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A large group is pictured sitting or standing near entrance to Sturtevant Camp dining room. (Camp was one of many in San Gabriel Mountains; it was up Big Santa Anita Canyon.) In back row, on left, man in dark shirt and tie next to pillar, is John C. Juvinall of Monrovia.

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Date: July 3, 1916

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Date: July 3, 1916

Subjects: San Gabriel Mountains; Sturtevant Camp; Juvinall, John C

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 968

Collection: Photographs

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Arcadia Music Camp at Camp Buckhorn 1975. Panoramic picture.

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Date: 1975

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Date: 1975

Subjects: Arcadia Music Camp; Camp Buckhorn

Physical Description: 8 x 22 b&w

ID: 2095

Collection: Photographs

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Arcadia Music Camp at Camp Buckhorn 1976. Panoramic picture.

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Date: 1976

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Date: 1976

Subjects: Arcadia Music Camp; Camp Buckhorn

Physical Description: 8 x 23 b&w

ID: 2096

Collection: Photographs

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Arcadia Music Camp at Camp Buckhorn 1977. Panoramic picture.

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Date: 1977

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Date: 1977

Subjects: Arcadia Music Camp; Camp Buckhorn

Physical Description: 8 x 21 b&w

ID: 2097

Collection: Photographs

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Arcadia Recreation Department Camp Buckhorn panoramic picture. Summer camp 1965.

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Date: Summer 1965

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Date: Summer 1965

Subjects: Recreation Department Collection; Camp Buckhorn

Physical Description: 6 x 24 b&w

ID: 2057

Collection: Photographs

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Arcadia Recreation Department Camp Buckhorn panoramic picture. Summer camp 1969.

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Date: Summer 1969

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Date: Summer 1969

Subjects: Recreation Department Collection; Camp Buckhorn

Physical Description: 8 x 24.5 b&w

ID: 2058

Collection: Photographs

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Arcadia Recreation Department Camp Buckhorn panoramic picture. Summer camp 1972.

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Date: Summer 1972

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Date: Summer 1972

Subjects: Recreation Department Collection; Camp Buckhorn

Physical Description: 8 x 26.5 b&w

ID: 2060

Collection: Photographs

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Arcadia Recreation Department Camp Buckhorn panoramic picture. Summer camp 1973.

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Date: Summer 1973

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Date: Summer 1973

Subjects: Recreation Department Collection; Camp Buckhorn

Physical Description: 8 x 23 b&w

ID: 2061

Collection: Photographs

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Arcadia Recreation Department Camp Buckhorn panoramic picture. Summer camp 1974.

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Date: Summer 1974

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Date: Summer 1974

Subjects: Recreation Department Collection; Camp Buckhorn

Physical Description: 8 x 24 b&w

ID: 2062

Collection: Photographs

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Arcadia Recreation Department Camp Buckhorn panoramic picture. Summer camp 1977.

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Date: Summer 1977

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Date: Summer 1977

Subjects: Recreation Department Collection; Camp Buckhorn

Physical Description: 8 x 22 b&w

ID: 2064

Collection: Photographs

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Arcadia Recreation Department Camp Buckhorn panoramic picture. Summer camp 1978.

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Date: Summer 1978

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Date: Summer 1978

Subjects: Recreation Department Collection; Camp Buckhorn

Physical Description: 8 x 24.5 b&w

ID: 2065

Collection: Photographs

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Arcadia Recreation Department Camp Buckhorn panoramic picture. Summer camp 1971.

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Date: Summer 1971

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Date: Summer 1971

Subjects: Recreation Department Collection; Camp Buckhorn

Physical Description: 8 x 23 b&w

ID: 2059

Collection: Photographs

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Arcadia Recreation Department Camp Buckhorn group picture. Summer camp August 1991.

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Date: August 1991

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Date: August 1991

Subjects: Recreation Department Collection; Camp Buckhorn

Physical Description: 8 x 10 color

ID: 2066

Collection: Photographs

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Arcadia Recreation Department Camp Buckhorn group picture. Summer camp, August 1993.

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Date: August 1993

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Date: August 1993

Subjects: Recreation Department Collection; Camp Buckhorn

Physical Description: 8 x 10 color

ID: 2069

Collection: Photographs

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Arcadia Recreation Department Staff Camp Buckhorn group picture. Summer camp August 1992.

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Date: August 1992

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Date: August 1992

Subjects: Recreation Department Collection; Camp Buckhorn

Physical Description: 8 x 10 color

ID: 2067

Collection: Photographs

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Arcadia Recreation Department Staff Camp Buckhorn group picture. Summer camp, most likely August in the early 1990s.

