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Sierra Madre

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Artist: Edna Lenz

Description: Sierra Madre's First House -- This was the home of Mr. and Mrs.John Richardson. (see #54L). Rocking chair and laundry hanging on the porch.

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Artist: Edna Lenz

Description: Sierra Madre's First House -- This was the home of Mr. and Mrs.John Richardson. (see #54L). Rocking chair and laundry hanging on the porch.

Item ID: 55L

Collection: Paintings

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Sierra Madre Barn

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Artist: Edna Lenz

Description: Old Barn (Sierra Madre) -- This is the barn of Mr. John Richardson, who owned and conducted a two-day mule-pack train up the trail toward Mt. Wilson.

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Artist: Edna Lenz

Description: Old Barn (Sierra Madre) -- This is the barn of Mr. John Richardson, who owned and conducted a two-day mule-pack train up the trail toward Mt. Wilson.

Item ID: 54L

Collection: Paintings

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Sierra Madre Villa

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Artist: Justine Wishek

Description: Sierra Madre Villa -- Built in the 1870s by William P. Rhoades who moved from Los Angeles when his wife became ill, "the Villa" became a convalescent hotel, famous for its "fine table" (pheasant, quail, trout), and was the midday-meal stop on the Grand Round.

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Artist: Justine Wishek

Description: Sierra Madre Villa -- Built in the 1870s by William P. Rhoades who moved from Los Angeles when his wife became ill, "the Villa" became a convalescent hotel, famous for its "fine table" (pheasant, quail, trout), and was the midday-meal stop on the Grand Round.

Item ID: 53W

Collection: Paintings

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Sierra Madre Library

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Artist: Justine Wishek

Description: Sierra Madre's First Library -- The deed which transferred title to this building's landsite, owned by Mr. Nathan Tarr, restricted it to library use. This building was razed in 1954, and the present library was constructed on the same grounds -- what is now 440 West Sierra Madre Boulevard.

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Artist: Justine Wishek

Description: Sierra Madre's First Library -- The deed which transferred title to this building's landsite, owned by Mr. Nathan Tarr, restricted it to library use. This building was razed in 1954, and the present library was constructed on the same grounds -- what is now 440 West Sierra Madre Boulevard.

Item ID: 57W

Collection: Paintings

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Sierra Madre Episcopal Church

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Artist: Edna Lenz

Description: Tower of First Episcopal Church (Sierra Madre) -- This tower was the only part remaining of the original stone-structured church built in 1888.

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Artist: Edna Lenz

Description: Tower of First Episcopal Church (Sierra Madre) -- This tower was the only part remaining of the original stone-structured church built in 1888.

Item ID: 58L

Collection: Paintings

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Sierra Madre. Churches-Congregational Church

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Artist: Edna Lenz

Description: Congregational Church (Sierra Madre) -- Still standing at 170 West Sierra Madre Boulevard in Sierra Madre, and in use, this is one of the few existing 19th century Protestant churches in the area that was patterned after the standard architectural style of the old New England churches.

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Artist: Edna Lenz

Description: Congregational Church (Sierra Madre) -- Still standing at 170 West Sierra Madre Boulevard in Sierra Madre, and in use, this is one of the few existing 19th century Protestant churches in the area that was patterned after the standard architectural style of the old New England churches.

Item ID: 59L

Collection: Paintings

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Sierra Madre. Le Grifon Antique Shop

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Artist: Edna Lenz

Description: Antique Shop (Sierra Madre) -- On what is now the southeast corner of Baldwin Avenue and Sierra Madre Boulevard, Martin Olsen, a cobbler, opened a shoeshop in 1887. Before being torn down in 1956, it had also reportedly been a print shop, a Red Cross Headquarters, the residence of Orson Wells, a m…

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Artist: Edna Lenz

Description: Antique Shop (Sierra Madre) -- On what is now the southeast corner of Baldwin Avenue and Sierra Madre Boulevard, Martin Olsen, a cobbler, opened a shoeshop in 1887. Before being torn down in 1956, it had also reportedly been a print shop, a Red Cross Headquarters, the residence of Orson Wells, a mortuary, and Le Grifon Antique Shop.

