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Portrait of Jim Nellis, engineer with Arcadia Fire Department.

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Date: 1917

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Date: 1917

Subjects: Fire Department; Nellis, Jim M.

Physical Description: 3x5 b&w vertical

ID: 248

Collection: Photographs

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Chief Jim Nellis and A.A. Mussachia posing with Arcadia's first fire truck. Tires appear to be solid rubber. Location of this firehouse probably in part of City Hall facility at First and Huntington Drive.

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Date: c.1927 (license plate)

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Date: c.1927 (license plate)

Subjects: Mussachia, Anist; Nellis, Jim M.; Fire Department

Physical Description: 5x7 b&w

ID: 242

Collection: Photographs

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Jim Helms stands near microphone as Ruth Gilb speaks to guests. Seen on left is Police Dept. Lt. Neal Johnson, who was Prize & Awards Chairman of Diamond Jubilee.

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Date: September 30, 1978

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Date: September 30, 1978

Subjects: Centennial celebrations,etc.-Diamond Jubilee,1978-Ball; Helms, James; Gilb, Ruth; Johnson, Neal

Physical Description: 5x7 b&w

ID: 757

Collection: Photographs

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Five men with fire and police vehicles outside City Hall at NW corner of First and Huntington Drive. Left to right: Grady Pardue (on motorcycle), Jim Nellis standing on running board of fire engine (Fire Chief), Anist Mussachia (fireman), Albert Matthies (police -- killed approaching car of three men planning hold up of ODETTES which was previous name of Pines Cafe on Huntington Drive). The man on extreme right in business suit is Chief of Police and Fire Marshall, A. N. Coberly. Photo taken at City Hall, NW corner of First and Huntington Drive, it is believed.

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Date: c.1926

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Date: c.1926

Subjects: Fire Department; Police Department; Pardue, Grady; Nellis, Jim M.; Mussachia, Anist; Matthies, Albert; Coberly, A.N.

Physical Description: 5x7 sepia, 8x10 b&w

ID: 435

Collection: Photographs

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Portraits of five members of the Arcadia Fire Department, taken from a page of the "Arcadia Police and Firemen Relief Association Annual Souvenir" (see Arcadia VF-Police-Archives). Pictured are Frank Hinman, Walter Best, Leo C. Bertolina, A.A Mussachia, and Jim M. Nellis.

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Date: 1927

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Date: 1927

Subjects: Fire Department; Police Department; Hinman, Frank; Best, Walter; Bertolina, Leo; Mussachia, A.A.; Nellis, Jim M.

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 1337

Collection: Photographs

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Eleven City employees holding a sign which reads,"TO GEORGE: WITH LOVE AND RESPECT, FROM YOUR TEAM." Sign is in reference to the resignation of City Manager George Watts. Pictured L-R, front row: Cindy Rowe, Bill Woolard, Jerry Collins, Kent Ross, Alex McIntyre, Mike Miller; back row: Pete Kinnahan, Gerald Gardner, Neil Johnson, Jim Dale, Eldon Davidson.

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Date: May 19, 1992

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Date: May 19, 1992

Subjects: Rowe, Cindy; Woolard, Bill; Collins, Jerry; Ross, Kent; McIntyre, Alex; Miller, Mike; Kinnahan, Pete; Gardner, Gerald; Johnson, Neil; Dale, Jim; Davidson, Eldon

Physical Description: 5x7 color

ID: 1364

Collection: Photographs

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Formal photo of Arcadia Police Department. Back row left to right: Ross E. "Med" Cayer, Leo Bertolina, L. Jack Richards (chief of police), Henry W. Haines (father of George, later in charge of Mutuel windows at Santa Anita), Paul Edwards. Motorcycle officers, left to right: Jack Stine, Grady Pardue, Donald Ott. Standing in back: Jim Nellis, Fire Chief. Taken by police station on Wheeler Street. Identified September 9, 1970 by Bill Orr, former Police Chief.

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Date: April 17, 1932

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Date: April 17, 1932

Subjects: Bertolina, Leo; Cayer, Ross E. Med; Edwards, Paul; Haines, Henry W; Ott, Donald; Nellis, Jim M; Pardue, Grady; Police Department; Richards, Louis Jack; Stine, Jack

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 427

Collection: Photographs

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City of Arcadia management employees and others standing in front of City Council Chambers holding a banner which reads, "Merry Christmas Charles," probably referring to Charles Gilb. Standing L-R: Kent Ross, Jim Dale, George Watts, Rick Sandona, Neil Johnson, unknown, Dave Hinig, Jerry Collins, Bob Harbicht, Cindy Rowe, Eldon Davidson, Joe Lopez, Bill Woolard, Pete Kinnahan, Mike Miller, Jerry Gardner, Alex McIntyre.

