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"Sunday Afternoon, California, 1903," Arcadia's float entry in the 1977 Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade, features a horsedrawn streetcar with passengers wearing authentic period costumes.

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Date
January 1977

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Date
January 1977
Subjects
Tournament of Roses-Floats-1977
Physical Description
8x10 color
ID
1307
Collection
Photographs
Images
Less detail

Monrovia Planet Building

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Artist
Edna Lenz
Description
Monrovia "Planet" Building -- The Monrovia Townsite Committee offered E.L. Buck the landsite if he would start a newspaper. Buck built this structure on East Lemon, between Myrtle and Ivy Avenues; he used the first floor as a publishing plant and lived upstairs. The first issue of "The Monrovia Pla…

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Artist
Edna Lenz
Description
Monrovia "Planet" Building -- The Monrovia Townsite Committee offered E.L. Buck the landsite if he would start a newspaper. Buck built this structure on East Lemon, between Myrtle and Ivy Avenues; he used the first floor as a publishing plant and lived upstairs. The first issue of "The Monrovia Planet" was printed on Saturday, November 10, 1886.
Item ID
46L
Collection
Paintings
Images
Less detail

Monroe, William Newton. Monrovia

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Artist
Justine Wishek
Description
Monroe House -- This is the home (known as The Oaks) of William Newton Monroe, a Los Angeles Councilman, who in 1886 bought 60 acres as a townsite and laid out the town of Monrovia, which was incorporated in 1887. It was located on Primrose Avenue.

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Artist
Justine Wishek
Description
Monroe House -- This is the home (known as The Oaks) of William Newton Monroe, a Los Angeles Councilman, who in 1886 bought 60 acres as a townsite and laid out the town of Monrovia, which was incorporated in 1887. It was located on Primrose Avenue.
Item ID
43W
Collection
Paintings
Images
Less detail

Monrovia. Hotels, motels, etc.- La Vista Grande

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Artist
Justine Wishek
Description
La Vista Grande Hotel -- One of Monrovia's several early hotels, La Vista Grande "enjoyed much activity" and was used as a town meeting place for a number of years before it was destroyed by fire.

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Artist
Justine Wishek
Description
La Vista Grande Hotel -- One of Monrovia's several early hotels, La Vista Grande "enjoyed much activity" and was used as a town meeting place for a number of years before it was destroyed by fire.
Item ID
45W
Collection
Paintings
Images
Less detail

Engine #1107 and one other car standing on tracks. The destination reads: Arcadia-Monrovia.

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Date
c.1947

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Date
c.1947
Subjects
Pacific Electric Railway
Railroads
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
400
Collection
Photographs
Images
Less detail

Photo of half of front page of Monrovia-Arcadia-Duarte High School paper, the WILDCAT for November 5, 1943.

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Date
November 5,1943

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Date
November 5,1943
Subjects
Monrovia-Arcadia-Duarte High School
Physical Description
3x5 b&w
ID
1099
Collection
Photographs
Images
Less detail

Flames from Monrovia Peak fire seen at night coming down canyon right behind home in northern Arcadia.

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Date
December 27, 1953

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Date
December 27, 1953
Subjects
Forest fires
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
896
Collection
Photographs
Images
Less detail

Pacific Electric Train #1147 destined for Arcadia-Monrovia pictured on tracks not very far east of downtown Los Angeles.

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Date
c.1948

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Date
c.1948
Subjects
Pacific Electric Railway
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
900
Collection
Photographs
Images
Less detail

Drying Apricots - Monrovia. Baldwin had a similar yard at Huntington, east of Baldwin Avenue. Many of his apricots were used for brandy.

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Date
c.1900

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Date
c.1900
Subjects
Agriculture
Arcadia(City)-History-1903-1919
Physical Description
8x10 b&w 2 prints
ID
4
Collection
Photographs
Images
Less detail

View looking NE toward front of Monrovia, Arcadia, Duarte High School. It shows main portion of buildings including Bell Tower.

