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Cub scouts troop pose on Arcadia Fire Department truck with two female troop leaders. Names unknown.

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Date: ca. 1992

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Date: ca. 1992

Subjects: Cub Scouts; Arcadia Fire Department truck

Physical Description: 8 x 10 color

ID: 1733

Collection: Photographs

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Large group of unidentified Arcadia Cub Scouts from Troop 111 shown in front of an Arcadia fire engine. There are several adult leaders and Arcadia firefighters with the group.

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Date: circa 1992

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Date: circa 1992

Subjects: Cub Scouts; Fire Department

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w and 8x10 color

ID: 1706

Collection: Photographs

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Photo of front page of school newspaper called the Cub vol.2no.7.

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Date: November 15, 1935

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Date: November 15, 1935

Subjects: Schools-History-1880's-1950

Physical Description: 3x5 b&w

ID: 710

Collection: Photographs

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Photo of first page of Graduation Issue of The Cub, first Arcadia School newspaper.

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Date: January 23, 1947

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Date: January 23, 1947

Subjects: Schools-History-1880's-1950

Physical Description: 3x5 b&w

ID: 711

Collection: Photographs

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Arcadia's 1929 float entry in the Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade, "The Old Oaken Bucket." This float was entered by the Boy Scouts. Wishing well is blurry under a canopy.

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Date: January 1929

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Date: January 1929

Subjects: Tournament of Roses-Floats-1929

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 1284

Collection: Photographs

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American Savings building at 30 N. Santa Anita Ave. Former location of first school, a converted packing house.

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Date: 1979

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Date: 1979

Subjects: American Savings and Loan; Schools-History-1880's-1950

Physical Description: 4x5 color

ID: 1230

Collection: Photographs

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Students at Arcadia Grammar School, where present First Avenue Middle School is now. Built in 1907, this building replaced the packing shed school provided earlier by E.J. Baldwin. This school was located at the southwest corner of First Avenue and California Street. No identification of teachers or students.

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Date: Feb. 1911

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Date: Feb. 1911

Subjects: Schools-History-1880s-1950

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 563

Collection: Photographs

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Three unidentified men in suits and another man, more casually dressed in a short-sleeve shirt, at a party or social celebration.

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Date: c. 1950s

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Date: c. 1950s

Subjects: Recreation Department Collection

Physical Description: 3 1/2 x 5 1/2 b&w

ID: 1936

Collection: Photographs

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Photo from a page of the 1907 Los Angeles Racing Association Souvenir Booklet showing a portrait of H.A. Unruh and a short biography. Mr. Unruh is wearing a three-piece suit and tie and is seated behind a desk.

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Date: 1907 season

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Date: 1907 season

Subjects: Unruh, Hiram Augustus

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 1354

Collection: Photographs

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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.

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Date: c. 1970s

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Date: c. 1970s

Subjects: Recreation Department Collection

Physical Description: 7 1/2" x 9 1/2" b&w

ID: 1888

Collection: Photographs

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Photo taken looking north from possibly Duarte Road, of 120 acres of tomatoes being grown on Baldwin Ranch land. In photo, highest mountain on right side of photo is Monrovia Peak. Big Santa Anita Canyon comes down to the left of it. Oversized.

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Date: 1914

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Date: 1914

Subjects: Rancho Santa Anita; Baldwin Ranch; San Gabriel Mountains

Physical Description: 3x15 b&w

ID: 124

Collection: Photographs

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View north and a bit west toward San Gabriel Mountains over the enormous warehouse under construction on the infield of the track at the Santa Anita Assembly Center for the Japanese. Highest white buildings visible in left third of photo is Passonist's Father's Monastery in Sierra Madre.

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Date: April 1942

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Date: April 1942

Subjects: Santa Anita Assembly Center for the Japanese-Construction & maintenance; Santa Anita Park-1942-1945

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 648

Collection: Photographs

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Arcadia's first school house which was made over from a packing shed given by Elias J. "Lucky" Baldwin. This photo shows 26 people, students and teachers standing at door. It was located at corner of Santa Anita Avenue and Falling Leaf Drive. (street name later changed to Huntington Drive). Used from 1903-1907. Only Julian Fisher identified.

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Date: c.1904

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Date: c.1904

Subjects: Schools-History-1880's-1950; Fisher, Julian

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 561

Collection: Photographs

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Santa Anita Santa Fe Station photographed from south side of Colorado Blvd. There is a man standing near extreme left edge of photo. Gates with a red STOP sign are to keep unauthorized persons from driving across tracks and then up to Foothill Boulevard for a "short cut."

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Date: Summer 1964

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Date: Summer 1964

Subjects: Railroads-Santa Anita Station

Physical Description: 3x5 color

ID: 524

Collection: Photographs

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Actress Yvette Vickers is seen with her arms bent and hands by her mouth. She is wearing a short skirt with bare legs and feet. According to Sandy Snider, photo was taken during the filming of the movie, "Attack of the Giant Leeches." This movie was filmed at the Arboretum during the latter half of 1958.

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Date: c.1958

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Date: c.1958

Subjects: Motion pictures; Vickers, Yvette

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 1530

Collection: Photographs

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Arcadia Recreation Department Summer Concert on the Arcadia City Hall lawn, with two police officers in uniform and a man wearing shorts.

