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The Los Angeles Board of Supervisors unanimously agreed to donate the Hugo Reid Family Statue to the city of Arcadia. The city will relocate the statue from Arcadia Community (County?) Park to the Ruth and Charles Gilb Arcadia Historical Museum. The article includes some history about Hugo Reid.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31291
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 24, 2003
Pages
p. 18
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 24, 2003
Pages
p. 18
Subjects
Reid, Hugo
Statuary
Item ID
31486AN
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The 65 year old statue of Hugo Reid created by Preston Prescott may be moved from Arcadia County Park to a spot between the Ruth and Charles Gilb Arcadia Historical Museum and the Arcadia Community Center. The City Council will have to approve $57,362 contract for its removal.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper24460
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 16, 2002
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 16, 2002
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Reid, Hugo
Prescott, Preston
Parks - Arcadia County Park
Ruth & Charles Gilb Arcadia Historical Museum
Statuary
Hugo Reid Family Statue
Item ID
24651AN
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The statue saluting Hugo Reid and his family will be donated to Arcadia by the county if the city pays cost of moving it and restoring the parkland. It will be moved to a spot near the Arcadia Historical Museum.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30578
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 19, 2002
Pages
p. 14
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 19, 2002
Pages
p. 14
Subjects
Hugo Reid statue
Statuary
Item ID
30766AN
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A statue of Arcadia pioneer Hugo Reid and his family, including the dog, will be dedicated in a ceremony at the Arcadia Historical Museum.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper28423
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 26, 2004
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 26, 2004
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Hugo Reid family statue - dedication
Silverlake Conservation
Ruth and Charles Gilb Arcadia Historical Museum
Item ID
28617AN
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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.

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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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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.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 28, 2003
Pages
p. A3
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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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Cecilia Rasmussen, in her column "L.A. Then and Now," writes about Hugo and Victoria Reid.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper18068
Newspaper
Los Angeles Times
Date
December 5, 1999
Pages
p. B3 w/photo
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Los Angeles Times
Date
December 5, 1999
Pages
p. B3 w/photo
Subjects
Reid, Hugo
Reid, Victoria
Item ID
18270AN
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The Ruth and Charles Gilb Arcadia Historical Museum keeps the past alive. Recently Doug Hayes donated family artifacts to the collection, an exhibit of Seabiscuit will run until October 31, and work will begin soon on restoration of "The Hugo Reid Family" statue.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper26164
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 18, 2003
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 18, 2003
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Ruth and Charles Gilb Arcadia Historical Museum
Item ID
26364AN
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The Ruth and Charles Gilb Arcadia Historical Museum celebrates its fifth anniversary with a birthday party and other programs. Curator Alycia Wood in seen in a photo. The caption has her name misspelled.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30315
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 20, 2006
Pages
p. Local B1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 20, 2006
Pages
p. Local B1
Subjects
Anniversaries
Arcadia Historical Society
Ruth and Charles Gilb Arcadia Historical Museum
Wood, Alycia
Item ID
30501AN
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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.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 12, 2007
Pages
p. Local 2
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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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A Scots or Scottish pioneer Hugo Reid, came to Southern California in 1832, from Scotland. He was the first private owner of Rancho Santa Anita and an elementary in Arcadia carries his name.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33311
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 9, 2001
Pages
p. 1, 25
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 9, 2001
Pages
p. 1, 25
Subjects
Reid, Hugo--biography
Item ID
33507AN
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A profile of Hugo Reid Elementary School Principal, Paul Kearns.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper25904
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 30, 1997
Pages
p. 6
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 30, 1997
Pages
p. 6
Subjects
Schools - Hugo Reid Elementary
Kearns, Paul
Principals
Educators
Teachers
Item ID
26104AN
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Santa Anita Park race track will unveil a 1000-pound bronze statue of popular race horse John Henry and a historical marker covering 75 years of the race track's history, as part of its 75th anniversary this Saturday. The bronze statue cost more than $100,000. The marker was done by the Arcadia Historical Society.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31853
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 24, 2009
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 24, 2009
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Arcadia Historical Society
Historical markers
Santa Anita Park - 2001-2010 -75th anniversary
Statuary
Item ID
32050AN
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Ruth and Charles Gilb Arcadia Historical Museum is advertising for volunteers.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31239
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 6, 2008
Pages
p. A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
July 6, 2008
Pages
p. A4
Subjects
Ruth and Charles Gilb Arcadia Historical Museum
Volunteers
Item ID
31434AN
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Profile and biography of jockey George Woolf, also known as Iceman. Woolf rode race horse Seabiscuit to fame in 1938. He died in 1946. There is a statue in his memory at Santa Anita Park.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33305
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 2, 2001
Pages
p. 1, 9
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 2, 2001
Pages
p. 1, 9
Subjects
Jockeys
Statuary
Woolf, George
Item ID
33501AN
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Carol Libby and Scott Hettrick of the Arcadia Historical Society are both on the Baldwin Adobe Restoration Committee, which wants to restore the Hugo Reid Adobe on the grounds of the Los Angeles County Arboretum. They want to re-create the adobe as it was in its heyday, when Elias J. "Lucky" Baldwin lived there from 1875 until he died in 1909.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31725
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 24, 2009
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 24, 2009
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Baldwin Adobe Restoration Committee
Hettrick, Scott
Historic preservation
Hugo Reid Adobe
Libby, Carol
Los Angeles County Arboretum
Item ID
31922AN
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In additon to the $300,000 donated by Ruth and Charles Gilb, another $85,000 has been contributed from the community for the new Arcadia Historical Museum.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper26876
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 4, 1999
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 4, 1999
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Ruth and Charles Gilb Arcadia Historical Museum
Donations
Gilb, Charles
Gilb, Ruth
Item ID
27076AN
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Jennifer Warner is the new museum education coordinator at the Ruth and Charles Gilb Arcadia Historical Museum.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30693
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 21, 2002
Pages
p. 11
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 21, 2002
Pages
p. 11
Subjects
City of Arcadia - employees
Ruth and Charles Gilb Arcadia Historical Museum.
Warner, Jennifer
Item ID
30881AN
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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.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper15967
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 5, 1998
Pages
p. A1
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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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The Founder's Day Program at Hugo Reid Elementary School includes recognition of outstanding community service.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29217
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 12, 2001
Pages
p. 6
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 12, 2001
Pages
p. 6
Subjects
Brody, Ginger
Foster, Don
Harrison, Connie
Herman, Fran
Hugo Reid Elementary School
Service awards
Volunteers
Item ID
29403AN
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