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An L. A. County Public Works employee found the remains of a human body in the flood control basin in northeast Arcadia. The age and identity are unknown.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper27212

Newspaper: Pasadena Star News

Date: December 31, 2003

Pages: p. A2

Newspaper: Pasadena Star News

Date: December 31, 2003

Pages: p. A2

Subjects: Human remains; Death

Item ID: 27410AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Automobile accident on unknown street, believed to be in Arcadia, CA. People and police stand near the scene of the car crash, while traffic lines the opposite side of the street. Police appear to be filling out paperwork, and a man pushes a broom to clean up debris. See also 1783.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs1852

Date: 1940s or 1950s

1 image

Date: 1940s or 1950s

Subjects: Arcadia Police; Automobile accidents

Physical Description: 8 x 10 b & w

ID: 1773

Collection: Photographs

Images

Automobile accident on unknown street, believed to be in Arcadia, CA. People and police stand near the scene of the car crash, while traffic lines the opposite side of the street. See also 1773.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs1862

Date: 1940s or 1950s

1 image

Date: 1940s or 1950s

Subjects: Arcadia Police; Automobile accidents

Physical Description: 8 x 10 b & w

ID: 1783

Collection: Photographs

Images

Back door view of a two-story house. House number is 947. Street unknown. Photograph by Terry Miller.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs2279

Date: 2001

1 image

Date: 2001

Subjects: Houses

Physical Description: 4x6 b&w

ID: 2238

Collection: Photographs

Images

Back ends of a fire truck and a police car (Pontiac) are seen on an unknown street. One police officer stands by his car with a civillian. Fire truck has hoses in use or that were used recently.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs1864

Date: 1940s or 1950s

1 image

Date: 1940s or 1950s

Subjects: Arcadia Fire Department; Arcadia Police

Physical Description: 8 x 10 b & w

ID: 1785

Collection: Photographs

Images

A boy and a girl, possibly young teenagers, stand next to their bicycles. A man in a pinstripe suit stands between them. Location unknown. Back is stamped with "Arcadia Police Photo" and "Recreation Department, PO Box 567, Arcadia, CA."

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs1894

Date: 1950s

1 image

Date: 1950s

Subjects: Recreation Department Collection; Bicycles

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 1875

Collection: Photographs

Images

City of Arcadia management employees and others standing in front of City Council Chambers holding a banner which reads, "Merry Christmas Charles," probably referring to Charles Gilb. Standing L-R: Kent Ross, Jim Dale, George Watts, Rick Sandona, Neil Johnson, unknown, Dave Hinig, Jerry Collins, Bob Harbicht, Cindy Rowe, Eldon Davidson, Joe Lopez, Bill Woolard, Pete Kinnahan, Mike Miller, Jerry Gardner, Alex McIntyre.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs1453

Date: 1991

1 image

Date: 1991

Subjects: Ross, Kent; Dale, Jim; Watts, George; Sandona, Richard; Johnson, Neil; Hinig, Dave; Collins, Jerry; Harbicht, Bob; Rowe, Cindy; Davidson, Eldon; Lopez, Joe; Woolard, Bill; Kinnahan, Pete; Miller, Mike; Gardner, Jerry; McIntyre, Alex

Physical Description: 8x10 color

ID: 1437

Collection: Photographs

Images

Cub scouts troop pose on Arcadia Fire Department truck with two female troop leaders. Names unknown.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs1745

Date: ca. 1992

1 image

Date: ca. 1992

Subjects: Cub Scouts; Arcadia Fire Department truck

Physical Description: 8 x 10 color

ID: 1733

Collection: Photographs

Images

The East Arcadia home of an Asian family was vandalized by unknown assailants. A motive for the crime was not known, though there was some speculation that it may have been racially motivated.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper3549

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 4, 1986

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 4, 1986

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Subjects: Vandalism

Item ID: 3430AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Exterior view of Charles Shugert's Toy Store called The House of Toys which was located at 111-113 E. Huntington Drive. Listed in Arcadia city directories under "Shugert's" or "House of Toys" 1952-1960 (1951 city directory not available to verify existence then, gone by 1962. Status unknown in 1961).

