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Bulldozer doing earth work for beginning of Foothill Freeway through Arcadia. One can notice the Fireman's Training Tower in the background (this was formerly located near 2nd Avenue and Santa Clara).

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Date: c.1966 or 1967

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Date: c.1966 or 1967

Subjects: Foothill Freeway

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 953

Collection: Photographs

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Car #331 of Pacific Electric pictured very close-up. It is close enough to notice the advertising cards inside car above seats. Car appears to be very early one. This photo belongs to the Los Angeles County Arboretum. It is shown here for research only.

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Date: c.1930

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Date: c.1930

Subjects: Pacific Electric Railway; Railroads

Physical Description: 8x10 color

ID: 396

Collection: Photographs

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City Department Heads pose with vintage Arcadia Fire Department truck, each one wearing a fire department hat. From left to right: Don Penman, Jerry Collins, Dave Hinig, Bill Kelly (behind steering wheel), Tracy Hause, Pat Malloy, Janet Sporleder (seated on running board).

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Date: December 2001

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Date: December 2001

Subjects: Vintage fire truck; Arcadia Fire Department; Department heads-department managers; Penman, Don; Collins, Jerry; Hinig, Dave; Kelly, Bill; Hause, Tracy; Malloy, Pat; Sporleder, Janet

Physical Description: 8 x 10 color

ID: 1735

Collection: Photographs

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Construction in progress of the one-story Arcadia Police Department building at 250 W. Huntington Drive. Crane and pulley system help put up a wall while workers stand around. Name of company on the crane reads Heisler & Woods, Contractors, Crane Service, El Monte, CA. The name is clearer in photo #1825.

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Date: 1956

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Date: 1956

Subjects: Arcadia Police Department; Heisler & Woods Contractors Crane Service -- El Monte, California

Physical Description: 8 x 10 b & w

ID: 1804

Collection: Photographs

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Construction in progress of the one-story Arcadia Police Department building at 250 W. Huntington Drive. Crane, pulleys and four men are shown working on the walls. Crane belongs to Heisler & Woods.

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Date: 1956

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Date: 1956

Subjects: Arcadia Police Department; Heisler & Woods Contractors Crane Service -- El Monte, California

Physical Description: 8 x 10 b & w

ID: 1837

Collection: Photographs

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Construction in progress of the one-story Arcadia Police Department building at 250 W. Huntington Drive. Crane, pulleys and men are putting up a wall.

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Date: 1956

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Date: 1956

Subjects: Arcadia Police Department; Heisler & Woods Contractors Crane Service -- El Monte, California

Physical Description: 8 x 10 b & w

ID: 1843

Collection: Photographs

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Construction in progress of the one-story Arcadia Police Department building at 250 W. Huntington Drive. Crane, pulleys and several men are shown working on the walls. Crane belongs to Heisler & Woods.

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Date: 1956

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Date: 1956

Subjects: Arcadia Police Department; Heisler & Woods Contractors Crane Service -- El Monte, California

Physical Description: 8 x 10 b & w

ID: 1838

Collection: Photographs

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Construction in progress of the one-story Arcadia Police Department building at 250 W. Huntington Drive. Full view of crane putting up a tall structure, perhaps an antenna tower, which might be the same pillar-like structure seen in photo #1805.

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Date: 1956

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Date: 1956

Subjects: Antennas; Arcadia Police Department; Cranes

Physical Description: 8 x 10 b & w

ID: 1814

Collection: Photographs

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Construction in progress of the one-story Arcadia Police Department building at 250 W. Huntington Drive. Full view of crane putting up a tall structure, perhaps an antenna tower, which might be the same pillar-like structure seen in photo #1805.

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Date: 1956

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Date: 1956

Subjects: Antennas; Arcadia Police Department; Cranes

Physical Description: 8 x 10 b & w

ID: 1835

Collection: Photographs

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Construction in progress of the one-story Arcadia Police Department building at 250 W. Huntington Drive. Heisler & Woods Contractors Crane Service. Crane and pulley system in place help workers with the frame of the building.

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Date: 1956

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Date: 1956

Subjects: Arcadia Police Department; Cranes; Heisler & Woods Contractors Crane Service -- El Monte, California

Physical Description: 8 x 10 b & w

ID: 1825

Collection: Photographs

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Construction in progress of the one-story Arcadia Police Department building at 250 W. Huntington Drive. Heisler & Woods crane shown. Construction workers wear hard hats.

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Date: 1956

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Date: 1956

Subjects: Arcadia Police Department; Cranes; Heisler & Woods Contractors Crane Service -- El Monte, California

Physical Description: 8 x 10 b & w

ID: 1827

Collection: Photographs

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Construction in progress of the one-story Arcadia Police Department building at 250 W. Huntington Drive. Upper part of crane holds up an antenna tower as a shirtless man climbs up.

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Date: 1956

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Date: 1956

Subjects: Antennas; Arcadia Police Department; Cranes

Physical Description: 8 x 10 b & w

ID: 1828

Collection: Photographs

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Construction in progress of the one-story Arcadia Police Department building at 250 W. Huntington Drive. View of the lower part of a crane.

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Date: 1956

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Date: 1956

Subjects: Arcadia Police Department; Cranes

Physical Description: 8 x 10 b & w

ID: 1811

Collection: Photographs

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Don Penman, Janet Sporleder, and Tracey Hause (L to R) at the Lucky Baldwin Day Community Picnic on Sunday, November 2, 2003 at the Arcadia County Park.

