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A 13-year-old girl named Susan Wiley was reportedly a prisoner in her home for all of her life until a social worker discovered the child abuse. Susan's parents Clark Wiley and Irene Wiley were arrested. The family home is at 6722 Golden West Avenue, in a county area of Arcadia. Susan Wiley was living in an environment of total isolation and deprivation and was malnourished. She cannot talk, is deformed, barely able to walk and is not toilet trained. She has been placed in the care of Children's Hospital. The child has come to be known by the alias "Genie." See hard copy in VF Wiley, Susan aka "Genie"

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31552
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 18, 1970
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 18, 1970
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Child Abuse
Feral children
"Genie"
Wiley, Clark
Wiley, Irene
Wiley, Susan
Item ID
31748AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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50th wedding anniversary

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper27638
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 23, 1985
Pages
p. B3
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 23, 1985
Pages
p. B3
Subjects
Coff, Alfred
Coff, Elsie
Item ID
27837AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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50th wedding anniversary

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper21408
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 29, 1968
Pages
p. 24
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 29, 1968
Pages
p. 24
Subjects
Salter, John
Salter, Irene
Item ID
21632AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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50th wedding anniversary.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper25617
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 31, 1978
Pages
p. A5
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 31, 1978
Pages
p. A5
Subjects
Jelinek, George
Jelinek, Irene
Item ID
25817AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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50th wedding anniversary

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper24288
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 5, 1974
Pages
p. D2 w/photo
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 5, 1974
Pages
p. D2 w/photo
Subjects
Lindquist, Charles A.
Lindquist, Helen May
Item ID
24482AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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60th wedding anniversary.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper22466
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 29, 1970
Pages
p. 14
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 29, 1970
Pages
p. 14
Subjects
Attrill, Walter Nelson
Attrill, Edna Irene Trevethick
Item ID
22683AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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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.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs637
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
Images
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After 25 years, Alfred L. Jean has been awarded the Purple Heart in recognition of wounds received in action on the western front in France.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper8026
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 13,1944
Pages
p. 2
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 13,1944
Pages
p. 2
Subjects
Jean, Alfred L.
Item ID
7986AN
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Newspaper Index
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The Alfred J. Munnings paintings that graced the walls of Santa Anita Park since the 1950's were sold at a New York auction Tuesday for $12.6 million.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper16076
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 2, 1998
Pages
p. A3 w/photo
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 2, 1998
Pages
p. A3 w/photo
Subjects
Santa Anita Park
Munnings, Alfred J.
Item ID
16833AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Alfred Paredes of AP Sculpture Studio is the sculptor (wearing shorts and cap), standing to the right, of the Lucky Baldwin statue called "A Dawn in the West." Photo was taken after the patina was completed at Art Bronze Foundry in Burbank, CA. The two on the left of the statue are artisans who applied the patina. The statue is now located at the Reverend Monsignor Gerald M. O'Keeffe Rose Garden near the Arcadia Community Center at 365 Campus Drive. Printed on inkjet from a JPEG file.