Item ID: 60L

Collection: Paintings

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Sierra Madre. Hotels, motels, etc.-Lima Hotel

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Artist: Justine Wishek

Description: Lima Hotel -- Still standing on Lima Street in Sierra Madre, this Victorian style hotel built in 1887 was converted to a convalescent home. (In 1954 it was used in the film, "The Seven Little Foys," starring Bob Hope.)

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Artist: Justine Wishek

Description: Lima Hotel -- Still standing on Lima Street in Sierra Madre, this Victorian style hotel built in 1887 was converted to a convalescent home. (In 1954 it was used in the film, "The Seven Little Foys," starring Bob Hope.)

Item ID: 56W

Collection: Paintings

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California - San Marino. El Molino Viejo

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Artist: Edna Lenz

Description: Old Mill (El Molino Viejo) -- This, San Marino's oldest (circa 1812) and most historic building, was the first grist mill in California. It was soon abandoned because water spiraling up the shaft dampened the grain and the meal could not be stored there.

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Artist: Edna Lenz

Description: Old Mill (El Molino Viejo) -- This, San Marino's oldest (circa 1812) and most historic building, was the first grist mill in California. It was soon abandoned because water spiraling up the shaft dampened the grain and the meal could not be stored there.

Item ID: 7L

Collection: Paintings

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Arcadia Station

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Artist: Edna Lenz

Description: Arcadia Sante Fe Station -- This is the Arcadia Santa Fe station as it looked in 1966.

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Artist: Edna Lenz

Description: Arcadia Sante Fe Station -- This is the Arcadia Santa Fe station as it looked in 1966.

Item ID: 75L

Collection: Paintings

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Arcadia Jail

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Artist: Edna Lenz

Description: Arcadia's First Jail -- Arcadia's first jail was built in 1907 of solid concrete blocks on land purchased from Lucky Baldwin.

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Artist: Edna Lenz

Description: Arcadia's First Jail -- Arcadia's first jail was built in 1907 of solid concrete blocks on land purchased from Lucky Baldwin.

Item ID: 85L

Collection: Paintings

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Arcadia Library

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Artist: Edna Lenz

Description: Arcadia's Second City Library Building -- Located on the southwest corner of First Avenue and Wheeler Street, this "modern" library building, modeled after the Hill Avenue Branch of the Pasadena Public Library "because of its efficient floor arrangement, suitable size, and architectural good taste,…

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Artist: Edna Lenz

Description: Arcadia's Second City Library Building -- Located on the southwest corner of First Avenue and Wheeler Street, this "modern" library building, modeled after the Hill Avenue Branch of the Pasadena Public Library "because of its efficient floor arrangement, suitable size, and architectural good taste," opened its doors in April, 1930. With the addition, in 1954, of a spacious "children's wing" -- designed and equipped especially for the needs of young people -- this building served as Arcadia's library until April 1961, when the present library on the southwest corner of Duarte Road and Santa Anita Avenue was first dedicated.

Item ID: 88L

Collection: Paintings

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Arcadia Public Library

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Artist: Edna Lenz

Description: Arcadia's First City Library Building -- This small frame house just north of the old City Hall was given to the City Council "without alterations, for use as a library," in 1924. ( A room in City Hall had served as the municipal library since the summer of 1920 when a proposition placed on the ba…

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Artist: Edna Lenz

Description: Arcadia's First City Library Building -- This small frame house just north of the old City Hall was given to the City Council "without alterations, for use as a library," in 1924. ( A room in City Hall had served as the municipal library since the summer of 1920 when a proposition placed on the ballot to establish a city library had received a favorable vote earlier in the year. From 1914 to 1920 the local library had been a branch of the Los Angeles County Library, housed in the McCoy Block.) This building served as the City's library until a new building was constructed in 1930.

