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Arcadia is studying plans for joining the country's universal use of the telephone number 911 to cover ALL emergency calls.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: December 8, 1974

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: December 8, 1974

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Telephone

Item ID: 3334AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Article traces history of telephone service in Arcadia. In 1903, when the city was incorporated, the directory listed two customers in the city.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: November 5, 1981

Pages: p. A-2

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: November 5, 1981

Pages: p. A-2

Subjects: Telephone

Item ID: 3335AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

First community dial office in the Bell system was located in this 29 ft. x 33 ft. building at 19 East Alice. It belonged to Southern California Telephone Company.

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Date: c.1928

1 image

Date: c.1928

Subjects: Telephone

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 206

Collection: Photographs

Images

The Arcadia City Council unanimously supports a 5% utility tax on interstate and international telephone calls. The proposed tax will cost about $.40 per person per month.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 23, 1989

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 23, 1989

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Telephone

Item ID: 3336AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

View of interior of Pacific Telephone Business Office showing one woman seated at a table. There is a file cabinet, a typewriter, and a safe in the room. Floor appears to be tiled. Location of this office was on North First Avenue.

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Date: 1928

1 image

Date: 1928

Subjects: Telephone

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 615

Collection: Photographs

Images

The Arcadia City Council approved a 5% tax on interstate and international telephone calls over the strong objections of residents. The tax, which will cost about $.40 per person per month, is expected to generate $225,000 in city revenues, which will help close the gap between the city's general fund expenditures and revenue.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 6, 1989

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 6, 1989

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Telephone

Item ID: 3337AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Pacific Telephone switchboard in Arcadia. From left:Chief operator Ollie Palmer; Venerotia T. Pratt;operators Viola Grego; Eva Doss; Lucy Sommers; and, Ann Beatty.

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Date: March 1927

1 image

Date: March 1927

Subjects: Telephone; Beatty, Ann; Palmer, Ollie; Sommers, Lucy; Doss, Eva; Pratt, Venerotia T.; Grego, Viola

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 614

Collection: Photographs

Images

Pacific Telephone building

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: September 30, 1963

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: September 30, 1963

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Buildings

Item ID: 3691AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Southern California Telephone Company new building

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: April 6, 1939

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: April 6, 1939

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Buildings

Item ID: 3686AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Interior Arcadia Police Department building at 250 W. Huntington Drive. Female employee in APD uniform, possibly a dispatcher, sitting at a telephone switchboard and communications panel, using rotary dial telephone and writing. Also seen are a manual typewriter, microphone, and the time

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Date: late 1950s

1 image

Date: late 1950s

Subjects: Arcadia Police Department; Police woman

Physical Description: 8 x 10 b & w

ID: 1753

Collection: Photographs

Images

Pasadena resident Amada Vasquez died after her Toyota Camry hit a telephone pole on Foothill Blvd. in Arcadia.

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Newspaper: Pasadena Star News

Date: August 25, 2003

Pages: p. A3

Newspaper: Pasadena Star News

Date: August 25, 2003

Pages: p. A3

Subjects: Vasuez, Amada; Automobile Accident

Item ID: 26374AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Police communications showing telephone, two officers, and two microphones. Back reads, "Public Information Bureau. Seattle Police Department."

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Date: 1940s or 1950s

1 image

Date: 1940s or 1950s

Subjects: Seattle Police Department

Physical Description: 8 x 10 b & w

ID: 1791

Collection: Photographs

Images

Bert Johnson, recently retired after 46 years with Pacific Telephone, is a candidate in the upcoming election. He is particularly concerned with redevelopment.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 7, 1982

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 7, 1982

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Subjects: City Council - Elections - 1982; Johnson, Bert

Item ID: 1085AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Corner of Baldwin Avenue and Duarte Road, with West Arcadia Prescription Pharmacy seen across the street. Photo is of the traffic signal and telephone pole on the corner.

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Date: c. early 1950s

1 image

Date: c. early 1950s

Subjects: Streets - Baldwin Avenue; Streets - Duarte Road; West Arcadia Prescription Pharmacy

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 1639

Collection: Photographs

Images

Telephone and online wagering was approved by the California Horse Racing Board on Thursday. Now gamblers may place bets at Santa Anita Park from home.

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Newspaper: Pasadena Star News

Date: January 26, 2002

Pages: p. A1

Newspaper: Pasadena Star News

Date: January 26, 2002

Pages: p. A1

Subjects: Santa Anita Park - 2001-2010

Item ID: 22883AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Arcadia High School administrators have instituted a 24-hour student telephone tip line to increase campus security and decrease the risk of campus violence.

