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Richard Dana intermediate school to open doors for first time. It is the second educational plant serving 7th and 8th grades, the other being First Avenue School. Dana's first principal is Joseph Bagnall. The modern school was designed by Boyd Georgi and Lee Kline, the same architects who planned the buildings at Camino Grove Elementary. See Also Arcadia Tribune, September 13, 1954, p. 1, Schoolroom doors open tomorrow for 7000 pupils.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 9, 1954
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 9, 1954
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Bagnall, Joseph
Georgi, Boyd
Kline, Lee
Schools-Dana Junior High School
Schools-Dana Middle School
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General information regarding history of Arcadia

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 3, 1934 p. A-1 (City history)
August 15, 1940 p. 3
April 27, 1942 p. 8
March 23, 1950 p. 4 (early days)
August 13, 1953 p. 18
August 17, 1969 p. 1 (history and growth)
August 17, 1969 p. 1 (books on Arcadia history)
August 16, 1970 p. 3
August 18, 1972 p. 8 (general history)
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 3, 1934 p. A-1 (City history)
August 15, 1940 p. 3
April 27, 1942 p. 8
March 23, 1950 p. 4 (early days)
August 13, 1953 p. 18
August 17, 1969 p. 1 (history and growth)
August 17, 1969 p. 1 (books on Arcadia history)
August 16, 1970 p. 3
August 18, 1972 p. 8 (general history)
Subjects
History
Item ID
3948AN
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Newspaper Index
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Leon Ware of Arcadia is the author of "The Orphan," a short story appearing in the June 21, issue of The Saturday Evening Post.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Bulletin
Date
June 23, 1952
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Bulletin
Date
June 23, 1952
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Arcadia Authors - Ware, Leon
Item ID
13101AN
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Noted organist Elsie Mae Emerson to present concert at Arcadia Music Mart, announced owner Mel Pratt. Emerson is an organist on the famous "Queen for a Day" show both on television and radio. She will play and demonstrate the Minshall electronic organ.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 2, 1953
Pages
Section 2, p. 1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 2, 1953
Pages
Section 2, p. 1
Subjects
Arcadia Music Mart
Electronic instruments
Emerson, Elsie Mae
Pratt, Mel
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Newspaper Index
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Two story limit

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 8, 1958 p. 1
December 11, 1958 p. 1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 8, 1958 p. 1
December 11, 1958 p. 1
Subjects
Buildings
Item ID
3689AN
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Newspaper Index
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A short story called "The Bipartisan Blond" by Arcadia author Hannah Smith appears in the September Ladies' Home Journal. She published a book called "For Heaven's Sake" about three years ago.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Bulletin
Date
August 28, 1952
Pages
p. 7
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Arcadia Bulletin
Date
August 28, 1952
Pages
p. 7
Subjects
Arcadia Authors - Smith, Hannah
Item ID
13098AN
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Plans to withdraw from Monrovia-Arcadia-Duarte (M-A-D) high school district.

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Newspaper
The Journal
Date
January 4, 1950
Pages
p. 1 (See basement box 112.)
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The Journal
Date
January 4, 1950
Pages
p. 1 (See basement box 112.)
Subjects
Monrovia-Arcadia-Duarte (M-A-D) High School
Item ID
33201AN
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Editorial on withdrawal from Monrovia-Arcadia-Duarte M-A-D High School District.

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Newspaper
The Journal
Date
January 18, 1950
Pages
p. 6 (See basement box 112.)
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Newspaper
The Journal
Date
January 18, 1950
Pages
p. 6 (See basement box 112.)
Subjects
Monrovia-Arcadia-Duarte (M-A-D) High School District
Item ID
33219AN
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Camino Grove had shed fire last Tuesday.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 20, 1954
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 20, 1954
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Camino Grove Elementary School
Fires
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History-Rancho Santa Anita (1838-1947)

