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Arcadia City Council Members at the unveiling of plaque designating Arcadia Woman's Club Clubhouse the City of Arcadia Historic Landmark No. 1, at 324 S. First Avenue, Arcadia, CA. Left to right: Council Member Sho Tay, Council Member Michael Danielson, Cheryl Alberg, Mayor Tom Beck, Council Member Paul P. Cheng, Council Member April Verlato, and Marilyn Daleo. This is the first City of Arcadia Historical Landmark.

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Date: October 5, 2022

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Date: October 5, 2022

Subjects: Alberg, Cheryl; Arcadia City Council-2020-2029; Arcadia Woman's Club; Beck, Tom; Cheng, Paul P.; City of Arcadia Historic Landmarks; Daleo, Marilyn; Danielson, Michael; Tay, Sho; Verlato, April

Physical Description: digital, see i:images

ID: 2269

Collection: Photographs

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Cheryl Alberg (left) and Mayor Tom Beck (right) in front of plaque designating Arcadia Woman's Club Clubhouse the City of Arcadia Historic Landmark No. 1, at 324 S. First Avenue, Arcadia, CA. First Historic Landmark in the City of Arcadia.

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Date: October 5, 2022

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Date: October 5, 2022

Subjects: Alberg, Cheryl; Arcadia City Council-2020-2029; Arcadia Woman's Club; Beck, Tom; City of Arcadia Historic Landmarks

Physical Description: digital, see i:images

ID: 2268

Collection: Photographs

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"Ireland," Arcadia's float entry in the 1932 Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade represented St. Patrick seated by the River Shannon and one of its historic bridges.

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Date: January 1932

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Date: January 1932

Subjects: Tournament of Roses-Floats-1932

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 1287

Collection: Photographs

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Man driving and operating a steamroller, or road roller, used to level roads on the construction site of the one-story Arcadia Police Department building at 250 W. Huntington Drive. Name on the steamroller reads: Osborn Co. Contractors, Pasadena.

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Date: 1956

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Date: 1956

Subjects: Arcadia Police Department; Osborn Co. Contractors -- Pasadena, California; Road rollers; Steamrollers

Physical Description: 8 x 10 b & w

ID: 1829

Collection: Photographs

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Front view of two-story house at 995 Hampton Road, Arcadia, a 1941 "Monterey Colonial"house designed by architect Roland E. Coate. It was the site of Pasadena Showcase House of Design this year and has been in past years. Digital image printed on photo paper by inkjet printer.

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Date: 2013

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Date: 2013

Subjects: Coate, Roland E.; Historic houses; Pasadena Showcase House of Design

Physical Description: 8x10 color

ID: 1868

Collection: Photographs

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Back yard view of house at 995 Hampton Road, Arcadia, a 1941 "Monterey Colonial"house designed by architect Roland E. Coate, with patio furniture. It was the site of Pasadena Showcase House of Design this year and has been in past years. Digital image printed on photo paper by inkjet printer.

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Date: 2013

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Date: 2013

Subjects: Coate, Roland E.; Historic houses; Pasadena Showcase House of Design

Physical Description: 8x10 color

ID: 1869

Collection: Photographs

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Mrs. Herbert Opel, Arcadia Public Library Board Member, talking with Donald Camphouse, Arcadia City Councilman.

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Date: April 1961

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Date: April 1961

Subjects: Opel, Mrs. Herbert; Camphouse, Donald

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 344

Collection: Photographs

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View of guests and staff at an Author's Tea. Back row: Library Board Member Mrs. John P. Ross, City Librarian Louise DuMond, Library Board Member Helen Kinnison. Front row: author Margaret Richardson, Children's Librarian Mary Louise Fitts, author Hannah Smith. Mrs. Richardson lived in Arcadia and wrote SEVEN LITTLE PIFFLESNIFFS.

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Date: 1952

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Date: 1952

Subjects: Arcadia Public Library-1930-1959; DuMond, Louise; Fitts, Mary Louise; Smith, Hannah; Arcadia Authors-Richardson, Margaret; Kinnison, Helen; Ross, Mrs. John P.

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 299

Collection: Photographs

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View across orchestra at Dana Junior High School during graduation exercises.

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Date: c.1954

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Date: c.1954

Subjects: Dana Junior High School

Physical Description: 7x10 b&w

ID: 1124

Collection: Photographs

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Kay and Ruth Clifford (he was recent member of Arcadia School Board) are being driven in Diamond Jubilee Parade in what looks like old Ford convertible with a rumble seat.

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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: 792

Collection: Photographs

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People sit on benches and on the grass at Arcadia County Park enjoying a concert in the park. Orchestra leader (in white) is not identified.

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Date: July 1956

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Date: July 1956

Subjects: Arcadia County Park; Recreation

Physical Description: 6x6 b&w

ID: 1144

Collection: Photographs

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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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Arcadia Public Library's Arcadia History Room as it appeared shortly after the Library remodel/expansion. Volunteer John Reuter is seen sitting at the desk. Part of the "History of the Arcadia Public Library" slide series prepared by City Librarian Kent Ross.

