House at 180 West Huntington Drive, Arcadia, located just north of the municipal athletic field adjacent to Arcadia City Hall. It was part of the Le Meridien hotel land but is being sold Salvation Army and moving to Pasadena. In the year 2000 this was the location of Oakcrest Adult Rehabilitation Center. In this photo, notice its house numbers in disrepair. See document "State Wars on Bookies." A house at 180 West Huntington Drive in Arcadia was raided and four men were arrested who were using binoculars to catch the race results and flashing them to bookmakers throughout the nation. Los Angeles Times, January 17, 1938.
Gene Glasco, City Clerk 2012-2024. Retired in 2024. This photo c. 2020. Gene Glasco is a native Californian and long time resident of Arcadia. Gene attended Highland Oaks Elementary school, First Avenue Junior High School, and is a graduate of Arcadia High School where he lettered in Football and played second chair trombone in the award-winning AHS Marching Band. Gene is Arcadia’s first elected City Clerk that is a graduate of Arcadia High School.
Gene served six years in the United States Navy. He spent fourteen months in Vietnam as a Radioman in support of US Navy riverboat activities in the Mekong Delta and is a service-connected disabled Veteran. Gene is an Honor Role graduate of Cuesta College in San Luis Obispo. He attended San Jose State University where he majored in Public Relations with a minor in Asian American History. After thirty years in the foodservice industry, Gene retired from Glasco and Associates, Inc. He also has practiced real estate in Arcadia.
Gary Thomas, Arcadia resident and President of the 2003 Tournament of Roses, with Arcadia City Council members Gail Marshall (2002-2003 Mayor), Gary Kovacic, Mickey Segal and John Wuo holding artist's rendering of Arcadia's 2003 Rose Parade float entry. The 2003 Rose Court Princesses including Arcadia resident Anjali Agrawal are standing behind holding bouquets of red roses. A banner with the Rose Parade theme "Children's Dreams, Wishes and Imagination" is in the background.
Statue of a soldier at Arcadia County Park. He is standing, wearing boots and hat, belt of ammunition, canteen across his body, holding a rifle. It is known as "The Hiker," one of 52 casts of the Spanish American War Memorial made between 1921 and 1956 to commemorate the 1898 Spanish American War. Photograph by Terry Miller.
Lower Arcadia City Hall walkway that leads to the upper part of City Hall. Notice no murals on the walls, they have not been uncovered yet. 240 West Huntington Drive. Photograph by Terry Miller.
ID #2012-2027 show the opening dedication and ribbon cutting at the newly built Arcadia Community Center, at 365 Campus Drive. Charles Gilb is at the podium.
ID #2012-2027 show the opening dedication and ribbon cutting at the newly built Arcadia Community Center, at 365 Campus Drive. Mary Young is at the podium.
ID #2012-2027 show the opening dedication and ribbon cutting at the newly built Arcadia Community Center, at 365 Campus Drive. Unidentified man is at the podium, Charles Gilb stands behind him.
ID #2012-2027 show the opening dedication and ribbon cutting at the newly built Arcadia Community Center, at 365 Campus Drive. Uniformed cadets hold a United States flag.
ID #2012-2027 show the opening dedication and ribbon cutting at the newly built Arcadia Community Center, at 365 Campus Drive. Jerry Collins is on the far left. Floretta Lauber is holding the big scissors.
ID #2012-2027 show the opening dedication and ribbon cutting at the newly built Arcadia Community Center, at 365 Campus Drive. Unidentified man is holding the big scissors.
ID #2012-2027 show the opening dedication and ribbon cutting at the newly built Arcadia Community Center, at 365 Campus Drive. Charles Gilb and Mary Young are holding the big scissors. From left to right: George Fasching, City Manager George Watts, Mary Young, Joseph Ciraulo, Charles Gilb, Robert Harbicht. Fasching, Young, Ciraulo, Gilb and Harbicht are City Council members.
ID #2012-2027 show the opening dedication and ribbon cutting at the newly built Arcadia Community Center, at 365 Campus Drive. Left to right: Jerry Collins (Recreation Department), unidentified, Sue Nevin, John Garton.
ID #2012-2027 show the opening dedication and ribbon cutting at the newly built Arcadia Community Center, at 365 Campus Drive. Exterior front of the building.
ID #2012-2027 show the opening dedication and ribbon cutting at the newly built Arcadia Community Center, at 365 Campus Drive. Exterior hallway of the building.
ID #2012-2027 show the opening dedication and ribbon cutting at the newly built Arcadia Community Center, at 365 Campus Drive. Exterior back of the building, with golf course adjacent.
ID #2012-2027 show the opening dedication and ribbon cutting at the newly built Arcadia Community Center, at 365 Campus Drive. Interior of the building, showing fireplace and sofas and people mingling.
ID #2012-2027 show the opening dedication and ribbon cutting at the newly built Arcadia Community Center, at 365 Campus Drive. Interior of the building, showing large room filled with people seated.
ID #2012-2027 show the opening dedication and ribbon cutting at the newly built Arcadia Community Center, at 365 Campus Drive. People are milling about, presumably in the kitchen area, judging from the light fixtures.
ID #2012-2027 show the opening dedication and ribbon cutting at the newly built Arcadia Community Center, at 365 Campus Drive. A man in blue sweater and a woman in brown and white smile for the camera.