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Date: August early 1990s

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Date: August early 1990s

Subjects: Recreation Department Collection; Camp Buckhorn

Physical Description: 8 x 10 color

ID: 2068

Collection: Photographs

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Arcadia Recreation Department Camp Buckhorn panoramic picture, parts 1 and 2 (two 8 x 10 photos). Summer camp 1976.

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Date: Summer 1976

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Date: Summer 1976

Subjects: Recreation Department Collection; Camp Buckhorn

Physical Description: 8 x 19 b&w

ID: 2063

Collection: Photographs

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Camp Santa Anita (U.S. Army Ordnance Center)

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Contents: 1. "Santa Anita Ordnance troops reviewed." News clip, circa 1942-1943? 2. "Camp Santa Anita houses Polish refugees." Arcadia Bulletin, November 8, 1943. 3. "Army camp needs told." Arcadia Tribune, October 29, 1942. 4. "Arcadia camp 'showplace'." News clip, January 21, 1943. 5. "G.I. Santa Anit…

Contents: 1. "Santa Anita Ordnance troops reviewed." News clip, circa 1942-1943?; 2. "Camp Santa Anita houses Polish refugees." Arcadia Bulletin, November 8, 1943.; 3. "Army camp needs told." Arcadia Tribune, October 29, 1942.; 4. "Arcadia camp 'showplace'." News clip, January 21, 1943.; 5. "G.I. Santa Anita." Westways, December 1943, p. 12-13.; 6. Four issues of Man O' War, publication of the camp from 1943 and 1944. See also bound volume of this in Arcadia archives.; 7. "Veterans visit their old camp." Los Angeles Times, August 14, 1967, Part II-S.; 8. Notes taken from interview with William Dillon, Captain in the 14th Field Artillery Observation Battalion, once assigned to Camp Santa Anita. August 27, 1980.; 9. "Camp Santa Anita remembered: during WWII it was the Great Arms Place." Los Angeles Times, December 25, 1981, Part III, page 1 by Shav Glick.; 10. "Dear Joe." Handbook for soldiers stationed at Camp Santa Anita.; 11. "Santa Anita goes to war." Source and date unknown.; 12. "Colonia Santa Rosa." Copy of Spanish brochure regarding Polish refugees at Camp Santa Anita. Also includes correspondence regarding refugees.; 13. Letter from Bronislaw Keilbasa to the Arcadia Chamber of Commerce, April 2, 1995. It requests information on Polish refugees that stayed near Arcadia during World War II. Enclosed was an article, "Wartime living - happiness in California," dated November 15, 1942.; 14. Copies of documents regarding Polish refugees at Camp Santa Anita, courtesy of Bronislaw Kielbasa. 35 pages.; 15. Letter to Mrs. Pat Corpe Krig from Jane Breiseth dated July 16, 1999, with information about Annadorf and Camp Santa Anita. (cc: Mary Beth Hayes) Three attachments: (1) Listing of soldiers who worked at Annadorf while stationed at Camp Santa Anita, people interested in Annadorf , and sources for further research. (2) copies of photos of Annadorf and Art Monaco receiving Legion of Merit at Camp Santa Anita. (3) Information on Camp Santa Anita copied from the United States Army in World War II: The Technical Service: The Ordnance Department Planning Munitions for War. 11 pages total.; 16. Letter from Mary Beth Hayes to Jane Breiseth dated September 15, 1999, thanking Ms. Breiseth for information about Annadorf.; 17. Letter from Mary Beth Hayes to Phillip C. Kellison requesting information on the images Mr. Kellison might have of Camp Santa Anita. Referred to by Researcher Jane Breiseth. September 15, 1999.; 18. All bets were off. Shav Glick , a longtime Times sportswriter, recalls when he served at the Camp Santa Anita Army training camp during World War II. Los Angeles Times, November 4, 2003, p. D1.; 19. Santa Rosa Colony: story of a Polish War-Refugee Camp, in Mexico. English translation of document #12 above.; 20a. Annadorf: a German town in the San Gabriels. Part 1 of 3. Published by Wrightwood Historical Society, December 7, 2001. Printed from Internet Website http://www.wrightwoodcalif.com/WrightwoodHistorical/ on December 30, 2005.; 20b. Annadorf: a German town in the San Gabriels. Part 2 of 3. Published by Wrightwood Historical Society, January 4, 2002. Printed from Internet Website http://www.wrightwoodcalif.com/WrightwoodHistorical/ on December 30, 2005.; 20c. Annadorf: a German town in the San Gabriels. Part 3 of 3. Published by Wrightwood Historical Society, February 1, 2002. Printed from Internet Website http://www.wrightwoodcalif.com/WrightwoodHistorical/ on December 30, 2005.; 21. Down the home stretch at Santa Anita: the week the race track became a camp for Polish refugee children, October 1943. By Joyce Young-Kelly. Submitted to Professor Charles Roberts, Department of History, California State University, Sacramento. With cover letter from Joyce Kelly to librarian Yvonne Ng.; 22."Santa Anita Park to be Nazi Camp: German Prisoners of War Will be Kept at Former Race Track Plant." Los Angeles Times, February 19, 1944.; 23. "Santa Anita transformed: former Jap Assembly Center fast becoming army training hub." Los Angeles Times, December 14, 1942.; 24. "Lee Side o' L.A. by Lee Shippey. A journalist's description of Camp Santa Anita." Los Angeles Times, April 28, 1943.; 25. "Nation's armed might show attracts 50,000: 'Times'-Army Ordnance in action display at Exposition Park also will be open today." Los Angeles Times, September 12, 1943.; 26. "Santa Anita will house 2000 Nazis: Army confirms plan for Prison Camp. " Los Angeles Times, March 9, 1944.; 27. "Santa Anita Park ready in month." Los Angeles Times, September 20, 1944.; 28. Wartime living: happiness in California. 727 Poles discovered happiness at the barracks of Camp Santa Anita. Polish refugees, 350 children who were wards of Poland's Government in Exile, stayed for six days on their way to Mexico City. Time Magazine, November 15, 1943.; 29. Editor of U.S. Army camp paper Man O' War of Santa Anita, California Army Ordnance Training Center will be the editor of Toykyo Express, a new newspaper for the Pacific theater. Time Magazine, June 5, 1944.

