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Floretta Lauber has been named Mayor of the City Council. She is the first woman so named.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 22, 1976
Pages
p. A-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 22, 1976
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
City Council 1970 - 1979
Mayors - Lauber, Floretta
Item ID
1001AN
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J. Lyle Cunningham, a resident of Arcadia for the past 25 years, has been elected president of the Arcadia Historical Society for the 1983-84 year to succeed William D. Long.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 28, 1983
Pages
p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 28, 1983
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Arcadia Historical Society
Cunningham, J. Lyle
Item ID
1707AN
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The Ruth and Charles Gilb Arcadia Historical Museum opened with a grand ceremony and ribbon cutting. A photograph shows Charles Gilb, Ruth Gilb, Micky Segal, Floretta Lauber and Carol Libby. A List of major donors is included.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 25, 2001
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 25, 2001
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Gilb, Charles
Gilb, Ruth
Lauber, Floretta
Libby, Carol
Segal, Micky
Arcadia Historical Society
Ruth and Charles Gilb Arcadia Historical Museum
Item ID
30297AN
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The following have been elected to the City Council for 4 year terms: Charles Gilb, Jack Saelid, Floretta Lauber (first woman to be on the Council). Complete election results.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 11, 1974
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 11, 1974
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
City Council - Elections - 1974
Gilb, Charles E.
Saelid, Jack
Lauber, Floretta
Item ID
1047AN
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General information regarding Arcadia Historical Society

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 13, 1952 p. 1 (formed)
February 21, 1955 p. 1
May 17, 1956 p. 3 (Historical Society Museum)
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 13, 1952 p. 1 (formed)
February 21, 1955 p. 1
May 17, 1956 p. 3 (Historical Society Museum)
Subjects
Arcadia Historical Society
Item ID
3947AN
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Arcadia Historical Society honors Carol Libby as an outstanding volunteer. She received a congratulatory Mayor's Certificate.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 6, 2013
Pages
p. 8
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 6, 2013
Pages
p. 8
Subjects
Arcadia Historical Society
Libby, Carol
Volunteers
Item ID
33715AN
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Less than a month before the Arcadia Historical Society was going to open, the Arcadia City Council has voted to move its building to a new site, at the southwest corner of the Arcadia Public Library.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 20, 1988
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 20, 1988
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Arcadia Historical Society
Item ID
1713AN
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Floretta K. Lauber Museum Education Center (MEC) dedicated in Arcadia in her name, upon the 1 year anniversary of her death. Lauber died August 1, 2016 and the MEC broke ground September 29, 2013. She was Arcadia's first woman to serve as mayor.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 3, 2017
Pages
p. 1, 11
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 3, 2017
Pages
p. 1, 11
Subjects
Gilb Museum of Arcadia Heritage
Floretta K. Lauber Museum Education Center (MEC)
Item ID
35127AN
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The Arcadia Historical Society, which has half a garage full of artifacts, soon will have a building of its own, thanks to American Savings and Loan Association. When American moves to its new location on First Avenue, it will donate its temporary building at 30 North Santa Anita Avenue to the society.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 9, 1984
Pages
p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 9, 1984
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Arcadia Historical Society
Item ID
1708AN
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Former Mayor Charles Gilb and Ruth Gilb will donate $300,000 to build a new historical museum. The historical society will contribute an additional $100,000.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 5, 1998
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 5, 1998
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Arcadia Historical Society
Gilb, Charles
Gilb, Ruth
Item ID
16724AN
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With the Arcadia Historical Society museum building now completed on the inside, the society's board of directors is planning to appoint committees to catalog and determine how to display its collection of artifacts.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 8, 1987
Pages
p. A-2
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 8, 1987
Pages
p. A-2
Subjects
Arcadia Historical Society
Item ID
1711AN
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The Arcadia Historical Society is launched on a membership drive as it works toward establishing a museum to house artifacts of historic significance to Arcadia's early days.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 20, 1979
Pages
p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 20, 1979
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Arcadia Historical Society
Item ID
1705AN
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Three local organizations have contributed $10,000 to help the Arcadia Historical Society open the doors of its museum.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 27, 1986
Pages
p. 1 photo
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 27, 1986
Pages
p. 1 photo
Subjects
Arcadia Historical Society
Item ID
493AN
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The Arcadia Historical Society's museum will remain in the Rose Garden despite a previous plan to move it to the rear of the Arcadia Public Library.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 22, 1988
Pages
p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 22, 1988
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Arcadia Historical Society
Item ID
1714AN
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The Arcadia Historical Society building was recently moved to its permanent location across from the Chamber of Commerce in Arcadia Park. The building was moved from 30 North Santa Anita Avenue to First Avenue just south of Huntington Drive.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 10, 1985
Pages
p. A-1 photo
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 10, 1985
Pages
p. A-1 photo
Subjects
Arcadia Historical Society
Item ID
1709AN
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Arcadia Historical Society goes dramatic. Board members are forming a repertoire group called "Arcadia History Lives" and will, upon request, perform live skits recreating characters from Arcadia's past. Board members in photo shown in costume, including Beverly Street as Alice Billings (first president of Arcadia Woman's Club).

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 12, 2014
Pages
p. 12
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 12, 2014
Pages
p. 12
Subjects
Arcadia Historical Society
Street, Beverly
Item ID
34056AN
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The Ruth and Charles Gilb Arcadia Historical Museum is now in a city-owned building, with a curator paid through the city, and is managed by the library and museum director Janet Sporleder. The Arcadia Historical Society owns the collection and a new agreement commits the city and the society to jointly pay for an insurance policy.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 15, 2003
Pages
p. 24
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 15, 2003
Pages
p. 24
Subjects
Arcadia Historical Society
Ruth and Charles Gilb Arcadia Historical Museum
Item ID
31654AN
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Birthday Murder Mystery dinner held by Arcadia Historical Society at Prince Erik Hall. First-ever Carol Libby Youth Scholarship Award earned by Arianna Togelang.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 16, 2017
Pages
p. 1, 13
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 16, 2017
Pages
p. 1, 13
Subjects
Arcadia Historical Society
Scholarships
Togelang, Arianna
Item ID
35170AN
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Arcadia Depot and Oakwood Hotel historical marker dedication January 26 at Arcadia Transit Plaza, the former site of Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railway's Arcadia Depot. It is the Arcadia Historical Society's 11th History Lives Here historical marker.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 19, 2017
Pages
p. 1, 11
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 19, 2017
Pages
p. 1, 11
Subjects
Arcadia Historical Society
Railroad history
Item ID
34975AN
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Ostashay Scholarship presented to Arcadia Police Explorer Yulissa Hernandez by Arcadia Historical Society.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly,
Date
June 7, 2018
Pages
p. 4
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly,
Date
June 7, 2018
Pages
p. 4
Subjects
Arcadia Historical Society
Hernandez, Yulissa
Ostashay Scholarship
Item ID
35385AN
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