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Arcadia Public Library received a $30,000 donation from the Friends of the Arcadia Library volunteers. The money will help pay for programs and materials.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31629
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 15, 2004
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 15, 2004
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Donations
Friends of the Arcadia Public Library
Volunteers
Item ID
31826AN
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The history of the Pony Express Museum that used to be on the land where Santa Anita Inn is today is presented. See VF "Pony Express Museum" for copy of article.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30534
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 22, 2002
Pages
p. 17
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 22, 2002
Pages
p. 17
Subjects
Lyon, W. Parker
Museums
W. Parker Lyon Pony Express Museum
Item ID
30722AN
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A history of the Van de Kamp's windmill atop the Denny's Restaurant currently at the northeast corner of Santa Anita Avenue and Huntington Drive. The Arcadia windmill was built nearly 40 years ago as part of an architectural movement called programmatic architecture, or roadside vernacular, wherein the buildings reflected their tenants. See hard copy in VF "Buildings."

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31206
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 10, 2003
Pages
p. 1, 18
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 10, 2003
Pages
p. 1, 18
Subjects
Architecture
Denny's Restaurant
Historic Buildings
Van de Kamp's
Windmills
Item ID
31401AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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The history of local restaurant The Derby, since it was originally founded in 1922 as Proctors Tavern, to being bought by jockey George Woolfe in 1938, then sold to Dominic and Lorene Sturniolo, or Sturinolo (article has it spelled both ways) is presented. See VF "Restaurants, Bars, etc." for copy of article.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30533
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 15, 2002
Pages
p. 12
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 15, 2002
Pages
p. 12
Subjects
Business and Industry
The Derby
Restaurant reviews
Restaurants
Item ID
30721AN
Collection
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Arcadia Public Library will have a new conference room constructed and will remodel the existing room into offices and a work area. An office will be created for the Friends of the Library. This is the first phase and the contract was awarded to K & S Design for $106,500. Phase 2 of the project, to be completed at a later date, will include a teen center and an enlarged international language area.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31563
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 26, 2003
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 26, 2003
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Arcadia Public Library - 2001-2010 - remodeling
City Council Meetings
Item ID
31759AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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The history of the peafowl from Indian and Java that live in Arcadia is presented. Elias J. "Lucky" Baldwin imported three pairs from India in the 1880s. His daughter Anita Baldwin added some birds from Java. The peacock is official bird of Arcadia, is protected, and should not be fed. See also VF "Peacocks" for copy of article.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30531
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 8, 2002
Pages
p. 9
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 8, 2002
Pages
p. 9
Subjects
Arcadia History - Rancho Santa Anita - 1875-1909
Peacocks
Peafowl
Item ID
30719AN
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Historical information on Baldwin Lake, the four-acre body of water that adjoins the Queen Anne Cottage in the historical section of the Los Angeles County Arboretum, is presented. The history of lake extends from time of the Native Americans (they called their village Aleupkigna), to Elias J. "Lucky" Baldwin's ranch in 1873, to the movies and television shows in which it has appeared. Baldwin Lake played host to movie stars Johnny Weismuller, Bob Hope, Bing Crosby and Dorothy Lamour. The lake has appeared in Safari, Roots, and Fantasy Island. See also VF "Arboretum" for hard copy of article.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30529
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 8, 2002
Pages
p. 8
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 8, 2002
Pages
p. 8
Subjects
Arcadia History - Rancho Santa Anita - 1875-1909
Baldwin Lake
Films
Lakes
Los Angeles County Arboretum
Motion Pictures
Ponds
Queen Anne Cottage
Water
Item ID
30717AN
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The Arcadia Public Library is not responsible for children left alone at the library by their parents. The library is not a public babysitting service.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper27432
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 2, 2000
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 2, 2000
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Arcadia Public Library-2000-2009
Item ID
27629AN
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A group calling itself the "Friends of Anoakia" filed a suit in LA Superior Court to stop the destruction of the Anoakia mansion.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper27176
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 27, 2000
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 27, 2000
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Anoakia
Lawsuits
Item ID
27374AN
Collection
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Mayor Gail Marshall and friends Antoinette Klinakis and Arlene Marshall are dressed up for a casting call for Seabiscuit movie.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30673
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 7, 2002
Pages
p. 15 w/photo
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 7, 2002
Pages
p. 15 w/photo
Subjects
Marshall, Gail
Seabiscuit - Film
Item ID
