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Photo of part of Roy Pike's chicken ranch at 641 W. Lemon. Foreground has many chicken coops with fencing showing on right side of photo.

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Date: c.1928-1930

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Date: c.1928-1930

Subjects: Agriculture; Pike, Roy; Poultry

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 228

Collection: Photographs

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Roy Knabenshue, who built observation balloons for the U.S. during WWI, displays a model at Ross Field. Roy Knabenshue on left, C.P. Kane, commanding officer, on right.

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Date: unknown

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Date: unknown

Subjects: Balloon School; Kane, C.P.; Knabenshue, Roy

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 1274

Collection: Photographs

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Chief Roy Nakamura became Arcadia’s 30th Police Chief and its first of Asian-American descent on January 9, 2021. Captain Nakamura began his career with the Arcadia Police Department in 1992 as a Police Officer. As an Officer, he was assigned to Patrol and worked as a Field Training Officer, as well as being assigned to the Detective Bureau. As Detective, he was assigned to the Forgery and Fraud Unit and completed his Detective Bureau assignment in the Crimes Against Persons Unit. He was promoted to Sergeant in 2002 and worked as a Field Supervisor until he was transferred to Personnel and Training. In 2009, Captain Nakamura was promoted to Lieutenant, working various assignments under the Operations and Administration Divisions within the Department, including Watch Commander, Detective Bureau Commander, Field Training Officers Program Commander, and Force Training Unit Commander. In 2019, he was promoted to Captain. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Cal Poly Pomona.

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Date: 2021

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Date: 2021

Subjects: Arcadia Police Department; Nakamura, Roy; Police chiefs

Physical Description: color printout, digital, see P:\Library Photos\images

ID: 2292

Collection: Photographs

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Chicken ranch buildings belonging to Roy H. Pike. Shows neat hedges along drive leading to buildings.

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Date: 1928-1930

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Date: 1928-1930

Subjects: Agriculture; Arcadia(City)-History-1920-1929; Pike, Roy; Poultry

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 7

Collection: Photographs

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Closeup of shiny truck bearing name: Pike-Krenz Hatchery, Arcadia, Calif. Ranch was located at 641 West Lemon, Arcadia.

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Date: c.1928-1930

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Date: c.1928-1930

Subjects: Agriculture; Arcadia(City)-History-1920-1929; Pike, Roy; Poultry

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 9

Collection: Photographs

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Roy H. Pike on his chicken ranch at 641 West Lemon. Man with glasses and hat with white chickens.

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Date: 1928-1930

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Date: 1928-1930

Subjects: Agriculture; Arcadia(City)-History-1920-1929; Houses; Pike, Roy; Poultry

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 6

Collection: Photographs

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Arcadia Chamber of Commerce officers standing on Huntington Drive under Arcadia sign (also referred to as a "Welcome" sign). Christmas decorations hang across Huntington Drive. L-R: Richard Clark, Director; Roy Long, Vice President; Clifford S. Lance, President; Arnold Hage, Director; William Wookey, President of Arcadia Merchants Association.

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Date: 1947

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Date: 1947

Subjects: Chamber of Commerce; Clark, Richard; Long, Roy; Lance, Clifford S.; Hage, Arnold; Wookey, William

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 1333

Collection: Photographs

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Thirty six students from First Avenue School (probably 5th graders) are pictured. We do not know which students in photo belong to which name. Some have not been named at all.

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Date: c.1938

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Date: c.1938

Subjects: First Avenue School; Ackerman, Carita; Anderson, Donna Lee; Anderson, Walter; Barrios, Gloria; Bell, Ed Allen; Bishop, Wanda; Bowie, Virginia; Carnell, Stewart; Clark, Ellamay; Corpe, Sidney; Cuellar, Laura; Eickinhoven, Herman; Emerson, Ralph; Flint, Kenneth; Gilmour, Joyce; Graves, Betty Jean; Hartley, Leota; Knisley, Earlene; Leeper, Roberta; Lockwood, Patty; Maxwell, Lucina; Moore, Jane; Mora, Ophelia; Morones, Charles; Moto, Toshiko; Mountjoy, Dorothy; Nelson, Jack; O'Haro, Florence; Spencer, Ronald; Strevant, Edward; Stubbs, Buddy; Walters, Billy; Wrede, Walter

Physical Description: 5x7 b&w

ID: 1157

Collection: Photographs

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Volume I no. 1 issue of first Arcadia newspaper, THE ARCADIA BULLETIN. Paper included an article on the opening of Clara Villa which opened May 3, 1904. The paper has photos of five members of the Board of Trustees (now City Council) and also one of Arcadia's first City Marshall, Elmer Anderson and his brother, Charles Anderson, City Treasurer.

