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Contents: 1. Sierra Madre water history by C.W. Jones. Chapter from ANNALS OF EARLY SIERRA MADRE, E.B. Bowen, compiler. R979.493B 2. Water resources and irrigation on an old rancho by Sherri Berglund. Lasca Leaves article, Spring 1964. 3. History of Arcadia water goes back to rancho days. news clip, A…

Contents: 1. Sierra Madre water history by C.W. Jones. Chapter from ANNALS OF EARLY SIERRA MADRE, E.B. Bowen, compiler. R979.493B; 2. Water resources and irrigation on an old rancho by Sherri Berglund. Lasca Leaves article, Spring 1964.; 3. History of Arcadia water goes back to rancho days. news clip, Arcadia Tribune, February 4, 1973; p. 1.; 4. Remember when. news clip re: Arcadia water. August 3, 1934.; 5. Article on Sierra Madre Water Company and Lucky Baldwin from THE MARCHING YEARS by Norman Bridge; published 1920 and borrowed from the State Library.; 6. Baldwin estate will quit serving water. San Francisco Call, May 1, 1916.; 7. Asks Commission to end water supply. news clip May 1, 1916.; 8. Arcadia goes dry both inside and out. news clip April 29, 1916.; 9. Rates boosted. Arcadia Journal June 21, 1919.; 10. Road to Lucky's rancho awash with quest for precious water. Arcadia Tribune September 14, 1978.; 11. Road to Lucky's rancho awash with lure of water. Arcadia Tribune April 30, 1978.; 12. Concerning irrigation. Hand copied news clip from Sierra Madre Vista setting down rules for irrigation. June 28, 1889.; 13. At the Huntington Library in the Rare Book Room (Item #442359) is a copy of the bylaws of the Santa Anita Water Company. Noted April 1979.; 14. Water rate may jump 6.3%. Arcadia Tribune March 8, 1979.; 15. Water -- long-time problem of the City. Arcadia Tribune March 23, 1950.; 16. Santa Anita Company and Baldwin Systems. U.S. Department of the Interior U.S. Geological Survey, Water Supply Paper #219, "Ground Waters and Irrigation Enterprises in Foothill Belt, Southern California" by Walter C. Mendenhall. 1908.; 17. IRRIGATION IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, vol. II by William Hammond Hall. Copied from complete report loaned by Sandy Snider of the Arboretum. January 1981.; 18. Water rate increase approved to finance long term facilities replacement programs. Flyer relative to approved 5% water rate increase by the Arcadia City Council July 6, 1993.; 19. Letter to "Dear Water Consumer" from the City of Arcadia regarding mandatory water conservation plan, February 8, 1991.; 20. Going with the flow - mandatory water rationing. L.A. Times (Home edition) February 7, 1991. copied from website.; 21. City of Arcadia 1999 Annual Water Quality Report.; 22. Storm Water Quality Management Program. 2002. Includes color photocopies on illicit connection/discharge to storm drains, development planning/construction, public agency activities, and public information.; 23. City of Arcadia Year 2000 Consumer Confidence Report brochure on how the City of Arcadia provides the highest quality of drinking water and explains a few of the many steps taken to ensure and maintain that high quality.; 24. City of Arcadia Year 2002 Consumer Confidence Report brochure on the quality of Arcadia's drinking water.; 25. City of Arcadia 2003 Water Quality Report. Includes 2003 Water Quality Table and water saving tips.; 26. City of Arcadia 2004 Water Quality Report. In English with some Chinese and Spanish text.; 27. "Water Rights Settlement Effected." Sierra Madre and Arcadia end six-year dispute, agree that the water supply should be preserved and primarily used on land overlying the basin. News clipping, Pasadena Star News, April 3, 1930.; 28. City of Arcadia 2005 Water Quality Report. Published by City of Arcadia, Public Works Services Department. In English with some Chinese text. (2 copies).; 29. City of Arcadia 2006 Water Quality Report.; 30. 2002-2003 Hydrologic Report in four parts 30a-30d. 30a. This coversheet shows Stream Gaging Station Information for the Arcadia Wash below Grand Avenue, Station # F317-R. Retrieved from Internet Website for the County of Los Angeles Department of Public Works at http://ladpw.org, on August 21, 2007. 30b. Runoff Drainage-area/Cross-section map and report. 30c. Runoff Stream Gaging Station Peak Flow report covering seasons 1956 - 2003. 30d. Appendix GI - Hydrology Technical Report, Spill Prevention Control and Countermeasure Plan, Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan and Stormwater Monitoring Plan, etc., and 2006 Flow Rates for the Arcadia Wash at Grand Avenue.; 31. 2002-2003 Hydrologic Report: Flood Control and Water Conservation. History of flood control and dams. Retrieved from Internet Website for the County of Los Angeles Department of Public Works at http://ladpw.org, on August 21, 2007.; 32. City of Arcadia Water Quality Report 2007.; 33. City of Arcadia Water Quality Report 2008.; 34. City of Arcadia Water Quality Report 2009. Water Quality Report 2014.; 35. Sierra Madre and Arcadia engaged in water fight. Raymond Basin Management Board to look into boundary issue. Pasadena Star News, p. A3, March 14, 2014.; 36. California water crisis: agencies offering public incentives to save. Pasadena Star News, March 17, 2014. By Steven Scauzillo. Compares water conservation and incentives of Southern California water districts.; 37. Dredging, new pipeline proposed for Peck Road Park in Arcadia to San Gabriel River: construction of the $6.7 million project could start next year. An attempt to inject more water into the receding underground aquifer (California drought, water conservation), July 30, 2014. Retrieved from www.pasadenastarnews.com on August 11, 2014.; 38. Arcadia spends $2 million to bank extra water supply, by Courtney Tompkins. Pasadena Star News, p. A8, April 9, 2015.; 39. Arcadia Council tightens regulations on water usage, approves purchase of replacement water ahead of time. Arcadia Weekly, April 9, 2015.; 40. Two articles about California water conservation and the San Gabriel Valley by Steve Scauzillo, Pasadena Star News, May 7, 2015. 1) San Gabriel Valley: tiered pricing, penalties and conservation techniques will be tried. 2) California mandatory water conservation measures in order to save 25%, better save than sorry. Arcadia needs to conserve 36%.; 41. Arcadia's Drought: the time to conserve is now. 35% reduction of water use is required.; 42. City of Arcadia 2016 Water Quality Report 2 c. City of Arcadia 2017 Water Quality Report.; 43. Conditional approval for Arcadia REWMP Project Area. Revised Enhanced Watershed Management Plan. Arcadia Weekly, February 21, 2019. Retrieved from arcadiaweekly.com on May 11, 2019.; 44. Arcadia water conservancy efforts help attain new heights of water storage. The state of Arcadia's water supply is good for now. Arcadia Weekly, June 6, 2019.; 45. City of Arcadia 2018 Water Quality Report. City of Arcadia 2019 Water Quality Report. City of Arcadia 2020 Water Quality Report. City of Arcadia 2021 Water Quality Report. City of Arcadia 2022 Annual Water Quality Report.; 46. San Gabriel Basin Water Quality Authority Annual Report 2022-2023.

