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A vintage toymaking program was part of the Ruth and Charles Gilb Arcadia Historical Museum exhibit on the history of toys.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30281
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 19, 2006
Pages
p. News 3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 19, 2006
Pages
p. News 3
Subjects
Exhibits
Museums
Ruth and Charles Gilb Arcadia Historical Museum
Item ID
30468AN
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A photo and caption of museum education coordinator Hwee-Ching Sinclair shows some of the exhibit called "Childhood Memories of Our Dolls." See also VF Museums-Ruth and Charles Gilb Arcadia Historical Museum for a hard copy.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30828
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 12, 2007
Pages
p. Local 2
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 12, 2007
Pages
p. Local 2
Subjects
Dolls
Exhibits
Museum employees
Ruth and Charles Gilb Arcadia Historical Museum
Sinclair, Hwee-Ching
Item ID
31016AN
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The foundation is being poured for the new historical museum.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper27767
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 7, 2000
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 7, 2000
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Museums - Ruth and Charles Gilb Arcadia Historical Museum
Item ID
27964AN
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On September 1, Van Nuys-based BEGL Construction Company will begin construction on the Ruth and Charles Gilb Historical Museum.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper27691
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 17, 2000
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 17, 2000
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Museums - Ruth and Charles Gilb Historical Museum
Item ID
27888AN
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The Hugo Reid Family sculpture created in 1937 by sculptor Preston Prescott is being moved from the Arcadia County Park to the Arcadia Historical Museum. Details of the move are given. See also May 2, 2003 and May 3, 2003.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper25439
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 1, 2003
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 1, 2003
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Museums - Ruth & Charles Gilb Arcadia Historical Museum
Hugo Reid Family Statue
Prescott, Preston
Reid, Hugo
Statuary
Item ID
25638AN
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Locals are invited to document "A Day in the Life of Arcadia," by shooting pictures that reflect life in Arcadia. Photos will be part of an exhibit at the Arcadia Historical Museum to celebrate the city's centennial.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper25440
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 1, 2003
Pages
p. A2
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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 1, 2003
Pages
p. A2
Subjects
Museums - Ruth & Charles Gilb Arcadia Historical Museum
Centennial Celebrations 2003
Item ID
25639AN
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A developer of resort-style retirement communities hopes to build a 260 unit senior citizens complex on land currently occupied by the Santa Anita Inn.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper21608
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 3, 2001
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 3, 2001
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Housing
Santa Anita Inn
Item ID
21829AN
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H & M opened at Westfield Shoppingtown Santa Anita mall today.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30317
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 14, 2006
Pages
p. Local 4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 14, 2006
Pages
p. Local 4
Subjects
Business and Industry
Clothing
H & M
Retail stores
Item ID
30503AN
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Jim McConnell recalls playing on the 1969 Arcadia Pony League All-Stars team. The baseball team of 13-14 year old boys made it to the Pony League "World Series" in Washington, PA that year.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31568
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 14, 2009
Pages
p. B1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
July 14, 2009
Pages
p. B1
Subjects
Arcadia Pony League All-Stars
Baseball
Brown, Hal
Burnett, Jackie
Cole, Dave
Douglas, Bill
Houle, Jeff
Kemp, Steve
Lucas, Jim
McConnell, Jim
McGuffin, Jim, Jr.
McGuffin, Jim, Sr.
Mocnik, Gary
Osenbaugh, Eric
Possemato, Angelo
Veselli, Brian
Item ID
31764AN
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The history of the peafowl from Indian and Java that live in Arcadia is presented. Elias J. "Lucky" Baldwin imported three pairs from India in the 1880s. His daughter Anita Baldwin added some birds from Java. The peacock is official bird of Arcadia, is protected, and should not be fed. See also VF "Peacocks" for copy of article.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30531
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 8, 2002
Pages
p. 9
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 8, 2002
Pages
p. 9
Subjects
Arcadia History - Rancho Santa Anita - 1875-1909
Peacocks
Peafowl
Item ID
30719AN
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The "Hugo Reid Family" sculpture created in 1937 by artist Preston Prescott will be moved to the Arcadia Historical Museum. The museum has purchased a portrait of Lucky Baldwin created in 1906 by Maynard Dixon. The article includes a profile of items on display at the museum.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper25436
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 28, 2003
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 28, 2003
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Museums - Ruth & Charles Gilb Arcadia Historical Museum
Hugo Reid Family Statue
Baldwin, Elias Jackson (Lucky)
Dixon, Maynard
Prescott, Preston
Reid, Hugo
Statuary
Item ID
25635AN
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The history of local restaurant The Derby, since it was originally founded in 1922 as Proctors Tavern, to being bought by jockey George Woolfe in 1938, then sold to Dominic and Lorene Sturniolo, or Sturinolo (article has it spelled both ways) is presented. See VF "Restaurants, Bars, etc." for copy of article.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30533
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 15, 2002
Pages
p. 12
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 15, 2002
Pages
p. 12
Subjects
Business and Industry
The Derby
Restaurant reviews
Restaurants
Item ID
30721AN
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The Arcadia Historical Museum opened October 20, 2001, 3 months past the target date. Admission is free. See also related story Arcadia Weekly p. 1, October 18, 2001.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper21962
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 20, 2001
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 20, 2001
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Arcadia Historical Museum
Item ID
22180AN
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Fifty-seven high school students throughout the San Gabriel Valley participated in Congressman David Dreier's annual Youth Volunteer Award program. Winners will be presented and honored today.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper28496
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 27, 2004
Pages
p. A2
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 27, 2004
Pages
p. A2
Subjects
Dreier, David - Representative - Republican - Glendora
Youth Volunteer Award Program --2004
Item ID
28690AN
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Obituary/death notice. See hard copy in VF "Deaths."

