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Interior of Seaquist's Pharmacy showing proprietor Oscar Seaquist standing in center of the store. Note fountain counter on the left. Store was located on north First Avenue not far from Santa Fe tracks. It was the first drug store in Arcadia.

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Date: c.1924

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Date: c.1924

Subjects: Seaquist's Pharmacy; Seaquist, Oscar; Stores

Physical Description: 7x9 b&w hard board original

ID: 211

Collection: Photographs

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View of Seaquist's Pharmacy taken from position just north of Santa Fe railroad tracks. For information on store see information for photos #189 and #190.

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Date: c.1920

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Date: c.1920

Subjects: Seaquist's Pharmacy; Arcadia(City)-History-1903-1919; Stores

Physical Description: 2 1/2 x 3 b&w

ID: 191

Collection: Photographs

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View NE looking up First Avenue from near Santa Fe Station to Seaquist's Pharmacy on east side of First Avenue. In 1928 City Directory there is a W.A. Graves Pharmacy listed at 228 N. First and apparently this was formerly Seaquist's. Note Santa Fe station sign on extreme left side of photo.

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Date: c.1920

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Date: c.1920

Subjects: Seaquist's Pharmacy; Arcadia(City)-History-1903-1919

Physical Description: 2 1/2 x 3 b&w

ID: 190

Collection: Photographs

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Corner of Baldwin Avenue and Duarte Road, with West Arcadia Prescription Pharmacy seen across the street. Photo is of the traffic signal and telephone pole on the corner.

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Date: c. early 1950s

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Date: c. early 1950s

Subjects: Streets - Baldwin Avenue; Streets - Duarte Road; West Arcadia Prescription Pharmacy

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 1639

Collection: Photographs

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Some of Seaquist family photographed on front of Seaquist's Pharmacy on N. First Avenue. Left to right: Older man with white hair, then apparently Oscar Seaquist holding newspaper, next perhaps is wife of Oscar, and then an older woman.

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Date: c.1920

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Date: c.1920

Subjects: Seaquist's Pharmacy; Arcadia(City)-History-1903-1919

Physical Description: 3 1/2 x 5 1/2 b&w

ID: 192

Collection: Photographs

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Group of young people seated in a booth waiting to be served at Barron's Pharmacy, which was a popular place to shop and snack in West Arcadia on Baldwin Ave. From the Arcadia High School Yearbook.

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Date: c.1965

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Date: c.1965

Subjects: Barron's Pharmacy

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 954

Collection: Photographs

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Corner of Baldwin Ave. and Duarte Road showing a traffic signal on a light standard in the center of the photo. There is a Mobilgas Service station at the corner. A man is walking toward the station. To the left in the photo is the West Arcadia Prescription Pharmacy.

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Date: c. early 1950s

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Date: c. early 1950s

Subjects: Gas stations; Streets - Baldwin Avenue; Streets - Duarte Road; Service Stations - Mobilgas Service Station; West Arcadia Prescription Pharmacy

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 1638

Collection: Photographs

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Approaching intersection of Duarte Road and Baldwin Avenue looking south on Baldwin. Ericsson's Pharmacy is on S.W. corner and what apparently is the Bank of Italy National Trust & Savings is across Baldwin at 1200 S. Baldwin.

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Date: c.1930 or 1931

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Date: c.1930 or 1931

Subjects: Ericsson's Pharmacy; Bank of Italy National Trust & Savings; McMicken's Realty; Baldwin Avenue

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 201

Collection: Photographs

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Drive-In Liquor Store, located at 10 E. Huntington Drive, corner of Santa Anita and Huntington Drive. Photo taken from west of store.

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Date: July 8, 1987

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Date: July 8, 1987

Subjects: Drive-In Liquor Store; Stores

Physical Description: 4x6 color

ID: 1184

Collection: Photographs

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Drive-In Liquor Store located at 10 E. Huntington Drive, corner of Santa Anita and Huntington Drive. Photo taken from the east of store.

