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Interior view of order counter and west seating area at Taco Lita restaurant located at 120 E. Duarte Road in Arcadia. Colorful orange tiles cover the floor and tables, while yellow, white and orange tiles cover counter base. Clearly displays the unique seating, using a bench seat with small tables intermittently set on top.

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Date: 2023

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Date: 2023

Subjects: Taco Lita; Restaurants

Physical Description: color printout, born digital, see P:\Library Photos\images

ID: 2300

Collection: Photographs

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View looking southwest at the sign and fountain in front of The Original Peppers Mexican Grill & Cantina located at 181 Colorado Place in Arcadia. It opened in the 1960s on Route 66 across the street from Santa Anita Park and closed permanently in 2021.

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Date: 2022

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Date: 2022

Subjects: Original Peppers Mexican Grill & Cantina; Restaurants, bars, etc.

Physical Description: color printout, born digital, see P:\Library Photos\images

ID: 2302

Collection: Photographs

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House at 180 West Huntington Drive, Arcadia, located just north of the municipal athletic field adjacent to Arcadia City Hall. It was part of the Le Meridien hotel land but is being sold Salvation Army and moving to Pasadena. In the year 2000 this was the location of Oakcrest Adult Rehabilitation Center. In this photo, its downstairs windows are boarded up. See document "State Wars on Bookies." A house at 180 West Huntington Drive in Arcadia was raided and four men were arrested who were using binoculars to catch the race results and flashing them to bookmakers throughout the nation. Los Angeles Times, January 17, 1938.

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Date: November, 2020

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Date: November, 2020

Subjects: Historic houses

Physical Description: Digital image

Collection: Photographs

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House at 180 West Huntington Drive, Arcadia, located just north of the municipal athletic field adjacent to Arcadia City Hall. It was part of the Le Meridien hotel land but is being sold Salvation Army and moving to Pasadena. In the year 2000 this was the location of Oakcrest Adult Rehabilitation Center. In this photo, notice its house numbers in disrepair. See document "State Wars on Bookies." A house at 180 West Huntington Drive in Arcadia was raided and four men were arrested who were using binoculars to catch the race results and flashing them to bookmakers throughout the nation. Los Angeles Times, January 17, 1938.

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Date: November, 2020

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Date: November, 2020

Subjects: Historic houses

Physical Description: Digital image

Collection: Photographs

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House at 180 West Huntington Drive, Arcadia, located just north of the municipal athletic field adjacent to Arcadia City Hall, showing tree stumps and driveway. It was part of the Le Meridien hotel land but is being sold Salvation Army and moving to Pasadena. In the year 2000 this was the location of Oakcrest Adult Rehabilitation Center. In this photo, its downstairs windows are boarded up. See document "State Wars on Bookies." A house at 180 West Huntington Drive in Arcadia was raided and four men were arrested who were using binoculars to catch the race results and flashing them to bookmakers throughout the nation. Los Angeles Times, January 17, 1938.

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Date: November, 2020

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Date: November, 2020

Subjects: Historic houses

Physical Description: Digital image

Collection: Photographs

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North view of house at 180 West Huntington Drive, Arcadia, located just north of the municipal athletic field adjacent to Arcadia City Hall, Arcadia Police Station tower is in the background . It was part of the Le Meridien hotel land but is being sold Salvation Army and moving to Pasadena. In the year 2000 this was the location of Oakcrest Adult Rehabilitation Center. In this photo, its downstairs windows are boarded up. See document "State Wars on Bookies." A house at 180 West Huntington Drive in Arcadia was raided and four men were arrested who were using binoculars to catch the race results and flashing them to bookmakers throughout the nation. Los Angeles Times, January 17, 1938.

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Date: November, 2020

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Date: November, 2020

Subjects: Historic houses

Physical Description: Digital image

Collection: Photographs

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House at 180 West Huntington Drive, Arcadia, located just north of the municipal athletic field adjacent to Arcadia City Hall, showing tree in front, taken from across the street on Huntington Drive. It was part of the Le Meridien hotel land but is being sold Salvation Army and moving to Pasadena. In the year 2000 this was the location of Oakcrest Adult Rehabilitation Center. In this photo, its downstairs windows are boarded up. See document "State Wars on Bookies." A house at 180 West Huntington Drive in Arcadia was raided and four men were arrested who were using binoculars to catch the race results and flashing them to bookmakers throughout the nation. Los Angeles Times, January 17, 1938.