Subjects: Water

Item ID: 251AF

Collection: Subject Files

Water Department

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Contents: 1. Water official recalls Arcadia's dry years. News Post 7/21/70. 2. City of Arcadia Municipal Water Department - report of October 1959. 3. City of Arcadia Water Department brochure - June 1970. 4. Water Department. Information from City Newsletter - Summer 1974. 5. Local water system pass…

Contents: 1. Water official recalls Arcadia's dry years. News Post 7/21/70.; 2. City of Arcadia Municipal Water Department - report of October 1959.; 3. City of Arcadia Water Department brochure - June 1970.; 4. Water Department. Information from City Newsletter - Summer 1974.; 5. Local water system passes rigid test. Arcadia Tribune 1/24/74.; 6. Arcadia water rate still one of lowest in Valley. Information from City Newsletter - Fall 1976.; 7. Arcadia water safe. Arcadia Tribune 12/19/74.; 8. Arcadia water quality. Page from City Newsletter - 1976?; 9. City adopts water conservation plan. Page from City Newsletter - Fall 1977.; 10. No troubled waters here. Arcadia Tribune 12/1/77.; 11. City of Arcadia annual water report. 1974-75.; 12. Notice of public hearing on proposed water and sewer rates, January 19, 2016.

Subjects: Water Department

Item ID: 252AF

Collection: Subject Files

A bear that seems to have been sedated and being forced into a transport by California wildlife? employees.

