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Carl's Sweet Corn stand opens for 19th year locally a 75 Las Tunas Drive, one block west of Santa Anita Avenue. Operated as a family affair by Carl Kophamer.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 2, 1953

Pages: Section 2, p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 2, 1953

Pages: Section 2, p. 1

Subjects: Agriculture; Business and Industry; Corn; Kophamer, Arlowyn; Kophamer, Carl Christian; Kophamer, Maurice

Collection: Newspaper Index

View of early road-side stand owned by Carl Kophamer and his family on Las Tunas just west of Santa Anita Ave. L-R: Morry, Carl, and Arly Kophamer. Corn is piled on counter.

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Date: c.1944

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Date: c.1944

Subjects: Carl's Sweet Corn; Kophamer, Carl; Kophamer, Arly; Kophamer, Morry or Kophamer, Maurice

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 885

Collection: Photographs

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Early corn stand run by Carl Kophamer and his family on Las Tunas. L-R;Carl; his wife, Estella; and Morry, his son. A Chevrolet flat bed truck is on right.

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Date: 1939

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Date: 1939

Subjects: Carl's Sweet Corn; Kophamer, Carl; Kophamer, Estella; Kophamer, Morry

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 884

Collection: Photographs

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Looking north from Las Tunas near intersection of Santa Anita Ave. (NW corner) is Carl's Sweet Corn stand. Many customers and their cars are in view. Behind the stand can be seen corn growing in field. Owner was Carl Kophamer.

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Date: July 1953

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Date: July 1953

Subjects: Carl's Sweet Corn

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 888

Collection: Photographs

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Many people are seen waiting in line to buy fresh corn at road-side stand called Carl's Sweet Corn and owned by Carl Kophamer at 75 Las Tunas. (NW corner of Las Tunas and Santa Anita Ave.) Corn is seen growing in large field behind the stand.

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Date: c.1951

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Date: c.1951

Subjects: Carl's Sweet Corn

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 886

Collection: Photographs

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Looking SE across Las Tunas Drive near intersection with Santa Anita Ave. at road-side stand of Carl's Sweet Corn owned by Carl Kophamer at 75 Las Tunas. Customers and their cars are in view. Corn growing in field near stand is also seen.

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Date: c.1951

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Date: c.1951

Subjects: Carl's Sweet Corn

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 887

Collection: Photographs

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Obituary/death notice.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: April 8, 1973

Pages: p. 1

Announcement Type: Obituary or death notice

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: April 8, 1973

Pages: p. 1

Announcement Type: Obituary or death notice

Subjects: Kophamer, Estella (Mrs. Carl C.)

Item ID: 23948AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

50th wedding anniversary.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 11, 1970 p. 9; January 12, 1970 p. 17 w/photo

Pages: p. 9

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 11, 1970 p. 9; January 12, 1970 p. 17 w/photo

Pages: p. 9

Subjects: Kophamer, Carl; Kophamer, Estelle

Item ID: 22577AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Marriage.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune & News

Date: October 11, 1951

Pages: p. 6 w/photo

Announcement Type: Marriage

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune & News

Date: October 11, 1951

Pages: p. 6 w/photo

Announcement Type: Marriage

Subjects: Bare, Nancy Yvonne; Kophamer, Maurice Carl

Item ID: 11079AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Unknown lady standing on street curbing beside three large palm trees which adjoin a citrus orchard. Location in city is not known, but possibly Santa Anita. Note deep curbs to control rain run-off.

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Date: c.1930's

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Date: c.1930's

Subjects: Agriculture; Santa Anita Avenue

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 600

Collection: Photographs

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Obituary/death notice. Maria Zamorano dies in an auto crash.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29101

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 7, 1992

Pages: p. A1

Announcement Type: Obituary or death notice

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 7, 1992

Pages: p. A1

Announcement Type: Obituary or death notice

Subjects: Zamorano, Maria

Item ID: 29288AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Obituary/death notice. Thoroughbred trainer Gordon C. Campbell dies.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 16, 1984

Pages: "p. B1, C7"

Announcement Type: Obituary or death notice

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 16, 1984

Pages: "p. B1, C7"

Announcement Type: Obituary or death notice

Subjects: Campbell, Gordon C.

