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W. Parker Lyon Pony Express Museum Scrapbook

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Contents
1. W. Parker Lyon Pony Express Museum Scrapbook Photos
Contents
1. W. Parker Lyon Pony Express Museum Scrapbook Photos
Subjects
W. Parker Lyon Pony Express Museum Scrapbook
Location
History Room
Box Number
Box 31
Shelf Number
Shelf B3
Item ID
340AF
Collection
Subject Files
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Contents
Note: 1939 Arcadia City Directory lists Lyon's Pony Express Museum address as 130 W. Huntington Drive. It opened formally on Sunday, March 31, 1935. Last appeared in 1953-54 directory. Was vacant in 1955 directory. 1. Promotional brochure from Pasadena location. Photocopied at Pasadena Public Lib…
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Note: 1939 Arcadia City Directory lists Lyon's Pony Express Museum address as 130 W. Huntington Drive. It opened formally on Sunday, March 31, 1935. Last appeared in 1953-54 directory. Was vacant in 1955 directory. 1. Promotional brochure from Pasadena location. Photocopied at Pasadena Public Library, March 1931.
2. Pasadena man saves relics. Christian Science Monitor, circa 1933.
3. Pony Express Museum. Overland Monthly. March 1933.
4. Relics recall thrilling days of daring rides. copied from unknown source, December 11, 1930.
5. History book with a shingle roof. Los Angeles Times December 4, 1930?
6. Bandits gun imbedded in log. Pasadena Star News January 7, 1932.
7. Highlights from 1934. Arcadia Tribune December 28, 1934.
8. To attract thousands. Arcadia Tribune November 2, 1934.
9. To re-zone for Museum. Arcadia Tribune November 16, 1934.
10. W.P. Lyon will buy old camps. Arcadia Tribune October 16, 1934.
11. Museum to be opened on Sunday. Arcadia Tribune. March 29, 1935.
12. Formal opening of Pony Express Museum held on Sunday; Oldfield here. Arcadia Tribune April 5, 1935.
13. Relics of the frontier. Good photos taken from unknown periodical. n.d.
14. Pony Express Museum may be shipped to Sacramento for Jubilee Fete. Arcadia Tribune December 6, 1938.
15. Buffet supper to be served. Arcadia Tribune October 12, 1939.
16. Pony Express Museum to get Twain books. Arcadia News Post. March 7, 1932.
17. Irving Cobb, Eight Wooden Indians. Pasadena Star News May 6, 1940.
18. The sprawling old frame. from: LOS ANGELES: A GUIDE TO THE CITY AND ITS ENVIRONS (AMERICAN GUIDE SERIES). New York: Hastings House, 1941.
19. His relic collection is famous. Arcadia Daily Tribune. August 31, 1936.
20. When Arcadia museum relic collector sought U.S. appropriation. Arcadia Tribune. October 2, 1941.
21. Pony Express Museum. Pacific Pathways. June 1946.
22. Graveyard for ghost towns. American Magazine, January 1946; 2p., photos.
23. Recovery completed. Arcadia Tribune. May 27, 1948.
24. W. Parker Lyon, Pony Express Museum owner dies. Pasadena Star News December 15, 1949.
25. Pony Express Museum to move. Los Angeles Times March 4, 1954.
26. Pony Express Museum to be moved. Arcadia Tribune March 4, 1954
27. Historical Society founds Arcadia Park Museum. Arcadia Tribune February 21, 1955.
28. Pony Express Museum to have home in Nevada. Arcadia Tribune January 20, 1955.
29. The man who beat City Hall. Arcadia Tribune November 20, 1968.
30. Notepaper with Pony Express themes, one by Edna Lenz and one by Justine Wishek.
31. Presidential cigar butts among. Arcadia Tribune February 2, 1978.
32. Pony Express Station. news clip December 11, 1930.
33. Train of 1875 rolls again. Pasadena Star News May 6, 1940.
34. Museum itself copies old Pony Express Post. news photo and caption, March 13, 1930.
35. Pony Express Museum. news clip December 11, 1930.
36. Pony Express Museum in Arcadia. Arcadia Tribune August 2, 1935.
37. Sail away. Nevada State Journal, p.3 photo and caption June 9, 1975
38. Special guest pass from Harrah's auction.
39. Wild West Museum wowed patrons. Pasadena Star News "Cheers" section, February 25, 1994.
40. W. Parker Lyon, man of many pasts, dies suddenly after 84 full years. Arcadia Journal December 21, 1949. copied from paper in Scrapbook #8.
41. W. Parker Lyon Narrow Gauge Railroad "Haw Haw Route" first class ticket. (Stored in Box #31 with museum scrapbook.)
42. E-mail dated October 31, 2000 from Leon F. Case describing his memories of the museum when he was a young boy of 8 years.
43. W. Parker Lyon Pony Express Museum promotional flyer published after move from Pasadena to Arcadia. 8 1/2 x 11, 2-sided w/photos, c.1935, 6 copies.
44. Pad of forms used by the museum for western property rentals. c.1940s.
45. "Parker Lyon's Pony Express Museum."Arcadia Weekly, August 22, 2002; p. 17.
46. "William Parker Lyon's Pony Express Museum," by Donald Duke. Page 7. The Branding Iron - Westerners Los Angeles Corral, Spring 2005, Number 239.
47. Print out of scanned postcard image of Old Clothes Line, Pony Express Museum, Arcadia, Calif. Clothes line hangs in front of a "Chinese laundry."
48. Ton of relics added to Pony Express Museum by Lyon after Nevada trek. Arcadia Tribune, p1, August 9, 1935.
49. A Remarkable Express Museum, Express Messenger, December 1928. Description of W. Parker Lyon's Express Museum, at his home Oak Knoll estate in Pasadena at 1161 Virginia Road, which is shown by special appointment. Article describes his collections.
50. Midcentury modern gets landmark status. W. Parker Lyon House gets Pasadena City Council backing for designation. Designed by architect Thornton Ladd and built in 1948, the midcentury modern home is located at 280 California Terrace, Pasadena, CA.
Subjects
Pony Express Museum
W. Parker Lyon
Ladd, Thornton
Item ID
174AF
Collection
Subject Files
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Andy Griffith, movie & television personality on left. William Parker Lyon, Jr. center and unidentified person on right. Apparently this was taken at the time Harrah's in Reno, Nevada auctioned off items that formerly had been in Arcadia at Pony Express Museum and had been sold to Harrah's some years earlier.

