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United States Army C-2 Balloon at Ross Field, Arcadia. This was more recent design than the large, floppy ones seen in many of the photos.

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Date: c.1920 or 1921

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Date: c.1920 or 1921

Subjects: Balloon School; Ross Field see Balloon School

Physical Description: 3x5 b&w

ID: 158

Collection: Photographs

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View from Campus Drive looking toward front entry of Arcadia Unified School District offices at 234 Campus Drive. The offices here closed on April 4, 2014 and this building was demolished on July 7, 2014. The school district offices moved to a new location at 150 S. 3rd Avenue on April 4, 2014 and then opened to the public on April 14, 2014.

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Date: April 1963

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Date: April 1963

Subjects: Arcadia Unified School District

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 1036

Collection: Photographs

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Original description, "Balloon about 30 feet off ground. Balloon has round target-like mark on its side. Under balloon is truck with winch and many men participating in restraining it. Overcast day." Revised description 9/7/2017 by Mark Rosenblum, a local Balloon School historian, identifies it as Rockwell Field in San Diego. It is not Arcadia, but he said the men from the Balloon School at Ross Field in Arcadia, went to San Diego to join in on a public display of the balloons.

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Date: c.1917-1918

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Date: c.1917-1918

Subjects: Balloon School

Physical Description: 3x5 b&w

ID: 167

Collection: Photographs

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A girl crosses the finish line in an apparent relay race. She is running barefoot, wearing shorts and a striped shirt, holding a baton. This photograph was in the Arcadia Bulletin, p. 3, August 20, 1956. The caption read, "Bringing home the bacon for the Holly Avenue playground in the recent City Recreation Department track meet is an unidentified young lady. Although her smile is one of victory, her team finished in fourth place behind Longley Way, Hugo Reid, Vista Park.

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Date: August 1956

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Date: August 1956

Subjects: Recreation Department Collection; Track meet

Physical Description: 3 1/2 x 4 1/2 b&w

ID: 1911

Collection: Photographs

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Arcadia City Council members standing, left to right: Michael Cao, April Verlato, Eileen Wang, Sharon Kwan, and Paul P. Cheng. Seated is Gene Glasco, retiring as City Clerk as of April 16, 2024. Photo taken April 16, 2024 outside Arcadia City Council Chambers.

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Date: 2024

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Date: 2024

Subjects: Arcadia City Council; Cao, Michael; Cheng, Paul P.; Glasco, Gene; Kwan, Sharon; Wang, Eileen

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

ID: 2308

Collection: Photographs

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View northeast over Pacific Electric Railroad. Ross Field Balloon School occupies portion on right side of photo over to the railroad tracks. The street marking its northern boundary would be Huntington Drive. The large rectangle just north of this street was Rancho Resevoir, converted into a swimming pool. The principal street marking east boundary of Balloon School property running north to south across this photo about at middle, is Santa Anita Avenue.

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Date: November, 1929

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Date: November, 1929

Subjects: Aerial Photo Collection; Aerial views; Balloon School; Pacific Electric Railway; Railroads; Ross Field

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 630

Collection: Photographs

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Portrait of Arcadia Police Department Officer Fred Smith.

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Date: 1950s

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Date: 1950s

Subjects: Arcadia Police Department; Smith, Fred

Physical Description: 4x5 b&w

ID: 2122

Collection: Photographs

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View of guests and staff at an Author's Tea. Back row: Library Board Member Mrs. John P. Ross, City Librarian Louise DuMond, Library Board Member Helen Kinnison. Front row: author Margaret Richardson, Children's Librarian Mary Louise Fitts, author Hannah Smith. Mrs. Richardson lived in Arcadia and wrote SEVEN LITTLE PIFFLESNIFFS.

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Date: 1952

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Date: 1952

Subjects: Arcadia Public Library-1930-1959; DuMond, Louise; Fitts, Mary Louise; Smith, Hannah; Arcadia Authors-Richardson, Margaret; Kinnison, Helen; Ross, Mrs. John P.

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 299

Collection: Photographs

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Looking across graduating class of Arcadia High School students on football field on campus. A back-drop and speakers platform has been set up on left side of photo. Parents and guests are on far side of graduating class. Graduation ceremony.

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Date: June 14, 1967

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Date: June 14, 1967

Subjects: Arcadia High School

Physical Description: 5x9 b&w

ID: 1037

Collection: Photographs

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Arcadia City Council Members at the unveiling of plaque designating Arcadia Woman's Club Clubhouse the City of Arcadia Historic Landmark No. 1, at 324 S. First Avenue, Arcadia, CA. Left to right: Council Member Sho Tay, Council Member Michael Danielson, Cheryl Alberg, Mayor Tom Beck, Council Member Paul P. Cheng, Council Member April Verlato, and Marilyn Daleo. This is the first City of Arcadia Historical Landmark.

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Date: October 5, 2022

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Date: October 5, 2022

Subjects: Alberg, Cheryl; Arcadia City Council-2020-2029; Arcadia Woman's Club; Beck, Tom; Cheng, Paul P.; City of Arcadia Historic Landmarks; Daleo, Marilyn; Danielson, Michael; Tay, Sho; Verlato, April

Physical Description: digital, see i:images

ID: 2269

Collection: Photographs

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Photo from the program of the MUSIC MAN shows: Linda Smith (as Mrs. Paroo); John Samson (as Winthrop Paroo); and James Dean (as Professor Harold Hill). All were in the production put on by the High School.

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Date: c.1969

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Date: c.1969

Subjects: Arcadia High School; Theater; Smith, Linda; Samson, John; Dean, James

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 1121

Collection: Photographs

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Fire Chief Chen Suen. He became the first Asian-American fire chief in the Arcadia Fire Department in November 2022.

