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Arcadia Public Library

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Artist
Edna Lenz
Date
1961
Description
The Arcadia Public Library was located at the southwest corner of First Avenue and Wheeler Street from 1930 to April 1961. Plate on the bottom of the frame reads In Memory of Drexel E. Watson. (This painting appears to be separate from the series of 100 historical paintings by Lenz and Wishek that …
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Artist
Edna Lenz
Date
1961
Description
The Arcadia Public Library was located at the southwest corner of First Avenue and Wheeler Street from 1930 to April 1961. Plate on the bottom of the frame reads In Memory of Drexel E. Watson. (This painting appears to be separate from the series of 100 historical paintings by Lenz and Wishek that Friends of the Arcadia Public Library had donated to the Arcadia Public Library in 1967).
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101L
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Arcadia Public Library

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Artist
Edna Lenz
Description
Arcadia's First City Library Building -- This small frame house just north of the old City Hall was given to the City Council "without alterations, for use as a library," in 1924. ( A room in City Hall had served as the municipal library since the summer of 1920 when a proposition placed on the ba…
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Artist
Edna Lenz
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Arcadia's First City Library Building -- This small frame house just north of the old City Hall was given to the City Council "without alterations, for use as a library," in 1924. ( A room in City Hall had served as the municipal library since the summer of 1920 when a proposition placed on the ballot to establish a city library had received a favorable vote earlier in the year. From 1914 to 1920 the local library had been a branch of the Los Angeles County Library, housed in the McCoy Block.) This building served as the City's library until a new building was constructed in 1930.
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87L
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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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Justine Wishek
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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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43W
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Monrovia. Streetcars

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Artist
Justine Wishek
Description
Donkey Streetcar (Monrovia) -- This is the famous streetcar that went between the center of town and the Santa Fe station. The donkey pulled it uphill, then rode downgrade on the rear platform.
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Artist
Justine Wishek
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Donkey Streetcar (Monrovia) -- This is the famous streetcar that went between the center of town and the Santa Fe station. The donkey pulled it uphill, then rode downgrade on the rear platform.
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44W
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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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Justine Wishek
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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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Railroads. South Pasadena

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Artist
Justine Wishek
Description
Raymond Depot -- Built in 1880 in South Pasadena. It served the guests of the Raymond Hotel.
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Justine Wishek
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Raymond Depot -- Built in 1880 in South Pasadena. It served the guests of the Raymond Hotel.
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49W
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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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Edna Lenz
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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.
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South Pasadena Station

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Artist
Justine Wishek
Description
South Pasadena Station -- Built in 1900 by what was then the California Southern Railway Company, its second-story served as the living quarters for the station agent and his family.
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Artist
Justine Wishek
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South Pasadena Station -- Built in 1900 by what was then the California Southern Railway Company, its second-story served as the living quarters for the station agent and his family.
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