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Date: c. July 1994 or July 1995

1 image

Date: c. July 1994 or July 1995

Subjects: Recreation Department Collection; Bears; Parks; Wilderness Park

Physical Description: 4 x 6 color

ID: 2037

Collection: Photographs

Images

Photo of Charles and Billie Eaton at what might have been a 50th wedding anniversary celebration. A 3-tier cake is visible between and behind the Eatons, who are standing in formal attire and holding hands.

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Date: unknown

1 image

Date: unknown

Subjects: Eaton, Charles B.; Eaton, Billie

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 1375

Collection: Photographs

Images

View from south side of lagoon to the Queen Anne Cottage. The lagoon appears to have a great deal of water grass growing in it.

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Date: 1937

1 image

Date: 1937

Subjects: Queen Anne Cottage

Physical Description: 6x20 b&w

ID: 499

Collection: Photographs

Images

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.

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Date: 1923

1 image

Date: 1923

Subjects: Maps

Physical Description: 8 1/2 x 11 negative

ID: 1387

Collection: Photographs

Images

Lions Club van used in vision-screening program in Southern California drives in Diamond Jubilee Parade. A lion-costumed person walking along side, reaches out to shake hands with a child.

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Date: September 30,1978

1 image

Date: September 30,1978

Subjects: Centennial celebrations,etc.-Diamond Jubilee,1978-Parade

Physical Description: 5x7 b&w

ID: 788

Collection: Photographs

Images

Clara Baldwin home at 291 W. Foothill Boulevard. This view shows portion of front. Reported to have been built in 1906.

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Date: August 1976

1 image

Date: August 1976

Subjects: Historic houses; Baldwin, Clara

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 254

Collection: Photographs

Images

Officer Leo Bertolina shown directing traffic. He is shown in full uniform. Location is said to have been Pomona Fairgrounds.

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Date: March 21, 1939

1 image

Date: March 21, 1939

Subjects: Police Department; Bertolina, Leo

Physical Description: 3x4 b&w vertical soiled

ID: 431

Collection: Photographs

Images

Clara Baldwin's home, reported to have been built in 1906. This view shows back of house. Located at 291 W. Foothill Boulevard.

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Date: August 1976

1 image

Date: August 1976

Subjects: Historic houses; Baldwin, Clara

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 253

Collection: Photographs

Images

View west on Huntington Drive from above intersection with Baldwin during rush hour race traffic coming to track. Note Pacific Electric Tracks have been removed but right-of-way has not been reworked.

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Date: c.1953

1 image

Date: c.1953

Subjects: Huntington Drive; Santa Anita Park-1945-1980

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 602

Collection: Photographs

Images

Hugo Reid Adobe showing free-flowing (Artesian) fountain in foreground.

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Date: circa 1939

1 image

Date: circa 1939

Subjects: Arboretum; Hugo Reid Adobe; Reid, Hugo

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 1714

Collection: Photographs

Images

Eight members of the Arcadia Woman's Club with their flower arrangements, apparently from a flower show. They stand before an arched doorway. None have been identified.

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Date: c.1920s

1 image

Date: c.1920s

Subjects: Organizations -Woman's Club; Women's clubs

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 1115

Collection: Photographs

Images

General Robert F. Brainard is being greeted by Diamond Jubilee Chairman James Helms on the way into Diamond Jubilee Breakfast. Others on the left have not been identified.

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Date: September 30, 1978

1 image

Date: September 30, 1978

Subjects: Brainard, Robert F.; Helms, James; Centennial celebrations,etc-Diamond Jubilee,1978-Breakfast

Physical Description: 5x7 b&w

ID: 775

Collection: Photographs

Images

"June Bride," Arcadia's float entry in the 1963 Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade features a garden wedding with a water lily pond, and two large trees in the garden with baskets of yellow roses hanging from them. A framed copy of this removed from wall outside Admin. office and currently stored in map case in basement, as of February 2017.

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Date: January 1963

1 image

Date: January 1963

Subjects: Tournament of Roses-Floats-1963

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 1295

Collection: Photographs

Images

View of front drive and entry of Clara Baldwin home, reported to have been built in 1906, located at 291 W. Foothill Boulevard. Station wagon parked in front.

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Date: August 1976

1 image

Date: August 1976

Subjects: Historic houses; Baldwin, Clara

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 255

Collection: Photographs

Images

Hugo Reid Adobe as it appeared in 1903. This photo shows it to have been what appears to be wooden siding and shingle roof with wide porch as altered by E.J. "Lucky" Baldwin.