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Date: slide set compiled in 1997

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Date: slide set compiled in 1997

Subjects: Arcadia Public Library

Physical Description: 4X6 color

ID: 1668

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

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Date: 1929

Subjects: Balloon School; Aeronautics

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 863

Collection: Photographs

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Betty Rochefort, President of the Friends of the Library, joins Gloria and S.H. Wen and Kent Ross, City Librarian at the Arcadia Public Library, during a recent Day at the Races benefit for the Arcadia Public Library Foundation. S.H. Wen is a member of the Foundation Board.

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Date: November, 1995

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Date: November, 1995

Subjects: Ross, Kent; Rochefort, Betty; Wen, Gloria; Wen, S.H.; Arcadia Public Library Foundation

Physical Description: 5x7 B&W

ID: 1391

Collection: Photographs

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City Council members standing behind unidentified seated youth in what appears to be a "Student Government" day. Council name plates read: Conrad T. Reibold, Elton D. Phillips, Robert F. Dennis and Donald Camphouse. Not all name plates are visible. Photo appears to have been taken in Council chambers.

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Date: c.1957

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Date: c.1957

Subjects: City Council, 1950-1959

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 1441

Collection: Photographs

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Photographic print of the front cover of Vol. 1, No. 6, September 7, 1918 issue of THE ARCADIAN OBSERVER.

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Date: September 7, 1918

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Date: September 7, 1918

Subjects: Balloon School

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 1705

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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Photo ad for White City-Arcadia. Sign on wall calls it a resort. Photo shows lady and child in light carriage with fourteen people standing nearby. Beneath photo it reads: BALDWIN MUSIC HALL-THE BEST MUSICAL COMEDY AND VAUDEVILLE-EVERY EVENING. Banner between trees reads BIG BARBEQUE ----(not clear) BAND AND ORCHESTRA ----(not clear). (Barbecue?)

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Date: 1906

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Date: 1906

Subjects: Restaurants-White City

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 929

Collection: Photographs

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Group of Arcadians in costume to ride on a decorated Tally Ho (seen in background) in Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade, 1935. L-R:Mrs. Willie Babs Ainsworth Corby (Mr. Corby was Arcadia Councilman; upon his death Mrs. Corby married Mr. Hawkins); Mollie McLean; Mrs. Albert Daniels is third from right. Men, L-R: Albert Daniels, and possibly Keith Beanston. Others not identified.

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Date: 1935

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Date: 1935

Subjects: Tournament of Roses-Floats-1935; Daniels, Albert; Daniels, Gladys; McLean, Mollie; Beanston, Keith; Corby, Babs Ainsworth

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 1070

Collection: Photographs

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Cheryl Alberg (left) and Mayor Tom Beck (right) in front of plaque designating Arcadia Woman's Club Clubhouse the City of Arcadia Historic Landmark No. 1, at 324 S. First Avenue, Arcadia, CA. First Historic Landmark in the City of Arcadia.

Images

"Ireland," Arcadia's float entry in the 1932 Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade represented St. Patrick seated by the River Shannon and one of its historic bridges.

Images

Man driving and operating a steamroller, or road roller, used to level roads on the construction site of the one-story Arcadia Police Department building at 250 W. Huntington Drive. Name on the steamroller reads: Osborn Co. Contractors, Pasadena.

Images

Front view of two-story house at 995 Hampton Road, Arcadia, a 1941 "Monterey Colonial"house designed by architect Roland E. Coate. It was the site of Pasadena Showcase House of Design this year and has been in past years. Digital image printed on photo paper by inkjet printer.

Images

Back yard view of house at 995 Hampton Road, Arcadia, a 1941 "Monterey Colonial"house designed by architect Roland E. Coate, with patio furniture. It was the site of Pasadena Showcase House of Design this year and has been in past years. Digital image printed on photo paper by inkjet printer.

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Mrs. Herbert Opel, Arcadia Public Library Board Member, talking with Donald Camphouse, Arcadia City Councilman.

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View across orchestra at Dana Junior High School during graduation exercises.

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Kay and Ruth Clifford (he was recent member of Arcadia School Board) are being driven in Diamond Jubilee Parade in what looks like old Ford convertible with a rumble seat.

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People sit on benches and on the grass at Arcadia County Park enjoying a concert in the park. Orchestra leader (in white) is not identified.

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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

Arcadia Public Library's Arcadia History Room as it appeared shortly after the Library remodel/expansion. Volunteer John Reuter is seen sitting at the desk. Part of the "History of the Arcadia Public Library" slide series prepared by City Librarian Kent Ross.

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.

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Betty Rochefort, President of the Friends of the Library, joins Gloria and S.H. Wen and Kent Ross, City Librarian at the Arcadia Public Library, during a recent Day at the Races benefit for the Arcadia Public Library Foundation. S.H. Wen is a member of the Foundation Board.

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Photographic print of the front cover of Vol. 1, No. 6, September 7, 1918 issue of THE ARCADIAN OBSERVER.

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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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