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29748
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 28, 2005
Pages
p. A6
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 28, 2005
Pages
p. A6
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
Subjects
Britton, Marguerite W. ("Peggy")
Haas, Roger
Item ID
29933AN
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A new exhibit at the Ruth and Charles Gilb Arcadia Historical Museum is about the Santa Anita Assembly Center, a temporary facility at Santa Anita Park that held Japanese Americans before they were sent to more permanent internment camps during World War II. The opening reception will feature speakers Osamu Miyamoto, Akkiko Nomura and others. Dana Dunn is the curator.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31821
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 13, 2009
Pages
p. Weekend 1, 2
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 13, 2009
Pages
p. Weekend 1, 2
Subjects
Dunn, Dana
Miyamoto, Osamu
Nomura, Akkiko
Ruth and Charles Gilb Arcadia Historical Museum
Santa Anita Assembly Center for the Japanese
Item ID
32018AN
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Obituary/death notice. See hard copy in VF "Deaths."

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29768
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 16, 2005
Pages
p. A6
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 16, 2005
Pages
p. A6
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
Subjects
Kaser, Eldon W. ("Don")
Rexius, Ted L.
Kennedy, Lawrence E.
Item ID
29953AN
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Charles Cooper continues his series "Memories of Arcadia" with a story about the Santa Anita Assembly Center for the Japanese, where at its height, it housed more than 18,000 people. Japanese had a long local history, dating back to workers on the Santa Anita Ranch, and local residents had the uncomfortable feeling of seeing friends behind the wire at the track.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32004
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 11, 2003
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 11, 2003
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Cooper, Charles
Santa Anita Assembly Center for the Japanese
Item ID
32184AN
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A history of the Van de Kamp's windmill atop the Denny's Restaurant currently at the northeast corner of Santa Anita Avenue and Huntington Drive. The Arcadia windmill was built nearly 40 years ago as part of an architectural movement called programmatic architecture, or roadside vernacular, wherein the buildings reflected their tenants. See hard copy in VF "Buildings."

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31206
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 10, 2003
Pages
p. 1, 18
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 10, 2003
Pages
p. 1, 18
Subjects
Architecture
Denny's Restaurant
Historic Buildings
Van de Kamp's
Windmills
Item ID
31401AN
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Jockey Garrett Gomez, one of the nation's top riders, will be in the saddle at the start of Santa Anita Park's 2005-2006 season. A profile of the jockey is presented.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29830
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 26, 2005
Pages
p. B1, B6
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 26, 2005
Pages
p. B1, B6
Subjects
Gomez, Garrett
Jockeys
Santa Anita Park race track
Item ID
30015AN
Collection
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