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Date
June 5, 1975

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Date
June 5, 1975
Subjects
Actors
Griffith, Andy
Lyon, William Parker, Jr.
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
839
Collection
Photographs
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Architects (Lourdou, Frances Xavier)

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Contents
1. "Frances Xavier Lourdes." A brief biography written by his grandson, Art Swift. 2. "Frances Xavier Lourdou." Photocopy of portrait, 1918. Original portrait is in Arcadia Photos file, #1252.
Contents
1. "Frances Xavier Lourdes." A brief biography written by his grandson, Art Swift.
2. "Frances Xavier Lourdou." Photocopy of portrait, 1918. Original portrait is in Arcadia Photos file, #1252.
Subjects
Architects (Lourdou, Frances Xavier)
Item ID
15AF
Collection
Subject Files
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Page 13 of The Arcadian Observer, Official Publication of the United States Army Balloon School, Arcadia, California. September 1918 Supplement. Featuring photographs of U.S. Balloon School officers, all lieutenants: N.C. Farnum, Joseph Raymond Williams, R. Lauch Benson, Carleton T. Olds, Clarence Lober, Richard Lewis, Charles Irwin, W.S. Brown, Larkin O'Neill, N. Roman, N.J. Van Valkenberg, Roy Parker, and Carl McCarthy. Negative and print were made for the grant funded Local History Digital Resources Project 2006-2007. A digital image of this photograph is file name: caarpl_116 on LHDRP 2006-2007 Disc 9 of 14. See black box labeled Arcadia History Room Media Box.

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Date
September 1918

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A group of four standing in front of recently completed home (and office) for Dr. Fletcher Sanborn at 100 N. First Ave. They are, L-R: Dr. Fletcher Green Sanborn, Mrs. Sanborn, Mrs. Ruth Ayers, Mr John C. Sanborn (father of Dr. Sanborn).

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Date
1919

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Date
1919
Subjects
Sanborn, Dr. Fletcher G.
First Avenue
Sanborn, Mrs. Fletcher G.
Sanborn, John C.
Ayers, Ruth
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
825
Collection
Photographs
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Page 3 of The Arcadian Observer, Official Publication of the United States Army Balloon School, Arcadia, California. September 1918 Supplement. Reads: Colonel W. N. Hensley Jr. Commanding. Negative and print were made for the grant funded Local History Digital Resources Project 2006-2007. A digital image of this photograph is file name: caarpl_111 on LHDRP 2006-2007 Disc 9 of 14. See black box labeled Arcadia History Room Media Box.

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Date
September 1918

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Date
September 1918
Subjects
Balloon School
Hensley, W. N., Jr.
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
1859
Collection
Photographs
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Police Force. "Know Your Policeman" a photograph of a display case showing police staff photos, titles, dates of appointment, and birthplaces. Top row (L to R): Chief of Police Neil F. Anderson, Captain William S. Orr, Eric R. Topel. Row 2 (L to R): Harry E. Peterson "Pete," Virgil Mayne, Richard J. Williams, James F. Hayes, Thomas G. Bednark, Florence Wilson. Row 3 (L to R): Joan Hames, Dudley M. Covell, Wayne G. Moore "Dinty," Jack Tillotson "Tillie," James W. Clark, Joseph V. Calvechie, Earl A. Cann. Row 4 (L to R): William L. Reddington, Herman H. Decker, Emil H. Leese, Jack P. Jordan "Rocky," Ray E. Owen, John H. Brown, Edward W. Goldsberry. Row 5 (L to R): Donald J. Molden "Jack," Kaare E. Nordlie "Ken," Paul R. Bird, William M. White, Billy D. Oliver, Richard S. Chatwin, Fred R. Smith "Smitty." Bottom row (L to R): Martin Renteria, William A. Goodman.

