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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
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Date
c.1898
Subjects
Arcadia Department Store
Business & industry
Stores
Physical Description
3x5 oval original
ID
409
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View south, perhaps from top of City Hall on Corner of First and Huntington Drive, to Arcadia Drive-In Market. Located on SW corner of the same intersection there was, in addition to the Service Station, a dry cleaners, a bakery, a fresh vegetable market, a meat market, a grocery store, and the Pines Cafe. First Avenue is street seen on the left.

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Date
Market opened 1929
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Date
Market opened 1929
Subjects
Arcadia Drive-In Market
Gas stations
Huntington Drive
Stores
Physical Description
6 1/2 x 10 b&w
ID
892
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Huntington Drive looking west from near intersection of First Avenue. On NW corner is vine-covered City Hall. Open roadster has just made a left turn and is going south on First. There is a moving picture theater mid-way along street on south side with large banner advertising Charles Laughton Film. This photo belongs to the Huntington Library. It is shown here for research only.

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Date
1938
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Date
1938
Subjects
Huntington Drive
Arcadia Drive-In Market
Markets
Paul Miller Appliances
City Hall
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
590
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