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Scene from a Broadway play showing Barney Oldfield (played by an actor) arriving in his famous race car called the Green Dragon. It is known from a 1904 newspaper that Barney Oldfield did drive out to the Clara Villa in his Green Dragon.

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Date: c.1903

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Date: c.1903

Subjects: Sports figures; Oldfield, Barney

Physical Description: 7x10 b&w

ID: 1092

Collection: Photographs

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Twelve players on the Arcadia City baseball team, most are wearing "Arcadia City" tee-shirts. Three are wearing baseball mitts. Left to right, front row: Ed Harris, Al Stegeman, Jack Tillotson, Eric Topel, Bruce Moore, Harry Holms. Left to right, back row: Albert Adcock (Councilman), Don Morgan, Ralph Truan, Forest Wiley, Joe Ocello, Ed Hale.

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Date: 1947

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Date: 1947

Subjects: Adcock, Albert (Councilman); Arcadia City baseball team; Arcadia Police; Hale, Ed; Harris, Ed; Holms, Harry; Moore, Bruce; Morgan, Don; Ocello, Joe; Stegman, Al; Tillotson, Jack; Topel, Eric; Truan, Ralph; Wiley, Forest

Physical Description: 5 x 7 b & w

ID: 1772A

Collection: Photographs

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Boy plays a tuba, while other children, holding clarinets and trumpets, watch.

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Date: c. 1950s

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Date: c. 1950s

Subjects: Recreation Department Collection; Children; Musicians

Physical Description: 3 1/2 x 4 1/2 b&w

ID: 1910

Collection: Photographs

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Unidentified park, showing children's play area, including a "bridge," slide, and swings.

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Date: c. June 1989

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Date: c. June 1989

Subjects: Recreation Department Collection; Parks

Physical Description: 4 x 6 color

ID: 2029

Collection: Photographs

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James Jeffries, well known boxer is shown in defensive stance. He is known to have visited Arcadia as reported in a 1904 newspaper -- and possible to have fought here.

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Date: c.1900

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Date: c.1900

Subjects: Sports figures; Jeffries, James

Physical Description: 7x10 b&w

ID: 1091

Collection: Photographs

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Senior citizens and children playing shuffleboard in back of the Arcadia Community Center. The shuffleboard area is gone now. The Museum Education Center, built in 2014, is using that space now.

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Date: Unknown

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Date: Unknown

Subjects: Recreation Department Collection

Physical Description: 4 x 3 1/2 color Polaroid

ID: 2043

Collection: Photographs

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Aerial view looking down on Fashion Park from a position over intersection of Baldwin & Huntington Drive. Looking N toward Santa Anita Race Track grandstand during racing season (all of the cars parked on light-surfaced parking area are attending races.)

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Date: c.1975

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Date: c.1975

Subjects: Department stores; Fashion Park; Santa Anita Park-1945-1980; Shopping malls

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 732

Collection: Photographs

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Winners (two boys and two girls) of a ping pong tournament receive trophy awards from a man, pictured one end of a ping pong table.

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Date: c. 1950s

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Date: c. 1950s

Subjects: Recreation Department Collection; Awards; Children; Competitions; Contests; Ping pong or table tennis; Sports

Physical Description: 4 1/2 x 5 1/2 b&w

ID: 1902

Collection: Photographs

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Arcadia Recreation Department summer concert at First Avenue School front lawn. A band plays on a stage for people who have brought their own lawn chairs. Although the back of this photograph is stamped with its processing date of August 1997, "Summer Concert 1996" was handwritten on the envelope it came in from Arcadia Recreation Department.

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Date: c. Summer, 1996

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Date: c. Summer, 1996

Subjects: Recreation Department Collection; Middle Schools--First Avenue School; Summer concerts

Physical Description: 4 x 10 color

ID: 2054

Collection: Photographs

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Phase I of Library Renovation/Expansion project at 20 W. Duarte Road. This view shows drainage pipe used to drain water from roof during the rains of winter 1996. The book trucks covered the pipe, which ran all the way out the temporary front doors into what used to be the Children's Room patio. The area behind the book trucks was the sorting area. A young woman is standing looking at books shelved along the plywood wall. To the right are the photocopy machines.

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Date: February 1996

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Date: February 1996

Subjects: Arcadia Public Library, 1990-1999

Physical Description: 4x6 color

ID: 1393

Collection: Photographs

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View north toward San Gabriel Mountains showing Arcadia Santa Fe Railroad Station. This is one of playing cards made by E.J."Lucky" Baldwin, each showing a different scene of the Ranch or Arcadia area. This is the three of hearts. This photo belongs to the Huntington Library. It is shown here for research only.