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Date
Late 1950s

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Charles Francis Earl is seen standing next to a tractor, holding his young son, William Earl. Behind the Earl's is the vacant lot Mr. Earl purchased in the mid 1930s when it was a hayfield. The vacant lot as seen in this photo is shortly before construction began on their home in late 1951 and early 1952. When constructed, the address was 1050 Paloma Drive. See also Photo #1634.

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Date
Late 1951

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Date
Late 1951
Subjects
Streets - Paloma Drive
Earl, Charles Francis
Earl, William
Physical Description
5x7 b&w
ID
1633
Collection
Photographs
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One corner of a room at Pony Express Museum which contains at least five Bird's Eye View Maps. Photo also shows three glass cases with exhibits. Hanging from a 4x4 support post is a glass lamp that reads ROOMS TO LET EL DORADO HOTEL, BODIE.

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Date
c.1940s

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Date
c.1940s
Subjects
Pony Express Museum
Lyon, William Parker
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
453a
Collection
Photographs
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Train on track with William Parker Lyon standing alongside, outside Pony Express Museum. Engine has Eureka, Nevada painted on it. There are two cars attached to engine, one appears to be a baggage car, the other a passenger car. Note: on left side of photo a portion of Santa Anita Racetrack Clubhouse is shown. Engine #7 of the Eureka Palisades Railroad, in use in 1875, was salvaged from Palisades, Nevada.

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Date
c.1940s

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Date
c.1940s
Subjects
Pony Express Museum
Lyon, William Parker
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
457
Collection
Photographs
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William Parker Lyon on left shown holding main part of extremely long rifle and an unidentified man holding barrell of same rifle. They are shown outside one of the buildings of the Pony Express Museum.

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Date
c.1940s

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Date
c.1940s
Subjects
Pony Express Museum
Lyon, William Parker
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
463
Collection
Photographs
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Young man with sweater and slacks (unidentified) and William Parker Lyon standing by sedan automobile piled high with what appears to be museum artifacts. On hood of car is a sign reading: We are moving. Auto license seems to bear date in 1930's, Apparently this was at time Pony Express Museum was moved to Arcadia in 1935.

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Date
c.1935

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Date
c.1935
Subjects
Pony Express Museum
Lyon, William Parker
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
469
Collection
Photographs
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William Parker Lyon serving drinks behind bar located in one section of Pony Express Museum. (It did not operate for the public.) Behind the bar are many different bottles and kegs. There appear to be gaming tables in this room also. Note: spittoons under bar railing.

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Date
c.1940s

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Date
c.1940s
Subjects
Pony Express Museum
Lyon, William Parker
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
470
Collection
Photographs
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William Parker Lyon, owner of Pony Express Museum, playing cards at round table. Behind this is a billiard table and on wall behind him is a roulette wheel. He is dressed in top hat and other appropriate attire of a "card shark".

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Date
c.1940s

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Date
c.1940s
Subjects
Pony Express Museum
Lyon, William Parker
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
473
Collection
Photographs
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William Parker Lyon, owner of Pony Express Museum, astride a large rocking horse. This photo was taken just outside main entrance.

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Date
c.1940s

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Date
c.1940s
Subjects
Pony Express Museum
Lyon, William Parker
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
474
Collection
Photographs
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William Parker Lyon, owner of Pony Express Museum, dressed in plaid shirt with black sleeve protectors common to the trade of the printer. He is standing beside an old printing press. Behind him can be seen the compartments which held the type.

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Date
c.1940s

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Date
c.1940s
Subjects
Pony Express Museum
Lyon, William Parker
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
476
Collection
Photographs
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William Parker Lyon, owner of Pony Express Museum, pictured behind the counter of what seems to be a ladies apparel store. He is wearing a ladies hat with a large feather on it. On shelves behind him are many boxes designed to hold merchandise.

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Date
c.1940s

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Date
c.1940s
Subjects
Pony Express Museum
Lyon, William Parker
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
477
Collection
Photographs
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William Parker Lyon, owner of Pony Express Museum, dressed in paisley vest with white shirt. He is using a juice or drink mixer with a hand crank, with two glasses (two drinks).

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Date
c.1940s

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Date
c.1940s
Subjects
Pony Express Museum
Lyon, William Parker
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
478
Collection
Photographs
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Mayor Dennis Lojeski (third from left) honors the Arcadia Youth Baseball Programs with a Mayor's Certificate of Commendation. Presidents of the various leagues are shown with their awards. They are (not in order) Mickey Segal (third one from the right), Maria Brown, Susan Pannoni, Ed Miller, Jr., Paul Possemato, Doug McMasters. Fred Peritore was not present.

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Date
March 19, 1996

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