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1. Thomas A. Grant and Helen Grant Scrapbook Newspaper Clippings: c. 1931-1944

Subjects

Thomas A. Grant and Helen Grant Scrapbook

Location

History Room

Box Number

Box 15

Shelf Number

Shelf A1

Item ID

324AF

Collection

Subject Files

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Chinese calligraphy art by Arcadia author Mr. Yang Long. It reads “Good Fortune” and other characters bestow a blessing to the city of Arcadia. It was given to library director Jackie Faust-Moreno c. September, 2011.

Subjects

Chinese calligraphy art by Mr. Yang Long

Location

Basement

Box Number

Box 116

Shelf Number

Shelf H16

Item ID

429AF

Collection

Subject Files

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1. "William Wolfskill - the first man to raise oranges commercially in California." Magazine source and date unknown.

2. Notes from visit with Marcella Palethorpe, great-granddaughter of William Wolfskill, March 3, 1980. Present were Arcadia Librarian Pat McAdam and Sandy Snider of the Los Angeles Count Arboretum.

3. "Wolfskill paid $20,000 for rancho in 1865." Arcadia Tribune, December 8, 1977 by Anna Wallace.

Subjects

History-Rancho Santa Anita (1865-1872)-William Wolfskill

Item ID

109AF

Collection

Subject Files

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1. "The well-known rancho, Santa Anita." An article from the book, California Ranchos and Farms, 1846-1862, published by the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1967.

Subjects

History-Rancho Santa Anita (1858-1865)-William Corbitt and Albert Dibblee

Item ID

108AF

Collection

Subject Files

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