Item ID: 27532AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Obituary/death notice. Longtime library employee dies from automobile accident.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: December 30, 1999

Pages: p. 15

Announcement Type: Obituary or death notice

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: December 30, 1999

Pages: p. 15

Announcement Type: Obituary or death notice

Subjects: Hallett, Joan

Item ID: 27358AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Obituary/death notice. Owner of A & A Building Material Company in Arcadia, 82, dies.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 16, 1984

Pages: p. A1

Announcement Type: Obituary or death notice

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 16, 1984

Pages: p. A1

Announcement Type: Obituary or death notice

Subjects: Lance, Clifford S.; A & A Building Material Company

Item ID: 27531AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Obituary/death notice. William Christian Norgaard, a Danish baker who made this area his home, has died at the age of 106. Biography and photo. See hard copy in VF "Deaths."

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Newspaper: Pasadena Star News

Date: July 6, 2008

Pages: p. A4

Announcement Type: Obituary or death notice

Newspaper: Pasadena Star News

Date: July 6, 2008

Pages: p. A4

Announcement Type: Obituary or death notice

Subjects: Norgaard, William Christian - biography

Item ID: 31279AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Obituary/death notice. Realtor Joe E. Earll, Jr. dies in Arcadia at age 67.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 17, 1983

Pages: p. A1

Announcement Type: Obituary or death notice

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 17, 1983

Pages: p. A1

Announcement Type: Obituary or death notice

Subjects: Earll, Joe E., Jr.

Item ID: 27323AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Obituary/death notice. Detailed article. Frost, noted cancer doctor, dies at age 60.

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Newspaper: Pasadena Star News

Date: August 2, 2009

Pages: p. A5

Announcement Type: Obituary or death notice

Newspaper: Pasadena Star News

Date: August 2, 2009

Pages: p. A5

Announcement Type: Obituary or death notice

Subjects: Frost, Daniel Blackburn

Item ID: 31773AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Obituary/death notice. U.S. Olympian (1932 and 1936) Simone Schaller dies at age 104.

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Newspaper: Pasadena Star News

Date: October 23, 2016

Pages: p. A10, A15

Announcement Type: Obituary or death notice

Newspaper: Pasadena Star News

Date: October 23, 2016

Pages: p. A10, A15

Announcement Type: Obituary or death notice

Subjects: Kirin, Simone Estelle Schaller

Item ID: 34884AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Agriculture

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Contents: 1. "Ambler Company expands its plant and facilities." Arcadia Tribune, August 10, 1939. 2. "Expect poultry show will set new record." Arcadia Tribune, August 10, 1939. 3. "Many chicken ranches here." Arcadia Tribune, August 3, 1934. 4. "Outdoor industries in Southern California." Century Ma…

Contents: 1. "Ambler Company expands its plant and facilities." Arcadia Tribune, August 10, 1939.; 2. "Expect poultry show will set new record." Arcadia Tribune, August 10, 1939.; 3. "Many chicken ranches here." Arcadia Tribune, August 3, 1934.; 4. "Outdoor industries in Southern California." Century Magazine, October 1883.; 5. "Workers harvest strawberry crop at an Arcadia farm in 1932." Los Angeles Times, San Gabriel Valley section, May 21, 1992.; 6. Dairies must vanish say city dads. Skirmish of words over cows ends in Arcadia. Pasadena Star News, February 7, 1929.; 7. Various ads. 7a. The Bodger Nursery (William J. Bodger), LA Times, April 9, 1922; 7b. Colby Nurseries, LA Times, May 2, 1926; 7c. Baldwin-Wallace Nurseries (J. Wiley Wallace or H.A. Unruh), February 26, 1911; 7d. Golden West Fur Farms (chinchilla, rabbit), February 1, 1925; Maple Leaf Fur Farm, February 27, 1927.; 8. "The Boy who never belonged," Arcadia Weekly, January 5, 2017, article by Susie Ling. 93-year-old Yosh Kuromiya returned to Monrovia for a visit. He lived in Monrovia before World War II and felt he never belonged. He remembers Orange Street-now Colorado Boulevard-used to be so wide. He graduated from Monrovia-Arcadia-Duarte High School (MAD High School) in 1941 then forcefully evacuated in 1942, with other Japanese Americans of Monrovia. His father had a strawberry stand off Route 66, right next to Mr. Uyeda's strawberry farm. Uyeda claimed he was the Strawberry King of Monrovia. The Kuromiya family's stand actually bought strawberries from other farms at the north end of Double Drive-now Santa Anita Avenue and not from the strawberry fields adjacent to their store.; 9. "Mary Yoshie Uyeda Sakatani 1924-July 17, 2018 obituary, Arcadia Weekly, July 26, 2018. Mary was the daughter of one of Monrovia's pioneers, Yutaro Uyeda, the Strawberry King. She grew up at 331 West Huntington Drive and attended Monrovia Arcadia Duarte High School (MAD High School). She was of Japanese descent and sent to Heart Mountain, WY concentration camp.