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Date: 1903

1 image

Date: 1903

Subjects: Hugo Reid Adobe

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 288

Collection: Photographs

Images

City of Arcadia Torrens Title Record

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Contents: 1) City of Arcadia. Torrens Title Record. Paper record bound in ledger. Includes lot, block, tract and name of registered owner. c. 1930-1950. Items were transferred from Arcadia City Hall on September 17, 2008. 2) City of Arcadia. Office of City Clerk. Certificates of Redemption of Real Estat…

Contents: 1) City of Arcadia. Torrens Title Record. Paper record bound in ledger. Includes lot, block, tract and name of registered owner. c. 1930-1950. Items were transferred from Arcadia City Hall on September 17, 2008. 2) City of Arcadia. Office of City Clerk. Certificates of Redemption of Real Estate. Paper record, bound in ledger. c. 1932-1936. 3) City of Arcadia. Record of Sale of Real Estate sold for the non-payment of taxes of the City of Arcadia. Paper record, bound in ledger. Fiscal year 1930-31 and 1931-32. Items were transferred from Arcadia City Hall on September 17, 2008.

Subjects: City of Arcadia Torrens Title Record

Location: Basement

Box Number: Box 99

Shelf Number: Shelf H21

Item ID: 406AF

Collection: Subject Files

Group shown gathering for Diamond Jubilee Breakfast. Man in white suit with hat is H.T.Michler who had been chairman of one of the early Peach Blossom Festivals held in Arcadia. Others not identified.

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Date: September 30, 1978

1 image

Date: September 30, 1978

Subjects: Michler, H.T.; Centennial celebrations,etc-Diamond Jubilee,1978-Breakfast

Physical Description: 5x7 b&w

ID: 776

Collection: Photographs

Images

Fourteen soldiers stand guard alongside Pacific Electric Tracks as a contingent of Japanese people, who have just arrived on these railroad cars, prepares to go to their assigned quarters at the Santa Anita Assembly Center for the Japanese.

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Date: April 1942

1 image

Date: April 1942

Subjects: Santa Anita Assembly Center for the Japanese-Security measures; Santa Anita Park-1942-1945

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 659

Collection: Photographs

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A bear that seems to have been sedated and being forced into a transport by California wildlife? employees.

Images

Photo of Charles and Billie Eaton at what might have been a 50th wedding anniversary celebration. A 3-tier cake is visible between and behind the Eatons, who are standing in formal attire and holding hands.

Images

View from south side of lagoon to the Queen Anne Cottage. The lagoon appears to have a great deal of water grass growing in it.

Images

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.

Images

Lions Club van used in vision-screening program in Southern California drives in Diamond Jubilee Parade. A lion-costumed person walking along side, reaches out to shake hands with a child.

Images

Clara Baldwin home at 291 W. Foothill Boulevard. This view shows portion of front. Reported to have been built in 1906.

Images

Officer Leo Bertolina shown directing traffic. He is shown in full uniform. Location is said to have been Pomona Fairgrounds.

Images

Clara Baldwin's home, reported to have been built in 1906. This view shows back of house. Located at 291 W. Foothill Boulevard.

Images

View west on Huntington Drive from above intersection with Baldwin during rush hour race traffic coming to track. Note Pacific Electric Tracks have been removed but right-of-way has not been reworked.

Images

Hugo Reid Adobe showing free-flowing (Artesian) fountain in foreground.

Images

Eight members of the Arcadia Woman's Club with their flower arrangements, apparently from a flower show. They stand before an arched doorway. None have been identified.

Images

General Robert F. Brainard is being greeted by Diamond Jubilee Chairman James Helms on the way into Diamond Jubilee Breakfast. Others on the left have not been identified.

Images

Images

View of front drive and entry of Clara Baldwin home, reported to have been built in 1906, located at 291 W. Foothill Boulevard. Station wagon parked in front.

Images

Hugo Reid Adobe as it appeared in 1903. This photo shows it to have been what appears to be wooden siding and shingle roof with wide porch as altered by E.J. "Lucky" Baldwin.

Images

City of Arcadia Torrens Title Record

Group shown gathering for Diamond Jubilee Breakfast. Man in white suit with hat is H.T.Michler who had been chairman of one of the early Peach Blossom Festivals held in Arcadia. Others not identified.

Images

Fourteen soldiers stand guard alongside Pacific Electric Tracks as a contingent of Japanese people, who have just arrived on these railroad cars, prepares to go to their assigned quarters at the Santa Anita Assembly Center for the Japanese.

Images