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https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper3770

Newspaper: Arcadia Journal

Date: March 30, 1918 p. 1; April 6, 1918 p. 1 (await orders); May 4, 1918 p. 1; May 18, 1918 p. 1 (preliminary steps); May 25, 1918 p. 4 (officers); June 8, 1918 p. 1; June 15, 1918 p. 1 (first men arrive); June 8, 1918 p. 1 ("Blind Pigs" closed near school); June 15, 1918 p. 1 (recreation center); June 22, 1918 p. 1; June 29, 1918 p. 1 (recreation center); July 29, 1918 p. 1 (alien zone established); August 3, 1918 p. 4 and September 7, 1918 p. 1 (club-house); August 24, 1918 p. 1 (balloon use in war); September 28, 1918 p. 1 (aircraft center); October 5, 1918 p. 1 (amusement park); November 17, 1918 p. 1 (Commander Hensky); November 30, 1918 p. 4 (permanence).

Newspaper: Arcadia Journal

Date: March 30, 1918 p. 1; April 6, 1918 p. 1 (await orders); May 4, 1918 p. 1; May 18, 1918 p. 1 (preliminary steps); May 25, 1918 p. 4 (officers); June 8, 1918 p. 1; June 15, 1918 p. 1 (first men arrive); June 8, 1918 p. 1 ("Blind Pigs" closed near school); June 15, 1918 p. 1 (recreation center); June 22, 1918 p. 1; June 29, 1918 p. 1 (recreation center); July 29, 1918 p. 1 (alien zone established); August 3, 1918 p. 4 and September 7, 1918 p. 1 (club-house); August 24, 1918 p. 1 (balloon use in war); September 28, 1918 p. 1 (aircraft center); October 5, 1918 p. 1 (amusement park); November 17, 1918 p. 1 (Commander Hensky); November 30, 1918 p. 4 (permanence).

Subjects: Balloon School

Item ID: 3643AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Marriage (article badly damaged. Cannot determine name of bride.)

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper4719

Newspaper: Arcadia Journal

Date: June 4, 1921

Announcement Type: Marriage

Newspaper: Arcadia Journal

Date: June 4, 1921

Announcement Type: Marriage

Subjects: Welch, St. C. H.; Balloon School

Item ID: 4595AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Looking SW from mountains north of Arcadia. Major tree-lined street running from mountains south is Santa Anita Avenue. Southernmost tree-lined street cutting across entire middle of photo is Duarte Road. Barracks at the Balloon School can be seen just below Huntington Drive. Notice that Huntington Drive stops just west of the Balloon School, at the Baldwin Ranch. Much of Foothill area was planted to citrus.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs1114

Date: c.1927

1 image

Date: c.1927

Subjects: Aerial views; Arcadia(City)-History-1920-1929; Balloon School; Santa Anita Avenue; Santa Anita Highlands

Physical Description: 10 x 14 b&w

ID: 1105

Collection: Photographs

Images

Page 10 of The Arcadian Observer, Official Publication of the United States Army Balloon School, Arcadia, California. September 1918 Supplement. Featuring list of YMCA Staff Personnel, article about American Red Cross and photograph of Captain Henry C. Deknatel, A.R.C. Negative and print were made for the grant funded Local History Digital Resources Project 2006-2007. A digital image of this photograph is file name: caarpl_115 on LHDRP 2006-2007 Disc 9 of 14. See black box labeled Arcadia History Room Media Box.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs1822

Date: September 1918

1 image

Date: September 1918

Subjects: Balloon School; Deknatel, Henry C.