30861AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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The Library Board of Trustees voted to post a PATRIOT Act notice, as required by the act. The notice reads, "Although the Arcadia Public Library makes every reasonable effort to protect your privacy, under the federal USA PATRIOT Act (PL107-56), records of the books and other materials you currently have on loan from this library, your inter-library loan requests placed during the past year, or the Internet sites and e-mails that you access through our computers may be obtained by federal agents. That federal law prohibits library workers from informing you if federal agents have asked about or obtained your records.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31933
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 4, 2003
Pages
p. 17
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 4, 2003
Pages
p. 17
Subjects
Arcadia Public Library - Library Board of Trustees
Federal laws
USA PATRIOT Act
Item ID
32130AN
Collection
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Ryan Marks and Connor Brucker pose with their favorite books at Arcadia Public Library, in celebration of National Library Week.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31710
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 24, 2008
Pages
p. 23
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 24, 2008
Pages
p. 23
Subjects
Brucker, Connor
Marks, Ryan
Miller, Terry
National Library Week
Item ID
31907AN
Collection
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Charles Cooper continues his Arcadia city centennial series "Memories of Arcadia" with a story about Arcadia's mayors. A. N. Multer was the first person to be given the title of mayor of Arcadia. City founder Elias J. "Lucky" Baldwin was the city's first presiding officer, but he held the title of president of the Board of Trustees. The title of mayor was not adopted until 1927, when the Board of Trustees changed to the City Council. Arcadia will have 4 mayors this year to mark the city's centennial. Each city council member will rotate into the position. More interesting facts: Floretta Lauber was the first woman to serve as mayor. She paved the way for Mary Young, Barbara Kuhn, and Gail Marshall to follow. Other history of mayors is recapped. The first city manager was William J. Richards in 1951, when a charter was adopted. The longest serving city official was City Clerk Christine Van Mannen, who held the job for 32 years. See hard copy in VF Arcadia (City) History.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32471
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 18, 2003
Pages
p. 1, 15
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 18, 2003
Pages
p. 1, 15
Subjects
Alford, June
Arcadia mayors
Bottema, John
Busse, Earl
Butterworth, Ed
Chandler, Roger
City council history
Cooper, Charles
Cozad, Lyman
Fasching, George
Gilb, Charles
Kelly, Bill
Krebs, Richard, Jr.
Kuhn, Barbara
Lauber, Floretta
Link, Harry
Margett, Bob
Marshall, Gail
Multer, A. N.
Richards, William J.
Van Mannen, Christine
Young, Mary
Item ID
32670AN
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Charles Cooper continues his series "Memories of Arcadia" with a story about the Santa Anita Assembly Center for the Japanese, where at its height, it housed more than 18,000 people. Japanese had a long local history, dating back to workers on the Santa Anita Ranch, and local residents had the uncomfortable feeling of seeing friends behind the wire at the track.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32004
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 11, 2003
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 11, 2003
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Cooper, Charles
Santa Anita Assembly Center for the Japanese
Item ID
32184AN
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Actor Doris Roberts from TV's "Everybody Loves Raymond" was the keynote speaker at a conference on aging at the Arcadia Community Center. It was sponsored by the Los Angeles Commission for Woman and the County Commission on Aging.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29425
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 3, 2001
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 3, 2001
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Arcadia Community Center events -- 2001 - 2010
Celebrities
Famous people
Roberts, Doris
Television actors and actresses
Aging
Conferences
Item ID
29609AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia Public Library garden dedicated to the memory of Jesse Vanlandingham, known to many as Van. He was instrumental in founding the Arcadia Public Library Foundation and served as its president since its inception in 1995, until his death in 2000. The Vandlandingham Memorial Garden was designed by landscape architect Bob Ericksson.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33404
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 22, 2001
Pages
p. 21
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 22, 2001
Pages
p. 21
Subjects
Arcadia Public Library Foundation
Vandlandingham Memorial Garden
Item ID
33600AN
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With the help of over 200 volunteers, the library is able to offer many programs.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper27518
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 8, 2000
Pages
p. 19
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 8, 2000
Pages
p. 19
Subjects
Arcadia Public Library-2000-2009
Volunteers
Item ID
27716AN
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City contemplates approval of Phase Two of Arcadia Public Library's Strategic Plan. The Strategic Plan outlined the current budget, proposed budgetary increases, and proposed plans for improvement of the library's facilities and staffing needs.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33395
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 8, 2001
Pages
p. 1, 9
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 8, 2001
Pages
p. 1, 9
Subjects
Arcadia Public Library--2001-2010
Budget
Strategic Plan
Item ID
33591AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Obituary/death notice.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29021
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 22, 2001
Pages
p. 9
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 22, 2001
Pages
p. 9
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
Subjects
Niedecken, Patricia
Item ID
29210AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Obituary/death notice.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29153
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 5, 2001
Pages
p. 8, 9
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 5, 2001
Pages
p. 8, 9
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
Subjects
Nelson, Lewis W., Sr.
Hall, Shirley M.
Item ID
29338AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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