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Date: c.1890

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Date: c.1890

Subjects: Railroads-Arcadia Railroad Station; Railroads-Arcadia Santa Fe Station; Baldwin, Elias J. "Lucky"-Playing cards

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 535

Collection: Photographs

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Baldwin Ranch groves looking north toward mountains. Also in photo is wooden irrigating trough on right, and a two-horse team hitched to light wagon, also a single horse with rider. It appears that present-day Henniger Flats is high flat mountain just above and to the left of the road. Also Hastings Ranch area would be low foothills. This photo belongs to the Huntington Library. It is shown here for research only.

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Date: c.1890's

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Date: c.1890's

Subjects: Rancho Santa Anita; Baldwin Ranch

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 145

Collection: Photographs

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Children playing checkers. One girl has a doll beside her. A boy is playing chess next to them.

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Date: c. 1950s

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Date: c. 1950s

Subjects: Recreation Department Collection; Children; Games

Physical Description: 3 1/2 x 4 1/2 b&w

ID: 1909

Collection: Photographs

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Group of at least six boys play marbles on dirt.

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Date: c. 1950s

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Date: c. 1950s

Subjects: Recreation Department Collection; Children; Games

Physical Description: 5x7 b&w

ID: 1892

Collection: Photographs

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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.

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Date: c.1979

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Date: c.1979

Subjects: Aerial Photo Collection; Aerial views; 210 Foothill Freeway; Arcadia Methodist Hospital; Santa Anita Park-1945-1980

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 988

Collection: Photographs

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Four men playing golf at Par 3 Golf Course in Arcadia.

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Date: unknown

1 image

Date: unknown

Subjects: Recreation Department Collection; Par 3 Golf Course

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 1925

Collection: Photographs

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View of covered recreational area of home of Dr. Alva Surber in the Oaks area. A tennis court can be seen, as sell as the deck area around a swimming pool with 2 canvas chairs. This house was at 1014 Hampton Road.

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Date: c.1938

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Date: c.1938

Subjects: Houses; Surber, Alva; Hampton Road

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 834

Collection: Photographs

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View toward mountains from pool area of home of Dr. Alva Surber at 1014 Hampton Road. House is seen connected to covered sitting area by trellised walk.

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Date: c.1938

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Date: c.1938

Subjects: Houses; Surber, Alva; Hampton Road

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 837

Collection: Photographs

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Aerial view of Arcadia. Photo is dated in lower left corner and has descriptions and arrows all along the border.

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Date: June 11, 1936

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Date: June 11, 1936

Subjects: Aerial Photo Collection; Aerial views

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 1539

Collection: Photographs

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Young people seated on grass with bongo drums and other musical instruments are playing while three young ladies keep time to music. On right a man with large cross on a chain around his neck, is playing a drum. This is part of a love-in at Arcadia County Park.

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Date: June 4, 1967

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Date: June 4, 1967

Subjects: Social life and customs; Arcadia(City)-History-1960-1969; Arcadia County Park

Physical Description: 7x10 b&w

ID: 1022

Collection: Photographs

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Scene from a Broadway play showing Barney Oldfield (played by an actor) arriving in his famous race car called the Green Dragon. It is known from a 1904 newspaper that Barney Oldfield did drive out to the Clara Villa in his Green Dragon.

Images

Images

Boy plays a tuba, while other children, holding clarinets and trumpets, watch.

Images

Unidentified park, showing children's play area, including a "bridge," slide, and swings.

Images

James Jeffries, well known boxer is shown in defensive stance. He is known to have visited Arcadia as reported in a 1904 newspaper -- and possible to have fought here.

Images

Senior citizens and children playing shuffleboard in back of the Arcadia Community Center. The shuffleboard area is gone now. The Museum Education Center, built in 2014, is using that space now.

Images

Aerial view looking down on Fashion Park from a position over intersection of Baldwin & Huntington Drive. Looking N toward Santa Anita Race Track grandstand during racing season (all of the cars parked on light-surfaced parking area are attending races.)

Images

Winners (two boys and two girls) of a ping pong tournament receive trophy awards from a man, pictured one end of a ping pong table.

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Images

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Images

Children playing checkers. One girl has a doll beside her. A boy is playing chess next to them.

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Group of at least six boys play marbles on dirt.

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Images

Four men playing golf at Par 3 Golf Course in Arcadia.

Images

View of covered recreational area of home of Dr. Alva Surber in the Oaks area. A tennis court can be seen, as sell as the deck area around a swimming pool with 2 canvas chairs. This house was at 1014 Hampton Road.

Images

View toward mountains from pool area of home of Dr. Alva Surber at 1014 Hampton Road. House is seen connected to covered sitting area by trellised walk.

Images

Aerial view of Arcadia. Photo is dated in lower left corner and has descriptions and arrows all along the border.

Images

Young people seated on grass with bongo drums and other musical instruments are playing while three young ladies keep time to music. On right a man with large cross on a chain around his neck, is playing a drum. This is part of a love-in at Arcadia County Park.

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