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Date: July 8, 1987

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Date: July 8, 1987

Subjects: Drive-In Liquor Store; Stores

Physical Description: 4x6 color

ID: 1185

Collection: Photographs

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View looking south across Huntington Drive at Sullivan's Paint Store at 134 E. Huntington Drive.

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Date: June 1961

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Date: June 1961

Subjects: Sullivan's Paint Store; Stores

Physical Description: 4x7 b&w

ID: 1039

Collection: Photographs

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Ericsson's Pharmacy located on SW corner of Duarte and Baldwin Avenue (1201 S. Baldwin). Note what appears to be called Spartan Market at 1203 S. Baldwin. Proprietor of market according to 1931 City Directory was C.N. Knott.

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Date: c. mid 1930's

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Date: c. mid 1930's

Subjects: Ericsson's Pharmacy; Spartan Market; Baldwin Avenue; Arcadia(City)-History-1930-1939

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 196

Collection: Photographs

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Aerial view east on Huntington Drive toward Arcadia from a position just west of Rosemead Boulevard. El Rancho Shopping Center and May Company Department Store can be seen as the business complex on the north side of Huntington Drive one block east of Rosemead Boulevard. Santa Anita Park Race Track can be seen on the left in upper portion of photo.

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Date: c.1970

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Date: c.1970

Subjects: Aerial Photo Collection; Aerial views; El Rancho Shopping District; Huntington Drive; May Company Department Store; Santa Anita Park-1945-1980

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 633

Collection: Photographs

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Photo of nine people sitting and standing in front of a home. Man in back row, extreme left, is Oscar Seaquist, first druggist in Arcadia.

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Date: c.1940

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Date: c.1940

Subjects: Seaquist, Oscar; Seaquist's Pharmacy

Physical Description: 2 1/2 x 4 b&w

ID: 193

Collection: Photographs

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Mayor Martin H. Ormsby on left; City Treasurer, Emma Hainer seated, at center; and City Clerk, Clint Billig, on right are seen in Mrs. Hainer's office in City Hall at First Street and Huntington Drive. Note round wall safe next to her desk. Daughter, Alberta Fluke remembers that the Arcadia Public Library could be seen to the north out of this window.

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Date: believed to be November, 1943 (matches calendar on right)

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Date: believed to be November, 1943 (matches calendar on right)

Subjects: Mayors-Ormsby, Martin H.; Hainer, Emma E.; Billig, Clinton

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 1102

Collection: Photographs

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View south, perhaps from top of City Hall on Corner of First and Huntington Drive, to Arcadia Drive-In Market. Located on SW corner of the same intersection there was, in addition to the Service Station, a dry cleaners, a bakery, a fresh vegetable market, a meat market, a grocery store, and the Pines Cafe. First Avenue is street seen on the left.

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Date: Market opened 1929

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Date: Market opened 1929

Subjects: Arcadia Drive-In Market; Gas stations; Huntington Drive; Stores

Physical Description: 6 1/2 x 10 b&w

ID: 892

Collection: Photographs

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View north on First Avenue just north of Santa Fe Railroad Tracks. Graves Drug Store on right with a bank next to it. The two story building on SW corner of St. Joseph Street and First was McCoy Building. According to information given by Stu Henderson, current owner of King Pharmacy, the history of Graves Drug Store is as follows: Originally it was opened by Oscar Seaquist, later bought by Walter A. Graves. Some years later it was bought by R.B. and R.B. Bagnall Jr. (circa 1940's) and was relocated to 54 E. Huntington Drive. By 1950 the City directory listed it as owned by A.P.King and has been known by that name since.

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Date: 1930

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Date: 1930

Subjects: First Avenue; W.F. Springer Furniture Company; Restaurants-Queen City Club; Graves Drug Store; Stores

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 584

Collection: Photographs

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Looking upstream along Santa Anita Wash from just above Huntington Drive. Wooden trestle seen upstream carried Southern Pacific tracks. Fencing is seen on left.