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Date: 2022

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Date: 2022

Subjects: Arcadia Fire Department-Fire chiefs; Asian Americans; Suen, Chen

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

ID: 2294

Collection: Photographs

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Photo ad for White City-Arcadia. Sign on wall calls it a resort. Photo shows lady and child in light carriage with fourteen people standing nearby. Beneath photo it reads: BALDWIN MUSIC HALL-THE BEST MUSICAL COMEDY AND VAUDEVILLE-EVERY EVENING. Banner between trees reads BIG BARBEQUE ----(not clear) BAND AND ORCHESTRA ----(not clear). (Barbecue?)

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Date: 1906

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Date: 1906

Subjects: Restaurants-White City

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 929

Collection: Photographs

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Scene of car crash involving two or more automobiles outside Thrifty Drug Store at night. A fire truck is on the scene. "Arcadia" sign (also referred to as a welcome sign) and neighboring Vail's Jewelers are visible. This Thrifty Drug Store was listed at 59 E. Huntington Drive, starting in the 1952 city directory. See also 1775, 1777, 1778, 1779, 1780, 1782, 1786. Back side is handwritten, "Peo. Ex A-7, #21583."

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Date: Early 1950s

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Date: Early 1950s

Subjects: Arcadia Police; Automobiles

Physical Description: 8 x 10 b & w

ID: 1781

Collection: Photographs

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Baseball player, possibly Johnny Lindell, talking to a crowd of about 23 boys at an Arcadia Recreation Department event on a baseball field. Johnny Lindell grew up in Arcadia in the 1930s, went to Monrovia-Arcadia-Duarte High School and USC, before being signed by the Yankees. He was both a pitcher and outfielder, and played several years in the 1950s for the Hollywood Stars of the Pacific Coast League.

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Date: 1950s

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Date: 1950s

Subjects: Recreation Department Collection; Baseball players; Lindell, Johnny

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 1872

Collection: Photographs

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ID #2012-2027 show the opening dedication and ribbon cutting at the newly built Arcadia Community Center, at 365 Campus Drive. Unidentified man is holding the big scissors.

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Date: July 19, 1991

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Date: July 19, 1991

Subjects: Recreation Department Collection; Arcadia Community Center

Physical Description: 3 1/2 x 4 1/2 color

ID: 2017

Collection: Photographs

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Left to right: Mrs. John Panatier, Mrs. Lucas, Mrs. Mary Turner. Mrs. Panatier and Mrs. Lucas are wearing dresses as they run. This photograph was published in the Arcadia Tribune, August 20, 1956 with the caption: Here comes mama--By all indications from this picture, it looks as if the children weren't the only ones who were having a good time at the recent Arcadia Recreation Department city-wide track meet. The Tribune camera caught Mrs. Mary Turner as she broke the tape in the "feature" race of the afternoon. Running a close second in the event is Mrs. John Panatier followed across the finish line by Mrs. Lucas.

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Date: August 1956

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Date: August 1956

Subjects: Recreation Department Collection; Panatier, John, Mrs.; Track meet; Turner, Mary

Physical Description: 5x7 b&w

ID: 1920

Collection: Photographs

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Three of the people from Arcadia Welfare and Thrift Shop who make it work. L-R: Dorothy Smith, manager; Ray Wisniewski; and Bill Rush.

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Date: c.1970

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Date: c.1970

Subjects: Arcadia Welfare and Thrift Shop; Smith, Dorothy; Wisniewski, Ray; Rush, Bill

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 1128

Collection: Photographs

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Aerial view of Ross Field looking east from a position of about Huntington Drive and present Holly Avenue. Two large hangars are at west point of triangular property. The wash cutting across foreground is the wash just to west of present high school.

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Date: c.1928

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Date: c.1928

Subjects: Balloon School; Arcadia County Park

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 226

Collection: Photographs

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There is no print of this negative. It appears on p. 57 of "Where Ranch and City Meet." The negative is a tract map of Baldwin's Santa Anita Colony.

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Date: c.1891

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Date: c.1891

Subjects: Santa Anita Colony

Physical Description: 3x5 negative only

ID: 1432

Collection: Photographs

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United States Army C-2 Balloon at Ross Field, Arcadia. This was more recent design than the large, floppy ones seen in many of the photos.

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Arcadia City Council members standing, left to right: Michael Cao, April Verlato, Eileen Wang, Sharon Kwan, and Paul P. Cheng. Seated is Gene Glasco, retiring as City Clerk as of April 16, 2024. Photo taken April 16, 2024 outside Arcadia City Council Chambers.

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Portrait of Arcadia Police Department Officer Fred Smith.

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Looking across graduating class of Arcadia High School students on football field on campus. A back-drop and speakers platform has been set up on left side of photo. Parents and guests are on far side of graduating class. Graduation ceremony.

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Photo from the program of the MUSIC MAN shows: Linda Smith (as Mrs. Paroo); John Samson (as Winthrop Paroo); and James Dean (as Professor Harold Hill). All were in the production put on by the High School.

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Fire Chief Chen Suen. He became the first Asian-American fire chief in the Arcadia Fire Department in November 2022.

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ID #2012-2027 show the opening dedication and ribbon cutting at the newly built Arcadia Community Center, at 365 Campus Drive. Unidentified man is holding the big scissors.

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Three of the people from Arcadia Welfare and Thrift Shop who make it work. L-R: Dorothy Smith, manager; Ray Wisniewski; and Bill Rush.

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Aerial view of Ross Field looking east from a position of about Huntington Drive and present Holly Avenue. Two large hangars are at west point of triangular property. The wash cutting across foreground is the wash just to west of present high school.

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There is no print of this negative. It appears on p. 57 of "Where Ranch and City Meet." The negative is a tract map of Baldwin's Santa Anita Colony.

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