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Date
c. late 1930's

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Date
c. late 1930's
Subjects
Monrovia-Arcadia-Duarte High School
Schools-History-1880's-1950
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
573
Collection
Photographs
Images
Less detail

"On the Air," a combined Arcadia-Monrovia float entry in the 1940 Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade, featured a floral radio. Ten people rode on the float.

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Date
January 1940

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Date
January 1940
Subjects
Tournament of Roses-Floats-1940
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
1291
Collection
Photographs
Images
Less detail

Nine sulkies and horses with drivers racing at Santa Anita Park. View is across track and racers into grandstand. Photo by photographer Milton Bell of Monrovia.

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Date
March 12, 1963

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Date
March 12, 1963
Subjects
Santa Anita Park-1945-1980
Horse racing
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
1031
Collection
Photographs
Images
Less detail

Monrovia donkey car on Myrtle Avenue. These people identified: extreme left, John McWilliams, driver and owner; Sammy Wilson in big hat; Ben Crews (pharmacist whose daughter was a Monrovia librarian), Archie Wiggins, in apron. (note: Donkey would pull the car up the hill and when it made the run back down Myrtle, donkey would stand on a platform at back of car and ride down.)

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Date
c.1900

  1 image

Date
c.1900
Subjects
Monrovia
Physical Description
4x6 b&w
ID
385
Collection
Photographs
Images
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Looking north toward San Gabriel Mountains at devastating Monrovia Peak fire on first night. It was to eventually burn more than 13,000 acres and be out of control for five days.

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Date
December 27, 1953

  1 image

Date
December 27, 1953
Subjects
Forest fires
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
895
Collection
Photographs
Images
Less detail

Single Pacific Electric Railway car (#1126) with destination card reading Monrovia-Glendora. Photographed on tracks in Arcadia at approximately First Avenue. Pacific Electric control tower is to right of car.

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Date
c.1941

  1 image

Date
c.1941
Subjects
Pacific Electric Railway
Railroads
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
391
Collection
Photographs
Images
Less detail

The library does not have a print of this negative. A print of this, along with #1385, appears on p. 68 of WHERE RANCH AND CITY MEET. They are of a Pacific Electric excursion brochure, circa 1905. This negative is of the front cover of the brochure, called "Monrovia and Baldwin's Ranch."

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Date
original dated c.1905

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Date
original dated c.1905
Subjects
Pacific Electric Railway
Baldwin Ranch
Physical Description
3 1/2 x 5 1/2 negative
ID
1384
Collection
Photographs
Images
Less detail

Photo taken looking north from possibly Duarte Road, of 120 acres of tomatoes being grown on Baldwin Ranch land. In photo, highest mountain on right side of photo is Monrovia Peak. Big Santa Anita Canyon comes down to the left of it. Oversized.

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Date
1914

  1 image

Date
1914
Subjects
Rancho Santa Anita
Baldwin Ranch
San Gabriel Mountains
Physical Description
3x15 b&w
ID
124
Collection
Photographs
Images
Less detail

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.)

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Date
c.1925

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Date
c.1925
Subjects
Ettensperger, Carl
Mountain View Dairy
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
1104
Collection
Photographs
Images
Less detail

Arcadia Recreation Department event "Arcadia Pet Show." A baby is seated next to a turtle or tortoise. Written on back of photograph is "July 13, 1974." Stamped on back is "Milton K. Bell, Photographer, 174 N. Madison Ave., Monrovia, CA. July 11, 1974."

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Date
July, 1974

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Date
July, 1974
Subjects
Recreation Department Collection
Animals
Bell, Milton (Photographer)
Pets
Physical Description
5x7 b&w
ID
1897
Collection
Photographs
Images
Less detail

Paul and Selma Backert, who operated a dry goods store at 221 N. First Avenue from at least 1928 to approximately 1940. They came to Los Angeles area in about 1890 and operated general merchandise stores in Newhall and Lancaster. They lived at 212 N. Myrtle in Monrovia.

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Date
c.1898

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Date
c.1898
Subjects
Arcadia Department Store
Business & industry
Stores
Physical Description
3x5 oval original
ID
409
Collection
Photographs
Images
Less detail

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