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Date: November 2, 2003

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Date: November 2, 2003

Subjects: Library - 2000-2009; Hause, Tracey; Penman, Don; Sporleder, Janet

Physical Description: 4x4 color

ID: 1722

Collection: Photographs

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Elias J. "Lucky" Baldwin on left and Richard F. Carman Sr., one of America's early horsemen. Photo was taken probably about 1907 and printed in newspaper of March 1937 at the time of Carman's death. Carman's horses won four races and placed second in two others on opening day of Baldwin's Santa Anita Race Track.

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Date: 1907

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Date: 1907

Subjects: Baldwin, Elias J. "Lucky"; Carman, Richard F., Sr.

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 933

Collection: Photographs

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Groundbreaking ceremony for the Arcadia Public Library remodel/expansion project. This photo shows people seated and standing under the tent. In the front of the photo several library employees are seated, L-R: Shawn Sawyer, Judy Gabaldon, Karen Klingman and Joan Hallett. Janet MallEn is visible seated behind Shawn.

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Date: June, 1995

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Date: June, 1995

Subjects: Arcadia Public Library, 1990-1999; Sawyer, Shawn; Klingman, Karen; Gabaldon, Judy; Hallett, Joan; Mallen, Janet

Physical Description: 4x6 color

ID: 1471

Collection: Photographs

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Groundbreaking ceremony for the Arcadia Public Library remodel/expansion project. This photo shows people seated in chairs and standing under the tent. Several library employees are seated in the front center of the photo, including L-R, Janet Mallen, Lisa Davis, Kathy Meacham (face hidden by her hand), and Kate Seifert in red.

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Date: June, 1995

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Date: June, 1995

Subjects: Arcadia Public Library, 1990-1999; Mallen, Janet; Davis, Lisa; Meacham, Kathy; Seifert, Kate

Physical Description: 4x6 color

ID: 1470

Collection: Photographs

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Group of Arcadians in costume to ride on a decorated Tally Ho (seen in background) in Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade, 1935. L-R:Mrs. Willie Babs Ainsworth Corby (Mr. Corby was Arcadia Councilman; upon his death Mrs. Corby married Mr. Hawkins); Mollie McLean; Mrs. Albert Daniels is third from right. Men, L-R: Albert Daniels, and possibly Keith Beanston. Others not identified.

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Date: 1935

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Date: 1935

Subjects: Tournament of Roses-Floats-1935; Daniels, Albert; Daniels, Gladys; McLean, Mollie; Beanston, Keith; Corby, Babs Ainsworth

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 1070

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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House at 180 West Huntington Drive, Arcadia, located just north of the municipal athletic field adjacent to Arcadia City Hall. It was part of the Le Meridien hotel land but is being sold Salvation Army and moving to Pasadena. In the year 2000 this was the location of Oakcrest Adult Rehabilitation Center. In this photo, notice its house numbers in disrepair. See document "State Wars on Bookies." A house at 180 West Huntington Drive in Arcadia was raided and four men were arrested who were using binoculars to catch the race results and flashing them to bookmakers throughout the nation. Los Angeles Times, January 17, 1938.

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Date: November, 2020

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Date: November, 2020

Subjects: Historic houses

Physical Description: Digital image

Collection: Photographs

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Bulldozer doing earth work for beginning of Foothill Freeway through Arcadia. One can notice the Fireman's Training Tower in the background (this was formerly located near 2nd Avenue and Santa Clara).

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Car #331 of Pacific Electric pictured very close-up. It is close enough to notice the advertising cards inside car above seats. Car appears to be very early one. This photo belongs to the Los Angeles County Arboretum. It is shown here for research only.

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City Department Heads pose with vintage Arcadia Fire Department truck, each one wearing a fire department hat. From left to right: Don Penman, Jerry Collins, Dave Hinig, Bill Kelly (behind steering wheel), Tracy Hause, Pat Malloy, Janet Sporleder (seated on running board).

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Construction in progress of the one-story Arcadia Police Department building at 250 W. Huntington Drive. Crane, pulleys and four men are shown working on the walls. Crane belongs to Heisler & Woods.

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Construction in progress of the one-story Arcadia Police Department building at 250 W. Huntington Drive. Crane, pulleys and men are putting up a wall.

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Construction in progress of the one-story Arcadia Police Department building at 250 W. Huntington Drive. Crane, pulleys and several men are shown working on the walls. Crane belongs to Heisler & Woods.

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Construction in progress of the one-story Arcadia Police Department building at 250 W. Huntington Drive. Full view of crane putting up a tall structure, perhaps an antenna tower, which might be the same pillar-like structure seen in photo #1805.

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Construction in progress of the one-story Arcadia Police Department building at 250 W. Huntington Drive. Full view of crane putting up a tall structure, perhaps an antenna tower, which might be the same pillar-like structure seen in photo #1805.

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Construction in progress of the one-story Arcadia Police Department building at 250 W. Huntington Drive. Heisler & Woods Contractors Crane Service. Crane and pulley system in place help workers with the frame of the building.

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Construction in progress of the one-story Arcadia Police Department building at 250 W. Huntington Drive. Heisler & Woods crane shown. Construction workers wear hard hats.

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Construction in progress of the one-story Arcadia Police Department building at 250 W. Huntington Drive. Upper part of crane holds up an antenna tower as a shirtless man climbs up.

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Construction in progress of the one-story Arcadia Police Department building at 250 W. Huntington Drive. View of the lower part of a crane.

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Don Penman, Janet Sporleder, and Tracey Hause (L to R) at the Lucky Baldwin Day Community Picnic on Sunday, November 2, 2003 at the Arcadia County Park.

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