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Date: November, 2020

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Date: November, 2020

Subjects: Historic houses

Physical Description: Digital image

Collection: Photographs

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House at 180 West Huntington Drive, Arcadia, located just north of the municipal athletic field adjacent to Arcadia City Hall, showing part of Le Meridien Hotel to the northeast (left), taken from across the street on Huntington Drive. It was part of the Le Meridien hotel land but is being sold Salvation Army and moving to Pasadena. In the year 2000 this was the location of Oakcrest Adult Rehabilitation Center. In this photo, its downstairs windows are boarded up. See document "State Wars on Bookies." A house at 180 West Huntington Drive in Arcadia was raided and four men were arrested who were using binoculars to catch the race results and flashing them to bookmakers throughout the nation. Los Angeles Times, January 17, 1938.

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Date: November, 2020

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Date: November, 2020

Subjects: Historic houses

Physical Description: Digital image

Collection: Photographs

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House at 180 West Huntington Drive, Arcadia, located just north of the municipal athletic field adjacent to Arcadia City Hall, peeking out over the fence that separates it from the athletic field. It was part of the Le Meridien hotel land but is being sold Salvation Army and moving to Pasadena. In the year 2000 this was the location of Oakcrest Adult Rehabilitation Center. In this photo, its downstairs windows are boarded up. See document "State Wars on Bookies." A house at 180 West Huntington Drive in Arcadia was raided and four men were arrested who were using binoculars to catch the race results and flashing them to bookmakers throughout the nation. Los Angeles Times, January 17, 1938.

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Date: November, 2020

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Date: November, 2020

Subjects: Historic houses

Physical Description: Digital image

Collection: Photographs

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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.

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Date: 2020

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Date: 2020

Subjects: Arcadia High School alumni; City Clerks; Glasco, Gene; Veterans

Physical Description: color printout, digital, see P:\Library Photos\images

ID: 2293

Collection: Photographs

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At the Arcadia Recreation Department Summer Concert on the Arcadia City Hall lawn, "face painting" children's activity. Blonde woman is painting on a child's arm.

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Date: July 24, 2003

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Date: July 24, 2003

Subjects: Recreation Department Collection; Summer concerts

Physical Description: 4 x 6 color

ID: 2078

Collection: Photographs

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Interior of mansion, showing second story room with a long table The arched doorway with the exit sign above it seems to be leading downstairs. Former home of Prince Erik of Denmark in 1920s at 2607 S. Santa Anita Avenue. Built in 1924. Property now owned by Arcadia Congregational Church. Photograph by Terry Miller.

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Date: April 2001

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Date: April 2001

Subjects: Erik, Prince of Denmark; Arcadia Congregational Church; Historic houses

Physical Description: 4x6 b&w

ID: 2183

Collection: Photographs

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Looking east on Duarte Road, from the intersection at Baldwin Avenue. Businesses on the south side of Duarte Road include Cal Fed Bank, Business Bank, Borland's Physical Therapy, and Essentials for Hair. Five cars face westward, while a Honda Accord turns left onto Duarte Road. Photograph by Terry Miller.

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Date: April 2001

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Date: April 2001

Subjects: Automobiles; Baldwin Avenue; Business districts; Duarte Road

Physical Description: 4x6 b&w

ID: 2199

Collection: Photographs

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Sign for businesses at 713 West Duarte Road, just west of the northwest corner of Baldwin Avenue and Duarte Road. Businesses here are Active Hair, Mail Boxes Etc., Sakana Seafood, Tender Loving Care TLC Realty & Mortgage, Hit's Coffee & Tea, Every Green Books. Photograph by Terry Miller.

