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Paul and Selma Backert, who operated a dry goods store at 221 N. First Avenue from at least 1928 to approximately 1940. They came to Los Angeles area in about 1890 and operated general merchandise stores in Newhall and Lancaster. They lived at 212 N. Myrtle in Monrovia.

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Date
c.1898

  1 image

Date
c.1898
Subjects
Arcadia Department Store
Business & industry
Stores
Physical Description
3x5 oval original
ID
409
Collection
Photographs
Images
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View west on Huntington Drive clearly showing Drive-In Markets which were located around service station on SW corner of First and Huntington Drive. Moving picture theater is mid-way in block on south side of street. Church with tower on NE corner of Huntington Drive and Santa Anita Avenue was moved to South First Avenue about 1935.

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Date
c.1934

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Date
c.1934
Subjects
Huntington Drive
Gas stations
Restaurants-The Pines Cafe
Arcadia Community Church
John C. Baldwin Gas Station
City Hall
Physical Description
32x9 panorama on 2 pieces
ID
596
Collection
Photographs
Images
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