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Date: May 7, 1904

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Date: May 7, 1904

Subjects: Newspapers-Arcadia Bulletin; Anderson, Elmer; Anderson, Charles

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 1084

Collection: Photographs

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Fuzzy photo of Marshall Elmer Anderson, shown wearing bow tie and suit. Photo was reproduced from old Arcadia newspaper.

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Date: c.1903

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Date: c.1903

Subjects: Anderson, Elmer; Police Department

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 1348

Collection: Photographs

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Police Chief Neil F. Anderson, who was Chief from 1951-1956.

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Date: c.1954

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Date: c.1954

Subjects: Police Department; Anderson, Neil F.

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w vertical

ID: 449

Collection: Photographs

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Group photo in front of main entrance to Arcadia Public Library, 25 N. First Avenue. Left to right: Virginia May, Greta Gunderson, Nancy Hitchcock, Virginia Doty, Grace Clark, Hazel Bolton, Helen Lawrence, Antoinette Morley, Amy Schmocker, Alfreda Bolduan, Judith B. Moore, Virginia Pontius, Marjorie Phelps, Helen Cavanaugh, Leroy Holt, Joy Brisco, Irene Kieft, Vi Chaffers, Homer Fletcher (City Librarian).

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Date: March 1960

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Date: March 1960

Subjects: May, Virginia; Gunderson, Greta; Hitchcock, Nancy; Doty, Virginia; Clark, Grace; Bolton, Hazel; Lawrence, Helen; Morley, Antoinette; Schmocker, Amy; Bolduan, Alfreda; Moore, Judith B.; Pontius, Virginia; Phelps, Marjorie; Cavanaugh, Helen; Holt, Joy; Brisco, Joy; Kieft, Irene; Chaffers, Vi; Fletcher, Homer

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 351

Collection: Photographs

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Group photo of entire staff at Arcadia Public Library, 20 W. Duarte Road. SEE REVERSE OF PHOTO FOR NAMES. Missing from photo: part time reference librarian Pat McAdam.

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Date: April, 1970

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Date: April, 1970

Subjects: Wilson, Carole; Doty, Virginia; Schmocker, Amy; Hallett, Joan; Miller, Virginia; Lawrence, Helen; Moore, Judith B.; Bergquist, Carl; Kirks, Jim; Clark, Grace; Slovack, Helen; Castruita, Gilbert; Phelps, Marjorie; Beacom, Marjorie; Shanley, Winnifred; Pontius, Virginia; Mueller, Hilda; Wiltse, Jean; Sprang, Betty; May, Virginia; Kenoss, Pat; Cavanaugh, Helen; Chaffers, Vi; Merriam, Susan; Ogilvie, Ruth; Bernard, Freda; Bolduan, Alfreda; Arcadia Public Library-1960-1989

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 357

Collection: Photographs

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Photo of Jerry Lee Broadwell, the first Arcadia Fire fighter killed in the line of duty. This photo is mounted on a board and was framed as a memorial. It hung in the Children's Room until it was removed in March 1996 to be replaced by a new photo. Jerry is in uniform and is seen chest up looking directly at the camera.

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Date: c.1970

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Date: c.1970

Subjects: Broadwell, Jerry Lee

Physical Description: 8x10 color

ID: 1434

Collection: Photographs

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Photo of Jerry Lee Broadwell, first Arcadia fire fighter killed in the line of duty. This is the same as photo #1434, except a new negative and print were made.

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Date: print made March 1996

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Date: print made March 1996

Subjects: Broadwell, Jerry Lee

Physical Description: 8x10 color

ID: 1435

Collection: Photographs

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Portrait of Arcadia Police Department Officer Lee Middlebrook, in uniform, (hat, badge, necktie, patch).

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Date: 1950s

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Date: 1950s

Subjects: Arcadia Police Department; Middlebrook, Lee

Physical Description: 4x5 b&w

ID: 2113

Collection: Photographs

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Page 13 of The Arcadian Observer, Official Publication of the United States Army Balloon School, Arcadia, California. September 1918 Supplement. Featuring photographs of U.S. Balloon School officers, all lieutenants: N.C. Farnum, Joseph Raymond Williams, R. Lauch Benson, Carleton T. Olds, Clarence Lober, Richard Lewis, Charles Irwin, W.S. Brown, Larkin O'Neill, N. Roman, N.J. Van Valkenberg, Roy Parker, and Carl McCarthy. Negative and print were made for the grant funded Local History Digital Resources Project 2006-2007. A digital image of this photograph is file name: caarpl_116 on LHDRP 2006-2007 Disc 9 of 14. See black box labeled Arcadia History Room Media Box.