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Date: April 2001

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Date: April 2001

Subjects: Active Hair; Baldwin Avenue; Business districts; Duarte Road; Every Green Books; Hit's Coffee & Tea; Mail Boxes Etc.; Sakana Seafood; Tender Loving Care TLC Realty & Mortgage

Physical Description: 4x6 b&w

ID: 2202

Collection: Photographs

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Northwest intersection of Baldwin Avenue and Duarte Road. Businesses just west of the corner at 713 West Duarte Road are Active Hair, Mail Boxes Etc., Sakana Seafood, Tender Loving Care TLC Realty & Mortgage, Hit's Coffee & Tea, Every Green Books. Looks like a gas station (boarded up) had been at the NW corner. The address 735 W. Duarte Road is apparent on one building. Photograph by Terry Miller.

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Date: April 2001

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Date: April 2001

Subjects: Active Hair; Automobiles; Baldwin Avenue; Business districts; Duarte Road; Every Green Books; Hit's Coffee & Tea; Mail Boxes Etc.; Sakana Seafood; Tender Loving Care TLC Realty & Mortgage

Physical Description: 4x6 b&w

ID: 2203

Collection: Photographs

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Tender Loving Care TLC Realty & Mortgage at 713 West Duarte Road. Photograph by Terry Miller.

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Date: April 2001

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Date: April 2001

Subjects: Baldwin Avenue; Business districts; Duarte Road; Tender Loving Care TLC Realty & Mortgage

Physical Description: 4x6 b&w

ID: 2204

Collection: Photographs

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Statue of a soldier at Arcadia County Park. He is standing, wearing boots and hat, belt of ammunition, canteen across his body, holding a rifle. It is known as "The Hiker," one of 52 casts of the Spanish American War Memorial made between 1921 and 1956 to commemorate the 1898 Spanish American War. Photograph by Terry Miller.

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Date: April 2001

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Date: April 2001

Subjects: Arcadia County Park; Statuary

Physical Description: 4x6 b&w

ID: 2228

Collection: Photographs

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Peacock sundial located at Los Angeles County Arboretum. Shows time of about 2:30 PM. Photograph by Terry Miller.

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Date: April 2001

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Date: April 2001

Subjects: Peacocks; Sundials

Physical Description: 4x6 b&w

ID: 2230

Collection: Photographs

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Peacock sundial, located at Los Angeles County Arboretum. Shows time of about 2:30 PM. Photograph by Terry Miller.

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Date: April 2001

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Date: April 2001

Subjects: Peacocks; Sundials

Physical Description: 4x6 b&w

ID: 2231A

Collection: Photographs

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Historic building at 314 North First Avenue. Built in 1928, originally an office of Southern California Gas Company. "Southern Counties Gas Company" is engraved over the entrance, with striped awnings, bricks, and occupant's sign "Serar & Associates Architect" in the window. Photo taken across the street, shows a pick-up truck in front of the building. Photo by Terry Miller.

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Date: 2001

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Date: 2001

Subjects: Architects; Downtown Arcadia; Serar and Associates; Southern California Gas Company; Southern Counties Gas Company

Physical Description: 4x6 b&w

ID: 2250C

Collection: Photographs

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View looking southwest at the sign and fountain in front of The Original Peppers Mexican Grill & Cantina located at 181 Colorado Place in Arcadia. It opened in the 1960s on Route 66 across the street from Santa Anita Park and closed permanently in 2021.

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At the Arcadia Recreation Department Summer Concert on the Arcadia City Hall lawn, "face painting" children's activity. Blonde woman is painting on a child's arm.

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Sign for businesses at 713 West Duarte Road, just west of the northwest corner of Baldwin Avenue and Duarte Road. Businesses here are Active Hair, Mail Boxes Etc., Sakana Seafood, Tender Loving Care TLC Realty & Mortgage, Hit's Coffee & Tea, Every Green Books. Photograph by Terry Miller.

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Tender Loving Care TLC Realty & Mortgage at 713 West Duarte Road. Photograph by Terry Miller.

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Peacock sundial located at Los Angeles County Arboretum. Shows time of about 2:30 PM. Photograph by Terry Miller.

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Peacock sundial, located at Los Angeles County Arboretum. Shows time of about 2:30 PM. Photograph by Terry Miller.

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