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The library does not have a print of this negative. This oversized negative is marked 1923 Official Map of the City of Arcadia. It appears to have been produced by the City Engineer.

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Date: 1923

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Date: 1923

Subjects: Maps

Physical Description: 8 1/2 x 11 negative

ID: 1387

Collection: Photographs

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Looking west toward City Hall on NW corner of First Avenue and Huntington Drive with extensive view north on First. Thirteen people stand on corner in front of City Hall. They are: seated by Fire House door, Jim Nellis. Standing L-R: George Ackerman, City Treasurer; Louis Altona, Building inspector; behind him with hat possibly Judge Horlack; Grady Pardue, police; behind him with hat Les Talley, Assistant City Engineer; Gladys Randall Pelky, Water Dept. Clerk. Behind her with cap, not identified. Next A. N. Coberly, Police Chief; Florence Shaver, Assistant City Clerk; Dick Cutter (not City employee); Bernice Hinman (not City employee); Anist Mussachia, Fire Dept. Two other men and lady not identified. Part of panorama, ID#s 916-921.

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Date: 1927

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Date: 1927

Subjects: City Hall; Arcadia(City)-History-1920-1929; Ackerman, George; Altona, Louis; Pardue, Grady; Talley, Les; Randall, Gladys; Coberly, A.N.; Shaver, Florence; Cutter, Dick; Hinman, Bernice; Mussachia, Anist; First Avenue

Physical Description: 7x10 b&w part of panorama

ID: 916

Collection: Photographs

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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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Seven women and three men, all faculty members of Arcadia Grammar School, seated on front steps. They have been identified by Mr. Walters, former principal. He was 82 when he identified them in 1979. Left to right: 1. Elmer Neher 2. Max Ireland 3. Mrs. Grace Benham 4. Domenica Loyacano (in white blouse) 5. Elsie Anderson 6. Martha Hoegee 7. ? 8. Reed Clark. Sitting in front: on left is Elvira McMillen. On right: ?.

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Date: c.1921-22

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Date: c.1921-22

Subjects: Schools-History-1880's-1950; Schools-Employees-Neher, Elmer; Schools-Employees-Ireland, Max; Schools-Employees-Benham, Grace; Schools-Employees-Loyacano, Domenica; Schools-Employees-Anderson, Elsie; Schools-Employees-Hoegee, Martha; Schools-Employees-Clark, Reed; Schools-Employees-McMillen, Elvira; Arcadia Grammar School

Physical Description: 7x11 b&w professional photograph, taken by Lyman

ID: 566

Collection: Photographs

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Four people standing in front of palm tree and other tree. They are, L-R: Elmer Westerhouse, superindentent of schools; Ellison Leake, first graduate of Arcadia School; Mary Robelard, first teacher; and Walter G. Coombs, principal.

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Date: c.1949

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Date: c.1949

Subjects: Schools-History-1880's-1950; Schools-Employees-Westerhouse, Elmer; Schools-Employees-Robelard, Mary; Schools-Employees-Coombs, WalterG; Leake, Ellison O.

Physical Description: 3x5 b&w

ID: 709

Collection: Photographs

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Arcadia City Council Chambers, exterior, adjacent to Arcadia City Hall, 240 West Huntington Drive. Photograph by Terry Miller.

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Date: 2001

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Date: 2001

Subjects: Arcadia City Hall; Arcadia City Council Chambers; Civic buildings

Physical Description: 4x6 b&w

ID: 2243B

Collection: Photographs

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Arcadia City Council Chambers, exterior, adjacent to Arcadia City Hall, 240 West Huntington Drive. Photograph by Terry Miller.

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Date: 2001

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Date: 2001

Subjects: Arcadia City Hall; Arcadia City Council Chambers; Civic buildings

Physical Description: 4x6 b&w

ID: 2243C

Collection: Photographs

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Group of eight women and three men standing at entrance of Arcadia Grammar School, which later became First Avenue Junior High School. As identified in 1979 by Mr. Walters (82 year old former principal), left to right: 1. Reed Clark 4. Grace Benham 5. Martha Hoegee 6. Elvira McMillen 8. Elsie Anderson 9. Max Ireland 10. Elmer Neher. Back row #11. Domenica Loyacano. Not identified: #2,3,7.

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Date: 1921-22

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Date: 1921-22

Subjects: Schools-History-1880's-1950; Arcadia Grammar School; First Avenue Junior High School; Schools-Employees-Clark, Reed; Schools-Employees-Benham, Grace; Schools-Employees-Hoegee, Martha; Schools-Employees-McMillen, Elvira; Schools-Employees-Anderson, Elsie; Schools-Employees-Ireland, Max; Schools-Employees-Neher, Elmer; Schools-Employees-Loyacano, Domenica

Physical Description: 7x11 b&w professional photograph; taken by Lyman

ID: 568

Collection: Photographs

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Exterior of lower Arcadia City Hall (right) and Arcadia City Council Chambers (left), 240 West Huntington Drive. Photograph by Terry Miller.

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Date: 2001

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Date: 2001

Subjects: Arcadia City Hall; Arcadia City Council Chambers; Civic buildings

Physical Description: 4x6 b&w

ID: 2244B

Collection: Photographs

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Zoning map of City of Arcadia.

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Date: June 1940

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Date: June 1940

Subjects: Real estate; City planning

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 530

Collection: Photographs

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Portion of earliest seal of the City of Arcadia showing only one figure with sword in one hand and shield in another. It reads: CITY OF ARCADIA. INCORPORATED JULY 1903.

