Gene Glasco, City Clerk 2012-2024. Retired in 2024. This photo c. 2020. Gene Glasco is a native Californian and long time resident of Arcadia. Gene attended Highland Oaks Elementary school, First Avenue Junior High School, and is a graduate of Arcadia High School where he lettered in Football and played second chair trombone in the award-winning AHS Marching Band. Gene is Arcadia’s first elected City Clerk that is a graduate of Arcadia High School.
Gene served six years in the United States Navy. He spent fourteen months in Vietnam as a Radioman in support of US Navy riverboat activities in the Mekong Delta and is a service-connected disabled Veteran. Gene is an Honor Role graduate of Cuesta College in San Luis Obispo. He attended San Jose State University where he majored in Public Relations with a minor in Asian American History. After thirty years in the foodservice industry, Gene retired from Glasco and Associates, Inc. He also has practiced real estate in Arcadia.
Four Arcadia police cars, two police motorcycles and five officers near the police station. Background shows Bekins building and a motel on upper left. Per Gene Glasco, the cars are identified as 1958 Ford Fairlane.
Arcadia City Council members standing, left to right: Michael Cao, April Verlato, Eileen Wang, Sharon Kwan, and Paul P. Cheng. Seated is Gene Glasco, retiring as City Clerk as of April 16, 2024.
Gary Thomas, Arcadia resident and President of the 2003 Tournament of Roses, with Arcadia City Council members Gail Marshall (2002-2003 Mayor), Gary Kovacic, Mickey Segal and John Wuo holding artist's rendering of Arcadia's 2003 Rose Parade float entry. The 2003 Rose Court Princesses including Arcadia resident Anjali Agrawal are standing behind holding bouquets of red roses. A banner with the Rose Parade theme "Children's Dreams, Wishes and Imagination" is in the background.
Photographs of the archaeological investigation at the Hugo Reid Adobe, submitted September 15, 1958 by Edith Taylor-Wallace. These 105 photos were taken by Wallace at the Los Angeles State and County Arboretum and are collected in a white binder in History Room on the desk. Includes floor plan and descriptions. Strictly for reference only, only watermarked images may be distributed, see rules of use in binder.
Looking north toward San Gabriel Mountains at devastating Monrovia Peak fire on first night. It was to eventually burn more than 13,000 acres and be out of control for five days.
View of part of dining area at Santa Anita Assembly Center for the Japanese showing more than 74 people seated at long tables, eating. Dining room waiters can be seen throughout the room.
View from back of the scene of car crash involving two or more automobiles outside Thrifty Drug Store at night. This Thrifty Drug Store was listed at 59 E. Huntington Drive, starting in the 1952 city directory. See also 1777, 1778, 1779, 1780, 1781, 1782, 1786. Back side is handwritten, "Peo. Ex A-2, #21583."
Construction in progress of the one-story Arcadia Police Department building at 250 W. Huntington Drive. Crane, pulleys and at least six workers are shown.
Construction in progress of the one-story Arcadia Police Department building at 250 W. Huntington Drive. Crane, pulleys and at least six men are working on walls.
Santa Fe self-propelled car that was half passenger and half mail, shown standing on tracks by Arcadia Santa Fe station building. The Control Tower is shown at the west end of the car.
View east from track side of Santa Anita Railroad Station showing group of people waiting to board the Los Angeles bound train. There are men, women and at least one child.
Arcadia Public Library Board meeting. Left to right: Mrs. Herman Snider, Chair; Mr. J.L. Young; Mr. Dexter Jones; Mrs. Herbert Opel; and Mrs. Gene Gregg. Standing is Grace Clark, City Librarian.
The John Ott family in front of their home at 124 E. Bonita Street. L-R: mother, Ella Ott; Eleanora, age 2; Marshall, age 4; father, City Marshall John Ott; and Donald Ott, age 10 seated with the family dog, Booze. Granite boulders used in the wall and foundation were undoubtedly hauled from the Santa Anita Wash. A sign hangs from the porch endorsing CLINE FOR SHERIFF.
Arcadia Public Library Board photographed at meeting. Left to right: Dexter Jones, Mrs. Herman Snider, Gene Gregg (standing), Chairman J.L. Young, City Councilman Conrad Reibold (standing), Helen Kinnison, City Librarian Grace Clark.
Line of evacuees at Santa Anita Assembly Center for the Japanese, headed by a mother holding a small girl, begin to come by serving area to select food from the 7 staff members ready to help.
View of family group seen through the door in their living quarters at Santa Anita Assembly Center for the Japanese. Lady reading the mail, young girl by bare light and man with hat sits on the end of the bed. Two men sitting on low stools are by the door with backs to camera.