The Great Scot Restaurant built in Arcadia at 100 N. Santa Anita Avenue. It opened in March,1972. Beyond the restaurant the Towne Center Building of about 6 stories can be seen. It is at 150 N. Santa Anita Avenue.
Councilmember Gary Kovacic is seen seated at a table in the Jerry Broadwell Childrens Room. He is surrounded by books on the table and is looking at one of them. Photo was taken by Dorothy Denne of the Arcadia Weekly to be used in a display for National Library Week.
A boy and a girl, possibly young teenagers, stand next to their bicycles. A man in a pinstripe suit stands between them. Location unknown. Back is stamped with "Arcadia Police Photo" and "Recreation Department, PO Box 567, Arcadia, CA."
Arcadia Mayor Barbara Kuhn is seen standing in the Jerry Broadwell Childrens Room puppet theater, with one puppet on each side of her. Photo was taken by Dorothy Denne of the Arcadia Weekly to be used as part of a National Library Week display.
View upstream of Big Santa Anita Stream. Man in suit and hat is seen fishing beside white alder tree. Original photo was by Shaffner's California Views, 500 Sixth Street, L.A.
View NE across enormous warehouse nearing completion on infield area of track at Santa Anita Assembly Center. Houses seen across top of warehouse would be in what was called Santa Anita Gardens area. Santa Anita Dam can be faintly seen in prominent fold of the mountains. This photo, together with photo #653, forms a panorama.
Looking downstream of Santa Anita Wash from east side of Santa Fe Bridge approach. In this photo the tracks and ties are seen completely suspended and a man is walking across the span. Two men are seen on extreme left side of photo.
Corner of Baldwin Avenue and Duarte Road, with West Arcadia Prescription Pharmacy seen across the street. Photo is of the traffic signal and telephone pole on the corner.
Stables area of Santa Anita Park is seen in this morning scene. About six horses and handlers are seen with San Gabriel Mountains for a back drop. Photo is framed on left and across top by Pepper tree.
Winners of the Bicycle Rodeo, an event sponsored by Arcadia Police Department and Arcadia Recreation Department, from left to right: Albert Schneider (winner boys 8-14 year old group), Bruce Frazier (winner boys 8 and under), Juanita Curti (winner girls 14 and under), Betsy Bosil (winner girls 8 and under). Pictured behind the children left to right are Police Chief William Orr and Patrolman William Goodman. The Bicycle Rodeo was a contest in bicycle safety and riding skill. Winners received nighttime riding lights and electric horns. The awards were the culmination of bicycle safety instruction offered at Arcadia playgrounds throughout the summer by William Goodman. A similar version of this photograph appeared in Arcadia Tribune, p. 6, August 23, 1956.
Photo of painting by H.H. Cross showing Elias J. "Lucky" Baldwin, seated on bench by lake and daughter Anita standing by one of five mastiffs (dogs) in photo. Queen Anne Cottage is seen across lake.
Aerial view looking north across Santa Anita Park from a position over Arcadia County Park. Large infield crowd is evident and all parking areas are filled. Arcadia Methodist Hospital shows in lower left part of photo and Arcadia Police facility is seen in lower right. The 210 Foothill Freeway cuts across photo near the top.
About 12 girls in white are seen walking across the lawn at front of First Avenue School (Arcadia Grammar School at this time, 1935). They have garlands of flowers over their shoulders to commemorate their graduation from 8th grade. Photo is also interesting because construction scaffolding is across front of school.
Looking east over barracks and main building at Ross Field. Tree-lined street cutting across photo at far side of field is Santa Anita Avenue. The oval of the race track built by E.J."Lucky" Baldwin and which opened in 1907 can clearly be seen on right. Broad E/W street seen on far left is Huntington Drive.
Aerial view north toward San Gabriel Mountains from a position above Huntington Drive near First Avenue. Santa Anita Avenue can plainly be seen running north and south in front of six-story building in center of photo. The 210 Foothill Freeway is top band running across photo from east to west.