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Start Date
1838
End Date
1947
Contents
1. Chain of title. Three copies given to Arcadia Public Library on the Rancho's fiftieth anniversary. 2. "Santa Anita Rancho history told in book." News clip, circa 1956. 3. "Our community." Article from Arcadia Savings and Loan brochure. 4. "Arcadia, City of Arcadia." San Gabriel Valley Adver…
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Start Date
1838
End Date
1947
Contents
1. Chain of title. Three copies given to Arcadia Public Library on the Rancho's fiftieth anniversary.
2. "Santa Anita Rancho history told in book." News clip, circa 1956.
3. "Our community." Article from Arcadia Savings and Loan brochure.
4. "Arcadia, City of Arcadia." San Gabriel Valley Advertiser, February 26, 1969 by I. Hope.
5. "Arcadia gets publicity." News clip, 1927 copied from Alton Green's scrapbook.
6. "The Romance of Rancho Santa Anita." Booklet by Rancho Santa Anita, circa 1948. Eight copies.
7. Lasca Leaves, October 1967. Three copies.
8. "The Romance of the Ranchos." Booklet by Palmer Conner, Title Insurance and Trust Company, 1941. Six copies. Insert of 1919 map of Old Spanish and Mexican Ranchos of Los Angeles County.
9. "Rancho Santa Anita ... trials of ownership." Lasca Leaves, December 1975. Two copies.
10. "The people of Rancho Santa Anita, Part II." Lasca Leaves, July 1956.
11. "From romance to racehorses." Westways, February 1974.
12. "Ranch Santa Anita." Section of the book, Brief Sketches of the History of the Ranchos San Pascual, Santa Anita ...etc. by J.M. Miller.
13. Lasca Leaves, December 1975.
14. a. "Historic Santa Anita: the development of the land." Brochure by the Arboretum, circa 1976. 14b. Historic Santa Anita the Development of the Land, undated. 14c. Historic Santa Anita the Development of the Land, originally printed by California Arboretum Foundation 1976, Revised and reprinted by Los Voluntarios 2006.
15. "Expedients." Four pages detailing Reid's claim. Copied from the collection of Huntington Library.
16. "Santa Anita Ranch, Rancho Santa Anita." Articles from The Westerner's Brand Book, published by Los Angeles Corral, 1956.
17. "The old and new Santa Anita." Westways, January 1948.
18. "Chain of horticulture." Lasca Leaves, July 1951.
19. "The restorations at Rancho Santa Anita." Lasca Leaves, January 1961.
20. "Background to Rancho Santa Anita." By Florence Slocum, circa 1969.
21. "People say." Arcadia Tribune, February - April, 1941. A series of eight articles commemorating Rancho Santa Anita's 100th birthday.
22. "Rancho Santa Anita 'Place of Many Waters.'" Lasca Leaves, October 1967 by Susanna Bryant Dakin.
23. Historic calendar of events of Ranch Santa Anita. Peacock Call, September/October 1978.
24. Manuscript of Mrs. C.W. (Emma Elinor Hines) Young. From the Bancroft Library at the University of California at Berkeley, October 1978. Photocopy of handwritten manuscript and typed copy.
25. "Owners and cattle brands of the Rancho Santa Anita." The Branding Iron, June 1979 by Jack McCaskill.
26. "The Baldwin legacy." Lasca Leaves, June 1976 by Sandy Snider.
27. "Santa Anita Rancho - history told in book." Pasadena Independent, January 11, 1953. Pasadena Star News, September 23, 1956.
28. "Pasadena the Crown of the Valley: a souvenir." Pasadena Board of Trade, 1893-1894 by E. Norman Baker. From the historical collection of William F. Salisbury.
29. "Rancho Santa Anita - 'Place of Many Waters'." Junior League Community News, October 1957 by Susanna Bryant Dakin.
30. "Rancho Santa Anita's colorful past." News clip, undated.
31. "Rancho Santa Anita, chuck full of early California memories; one of the Southland's most beautiful spots." Arcadia Tribune, December 6, 1937, page 1.
32. "Historic ranchos' sale recalls pioneer days." Los Angeles Times, April 5, 1936, Part V, page 1.
33. "Two famous holdings to be subdivided soon. Santa Anita and La Cienega Ranch acreage purchased for vast residential development." Los Angeles Times, April 5, 1936, Part V.
34. Town Rambler by Marjorie Hesse: description of Rancho Santa Anita and the arrangement of the rooms at the old adobe house as told by Miss Lena McCulley and second cousin of E.J. "Lucky" Baldwin, Mrs. H. H. Cross. Arcadia Tribune, June 22, 1938. Copied from Rancho Santa Anita Scrapbook #1, April 1936-Jan. 1, 1939. Arcadia Historical Society.
35. "The Romance of California Land Titles" by Stuart O'Melveny. Title Insurance and Trust Company, 1928. (Rancho Santa Anita mentioned on page 13.)
36. Rancho Santa Anita and the development of San Marino and Sierra Madre. From pages 91, 93, 94, 100 of the book Pasadena Area History by Manuel Pineda and E. Caswell Perry (1972).
Subjects
History-Rancho Santa Anita (1838-1947)
Physical Description
2 folders
Item ID
103AF
Collection
Subject Files
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General items regarding Arcadia High School

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 12, 1955 p. 1 (Constitution)
May 16, 1955 p. 1 (accredited by the University of California)
July 13, 1961 p. 1 (language lab)
September 21, 1961 p. 1 ( " )
October 16, 1961 p. 1 (senior rank 2nd in State)
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 12, 1955 p. 1 (Constitution)
May 16, 1955 p. 1 (accredited by the University of California)
July 13, 1961 p. 1 (language lab)
September 21, 1961 p. 1 ( " )
October 16, 1961 p. 1 (senior rank 2nd in State)
Subjects
Schools - Arcadia High School
Item ID
4217AN
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Dwight Stoner resigns from Arcadia Planning Commission. He is sixth person to resign in recent months.

