avenue. In a 1997 conversation between Carol Libby of the Arcadia Historical Society and Lynette Dunn, daughter of Dewey Butler, Mrs. Dunn stated that this photo is not of her father. She said it was possibly her uncle.

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Date: 1928

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Date: 1928

Subjects: Butler, Dewey; Mauch, Aloyosius

Physical Description: 6x10 b&w

ID: 998

Collection: Photographs

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View of group of men leaving for military service from Temple City Pacific Electric station. Mrs. Van Iwaarden took this photo from inside their car after having said goodbye to her husband. She said this facility served Arcadia and Temple City.

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Date: 1943

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Date: 1943

Subjects: Arcadia(City)-History-1940-1949; Van Iwaarden, Vera Van Houten

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 1043

Collection: Photographs

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"In her Majesty's Service," Arcadia's float entry in the 1984 Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade, features Sir Walter Raleigh bowing low to spread his cape before the Queen and her Court of the Arcadia Tournament of Roses Association.

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Date: January 1984

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Date: January 1984

Subjects: Tournament of Roses-Floats-1984

Physical Description: 8x10 color

ID: 1329

Collection: Photographs

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Group pictured at one of tables at Diamond Jubilee Breakfast held at Arboretum. Lady with hat at left is former Councilwoman and Mayor, Floretta Lauber; Mr. Lauber has back to camera. Lady in print dress on right is Mrs. Robert Considine sitting next to her husband Robert Considine, also a former Councilman and Mayor.

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Date: September 30, 1978

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Date: September 30, 1978

Subjects: City Council-1970-1979-Lauber, Floretta; Mayors-Lauber, Floretta; Mayors-Considine, Robert; City Council-1903-1970-Considine, Robert; Centennial celebrations,etc-Diamond Jubilee,1978-Breakfast

Physical Description: 5x7 b&w

ID: 771

Collection: Photographs

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Mayor Martin H. Ormsby on left; City Treasurer, Emma Hainer seated, at center; and City Clerk, Clint Billig, on right are seen in Mrs. Hainer's office in City Hall at First Street and Huntington Drive. Note round wall safe next to her desk. Daughter, Alberta Fluke remembers that the Arcadia Public Library could be seen to the north out of this window.

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Date: believed to be November, 1943 (matches calendar on right)

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Date: believed to be November, 1943 (matches calendar on right)

Subjects: Mayors-Ormsby, Martin H.; Hainer, Emma E.; Billig, Clinton

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 1102

Collection: Photographs

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Large group of people seated at tables outdoors. Overhead are paper lanterns. Group is at Japanese "community" in Arcadia which apparently was near Holly Avenue below Huntington, for a performance of the MIKADO. Man directly in front (center, no hat) is Ed Ryan, caretaker at Baldwin racetrack. On his lap is his daughter, whom Vesta Tucker Reeves and her sister did not like so they scratched over her photo with a pin. Girl seen over his left shoulder, is Vesta Tucker. The lady next to her is not identified. The girl with the long necklace sitting on the lap of the unidentified lady near Mr. Ryan, is Dextra Baldwin. Small boy on left on Japanese man's lap, is Baldwin M. Baldwin. The man, three figures away from camera in row Dextra is in, is her grandfather, Elias J."Lucky" Baldwin. Large man in light suit just to right of Mr. Ryan, is Mr. Johnson, who owned Johnson's Inn. Seen on extreme right, man with mustache and white hair, is Blas Cuellar, the wine maker.

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Date: c.1907 or 1908

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Date: c.1907 or 1908

Subjects: Japanese; Baldwin, Elias J. "Lucky"; Tucker, George Lowen; Tucker, Mrs. George Lowen; Reeves, Vesta Tucker; Ryan, Edward; Kamioka, Mr.; Cuellar, Blas; Johnson, Mr.; Baldwin, Dextra; Baldwin, Baldwin M.

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 1077

Collection: Photographs

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Arcadia Public Library Board meeting. Left to right: Mrs. Herman Snider, Chair; Mr. J.L. Young; Mr. Dexter Jones; Mrs. Herbert Opel; and Mrs. Gene Gregg. Standing is Grace Clark, City Librarian.