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Date: 1903

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Date: 1903

Subjects: Arcadia City Seal

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 574

Collection: Photographs

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Group of people facing front of Arcadia City Hall at First Street and Huntington Drive for a 4th of July celebration. There is a speaker addressing the crowd of people in front and one can notice soldiers in uniform and dignitaries seated behind the speaker. Flags displayed on the second story. Ivy covers the walls. Four columns in the front. The address of City Hall was 3 N. First Avenue, as listed in the city directory.

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Date: c.1924

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Date: c.1924

Subjects: Arcadia City Hall; City Hall; Fourth of July; Holidays

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w 1 poster size sepia in Reference Office

ID: 485

Collection: Photographs

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Front view of City Hall looking at it from a location very close to Huntington Drive.

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Date: c.1972

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Date: c.1972

Subjects: City Hall

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 491

Collection: Photographs

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View of City Hall looking SE and down the main drive into the parking area. There are eleven automobiles parked there.

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Date: December 9, 1950

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Date: December 9, 1950

Subjects: City Hall

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 489

Collection: Photographs

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View from above Santa Anita Race Track parking lot toward City Hall on Huntington Drive at the time of construction of Police Facility and additional offices at City Hall.

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Date: 1958

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Date: 1958

Subjects: Police Department; City Hall

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 451

Collection: Photographs

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First building used as City Hall. (The very first City Hall offices were located in the Oakwood Hotel and next in the McCoy Building.) This apparently was known as the A.W. Hibbard Building (see Eberly, p. 69) and was used for only about two years; June 1914 to April 1916. It was on First Street at LaPorte. Sign on left above window reads: Standard Oil Co. Scrip Accepted. Back of photo reads, "first City Hall, 1913, Walter and Nell Schrader. Mr. Schrader converted old City Hall into garage." Arcadia Garage building shown with a car/truck "for sale" and a little boy posing by the back tire.

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Date: c.1917

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Date: c.1917

Subjects: City Hall

Physical Description: 5x7 b&w

ID: 490

Collection: Photographs

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City Hall taken from location in front of a rose bed and looking east. There are about eleven automobiles parked in front.

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Date: December 9, 1950

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Date: December 9, 1950

Subjects: City Hall

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 488

Collection: Photographs

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The plaque designating Arcadia Woman's Club Clubhouse the City of Arcadia Historic Landmark No. 1, at 324 S. First Avenue, Arcadia, CA. This is the first City of Arcadia Historical Landmark. The clubhouse is about 90 years old.

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Date: October 5, 2022

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Date: October 5, 2022

Subjects: Arcadia City Council-2020-2029; Arcadia Woman's Club; City of Arcadia Historic Landmarks

Physical Description: digital, see i:images

ID: 2269A

Collection: Photographs

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Lower Arcadia City Hall walkway that leads to the upper part of City Hall. Notice no murals on the walls, they have not been uncovered yet. 240 West Huntington Drive. Photograph by Terry Miller.

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Date: 2001

1 image

Date: 2001

Subjects: Arcadia City Hall; Civic buildings

Physical Description: 4x6 b&w

ID: 2244C

Collection: Photographs

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Aerial view of City Hall at 240 W. Huntington Drive looking SE across maintenance buildings for Arcadia County Park as well as the park itself in the distance.

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Date: c.1966

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Date: c.1966

Subjects: City Hall

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 493

Collection: Photographs

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The library does not have a print of this negative. This oversized negative is marked 1923 Official Map of the City of Arcadia. It appears to have been produced by the City Engineer.

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Portrait of Jim Nellis, engineer with Arcadia Fire Department.

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Four people standing in front of palm tree and other tree. They are, L-R: Elmer Westerhouse, superindentent of schools; Ellison Leake, first graduate of Arcadia School; Mary Robelard, first teacher; and Walter G. Coombs, principal.

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Arcadia City Council Chambers, exterior, adjacent to Arcadia City Hall, 240 West Huntington Drive. Photograph by Terry Miller.

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Arcadia City Council Chambers, exterior, adjacent to Arcadia City Hall, 240 West Huntington Drive. Photograph by Terry Miller.

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Exterior of lower Arcadia City Hall (right) and Arcadia City Council Chambers (left), 240 West Huntington Drive. Photograph by Terry Miller.

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Zoning map of City of Arcadia.

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Portion of earliest seal of the City of Arcadia showing only one figure with sword in one hand and shield in another. It reads: CITY OF ARCADIA. INCORPORATED JULY 1903.

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Front view of City Hall looking at it from a location very close to Huntington Drive.

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View of City Hall looking SE and down the main drive into the parking area. There are eleven automobiles parked there.

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View from above Santa Anita Race Track parking lot toward City Hall on Huntington Drive at the time of construction of Police Facility and additional offices at City Hall.

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City Hall taken from location in front of a rose bed and looking east. There are about eleven automobiles parked in front.

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The plaque designating Arcadia Woman's Club Clubhouse the City of Arcadia Historic Landmark No. 1, at 324 S. First Avenue, Arcadia, CA. This is the first City of Arcadia Historical Landmark. The clubhouse is about 90 years old.

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Lower Arcadia City Hall walkway that leads to the upper part of City Hall. Notice no murals on the walls, they have not been uncovered yet. 240 West Huntington Drive. Photograph by Terry Miller.

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Aerial view of City Hall at 240 W. Huntington Drive looking SE across maintenance buildings for Arcadia County Park as well as the park itself in the distance.

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