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Newspaper
The Journal
Date
January 11, 1950
Pages
p. 1 (See basement box 112.)
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Newspaper
The Journal
Date
January 11, 1950
Pages
p. 1 (See basement box 112.)
Subjects
Arcadia Planning Commission
Stoner, Dwight
Item ID
33207AN
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Arcadia artist, Dorothy Browdy Kushner, will exhibit her work in the Hinshaw auditorium from June 15 to Aug. 1.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 11, 1959
Pages
p. 19
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 11, 1959
Pages
p. 19
Subjects
Arcadia artists
Kushner, Dorothy Browdy
Item ID
17508AN
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Next Tuesday Arcadians will vote on two proposals: 1--Arcadia Elementary School Board seeks approval of $600,000 bond issue. 2--Tax increase to meet Monrovia-Arcadia-Duarte High School district needs.

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Newspaper
The Journal
Date
February 22, 1950
Pages
p. 1 (See basement box 112.)
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Newspaper
The Journal
Date
February 22, 1950
Pages
p. 1 (See basement box 112.)
Subjects
Bond issues
Elections
Monrovia-Arcadia-Duarte High School--M-A-D High School
Item ID
33229AN
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The official song for the 2nd annual Peach Blossom Festival, "When it's Peach Blossom Time in Arcadia," is now being sold at local music stores. Published by Hortense Seymour, the Betty Graeme tune is selling for 50 cents per copy.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Bulletin
Date
March 18, 1950
Pages
p. 6
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Newspaper
Arcadia Bulletin
Date
March 18, 1950
Pages
p. 6
Subjects
Peach Blossom Festival
Item ID
10003AN
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Newspaper Index
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Biographic sketch and caricature of S. C. McClintic, superintendent of M-A-D (Monrovia-Arcadia-Duarte) High School.

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Newspaper
The Journal
Date
January 18, 1950
Pages
p. 1, 7 Secion 1 (See basement box 112.)
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Newspaper
The Journal
Date
January 18, 1950
Pages
p. 1, 7 Secion 1 (See basement box 112.)
Subjects
McClintic, S. C.
M-A-D (Monrovia-Arcadia-Duarte) High School
Item ID
33181AN
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Arcadians approve both $600,000 bond and Monrovia-Arcadia-Duarte High School tax increase.