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Date: c.1956

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Date: c.1956

Subjects: Arcadia Public Library Board of Trustees; Snider, Mrs. Herman; Young, J.L.; Jones, Dexter; Opel, Mrs. Herbert; Gregg, Gene; Clark, Grace

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 345

Collection: Photographs

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Grace Clark, City Librarian 1953-1959, at her desk at Arcadia Public Library, 25 N. First Avenue.

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Date: c.1955

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Date: c.1955

Subjects: Clark, Grace

Physical Description: 3x5 b&w vertical

ID: 355

Collection: Photographs

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Photo of Chamber of Commerce logo designed for the Golden Anniversary celebration of the City of Arcadia.

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Date: 1953

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Date: 1953

Subjects: Centennial celebrations,etc.-Golden Jubilee, 1953; Chamber of Commerce

Physical Description: 5x7 b&w

ID: 1132

Collection: Photographs

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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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Photo of Charles and Billie Eaton, taken at what might have been a 50th wedding anniversary celebration. They are both in formal attire. A 3-tier cake is visible just over Mrs. Eaton's shoulder.

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Date: unknown

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Date: unknown

Subjects: Eaton, Charles B.; Eaton, Billie

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 1381

Collection: Photographs

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Group attending dedication ceremonies beside Hugo Reid Adobe at time plaque was placed, marking 100th year since Rancho was granted to Reid. Grey haired man on speakers platform is Marshall Stimson, authority on Southern California history.

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Date: April 19, 1941

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Date: April 19, 1941

Subjects: Rancho Santa Anita; Hugo Reid Adobe

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 966

Collection: Photographs

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The Queen's Float in the parade marking Arcadia's 36th birthday. The float is seen on Santa Anita Avenue across from present golf course. Boy on bicycle is not identified, nor are the Queen and her "court" despite searching newspapers for this period.

Images

Vi Chaffers Mahr at the wheel of convertible decorated for Arcadia Public Library's entry in Arcadia's 50th birthday parade.

Images

Three generations of Strong family who had family home at 460 W. Duarte Road on land purchased from Anita Baldwin. Left to right: Lois Strong Rife, Beth Strong Goerl (Flannes was first husband's surname), Pearl Strong on her 80th birthday.

Images

Young ladies carry banner reading:Arcadia-75th Birthday Parade Sept. 30 10:30 a.m.

Images

Vi Chaffers Mahr at the wheel of a convertible decorated for Arcadia Public Library's entry in Arcadia's 50th birthday party parade. San Gabriel Valley Lumber Company building is visible in the background. Location is approximately First Avenue and Wheeler Street.

Images

Photo showing hot-air balloon aloft over Santa Anita Race Track parking lot. View is toward east and shows mountains in background. Occasion was the 70th birthday of Arcadia. Approximately 18 people are shown viewing it.

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Mrs. Carol Jo Parry and her husband, Mayor David Parry, stand at their table to be introduced to guests at Diamond Jubilee Ball.

Images

Wagon pulled by eight horses in parade on Huntington Drive to celebrate Peach Blossom Festival. Location of team is on Huntington Drive near Santa Anita parking lot near Club House.

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View of group of men leaving for military service from Temple City Pacific Electric station. Mrs. Van Iwaarden took this photo from inside their car after having said goodbye to her husband. She said this facility served Arcadia and Temple City.

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"In her Majesty's Service," Arcadia's float entry in the 1984 Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade, features Sir Walter Raleigh bowing low to spread his cape before the Queen and her Court of the Arcadia Tournament of Roses Association.

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Arcadia Public Library Board meeting. Left to right: Mrs. Herman Snider, Chair; Mr. J.L. Young; Mr. Dexter Jones; Mrs. Herbert Opel; and Mrs. Gene Gregg. Standing is Grace Clark, City Librarian.

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Grace Clark, City Librarian 1953-1959, at her desk at Arcadia Public Library, 25 N. First Avenue.

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Photo of Chamber of Commerce logo designed for the Golden Anniversary celebration of the City of Arcadia.

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Photo of Charles and Billie Eaton, taken at what might have been a 50th wedding anniversary celebration. They are both in formal attire. A 3-tier cake is visible just over Mrs. Eaton's shoulder.

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Group attending dedication ceremonies beside Hugo Reid Adobe at time plaque was placed, marking 100th year since Rancho was granted to Reid. Grey haired man on speakers platform is Marshall Stimson, authority on Southern California history.

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