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Date: July 24, 2003

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Date: July 24, 2003

Subjects: Recreation Department Collection; Police officers; Summer concerts

Physical Description: 4 x 6 color

ID: 2073

Collection: Photographs

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Santa Anita School Mrs. Rutherford's fifth grade classroom photo by Thompson Photo Service, Los Angeles (from the envelope which has been discarded). The school was located at 1900 South Santa Anita Avenue from about 1950 until June, 1981. In 1982, Arcadia Christian School moved in to this location. Identification on the back reads: 1st row from left Janet Johnson Susan Cross Lea Balabanoff Holly Johnson Margery Bailey Janet Schlaifer Cindy Humboldt Vandy Savage Linda Fryer Joanne (Sue Sue) Goral 2nd row Gary Kovacic Sue Anne Tillman Mary Noble Kathy Kidd Kathy Pounds Christine Robinson Shirley Blake Karen Walker Linda Smith Mark Johnson 3rd row Bob Berger Clayton Fabeck Ricky Ganzer Drew Opel Brett Winger Scott Curry Ronny Pon Roy Poole Marc Coleman Roger Able Mrs. Rutherford

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Date: September 1961

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Date: September 1961

Subjects: Able, Roger; Bailey, Margery; Balabanoff, Lea; Berger, Bob; Blake, Shirley; Coleman, Marc; Cross, Susan; Curry, Scott; Fabeck, Clayton; Fryer, Linda; Ganzer, Ricky; Goral, Joanne (Sue Sue); Humboldt, Cindy; Johnson, Holly; Johnson, Janet; Kidd, Kathy; Kovacic, Gary; Noble, Mary; Opel, Drew; Pon, Ronny; Poole, Roy; Pounds, Kathy (see also Meacham, Kathy); Robinson, Christine; Rutherford, (Mrs.); Santa Anita School--Arcadia, California; Savage, Vandy; Schlaifer, Janet; Schools--Elementary Schools; Smith, Linda; Johnson, Mark; Tillman, Sue Anne; Walker, Karen; Winger, Brett

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 1866

Collection: Photographs

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"I love a parade," Arcadia's float entry in the 1968 Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade, presented a boy on skates pulling a wagon in which the Arcadia Rose Court rode. It was 55 feet long and 17 feet high at its highest point. 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 1968

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Date: January 1968

Subjects: Tournament of Roses-Floats-1968

Physical Description: 8x10 color

ID: 1300

Collection: Photographs

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Basketball team of 8 unidentified boys, posing in two rows, in an indoor basketball court (gym). They are wearing numbered tank tops and shorts. This photo was in an envelope marked "Forum Basketball February 26, 1971."

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Date: February 26, 1971

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Date: February 26, 1971

Subjects: Recreation Department Collection; Basketball; Boys

Physical Description: 5 x 6 1/2 b&w

ID: 1917

Collection: Photographs

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Aerial view looking north over flooded Santa Anita Wash looking upstream. Street cutting across photo closest to bottom is Huntington Drive. The next crossing upstream carries Santa Fe Railroad track. The last crossing that is clearly visible is Pacific Electric Railroad bridge. North/south street crossing Huntington Drive nearest wash would be Fifth Avenue. Foothill Boulevard is just barely visible near top of photo.

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Date: March 3, 1938

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Date: March 3, 1938

Subjects: Aerial Photo Collection; Aerial views; Fifth Avenue; Flood control; Foothill Boulevard; Huntington Drive; Railroads; Santa Anita Wash

Physical Description: 5x7 b&w

ID: 809

Collection: Photographs

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Cub scouts troop pose on Arcadia Fire Department truck with two female troop leaders. Names unknown.

Images

Large group of unidentified Arcadia Cub Scouts from Troop 111 shown in front of an Arcadia fire engine. There are several adult leaders and Arcadia firefighters with the group.

Images

Photo of front page of school newspaper called the Cub vol.2no.7.

Images

Photo of first page of Graduation Issue of The Cub, first Arcadia School newspaper.

Images

Arcadia's 1929 float entry in the Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade, "The Old Oaken Bucket." This float was entered by the Boy Scouts. Wishing well is blurry under a canopy.

Images

American Savings building at 30 N. Santa Anita Ave. Former location of first school, a converted packing house.

Images

Images

Three unidentified men in suits and another man, more casually dressed in a short-sleeve shirt, at a party or social celebration.

Images

Photo from a page of the 1907 Los Angeles Racing Association Souvenir Booklet showing a portrait of H.A. Unruh and a short biography. Mr. Unruh is wearing a three-piece suit and tie and is seated behind a desk.

Images

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.

Images

Photo taken looking north from possibly Duarte Road, of 120 acres of tomatoes being grown on Baldwin Ranch land. In photo, highest mountain on right side of photo is Monrovia Peak. Big Santa Anita Canyon comes down to the left of it. Oversized.

Images

View north and a bit west toward San Gabriel Mountains over the enormous warehouse under construction on the infield of the track at the Santa Anita Assembly Center for the Japanese. Highest white buildings visible in left third of photo is Passonist's Father's Monastery in Sierra Madre.

Images

Images

Santa Anita Santa Fe Station photographed from south side of Colorado Blvd. There is a man standing near extreme left edge of photo. Gates with a red STOP sign are to keep unauthorized persons from driving across tracks and then up to Foothill Boulevard for a "short cut."

Images

Images

Arcadia Recreation Department Summer Concert on the Arcadia City Hall lawn, with two police officers in uniform and a man wearing shorts.

Images

Images

Images

Basketball team of 8 unidentified boys, posing in two rows, in an indoor basketball court (gym). They are wearing numbered tank tops and shorts. This photo was in an envelope marked "Forum Basketball February 26, 1971."

Images

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