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Date: 1991

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Date: 1991

Subjects: Ross, Kent; Dale, Jim; Watts, George; Sandona, Richard; Johnson, Neil; Hinig, Dave; Collins, Jerry; Harbicht, Bob; Rowe, Cindy; Davidson, Eldon; Lopez, Joe; Woolard, Bill; Kinnahan, Pete; Miller, Mike; Gardner, Jerry; McIntyre, Alex

Physical Description: 8x10 color

ID: 1437

Collection: Photographs

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Leo Bertolina on left amd Jim Newton standing beside Stone Canyon wall. Back of card places location as just north of Foothill near First Avenue.

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Date: 1909

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Date: 1909

Subjects: Bertolina, Leo; Newton, Jim

Physical Description: 3x5 b&w postcard

ID: 537

Collection: Photographs

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Captain Jim Hayes taking delivery of a new fleet of 1957 Chevrolet police cars. Santa Anita Park's grandstand is in the background.

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Date: 1957

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Date: 1957

Subjects: Arcadia Police Department; Hayes, Jim

Physical Description: 8 x 10 b&w

ID: 2090

Collection: Photographs

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Portrait of Arcadia Police Officer Jim Hayes, in uniform (hat, badge, necktie, patch).

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Date: 1950s

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Date: 1950s

Subjects: Arcadia Police Department; Hayes, Jim

Physical Description: 4x5 b&w

ID: 2093

Collection: Photographs

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Ten men, all members of Arcadia Civil Defense Amateur Radio Operators are standing on steps of what appears to be City Hall. L-R, top row: Herbert Foster, Wendell Chapman, Richard Williams, Robert Spicer, and Edward Bruneau. Bottom row: Jim Henderson, Ralph Poore, Richard Haskin, Fred Blethen and Charles Allessi.

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Date: 1952

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Date: 1952

Subjects: Arcadia Civil Defense Amateur Radio Operators; Foster, Herbert; Chapman, Wendell S.; Spicer, Robert M.; Williams, Richard; Bruneau, Edward; Henderson, Jim; Poore, Ralph D.; Haskin, Richard; Blethen, Fred; Allessi, Charles

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 801

Collection: Photographs

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Leo Bertolina (on left) and Jim Newton standing under a clump of pine trees drinking from bottles. There is a horse standing beyond trees. Back of card says:"area is just north of Foothill near First Avenue."

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Date: 1909

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Date: 1909

Subjects: Bertolina, Leo; Newton, Jim; Police Department

Physical Description: 3x5 b&w postcard

ID: 536

Collection: Photographs

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Families on a baseball field at an Arcadia Recreation Department event. Location unknown. Photographer is Jim Hayes. Back of photo is stamped with "Arcadia Police Photo Sgt. Jim Hayes, Arcadia Police."

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Date: 1950s

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Date: 1950s

Subjects: Recreation Department Collection; Families; Hayes, Jim

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 1874

Collection: Photographs

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James Jeffries, well known boxer is shown in defensive stance. He is known to have visited Arcadia as reported in a 1904 newspaper -- and possible to have fought here.

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Date: c.1900

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Date: c.1900

Subjects: Sports figures; Jeffries, James

Physical Description: 7x10 b&w

ID: 1091

Collection: Photographs

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Department heads pictured in front of City Council Building. L-R: Steve Larson (Personnel); Jim Domney (Library); Jerry Collins (Recreation); Jay Corey (Redevelopment); Steve Bocian (Administrative Assistant); Jerry Gardner (Fire Chief); Bill Woolard (Planning); Bob Berlien (Water); Neal Johnson (Police);Jerry Shuster (Finance); Chester Howard (Public Works); Charles Mitchell (Police Chief); and George Watts (City Manager). Copy 1 acquired March 1982. Copy 2 acquired from Recreation Department November 2013.

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Date: Feb. 1982

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Date: Feb. 1982

Subjects: Berlien, Bob; Bocian, Steve; Collins, Jerry; Corey, Jay; Howard, Chester (Public Works); Larson, Steve; Shuster, Gerald; Watts, George; Woolard, Bill; Gardner, Gerald; Domney, James D; Johnson, Neal; Mitchell, Charles

Physical Description: 8x10 color

ID: 1160

Collection: Photographs

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Large group of people seated at tables outdoors. Overhead are paper lanterns. Group is at Japanese "community" in Arcadia which apparently was near Holly Avenue below Huntington, for a performance of the MIKADO. Man directly in front (center, no hat) is Ed Ryan, caretaker at Baldwin racetrack. On his lap is his daughter, whom Vesta Tucker Reeves and her sister did not like so they scratched over her photo with a pin. Girl seen over his left shoulder, is Vesta Tucker. The lady next to her is not identified. The girl with the long necklace sitting on the lap of the unidentified lady near Mr. Ryan, is Dextra Baldwin. Small boy on left on Japanese man's lap, is Baldwin M. Baldwin. The man, three figures away from camera in row Dextra is in, is her grandfather, Elias J."Lucky" Baldwin. Large man in light suit just to right of Mr. Ryan, is Mr. Johnson, who owned Johnson's Inn. Seen on extreme right, man with mustache and white hair, is Blas Cuellar, the wine maker.