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Newspaper: Pasadena Star News

Date: March 15, 1993

Pages: p. A-4

Newspaper: Pasadena Star News

Date: March 15, 1993

Pages: p. A-4

Subjects: Schools - Finance; Schools - Arcadia High School

Item ID: 222An

Collection: Newspaper Index

Marilyn Bryant has been named head of Parent Alert. The organization has a 24-hour hotline which will be advertised through telephone and bumper stickers.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: April 29, 1982

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: April 29, 1982

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Subjects: Parent Alert; Bryant, Marilyn

Item ID: 2108AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Governor Gray Davis has signed into law a bill allowing telephone and Internet wagering on horse races in California. The bill was authored by Assembly Speaker Bob Hertzberg.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: August 16, 2001

Pages: p. 9

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: August 16, 2001

Pages: p. 9

Subjects: Horses and horse racing; California laws

Item ID: 33516AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Mentally ill man Gerardo Cortez, 26, of Monrovia, is arrested for allegedly making telephone threats to shoot adults and children at a hospital, a mall, and schools in Arcadia and Monrovia.

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Newspaper: Mountain Views News

Date: September 21, 2013

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Mountain Views News

Date: September 21, 2013

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Arcadia High School; Arcadia Police Department; Cortez, Gerardo; Crime and Criminals; Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department; Monrovia Police Department

Item ID: 33822AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Earthlink offers free phone calls and Web surfing at the Westfield Shoppingtown Santa Anita through December 30 as a way to introduce consumers to its new Internet telephone service.

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Newspaper: Pasadena Star News

Date: December 14, 2006

Pages: p. Local 3

Newspaper: Pasadena Star News

Date: December 14, 2006

Pages: p. Local 3

Subjects: Business and Industry; Earthlink Internet

Item ID: 30502AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

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Arcadia is studying plans for joining the country's universal use of the telephone number 911 to cover ALL emergency calls.

Article traces history of telephone service in Arcadia. In 1903, when the city was incorporated, the directory listed two customers in the city.

First community dial office in the Bell system was located in this 29 ft. x 33 ft. building at 19 East Alice. It belonged to Southern California Telephone Company.

Images

The Arcadia City Council unanimously supports a 5% utility tax on interstate and international telephone calls. The proposed tax will cost about $.40 per person per month.

View of interior of Pacific Telephone Business Office showing one woman seated at a table. There is a file cabinet, a typewriter, and a safe in the room. Floor appears to be tiled. Location of this office was on North First Avenue.

Images

Pacific Telephone switchboard in Arcadia. From left:Chief operator Ollie Palmer; Venerotia T. Pratt;operators Viola Grego; Eva Doss; Lucy Sommers; and, Ann Beatty.

Images

Pacific Telephone building

Southern California Telephone Company new building

Interior Arcadia Police Department building at 250 W. Huntington Drive. Female employee in APD uniform, possibly a dispatcher, sitting at a telephone switchboard and communications panel, using rotary dial telephone and writing. Also seen are a manual typewriter, microphone, and the time

Images

Pasadena resident Amada Vasquez died after her Toyota Camry hit a telephone pole on Foothill Blvd. in Arcadia.

Police communications showing telephone, two officers, and two microphones. Back reads, "Public Information Bureau. Seattle Police Department."

Images

Bert Johnson, recently retired after 46 years with Pacific Telephone, is a candidate in the upcoming election. He is particularly concerned with redevelopment.

Corner of Baldwin Avenue and Duarte Road, with West Arcadia Prescription Pharmacy seen across the street. Photo is of the traffic signal and telephone pole on the corner.

Images

Telephone and online wagering was approved by the California Horse Racing Board on Thursday. Now gamblers may place bets at Santa Anita Park from home.

Arcadia High School administrators have instituted a 24-hour student telephone tip line to increase campus security and decrease the risk of campus violence.

Marilyn Bryant has been named head of Parent Alert. The organization has a 24-hour hotline which will be advertised through telephone and bumper stickers.

Governor Gray Davis has signed into law a bill allowing telephone and Internet wagering on horse races in California. The bill was authored by Assembly Speaker Bob Hertzberg.

Mentally ill man Gerardo Cortez, 26, of Monrovia, is arrested for allegedly making telephone threats to shoot adults and children at a hospital, a mall, and schools in Arcadia and Monrovia.

Earthlink offers free phone calls and Web surfing at the Westfield Shoppingtown Santa Anita through December 30 as a way to introduce consumers to its new Internet telephone service.