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Date: September 1918

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Date: September 1918

Subjects: Balloon School; Benson, R. Lauch; Brown, W. S.; Farnum, N. C.; Irwin, Charles; Lewis, Richard; Lober, Clarence; McCarthy, Carl; Olds, Carleton T.; O'Neill, Larkin; Parker, Roy; Roman, N.; Van Valkenberg, N. J.; Williams, Joseph Raymond

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 1854

Collection: Photographs

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Pictured in front of snorkel fire truck is Assistant Fire Chief Bruce Moore, congratulating new firemen. L-R they are: Lee Craven, Bob Madden, Don Cross, and George Truppelli.

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Date: c. November 1969

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Date: c. November 1969

Subjects: Fire Department; Moore, Bruce; Craven, Lee; Cross, Don; Truppelli, George

Physical Description: 5x7 b&w

ID: 961

Collection: Photographs

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Group of girls in a cooking class at Arcadia Grammar School. All have white headbands and most are identified by writing on photo. Identification on picture says it is 7th and 8th grades.

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Date: 1922

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Date: 1922

Subjects: Schools-History-1880's-1950; Arcadia Grammar School; Stewart, Virginia; Hoeppel, Mildred; Paine, Eugenia; Jefferies, Lucile; Robey, Ruth; Smith, Betty; Pierson, Fern; Morris, Florence; Schools-Employees-McMillen, Elvira

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 569

Collection: Photographs

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Realtor Robert L. Walker pictured in front of his office at 100 N. First Ave. (Same house built by Walker's wife's grandfather, Dr. Fletcher Sanborn.) Pictured with him are three of his children; on left in striped shirt is Bryan Lee Walker. Standing is Judy, seated in front is Scott Walker.

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Date: c.1951

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Date: c.1951

Subjects: Walker, Robert L.; Walker, Bryan Lee; Walker, Judy; Walker, Scott; Robert L. Walker Co.

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 830

Collection: Photographs

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Photo of part of Roy Pike's chicken ranch at 641 W. Lemon. Foreground has many chicken coops with fencing showing on right side of photo.

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Roy Knabenshue, who built observation balloons for the U.S. during WWI, displays a model at Ross Field. Roy Knabenshue on left, C.P. Kane, commanding officer, on right.

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Chicken ranch buildings belonging to Roy H. Pike. Shows neat hedges along drive leading to buildings.

Images

Closeup of shiny truck bearing name: Pike-Krenz Hatchery, Arcadia, Calif. Ranch was located at 641 West Lemon, Arcadia.

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Roy H. Pike on his chicken ranch at 641 West Lemon. Man with glasses and hat with white chickens.

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Thirty six students from First Avenue School (probably 5th graders) are pictured. We do not know which students in photo belong to which name. Some have not been named at all.

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Images

Fuzzy photo of Marshall Elmer Anderson, shown wearing bow tie and suit. Photo was reproduced from old Arcadia newspaper.

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Police Chief Neil F. Anderson, who was Chief from 1951-1956.

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Group photo of entire staff at Arcadia Public Library, 20 W. Duarte Road. SEE REVERSE OF PHOTO FOR NAMES. Missing from photo: part time reference librarian Pat McAdam.

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Photo of Jerry Lee Broadwell, first Arcadia fire fighter killed in the line of duty. This is the same as photo #1434, except a new negative and print were made.

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Portrait of Arcadia Police Department Officer Lee Middlebrook, in uniform, (hat, badge, necktie, patch).

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Pictured in front of snorkel fire truck is Assistant Fire Chief Bruce Moore, congratulating new firemen. L-R they are: Lee Craven, Bob Madden, Don Cross, and George Truppelli.

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Group of girls in a cooking class at Arcadia Grammar School. All have white headbands and most are identified by writing on photo. Identification on picture says it is 7th and 8th grades.

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Realtor Robert L. Walker pictured in front of his office at 100 N. First Ave. (Same house built by Walker's wife's grandfather, Dr. Fletcher Sanborn.) Pictured with him are three of his children; on left in striped shirt is Bryan Lee Walker. Standing is Judy, seated in front is Scott Walker.

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