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs740

Date: c. 1950s

1 image

Date: c. 1950s

Subjects: Shugert's House of Toys; Stores

Physical Description: 8x8 color

ID: 736

Collection: Photographs

Images

Extremely long line of Japanese evacuees at Santa Anita Assembly Center queued up for an unknown purpose. Pepper tree foliage frames photo. There is a long housing unit seen on right side of photo.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs696

Date: April 1942

1 image

Date: April 1942

Subjects: Santa Anita Assembly Center for the Japanese-Living quarters & conditions; Santa Anita Park-1942-1945

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 692

Collection: Photographs

Images

Families on a baseball field at an Arcadia Recreation Department event. Location unknown. Photographer is Jim Hayes. Back of photo is stamped with "Arcadia Police Photo Sgt. Jim Hayes, Arcadia Police."

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs1893

Date: 1950s

1 image

Date: 1950s

Subjects: Recreation Department Collection; Families; Hayes, Jim

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 1874

Collection: Photographs

Images

Front view of a two-story house. House number is 947. Street unknown. Photograph by Terry Miller.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs2280

Date: 2001

1 image

Date: 2001

Subjects: Houses

Physical Description: 4x6 b&w

ID: 2238A

Collection: Photographs

Images

Group of 16 faculty members from First Avenue School pictured. Front row, L-R: Fannig Duvall, Elvira Orsburn, Faye Penny, Genevieve McMahon, Virna Ruth, Ethel Flory, unknown, Dorothy May Butts, and Thelma Johnson. Back row, L-R: unknown, Walter Coombs, Etta Russell White, Helen Rinde Diedrich, Agnes McInturff, unknown, Miriam Haddox Wibeck, unknown, unknown, unknown, Frank Boyer, unknown, Elmer E. Westerhouse, unknown, Constance Ellison Rose, unknown.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs1165

Date: c.1938

1 image

Date: c.1938

Subjects: First Avenue School; Duvall, Fannig; Orsburn, Elvira; Penney, Faye; McMahon, Genevieve; Ruth, Virna; Flory, Ethel; Butts, Dorothy May; Johnson, Thelma; Coombs, Walter; White, Etta Russell; Diedrich, Helen Rinde; Musgrave, Agnes McInturff; Wibeck,Miriam Haddox; Boyer, Frank; Westerhouse, Elmer E.; Rose, Constance Ellison

Physical Description: 5x7 b&w

ID: 1156

Collection: Photographs

Images

Group pictured in front of the Arcadia Public Library on the occasion of the donation of Chinese language materials to the Library. Pictured L-R: Suzy Huang, Kent Ross, Dr. Sheng Chang, June Fee, unknown, Mrs. Chang, unknown.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs1704

Date: October 9, 1997

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Date: October 9, 1997

Subjects: Huang, Suzy; Ross, Kent; Chang, Sheng; Fee, June; Chang, Min-Mae; Arcadia Public Library, 1990-1999

Physical Description: 4x6 color

ID: 1692

Collection: Photographs

Images

ID #1966-1987 show groundbreaking ceremony for the Arcadia Community Center, to be built soon at the site at Holly Avenue and Huntington Drive. Unknown man at the podium.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs1992

Date: January 11, 1990

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Date: January 11, 1990

Subjects: Recreation Department Collection; Arcadia City Council; Arcadia Community Center groundbreaking

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

ID: 1972

Collection: Photographs

Images

ID #1966-1987 show groundbreaking ceremony for the Arcadia Community Center, to be built soon at the site at Holly Avenue and Huntington Drive. Unknown man at the podium. City council members (left to right) Mary Young, Charles Gilb and Robert Harbicht are seated.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs1991

Date: January 11, 1990

1 image

Date: January 11, 1990

Subjects: Recreation Department Collection; Arcadia City Council; Arcadia Community Center groundbreaking; Gilb, Charles; Harbicht, Robert; Young, Mary

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

ID: 1971

Collection: Photographs

Images

A Japanese family (child, mother, father) pictured by small house they lived in on Harry Ainsworth Ranch which was just east of intersection of Santa Anita and Orange Grove Ave. The father was the head gardener for Ainsworth. Name unknown.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs1077