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Date: c.1907 or 1908

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Date: c.1907 or 1908

Subjects: Japanese; Baldwin, Elias J. "Lucky"; Tucker, George Lowen; Tucker, Mrs. George Lowen; Reeves, Vesta Tucker; Ryan, Edward; Kamioka, Mr.; Cuellar, Blas; Johnson, Mr.; Baldwin, Dextra; Baldwin, Baldwin M.

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 1077

Collection: Photographs

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Groundbreaking ceremonies for the remodel/expansion project at Arcadia Public Library, 20 W. Duarte Road. This photo shows City Manager Bill Kelly on the left with Charles Walton in the center and Jim Nardini on the right.

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Date: June, 1995

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Date: June, 1995

Subjects: Arcadia Public Library, 1990-1999; Kelly, Bill; Walton, Charles; Nardini, Jim

Physical Description: 4x6 color

ID: 1479

Collection: Photographs

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Thatched conical shaped roadside fruit stand with the name SLEMONS' ORANGE WIGWAM,ARCADIA,CALIF. According to 1930 City Directory, it was located at 141 E. Foothill Boulevard. (McDonalds address in 1993 is 143 E. Foothill.) Owner was James B. Slemons. Two people can be seen standing near entrance.

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Date: c.1929-30

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Date: c.1929-30

Subjects: Slemons' Fruit Stand; Slemons, James B.

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 821

Collection: Photographs

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Some members of Arcadia Civil Defense Amateur Radio Operators shown at work. Third man from left appears to be Jim Henderson. Man standing by door appears to be Fred Blethen. Man seated and talking to Mr. Blethen seems to be Herbert Foster. Two closest to camera not identified.

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Date: 1952

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Date: 1952

Subjects: Arcadia Civil Defense Amateur Radio Operators; Henderson, Jim; Blethen, Fred; Foster, Herbert

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 801A

Collection: Photographs

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Portrait of Jim Nellis, engineer with Arcadia Fire Department.

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Chief Jim Nellis and A.A. Mussachia posing with Arcadia's first fire truck. Tires appear to be solid rubber. Location of this firehouse probably in part of City Hall facility at First and Huntington Drive.

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Jim Helms stands near microphone as Ruth Gilb speaks to guests. Seen on left is Police Dept. Lt. Neal Johnson, who was Prize & Awards Chairman of Diamond Jubilee.

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Portraits of five members of the Arcadia Fire Department, taken from a page of the "Arcadia Police and Firemen Relief Association Annual Souvenir" (see Arcadia VF-Police-Archives). Pictured are Frank Hinman, Walter Best, Leo C. Bertolina, A.A Mussachia, and Jim M. Nellis.

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Leo Bertolina on left amd Jim Newton standing beside Stone Canyon wall. Back of card places location as just north of Foothill near First Avenue.

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Captain Jim Hayes taking delivery of a new fleet of 1957 Chevrolet police cars. Santa Anita Park's grandstand is in the background.

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Portrait of Arcadia Police Officer Jim Hayes, in uniform (hat, badge, necktie, patch).

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Leo Bertolina (on left) and Jim Newton standing under a clump of pine trees drinking from bottles. There is a horse standing beyond trees. Back of card says:"area is just north of Foothill near First Avenue."

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Families on a baseball field at an Arcadia Recreation Department event. Location unknown. Photographer is Jim Hayes. Back of photo is stamped with "Arcadia Police Photo Sgt. Jim Hayes, Arcadia Police."

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James Jeffries, well known boxer is shown in defensive stance. He is known to have visited Arcadia as reported in a 1904 newspaper -- and possible to have fought here.

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Groundbreaking ceremonies for the remodel/expansion project at Arcadia Public Library, 20 W. Duarte Road. This photo shows City Manager Bill Kelly on the left with Charles Walton in the center and Jim Nardini on the right.

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Thatched conical shaped roadside fruit stand with the name SLEMONS' ORANGE WIGWAM,ARCADIA,CALIF. According to 1930 City Directory, it was located at 141 E. Foothill Boulevard. (McDonalds address in 1993 is 143 E. Foothill.) Owner was James B. Slemons. Two people can be seen standing near entrance.

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Some members of Arcadia Civil Defense Amateur Radio Operators shown at work. Third man from left appears to be Jim Henderson. Man standing by door appears to be Fred Blethen. Man seated and talking to Mr. Blethen seems to be Herbert Foster. Two closest to camera not identified.

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