Subjects: Agriculture

Item ID: 3AF

Collection: Subject Files

Unidentified sheepherder who would bring his flock to the fields across from Mauch ranch at Holly Avenue and Palm Avenue. He would bring the sheep after the field crop had been harvested to let them graze on stubble. Dog is also visible next to sheepherder.

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Date: 1926

1 image

Date: 1926

Subjects: Agriculture

Physical Description: 6x10 b&w

ID: 997

Collection: Photographs

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Carl's Sweet Corn stand opens for 19th year locally a 75 Las Tunas Drive, one block west of Santa Anita Avenue. Operated as a family affair by Carl Kophamer.

View of early road-side stand owned by Carl Kophamer and his family on Las Tunas just west of Santa Anita Ave. L-R: Morry, Carl, and Arly Kophamer. Corn is piled on counter.

Images

Early corn stand run by Carl Kophamer and his family on Las Tunas. L-R;Carl; his wife, Estella; and Morry, his son. A Chevrolet flat bed truck is on right.

Images

Looking north from Las Tunas near intersection of Santa Anita Ave. (NW corner) is Carl's Sweet Corn stand. Many customers and their cars are in view. Behind the stand can be seen corn growing in field. Owner was Carl Kophamer.

Images

Many people are seen waiting in line to buy fresh corn at road-side stand called Carl's Sweet Corn and owned by Carl Kophamer at 75 Las Tunas. (NW corner of Las Tunas and Santa Anita Ave.) Corn is seen growing in large field behind the stand.

Images

Looking SE across Las Tunas Drive near intersection with Santa Anita Ave. at road-side stand of Carl's Sweet Corn owned by Carl Kophamer at 75 Las Tunas. Customers and their cars are in view. Corn growing in field near stand is also seen.

Images

Obituary/death notice.

50th wedding anniversary.

Marriage.

Unknown lady standing on street curbing beside three large palm trees which adjoin a citrus orchard. Location in city is not known, but possibly Santa Anita. Note deep curbs to control rain run-off.

Images

Obituary/death notice. Maria Zamorano dies in an auto crash.

Obituary/death notice. Thoroughbred trainer Gordon C. Campbell dies.

Obituary/death notice. Longtime library employee dies from automobile accident.

Obituary/death notice. Owner of A & A Building Material Company in Arcadia, 82, dies.

Obituary/death notice. William Christian Norgaard, a Danish baker who made this area his home, has died at the age of 106. Biography and photo. See hard copy in VF "Deaths."

Obituary/death notice. Realtor Joe E. Earll, Jr. dies in Arcadia at age 67.

Obituary/death notice. Detailed article. Frost, noted cancer doctor, dies at age 60.

Obituary/death notice. U.S. Olympian (1932 and 1936) Simone Schaller dies at age 104.

Agriculture

Unidentified sheepherder who would bring his flock to the fields across from Mauch ranch at Holly Avenue and Palm Avenue. He would bring the sheep after the field crop had been harvested to let them graze on stubble. Dog is also visible next to sheepherder.

Images