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 1855

Collection: Photographs

Images

Aerial view looking northeast across Santa Anita Park toward mountains. Note training track called Anita Chiquita has been added (lower left corner), open grandstand has been added to west of covered stand. Note, too, that work has begun to change Balloon School site to Arcadia County Park. Santa Anita Avenue is tree-lined street running entire width of photo about middle of print.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs987

Date: 1937

1 image

Date: 1937

Subjects: Aerial Photo Collection; Aerial views; Anita Chiquita training track; Arcadia County Park; Balloon School; Santa Anita Avenue; Santa Anita Park-1934-1942

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 979

Collection: Photographs

Images

Aerial view of Ross Field looking east from a position of about Huntington Drive and present Holly Avenue. Two large hangars are at west point of triangular property. The wash cutting across foreground is the wash just to west of present high school.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs228

Date: c.1928

1 image

Date: c.1928

Subjects: Balloon School; Arcadia County Park

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 226

Collection: Photographs

Images

Photo of dignitaries at the dedication of plaque marking site of Ross Field. Man on extreme right is ex-Congressman John Hoeppel who was most responsible for securing land for Los Angeles County Park. Others in photo not identified.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs185

Date: c.1962

1 image

Date: c.1962

Subjects: Balloon School; Arcadia County Park; Hoeppel, John H

Physical Description: 9x11 b&w

ID: 184

Collection: Photographs

Images

Photo of one plaque that was placed commemorating Balloon School and another plaque in honor of Lt. John Hoeppel, who was responsible for getting the land from U.S. government for Los Angeles County Park. See also photo #184.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs186

Date: c.1962

1 image

Date: c.1962

Subjects: Balloon School; Arcadia County Park; Hoeppel, John H.

Physical Description: 9x11 b&w

ID: 185

Collection: Photographs

Images

Front cover of The Arcadia Observer, Official Publication of the United States Army Balloon School, Arcadia, California. September 1918 Supplement. Artwork by Volkmann, 1918. Negative and print were made for the grant funded Local History Digital Resources Project 2006-2007. A digital image of this photograph is file name: caarpl_110 on LHDRP 2006-2007 Disc 9 of 14. See black box labeled Arcadia History Room Media Box.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs1827

Date: September 1918

1 image

Date: September 1918

Subjects: Balloon School

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 1860

Collection: Photographs

Images

United States Army C-2 Balloon at Ross Field, Arcadia. This was more recent design than the large, floppy ones seen in many of the photos.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs159

Date: c.1920 or 1921

1 image

Date: c.1920 or 1921

Subjects: Balloon School; Ross Field see Balloon School

Physical Description: 3x5 b&w

ID: 158

Collection: Photographs

Images

John M. Huston, a World War I private in the Air Services Signal Corps unit that was here in Arcadia at the Balloon School, gives an account of those experiences.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper595

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 1, 1976

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 1, 1976

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Balloon School; World War I

Item ID: 595AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

U.S. Army Balloon School (Ross Field) in Arcadia. View is to the north with the San Gabriel Mountains in the background. In the foreground are Army vehicles lined in a row. Buildings are visible behind the vehicles.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs1350

Date: c.1917-1918

1 image

Date: c.1917-1918

Subjects: Balloon School

Physical Description: 68x11 1/2 b&w self- framed

ID: 1341

Collection: Photographs

Images

Page 19 of The Arcadian Observer, Official Publication of the United States Army Balloon School, Arcadia, California. September 1918 Supplement. Featuring picture and description of The Observer. Negative and print were made for the grant funded Local History Digital Resources Project 2006-2007. A digital image of this photograph is file name: caarpl_119 on LHDRP 2006-2007 Disc 9 of 14. See black box labeled Arcadia History Room Media Box.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs1818

Date: September 1918

1 image

Date: September 1918

Subjects: Balloon School

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 1851

Collection: Photographs

Images

Original description, "Balloon about 30 feet off ground. Balloon has round target-like mark on its side. Under balloon is truck with winch and many men participating in restraining it. Overcast day." Revised description 9/7/2017 by Mark Rosenblum, a local Balloon School historian, identifies it as Rockwell Field in San Diego. It is not Arcadia, but he said the men from the Balloon School at Ross Field in Arcadia, went to San Diego to join in on a public display of the balloons.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs168