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Newspaper
The Journal
Date
March 1, 1950
Pages
p. 1 (See basement box 112.)
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Newspaper
The Journal
Date
March 1, 1950
Pages
p. 1 (See basement box 112.)
Subjects
Bond issues
Elections
Monrovia-Arcadia-Duarte High School--M-A-D High School---MAD
Item ID
33231AN
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Items regarding city water system.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 16, 1931 p. 1 (land sought by Council)
October 30, 1931 p. 1 (new well)
November 18, 1932 p. 1 (pumphouse)
February 19, 1936 p. 1 (Havenhurst Development pipes)
January 24, 1936 p. 1 (pipe laying on santa anita)
April 4, 1936 p. 1 ( " )
July 6, 1936 p. 1 ( " )
January 7, 1943 p. 1 (guards for wells during World War II)
October 29, 1949 p. 1 (Camino Real well)
March 18, 1950 p. 1 (water emergency solved)
July 20, 1953 p. 1 (use record broken)
June 6, 1955 p. 1 (First Priority System Program)
September 8, 1955 p. 1 (use record broken)
May 29, 1958 p. 1 ($2.7 million water plan)
December 8, 1960 p. 1 (illegal sale of water by City)
September 2, 1961 p. 1 (wells added)
March 3, 1963 p. 1 (San Gabriel Valley Water Co. wells in Arcadia)
January 21, 1965 p 1 (Colorado River water in Arcadia)
February 7, 1965 p. 1 ( " )
January 2, 1966 p. 1 (treatment of City Water)
January 23, 1966 p. 1 (water basin adjudication)
April 7, 1966 p. 1 (final payment of debts)
July 21, 1966 p. 1 Property owners vs water users over taxation)
August 4, 1966 p. 1 ( " )
August 7, 1966 p. 1 (property sale by City)
August 25, 1966 p. 1 (property owners vs water users re. taxation)
April 2, 1967 p. 1 (costs updated)
March 18, 1970 p. 1 (St. Joseph plant)
June 22, 1972 p. 1 (State water project benefits to So. Calif.)
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 16, 1931 p. 1 (land sought by Council)
October 30, 1931 p. 1 (new well)
November 18, 1932 p. 1 (pumphouse)
February 19, 1936 p. 1 (Havenhurst Development pipes)
January 24, 1936 p. 1 (pipe laying on santa anita)
April 4, 1936 p. 1 ( " )
July 6, 1936 p. 1 ( " )
January 7, 1943 p. 1 (guards for wells during World War II)
October 29, 1949 p. 1 (Camino Real well)
March 18, 1950 p. 1 (water emergency solved)
July 20, 1953 p. 1 (use record broken)
June 6, 1955 p. 1 (First Priority System Program)
September 8, 1955 p. 1 (use record broken)
May 29, 1958 p. 1 ($2.7 million water plan)
December 8, 1960 p. 1 (illegal sale of water by City)
September 2, 1961 p. 1 (wells added)
March 3, 1963 p. 1 (San Gabriel Valley Water Co. wells in Arcadia)
January 21, 1965 p 1 (Colorado River water in Arcadia)
February 7, 1965 p. 1 ( " )
January 2, 1966 p. 1 (treatment of City Water)
January 23, 1966 p. 1 (water basin adjudication)
April 7, 1966 p. 1 (final payment of debts)
July 21, 1966 p. 1 Property owners vs water users over taxation)
August 4, 1966 p. 1 ( " )
August 7, 1966 p. 1 (property sale by City)
August 25, 1966 p. 1 (property owners vs water users re. taxation)
April 2, 1967 p. 1 (costs updated)
March 18, 1970 p. 1 (St. Joseph plant)
June 22, 1972 p. 1 (State water project benefits to So. Calif.)
Subjects
Water
Item ID
4319AN
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Newspaper Index
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General information regarding city sewer system.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 19, 1935 p. 1 (Federal aid sought for sewer system installation)
April 19, 1935 p. 1 (LACRA survey)
August 23, 1935 p. 1 (cost for covering the City)
December 13, 1935 p. 1 (bond issue defeated)
May 10, 1938 p. 1 (members named to City Sewer Investigation Committee)
May 13, 1938 p. 1 (engineering study started)
June 1, 1938 p. 1 (committee report)
June 22, 1938 p. 1 (cesspools prohibited)
August 17, 1938 p. 1 (sewer district)
April 20, 1939 p. 1 (disposal plant)
March 24, 1941 p. 1 (survey regarding installation of sewers)
May 28, 1942 p. 1 (disposal plant needed)
April 25, 1946 p. 1 (bond for Sanitation District 15)
September 1, 1946 p. 1 (suit against City)
September 19, 1946 p. 1 ( " )
September 22, 1946 p. 1 ( " )
May 8, 1947 p. 1 (begin city sewers)
July 24, 1947 p. 1 (City system to be built)
October 20, 1949 p. 1 (assessment for connection of all residents to sewer system)
October 22, 1949 p. 1 ( " )
December 3, 1949 p. 1 ( " )
December 20, 1956 p. 1 (service tax)
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 19, 1935 p. 1 (Federal aid sought for sewer system installation)
April 19, 1935 p. 1 (LACRA survey)
August 23, 1935 p. 1 (cost for covering the City)
December 13, 1935 p. 1 (bond issue defeated)
May 10, 1938 p. 1 (members named to City Sewer Investigation Committee)
May 13, 1938 p. 1 (engineering study started)
June 1, 1938 p. 1 (committee report)
June 22, 1938 p. 1 (cesspools prohibited)
August 17, 1938 p. 1 (sewer district)
April 20, 1939 p. 1 (disposal plant)
March 24, 1941 p. 1 (survey regarding installation of sewers)
May 28, 1942 p. 1 (disposal plant needed)
April 25, 1946 p. 1 (bond for Sanitation District 15)
September 1, 1946 p. 1 (suit against City)
September 19, 1946 p. 1 ( " )
September 22, 1946 p. 1 ( " )
May 8, 1947 p. 1 (begin city sewers)
July 24, 1947 p. 1 (City system to be built)
October 20, 1949 p. 1 (assessment for connection of all residents to sewer system)
October 22, 1949 p. 1 ( " )
December 3, 1949 p. 1 ( " )
December 20, 1956 p. 1 (service tax)
Subjects
Sewers
Item ID
4246AN
Collection
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Loan of art from library

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 20, 1958 p. 1
September 22, 1958 p. 1
October 2, 1958 p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 20, 1958 p. 1
September 22, 1958 p. 1
October 2, 1958 p. 1
Subjects
Arcadia Public Library - Special services
Item ID
3992AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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