Date: c.1916

1 image

Date: c.1916

Subjects: Japanese; Ainsworth Ranch

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 1068

Collection: Photographs

Images

Jerry Selmer and Doris Selmer (maiden name unknown) as children in Huntington Park, CA. They were neighbors. Jerry Selmer and Doris Selmer were longtime members and officers of Friends of the Library.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs2403

Date: Unknown

1 image

Date: Unknown

Subjects: Friends of the Library; Friends of the Arcadia Public Library; Selmer, Doris; Selmer, Jerry

Physical Description: 5x7 b&w

ID: 2265

Collection: Photographs

Images

Jerry Selmer and Doris Selmer (maiden name unknown) as children in Huntington Park, CA. They were neighbors. Jerry Selmer and Doris Selmer were longtime members and officers of Friends of the Library.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs2404

Date: 2005

1 image

Date: 2005

Subjects: Friends of the Library; Friends of the Arcadia Public Library; Selmer, Doris; Selmer, Jerry

Physical Description: 5x7 b&w

ID: 2265A

Collection: Photographs

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An L. A. County Public Works employee found the remains of a human body in the flood control basin in northeast Arcadia. The age and identity are unknown.

Automobile accident on unknown street, believed to be in Arcadia, CA. People and police stand near the scene of the car crash, while traffic lines the opposite side of the street. Police appear to be filling out paperwork, and a man pushes a broom to clean up debris. See also 1783.

Images

Automobile accident on unknown street, believed to be in Arcadia, CA. People and police stand near the scene of the car crash, while traffic lines the opposite side of the street. See also 1773.

Images

Back door view of a two-story house. House number is 947. Street unknown. Photograph by Terry Miller.

Images

Back ends of a fire truck and a police car (Pontiac) are seen on an unknown street. One police officer stands by his car with a civillian. Fire truck has hoses in use or that were used recently.

Images

A boy and a girl, possibly young teenagers, stand next to their bicycles. A man in a pinstripe suit stands between them. Location unknown. Back is stamped with "Arcadia Police Photo" and "Recreation Department, PO Box 567, Arcadia, CA."

Images

Images

Cub scouts troop pose on Arcadia Fire Department truck with two female troop leaders. Names unknown.

Images

The East Arcadia home of an Asian family was vandalized by unknown assailants. A motive for the crime was not known, though there was some speculation that it may have been racially motivated.

Images

Extremely long line of Japanese evacuees at Santa Anita Assembly Center queued up for an unknown purpose. Pepper tree foliage frames photo. There is a long housing unit seen on right side of photo.

Images

Families on a baseball field at an Arcadia Recreation Department event. Location unknown. Photographer is Jim Hayes. Back of photo is stamped with "Arcadia Police Photo Sgt. Jim Hayes, Arcadia Police."

Images

Front view of a two-story house. House number is 947. Street unknown. Photograph by Terry Miller.

Images

Images

Group pictured in front of the Arcadia Public Library on the occasion of the donation of Chinese language materials to the Library. Pictured L-R: Suzy Huang, Kent Ross, Dr. Sheng Chang, June Fee, unknown, Mrs. Chang, unknown.

Images

ID #1966-1987 show groundbreaking ceremony for the Arcadia Community Center, to be built soon at the site at Holly Avenue and Huntington Drive. Unknown man at the podium.

Images

ID #1966-1987 show groundbreaking ceremony for the Arcadia Community Center, to be built soon at the site at Holly Avenue and Huntington Drive. Unknown man at the podium. City council members (left to right) Mary Young, Charles Gilb and Robert Harbicht are seated.

Images

A Japanese family (child, mother, father) pictured by small house they lived in on Harry Ainsworth Ranch which was just east of intersection of Santa Anita and Orange Grove Ave. The father was the head gardener for Ainsworth. Name unknown.

Images

Jerry Selmer and Doris Selmer (maiden name unknown) as children in Huntington Park, CA. They were neighbors. Jerry Selmer and Doris Selmer were longtime members and officers of Friends of the Library.

Images

Jerry Selmer and Doris Selmer (maiden name unknown) as children in Huntington Park, CA. They were neighbors. Jerry Selmer and Doris Selmer were longtime members and officers of Friends of the Library.

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