Arcadia Public Library Board photographed at meeting. Left to right: Dexter Jones, Mrs. Herman Snider, Gene Gregg (standing), Chairman J.L. Young, City Councilman Conrad Reibold (standing), Helen Kinnison, City Librarian Grace Clark.
Two young men playing cards at a table in a room. Man with cap is Richard Herman Shierske, who was a jockey for E.J."Lucky" Baldwin. He was licensed under the name of Richard Herman. Other young man is Charles McIver.
Group photo in front of main entrance to Arcadia Public Library, 25 N. First Avenue. Left to right: Virginia May, Greta Gunderson, Nancy Hitchcock, Virginia Doty, Grace Clark, Hazel Bolton, Helen Lawrence, Antoinette Morley, Amy Schmocker, Alfreda Bolduan, Judith B. Moore, Virginia Pontius, Marjorie Phelps, Helen Cavanaugh, Leroy Holt, Joy Brisco, Irene Kieft, Vi Chaffers, Homer Fletcher (City Librarian).
Group seated at Christmas breakfast at Arcadia Public Library, 25 N. First Avenue. Left to right: Linda Buxton, Leroy Holt (custodian), Marilyn Moore, Irene Kieft, Frank Gustafson (gardener), Joy Brisco, Alfreda Bolduan (hidden), Hazel Bolton, Grace Clark, Helen Lawrence, Judith B. Moore, Vi Chaffers, Grace Rahm, Marjorie Phelps, Alice Cheney, Eleanor Gilbert, Virginia Bailey, Dorothy Breyer.
Seven women and three men, all faculty members of Arcadia Grammar School, seated on front steps. They have been identified by Mr. Walters, former principal. He was 82 when he identified them in 1979. Left to right: 1. Elmer Neher 2. Max Ireland 3. Mrs. Grace Benham 4. Domenica Loyacano (in white blouse) 5. Elsie Anderson 6. Martha Hoegee 7. ? 8. Reed Clark. Sitting in front: on left is Elvira McMillen. On right: ?.
Two jockeys on two horses, each horse being held by a handler. Jockey on left is Richard Herman Shierske, who raced under the name Richard Herman and had a jockey license signed by Baldwin, dated 1909.
Group of eight women and three men standing at entrance of Arcadia Grammar School, which later became First Avenue Junior High School. As identified in 1979 by Mr. Walters (82 year old former principal), left to right: 1. Reed Clark 4. Grace Benham 5. Martha Hoegee 6. Elvira McMillen 8. Elsie Anderson 9. Max Ireland 10. Elmer Neher. Back row #11. Domenica Loyacano. Not identified: #2,3,7.
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.
View of Herbert's Cafe from center of Alice Street right at intersection with Santa Anita. (Main fire house for Arcadia is presently located there.) There is a wagon wheel mounted near front. It was owned by Herbert and Catherine Schmidt from 1939-1957. See Arcadia VF-Restaurants, bars, etc. for further information regarding special days and how they were celebrated here.
Group of high school students lined up to check books out in the evening. Grace Rahm is clerk seated at desk helping them. In background are 3 additional patrons browsing.
Library clerk Grace Rahm stands at periodical shelving unit in Arcadia Public Library at 25 N.First Avenue. One man is reading at table and one woman is selecting a periodical at the rack.
Some members of Arcadia Civil Defense Amateur Radio Operators shown at work. Third man from left appears to be Jim Henderson. Man standing by door appears to be Fred Blethen. Man seated and talking to Mr. Blethen seems to be Herbert Foster. Two closest to camera not identified.
Eleanor Gilbert, library clerk on left at circulation desk, and Grace Rahm, library clerk on right of desk, at Arcadia Public Library, 25 N. First Avenue. Person in white shirt being waited on.
Arcadia City Council members standing, left to right: Michael Cao, April Verlato, Eileen Wang, Sharon Kwan, and Paul P. Cheng. Seated is Gene Glasco, retiring as City Clerk as of April 16, 2024.
ID #1966-1987 show groundbreaking ceremony for the Arcadia Community Center, to be built soon at the site at Holly Avenue and Huntington Drive. City council members in attendance include Charles Gilb, Roger Chandler, Robert Harbicht, Mary Young, Dennis Lojeski. Holy Angels School is visible in the background. People are sitting on chairs and standing on the grass.
ID #1966-1987 show groundbreaking ceremony for the Arcadia Community Center, to be built soon at the site at Holly Avenue and Huntington Drive. City council members in attendance include Charles Gilb, Roger Chandler, Robert Harbicht, Mary Young, Dennis Lojeski. Holy Angels School is visible in the background. People are sitting on chairs and standing on the grass.