Photo on just completed Foothill Freeway in Arcadia. There are two signs in view. The first reads: ARCADIA CITY LIMIT Population 47,650 Elv. 475. The other reads: END FREEWAY.
Cinemaland seen here being demolished during 1977. In this view showing grass growing in former parking lot, one can see that theater had been closed for several years.
ID #1988-2011 show construction in progress for the Arcadia Community Center, at the site at Holly Avenue and Huntington Drive. Five men take a break from digging to smile for the camera.
The library does not have a print of this negative. See also descriptions of 983A and 983B. This negative is of the last two pages of Baldwin advertising brochure, c.1891. It appears on p.49 of WHERE RANCH AND CITY MEET.
Thatched conical shaped roadside fruit stand with the name SLEMONS' ORANGE WIGWAM,ARCADIA,CALIF. According to 1930 City Directory, it was located at 141 E. Foothill Boulevard. (McDonalds address in 1993 is 143 E. Foothill.) Owner was James B. Slemons. Two people can be seen standing near entrance.
Four men and one woman seated at what seems to be City Council. Two men stand behind the seated people. There are ashtrays on the tables. Note same wall and microphone parts are visible in photo ID 1931.
Three girls wearing identical dress costumes and ballet shoes, in dance poses outside Arcadia City Hall. There is a fountain behind the girls that no longer exists. The City Hall tile mosaic wall (mural) depicting Arcadia history, by artist Jay Rivkin, is seen in the background (noted November 27, 2013-the murals had been covered by stucco for many years but were restored this year).
The library does not have a print of this negative. This oversized negative is marked 1923 Official Map of the City of Arcadia. It appears to have been produced by the City Engineer.
City Council members standing behind unidentified seated youth in what appears to be a "Student Government" day. Council name plates read: Conrad T. Reibold, Elton D. Phillips, Robert F. Dennis and Donald Camphouse. Not all name plates are visible. Photo appears to have been taken in Council chambers.
View of group of men leaving for military service from Temple City Pacific Electric station. Mrs. Van Iwaarden took this photo from inside their car after having said goodbye to her husband. She said this facility served Arcadia and Temple City.
Arcadia Chinese Association Chinese New Year luncheon for Arcadia city employees at Arcadia Community Center. Arcadia Police Chief Ronnie Garner (1995) is standing between two members of the Arcadia Chinese Association.
The library does not have a print of this negative. This negative, along with negatives 983A and 983C, appears on p.49 of WHERE RANCH AND CITY MEET. They are of a Baldwin advertising brochure, c.1891. This negative is of the first two pages of narative. See also description of 983A and 983C.
Five children in photo outside a school building (?). One boy in the middle is barefoot, wearing cut-off jean shorts, and drinking a can of Shasta Cola. The boy on the right has opened a can but the soda is squirting straight up. Girl on the left reaches into a paper bag. Two onlookers.
Military vehicle, probably used to hoist and pull down the observation balloons used at Ross Field. Two men stand at the back, one with his arm raised as a signal. The San Gabriel Mountains can be seen VERY faintly in background. Buildings at the Balloon School can be seen on either side of the truck.
Photographic print of page 2 of November 23, 1918 issue of THE ARCADIAN OBSERVER, showing a drawing by Robert Sparks, of a female holding a sword and honor roll. Text reads: They died not in vain. Her sons have triumphed again, and may that war torn land o'er which they fought and bled forevermore remain in peace. Negative and print were made for the grant funded Local History Digital Resources Project 2006-2007. A digital image of this photograph is file name: caarpl_123 on LHDRP 2006-2007 Disc 10 of 14. See black box labeled Arcadia History Room Media Box.
Two jockeys on two horses, each horse being held by a handler. Jockey on left is Richard Herman Shierske, who raced under the name Richard Herman and had a jockey license signed by Baldwin, dated 1909.