Date: c.1917-1918

1 image

Date: c.1917-1918

Subjects: Balloon School

Physical Description: 3x5 b&w

ID: 167

Collection: Photographs

Images

Page 49 of The Arcadian Observer, Official Publication of the United States Army Balloon School, Arcadia, California. September 1918 Supplement. Featuring Roster of Flying Cadet Company and photograph of The Flying Cadet Barracks. Negative and print were made for the grant funded Local History Digital Resources Project 2006-2007. A digital image of this photograph is file name: caarpl_122 on LHDRP 2006-2007 Disc 10 of 14. See black box labeled Arcadia History Room Media Box.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs1815

Date: September 1918

1 image

Date: September 1918

Subjects: Balloon School

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 1848

Collection: Photographs

Images

Page 35 of The Arcadian Observer, Official Publication of the United States Army Balloon School, Arcadia, California. September 1918 Supplement. Featuring photographs of the Observation Office, Hospital, and Interior Mess Hall. Negative and print were made for the grant funded Local History Digital Resources Project 2006-2007. A digital image of this photograph is file name: caarpl_121 on LHDRP 2006-2007 Disc 10 of 14. See black box labeled Arcadia History Room Media Box.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs1816

Date: September 1918

1 image

Date: September 1918

Subjects: Balloon School

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 1849

Collection: Photographs

Images

Page 21 of The Arcadian Observer, Official Publication of the United States Army Balloon School, Arcadia, California. September 1918 Supplement. Featuring photographs and description of Swimming Pool and Club House. Negative and print were made for the grant funded Local History Digital Resources Project 2006-2007. A digital image of this photograph is file name: caarpl_120 on LHDRP 2006-2007 Disc 10 of 14. See black box labeled Arcadia History Room Media Box.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs1817

Date: September 1918

1 image

Date: September 1918

Subjects: Balloon School

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 1850

Collection: Photographs

Images

Page 3 of The Arcadian Observer, Official Publication of the United States Army Balloon School, Arcadia, California. September 1918 Supplement. Reads: Colonel W. N. Hensley Jr. Commanding. Negative and print were made for the grant funded Local History Digital Resources Project 2006-2007. A digital image of this photograph is file name: caarpl_111 on LHDRP 2006-2007 Disc 9 of 14. See black box labeled Arcadia History Room Media Box.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs1826

Date: September 1918

1 image

Date: September 1918

Subjects: Balloon School; Hensley, W. N., Jr.

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 1859

Collection: Photographs

Images

Page 7 of The Arcadian Observer, Official Publication of the United States Army Balloon School, Arcadia, California. September 1918 Supplement. Featuring photograph and biography of Colonel Anita Baldwin, in Red Star Society uniform. Negative and print were made for the grant funded Local History Digital Resources Project 2006-2007. A digital image of this photograph is file name: caarpl_113 on LHDRP 2006-2007 Disc 9 of 14. See black box labeled Arcadia History Room Media Box.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs1824

Date: September 1918

1 image

Date: September 1918

Subjects: Balloon School; Baldwin, Anita; Red Star Society

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 1857

Collection: Photographs

Images

Page 9 of The Arcadian Observer, Official Publication of the United States Army Balloon School, Arcadia, California. September 1918 Supplement. Featuring photographs of U.S. Balloon School officers Lieutenant Cecil Sherman, Lieutenant Craig Culbertson, Lieutenant O.F. McLaughlin and Lieutenant Gordon Jacques. Negative and print were made for the grant funded Local History Digital Resources Project 2006-2007. A digital image of this photograph is file name: caarpl_114 on LHDRP 2006-2007 Disc 9 of 14. See black box labeled Arcadia History Room Media Box.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs1823

Date: September 1918

1 image

Date: September 1918

Subjects: Balloon School; Culbertson, Craig; Jacques, Gordon; McLaughlin, O. F.; Sherman, Cecil

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 1856

Collection: Photographs

Images

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