Arcadia Public Library Board meeting. Left to right: Mrs. Herman Snider, Chair; Mr. J.L. Young; Mr. Dexter Jones; Mrs. Herbert Opel; and Mrs. Gene Gregg. Standing is Grace Clark, City Librarian.
Arcadia Public Library Board photographed at meeting. Left to right: Dexter Jones, Mrs. Herman Snider, Gene Gregg (standing), Chairman J.L. Young, City Councilman Conrad Reibold (standing), Helen Kinnison, City Librarian Grace Clark.
Arcadia's first school house which was made over from a packing shed given by Elias J. "Lucky" Baldwin. This photo shows 26 people, students and teachers standing at door. It was located at corner of Santa Anita Avenue and Falling Leaf Drive. (street name later changed to Huntington Drive). Used from 1903-1907. Only Julian Fisher identified.
Baldwin Ranch entry in 1914 Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade. Entered by Mrs. Anita Baldwin McClaughry. Peacock of white roses and lilies-of-the-valley, mounted in an oak tree at the front of a decorated car. B.R. Marsh rode in the car.
Basketball team of 8 unidentified boys, posing in two rows, in an indoor basketball court (gym). They are wearing numbered tank tops and shorts. This photo was in an envelope marked "Forum Basketball February 26, 1971."
Carla Maggio shown sitting on floor by files in Arcadia Tribune office looking at an Arcadia Tribune dated 1933. Ms. Maggio was employed by Arcadia Chamber of Commerce during 1978 and she wrote many articles on facets of Arcadia's Diamond Jublilee year.
Carl Ettensperger standing by milk delivery truck owned by the Mountain View Dairy, Arcadia. This photo was on a Monrovia street. Dairy was located on Jeffries Street. (However, 1924 City Directory says Mountain View Dairy was at Valnett Ave sw corner 6th Ave.)
Charles Francis Earl is seen standing next to a tractor, holding his young son, William Earl. Behind the Earl's is the vacant lot Mr. Earl purchased in the mid 1930s when it was a hayfield. The vacant lot as seen in this photo is shortly before construction began on their home in late 1951 and early 1952. When constructed, the address was 1050 Paloma Drive. See also Photo #1634.
Charles Shugert, proprietor of Shugert's House of Toys is pointing out boundaries of First parking district to other merchants who would profit from it. Others in photo, L-R: Merry Clark, dress shop proprietor, located on N. First Avenue, called Merry's; Marge Becker, who had Arcadia Candies on Huntington Drive; Ed Beaty; and on extreme right next to Mr. Shugert is Bill Suhm, at that time owner of Arcadia Stationers.
Clara Baldwin Stocker is seated second from the right, with her left hand resting on the shoulder of Melville Lawrence. Mr. Lawrence's wife, Emma Lawrence, is standing behind the group. Seen L-R: Unidentified woman sitting; Emma Lawrence standing; Walter McGinley; Clara Baldwin Stocker; Melville Lawrence. The group is on a boat excursion at Lake Tahoe.
Early corn stand run by Carl Kophamer and his family on Las Tunas. L-R;Carl; his wife, Estella; and Morry, his son. A Chevrolet flat bed truck is on right.
First building used as City Hall. (The very first City Hall offices were located in the Oakwood Hotel and next in the McCoy Building.) This apparently was known as the A.W. Hibbard Building (see Eberly, p. 69) and was used for only about two years; June 1914 to April 1916. It was on First Street at LaPorte. Sign on left above window reads: Standard Oil Co. Scrip Accepted. Back of photo reads, "first City Hall, 1913, Walter and Nell Schrader. Mr. Schrader converted old City Hall into garage." Arcadia Garage building shown with a car/truck "for sale" and a little boy posing by the back tire.
Four women standing in a bay window area of the Arcadia Public Library at 25 N. First Avenue. Left to right: Library staff Mary Lou Harbin, Madeline Hopps, children's author Margaret Richardson, and library staff June Davies. Mrs. Richardson lived in Arcadia and wrote SEVEN LITTLE PIFFLESNIFFS.
Group in Tally Ho ready for participation in Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena. They are: first seat:Driver, Ray Steele; next, unidentified; Mrs. Lewis McLean. Second seat, L-R: Mrs. Charles Willey, Mrs. Grant Corby (Babs Ainsworth). Others in Tally Ho but not clearly seen: Mrs. James Griffitts; Mrs. Albert Daniels (Mr. Daniels is standing by rear wheel); Mr. and Mrs. Keith Beanston; Mrs. August Kaskal; and Mrs. Charles Beery.