Item ID: 87L

Collection: Paintings

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Arcadia Catholic Church

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Artist: Justine Wishek

Description: Arcadia's First Catholic Church -- Originally a packing house, this building, which was moved in 1935 onto what is now the rear of the property of the Church of the Holy Angels on the southeast corner of Huntington Drive and Holly Avenue, served as the first Catholic Church of the Arcadia parish un…

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Artist: Justine Wishek

Description: Arcadia's First Catholic Church -- Originally a packing house, this building, which was moved in 1935 onto what is now the rear of the property of the Church of the Holy Angels on the southeast corner of Huntington Drive and Holly Avenue, served as the first Catholic Church of the Arcadia parish until 1939.

Item ID: 90W

Collection: Paintings

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Arcadia Public Library

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Artist: Edna Lenz

Date: 1961

Description: The Arcadia Public Library was located at the southwest corner of First Avenue and Wheeler Street from 1930 to April 1961. Plate on the bottom of the frame reads In Memory of Drexel E. Watson. (This painting appears to be separate from the series of 100 historical paintings by Lenz and Wishek that …

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Artist: Edna Lenz

Date: 1961

Description: The Arcadia Public Library was located at the southwest corner of First Avenue and Wheeler Street from 1930 to April 1961. Plate on the bottom of the frame reads In Memory of Drexel E. Watson. (This painting appears to be separate from the series of 100 historical paintings by Lenz and Wishek that Friends of the Arcadia Public Library had donated to the Arcadia Public Library in 1967).

Item ID: 101L

Collection: Paintings

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Arcadia Christian Science Church

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Artist: Edna Lenz

Description: Arcadia's First Christian Science Church -- This structure was an abandoned reservoir on Duarte Road before it was remodeled in 1915, when it became the forerunner of the First Church of Christ, Scientist.

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Artist: Edna Lenz

Description: Arcadia's First Christian Science Church -- This structure was an abandoned reservoir on Duarte Road before it was remodeled in 1915, when it became the forerunner of the First Church of Christ, Scientist.

Item ID: 91L

Collection: Paintings

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Railroads-Arcadia Santa Fe Station

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Artist: Edna Lenz

Description: Arcadia Santa Fe Station -- Built in 1885. Formerly on St. Joseph St. at First Avenue, it has been moved to the Pomona Fairgrounds.

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Artist: Edna Lenz

Description: Arcadia Santa Fe Station -- Built in 1885. Formerly on St. Joseph St. at First Avenue, it has been moved to the Pomona Fairgrounds.

Item ID: 73L

Collection: Paintings

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Reid, Hugo. Arcadia County Park. Statuary

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Artist: Justine Wishek

Description: Hugo Reid Family -- This statue of the Hugo Reid family originally located in Arcadia County Park was moved to the exterior of the Ruth and Charles Gilb Arcadia Historical Museum in 2003.

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Artist: Justine Wishek

Description: Hugo Reid Family -- This statue of the Hugo Reid family originally located in Arcadia County Park was moved to the exterior of the Ruth and Charles Gilb Arcadia Historical Museum in 2003.

Item ID: 10W

Collection: Paintings

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Harris, O.D.. Houses. Arcadia Board of Trade

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Artist: Edna Lenz

Description: Arcadia's First House -- Built in 1880 by O.D. Harris on what is now the corner of Colorado Boulevard at Santa Anita Avenue, this was reportedly Arcadia's first house. The initial meeting of the Arcadia Board of Trade was held here in 1914. The house was torn down in the 1950s.

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Artist: Edna Lenz

Description: Arcadia's First House -- Built in 1880 by O.D. Harris on what is now the corner of Colorado Boulevard at Santa Anita Avenue, this was reportedly Arcadia's first house. The initial meeting of the Arcadia Board of Trade was held here in 1914. The house was torn down in the 1950s.

Item ID: 70L

Collection: Paintings

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