Subjects: Camp Santa Anita (U.S. Army Ordnance Center)

Item ID: 42AF

Collection: Subject Files

U.S. Army personnel looking through periodicals in front of wagering windows at Santa Anita Race Track during years it was used as Camp Santa Anita, a U.S. Army Ordnance training camp.

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Date: c.1943

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Date: c.1943

Subjects: Camp Santa Anita (U.S. Army Ordnance Center)

Physical Description: 7x10 b&w

ID: 1096

Collection: Photographs

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Man O’ War. Ordnance Training Center. Camp Santa Anita. Arcadia, California

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Contents: 1. Man O’ War. Ordnance Training Center. Camp Santa Anita. Arcadia, California. Vol. 1, No. 1, December 25, 1942 – Vol. 2, No. 22, May 19, 1944. Bound, Complete

Contents: 1. Man O’ War. Ordnance Training Center. Camp Santa Anita. Arcadia, California. Vol. 1, No. 1, December 25, 1942 – Vol. 2, No. 22, May 19, 1944. Bound, Complete

Subjects: Man O’ War. Ordnance Training Center. Camp Santa Anita. Arcadia, California

Location: History Room

Box Number: Box 39

Shelf Number: Shelf B5

Item ID: 348AF

Collection: Subject Files

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A large group is pictured sitting or standing near entrance to Sturtevant Camp dining room. (Camp was one of many in San Gabriel Mountains; it was up Big Santa Anita Canyon.) In back row, on left, man in dark shirt and tie next to pillar, is John C. Juvinall of Monrovia.

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Arcadia Music Camp at Camp Buckhorn 1975. Panoramic picture.

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Arcadia Music Camp at Camp Buckhorn 1976. Panoramic picture.

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Arcadia Music Camp at Camp Buckhorn 1977. Panoramic picture.

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Arcadia Recreation Department Camp Buckhorn panoramic picture. Summer camp 1965.

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Arcadia Recreation Department Camp Buckhorn panoramic picture. Summer camp 1969.

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Arcadia Recreation Department Camp Buckhorn panoramic picture. Summer camp 1972.

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Arcadia Recreation Department Camp Buckhorn panoramic picture. Summer camp 1973.

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Arcadia Recreation Department Camp Buckhorn panoramic picture. Summer camp 1974.

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Arcadia Recreation Department Camp Buckhorn panoramic picture. Summer camp 1977.

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Arcadia Recreation Department Camp Buckhorn panoramic picture. Summer camp 1978.

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Arcadia Recreation Department Camp Buckhorn panoramic picture. Summer camp 1971.

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Arcadia Recreation Department Camp Buckhorn group picture. Summer camp August 1991.

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Arcadia Recreation Department Camp Buckhorn group picture. Summer camp, August 1993.

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Arcadia Recreation Department Staff Camp Buckhorn group picture. Summer camp August 1992.

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Arcadia Recreation Department Staff Camp Buckhorn group picture. Summer camp, most likely August in the early 1990s.

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Arcadia Recreation Department Camp Buckhorn panoramic picture, parts 1 and 2 (two 8 x 10 photos). Summer camp 1976.

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Camp Santa Anita (U.S. Army Ordnance Center)

U.S. Army personnel looking through periodicals in front of wagering windows at Santa Anita Race Track during years it was used as Camp Santa Anita, a U.S. Army Ordnance training camp.

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Man O’ War. Ordnance Training Center. Camp Santa Anita. Arcadia, California