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Date: October 26, 1939

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Date: October 26, 1939

Subjects: Santa Anita Wash

Physical Description: 5x7 b&w

ID: 816

Collection: Photographs

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Mayor C. Loree Russell unlocks door of new City Hall at 240 W. Huntington Drive for City Treasurer Emma E. Hainer and City Clerk Dick Ewing.

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Date: c. March 1949

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Date: c. March 1949

Subjects: Hainer, Emma E.; Ewing, Richard C.; Mayors; Russell, C. Loree

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 1106

Collection: Photographs

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Looking east over barracks and main building at Ross Field. Tree-lined street cutting across photo at far side of field is Santa Anita Avenue. The oval of the race track built by E.J."Lucky" Baldwin and which opened in 1907 can clearly be seen on right. Broad E/W street seen on far left is Huntington Drive.

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Date: c.1928

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Date: c.1928

Subjects: Aerial Photo Collection; Aerial views; Balloon School; Santa Anita Avenue

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 861

Collection: Photographs

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Interior of Seaquist's Pharmacy showing proprietor Oscar Seaquist standing in center of the store. Note fountain counter on the left. Store was located on north First Avenue not far from Santa Fe tracks. It was the first drug store in Arcadia.

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View of Seaquist's Pharmacy taken from position just north of Santa Fe railroad tracks. For information on store see information for photos #189 and #190.

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View NE looking up First Avenue from near Santa Fe Station to Seaquist's Pharmacy on east side of First Avenue. In 1928 City Directory there is a W.A. Graves Pharmacy listed at 228 N. First and apparently this was formerly Seaquist's. Note Santa Fe station sign on extreme left side of photo.

Images

Corner of Baldwin Avenue and Duarte Road, with West Arcadia Prescription Pharmacy seen across the street. Photo is of the traffic signal and telephone pole on the corner.

Images

Some of Seaquist family photographed on front of Seaquist's Pharmacy on N. First Avenue. Left to right: Older man with white hair, then apparently Oscar Seaquist holding newspaper, next perhaps is wife of Oscar, and then an older woman.

Images

Group of young people seated in a booth waiting to be served at Barron's Pharmacy, which was a popular place to shop and snack in West Arcadia on Baldwin Ave. From the Arcadia High School Yearbook.

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Corner of Baldwin Ave. and Duarte Road showing a traffic signal on a light standard in the center of the photo. There is a Mobilgas Service station at the corner. A man is walking toward the station. To the left in the photo is the West Arcadia Prescription Pharmacy.

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Approaching intersection of Duarte Road and Baldwin Avenue looking south on Baldwin. Ericsson's Pharmacy is on S.W. corner and what apparently is the Bank of Italy National Trust & Savings is across Baldwin at 1200 S. Baldwin.

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Drive-In Liquor Store, located at 10 E. Huntington Drive, corner of Santa Anita and Huntington Drive. Photo taken from west of store.

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Drive-In Liquor Store located at 10 E. Huntington Drive, corner of Santa Anita and Huntington Drive. Photo taken from the east of store.

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View looking south across Huntington Drive at Sullivan's Paint Store at 134 E. Huntington Drive.

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Ericsson's Pharmacy located on SW corner of Duarte and Baldwin Avenue (1201 S. Baldwin). Note what appears to be called Spartan Market at 1203 S. Baldwin. Proprietor of market according to 1931 City Directory was C.N. Knott.

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Photo of nine people sitting and standing in front of a home. Man in back row, extreme left, is Oscar Seaquist, first druggist in Arcadia.

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Looking upstream along Santa Anita Wash from just above Huntington Drive. Wooden trestle seen upstream carried Southern Pacific tracks. Fencing is seen on left.

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Mayor C. Loree Russell unlocks door of new City Hall at 240 W. Huntington Drive for City Treasurer Emma E. Hainer and City Clerk Dick Ewing.

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