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Biographic sketch and caricature of Mel Pratt, proprietor of the Music Mart and Mr. Music of the Peach Blossom City.

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Newspaper
The Journal
Date
April 5, 1950
Pages
p. 1 Section 2 (See basement box 112.)
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Newspaper
The Journal
Date
April 5, 1950
Pages
p. 1 Section 2 (See basement box 112.)
Subjects
Mel Pratt Business and industry - Music Mart
Item ID
29867AN
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Newspaper Index
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Obituary/death notice

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 4, 1965
Pages
p. 1
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 4, 1965
Pages
p. 1
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
Subjects
Pratt, Patricia
Item ID
20083AN
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Newspaper Index
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Obituary/death notice.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 27, 1950
Pages
p. 1
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 27, 1950
Pages
p. 1
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
Subjects
Wilson, W. Mel
Item ID
9898AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Obituary/death notice.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Bulletin
Date
April 29, 1950
Pages
p. 2
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
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Arcadia Bulletin
Date
April 29, 1950
Pages
p. 2
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
Subjects
Wilson, W. Mel
Item ID
9913AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Obituary/death notice.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 22, 1971
Pages
p. 32
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 22, 1971
Pages
p. 32
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
Subjects
Pratt, Viola May
Item ID
23330AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Obituary/death notice.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 1, 1967
Pages
p. 6 [2 items]
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 1, 1967
Pages
p. 6 [2 items]
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
Subjects
Pratt, Ernest R.
Item ID
21044AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Obituary/death notice.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 13, 1958
Pages
p. 20
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 13, 1958
Pages
p. 20
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
Subjects
Pratt, Lloyd Chipman
Burton, George
Item ID
16563AN
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Newspaper Index
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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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Obituary/death notice.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 16, 1966
Pages
p. 5
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 16, 1966
Pages
p. 5
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
Subjects
Newton, Cynthia Jane
Foster, Mel
Slone, Mildred Louise
Item ID
20571AN
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Newspaper Index
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Obituary notice.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 6, 1995
Pages
p. A4
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
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Pasadena Star News
Date
July 6, 1995
Pages
p. A4
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
Subjects
Lurie, Mildred Pratt
Item ID
4452AN
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Obituary/death notice.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 31, 1953
Pages
p. 7
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 31, 1953
Pages
p. 7
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
Subjects
Forsyth, Lawrence Joseph
Bosley, Nola
Pratt, Elizabeth C.
White, Willis Washington
Item ID
12825AN
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Birth. To Mr. and Mrs. Clyde A. Pratt, Dec. 18.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 30, 1954
Pages
p. 5
Announcement Type
Birth
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 30, 1954
Pages
p. 5
Announcement Type
Birth
Subjects
Pratt, son
Item ID
13438AN
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Birth. To Mr. and Mrs. Clyde A. Pratt, Dec. 24, 1949.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 5, 1950
Pages
p. 5
Announcement Type
Birth
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 5, 1950
Pages
p. 5
Announcement Type
Birth
Subjects
Pratt, Scott Allen
Item ID
9737AN
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Newspaper Index
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Two shot to death Wednesday morning, August 1, in the alley near 816 Sunset Boulevard in Arcadia. Los Angeles Sheriff Department says it looks like a murder-suicide. The woman was pronounced dead at the scene and the second victim later died at hospital from self-inflicted gunshot wounds. Later identified as Mel Liu and Cherry Liu, an estranged married couple.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 2, 2018
Pages
p. 1, 4
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 2, 2018
Pages
p. 1, 4
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Liu, Cherry
Liu, Mel
Murder-suicide
Item ID
35434AN
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Arcadia's Bicentennial seal design has been chosen. Designed by Mel and Eloise Wysock, it will be used on letterheads, plaques, etc.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 9, 1975
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 9, 1975
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
American Revolution Bicentennial
Wysock, Mel and Eloise
Item ID
370AN
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Marriage.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 15, 1961
Pages
p. 15 w/photo
Announcement Type
Marriage
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 15, 1961
Pages
p. 15 w/photo
Announcement Type
Marriage
Subjects
Moore, Marilyn Nancy
Pratt, David Bailey
Item ID
18116AN
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Marriage.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 4, 1953
Pages
p. 9 w/photo
Announcement Type
Marriage
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 4, 1953
Pages
p. 9 w/photo
Announcement Type
Marriage
Subjects
Huebotter, Lillie Margaret
Pratt, Lloyd Chipman, Jr.
Item ID
12311AN
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All-Star Basketball Classic-rosters, coaches named. San Gabriel Valley Tribune/Star-News All-Star Classic for boys and girls basketball seniors will be held 3/25, making its return after a 3-year absence, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which canceled the games in 2020 and did not return in 2021 and 2022. From Arcadia, the All-Star Star-News boys are Lavon Domino and Tim Kwan. From Arcadia, the All-Star Star-News girl includes Mel Manell.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 11, 2023
Pages
p. B2
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 11, 2023
Pages
p. B2
Subjects
Basketball
Domino, Lavon
Kwan, Tim
Manell, Mel
Sports
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Tribune/Star-News All-Star Basketball Classic for boys and girls ready to go Saturday at Damien High School after a three-year absence. Three locals from Arcadia, Lavon Domino, Tim Kwan, and Mel Manell, played.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 24, 2023
Pages
p. B2
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 24, 2023
Pages
p. B2
Subjects
Basketball
Domino, Lavon
Kwan, Tim
Manell, Mel
Sports
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Cherry Liu, a Sierra Madre City employee was murdered August 1 in a tragic murder-suicide in the 800 block of Sunset Boulevard in Arcadia. Her estranged husband Mel Liu died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

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Newspaper
Mountain Views News
Date
August 4, 2018
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Mountain Views News
Date
August 4, 2018
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Liu, Cherry
Liu, Mel
Murder-suicide
Item ID
35435AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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