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Louie Peterson who runs A & A Motorcycle Repair near the corner of La Porte & First Avenue has created a motorcycle museum in one part of his shop. On display are 20 mostly British motorcycles and a unique steam driven cycle. The museum is open Tuesday through Saturday 10 A.M. to 5 P.M.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper731
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 8, 1986
Pages
p. 1 photo
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 8, 1986
Pages
p. 1 photo
Subjects
A & A Motorcycle of Arcadia see also A and A Motorcycle of Arcadia
Item ID
731AN
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The Arboretum was awarded a $25,000 emergency grant from the Institute of Museum Services. The funds will be used to repair the damage that occurred during a windstorm in February.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper452
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 9, 1980
Pages
p. 6
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 9, 1980
Pages
p. 6
Subjects
Arboretum
Item ID
452AN
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The Arboretum has been awarded a $25,000 grant from the Institute of Museum Services. The money will be used for a computerized system to inventory and store information on the Arboretum's plant collection.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper447
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 18, 1979
Pages
p. A-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 18, 1979
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Arboretum
Item ID
447AN
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An anonymous donor apparently has withdrawn $225,000 in support of county botanical programs because of concerns about a proposed merger between the L.A. County Natural History Museum and the county Dept. of Arboreta and Botanic Gardens.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper461
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 25, 1990
Pages
p. A-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 25, 1990
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Arboretum
Item ID
461AN
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County supervisors called a halt to a plan to merge the Department of Arboreta and Botanic Gardens with the county Museum of Natural History because the county's Economy and Efficiency Commission has not made sufficient progress on it and because the board needs to replace recently retired arboreta department head Francis Ching.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper462
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 1, 1990
Pages
p. A-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 1, 1990
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Arboretum
Item ID
462AN
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