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Date
c. October 2012
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Date
c. October 2012
Subjects
Artists
Baldwin, Elias J. "Lucky"
Lucky Baldwin statue
Paredes, Alfred
Sculptures
Statuary
Physical Description
8 x 10 color
ID
2094
Collection
Photographs
Images
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An Arcadia man, David Frederick Thornton, pleaded guilty to two counts of mail fraud, two counts of wire fraud and one count of impersonating a federal officer. Charges included his defrauding donors to his Thornton Kidney Research Foundation.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper25304
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 18, 2003
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 18, 2003
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Thornton, David Frederick
Fraud
Scams
Thornton Kidney Research Foundation
Item ID
25502AN
Collection
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Anita Baldwin statue to be unveiled at Le Méridien Hotel in Arcadia The Anita May Baldwin statue at the Le Méridien Hotel will be unveiled on Monday, Oct. 25, 2021 at 11 a.m. Anita is the daughter of city founder, Elias Jackson "Lucky" Baldwin. The statue will be featured on the opposite end of the Huntington Drive islands’ hotel property. “We are very excited to be bringing Anita back to Arcadia,” said Mayor Sho Tay in a statement released by the city. “I would like to thank the Shen, Liu and Chen Families, Jeff Lee, the Dextra Baldwin McGonagle Foundation, Heather D. Gibson and Margaux L. Gibson, and the Arcadia Historical Society, for their generous donations.” “On behalf of the Baldwin family, I would like to express my deepest gratitude to the Arcadia City Council, the Arcadia Historical Society, the Le Méridien Hotel and all those who have supported this effort to pay homage to my great-great grandmother, Anita May Baldwin,” said Margaux Gibson. “This magnificent statue of Anita will showcase a strong woman who was ahead of her time. I am proud to call Anita May Baldwin my great-great grandmother, and I am truly proud to be a part of this historic project.” The Anita statue was sculpted by local artist and southern California native Alfred Paredes — who created the Lucky Baldwin statue on the corner of Huntington Drive and Holly Avenue — and is aptly named, “A Legacy of Charity” in honor of Anita’s contributions to life in early Arcadia and throughout California.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36071
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 7, 2021
Pages
p. 2
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 7, 2021
Pages
p. 2
Subjects
Arcadia Historical Society
Baldwin, Anita
Gibson, Heather D.
Gibson, Margaux L.
Le Meridien Hotel
Paredes, Alfred
Public Art
Statuary
Statues
Collection
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Announcement of forthcoming marriage on December 7, 1941.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper6506
Newspaper
Temple City News
Date
November 13, 1941
Pages
p. 3 (follows Arcadia Tribune issue)
Announcement Type
Marriage
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Newspaper
Temple City News
Date
November 13, 1941
Pages
p. 3 (follows Arcadia Tribune issue)
Announcement Type
Marriage
Subjects
Roberts, Gladys Louise
Johnson, Cecil
Item ID
6320AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia couple Janet and Don Heins have spent their 50-year marriage traveling. Next month they plan to see their 50th country together.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper20180
Newspaper
LA Times, San Gabriel Valley Weekly section
Date
January 6, 2001 - February 1, 2001
Pages
p. 1 w/photo
Announcement Type
Marriage
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Newspaper
LA Times, San Gabriel Valley Weekly section
Date
January 6, 2001 - February 1, 2001
Pages
p. 1 w/photo
Announcement Type
Marriage
Subjects
Heins, Janet
Heins, Don
Item ID
20413AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia Mayor Peter Amundson defends his speaker of choice at next month's Mayor's Community Breakfast. He has invited H. B. London, of Focus on the Family, a conservative Christian group that opposes same-sex marriage. Residents and activists upset about this choice are organizing two counterevents of their own. Activists are planning a "peaceful" demonstration March 4 outside Arcadia Community Center and a bar-b-que at Pasadena's Unitarian Church for all families. Focus on the Family was founded in Arcadia by Dr. James C. Dobson and believes marriage is meant to be between a man and a woman. Amundson said the event is not about sexuality but about the Arcadia family.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32339
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 25, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A4
Announcement Type
Marriage
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 25, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A4
Announcement Type
Marriage
Subjects
Amundson, Peter
Mayor's Community Breakfast
Focus on the Family
Gay rights
London, H. B., Jr.
Item ID
32537AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia Mayor Peter Amundson's selection of Reverend H. B. London, Jr. to speak at the community breakfast on March 4, is drawing criticism from some residents and gay-rights activists. London is a vice president of ministry outreach at Focus on the Family, a conservative Christian group that opposes gay marriage. Some residents are asking Mayor Amundson to reconsider and they feel Focus on the Family delivers hateful messages. The city estimates it will pay between $5000 and $5500 for its contribution to the event, which will include the speaker's plane fare.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32299
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 20, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A4
Announcement Type
Marriage
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 20, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A4
Announcement Type
Marriage
Subjects
Amundson, Peter
Mayor's Community Breakfast
Focus on the Family
Gay rights
London, H. B., Jr.
Item ID
32498AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia resident David Frederick Thornton, charged with wire and mail fraud and embezzling money from the Thornton Kidney Research Foundation, was sentenced to eight years in federal prison.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper25645
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 17, 2003
Pages
p. A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 17, 2003
Pages
p. A4
Subjects
Thornton, David Frederick
Crime - Embezzlement
Crime - Fraud
Thornton Kidney Research Foundation
Item ID
25845AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia resident David Frederick Thornton was arrested for embezzling charitable funds and impersonating federal officers.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper23809
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 15, 2002
Pages
p. A8
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 15, 2002
Pages
p. A8
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Thornton, David Frederick
Item ID
24013AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia residents Henry and Florence Graeber talk about their 61 years of marriage.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper5683
Newspaper
Sierra Madre News
Date
February 15, 1996
Pages
p. 10
Announcement Type
Marriage
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Newspaper
Sierra Madre News
Date
February 15, 1996
Pages
p. 10
Announcement Type
Marriage
Subjects
Graeber, Henry
Graeber, Florence
Item ID
5534AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia Tournament of Roses Royal Court is pictured together with Michael Allison, manager of the shoe department at The May Co., Arcadia. They are Queen Laura Cowan, and princesses Marena Hanrahan, Lisa Bowen, Barbara Hale and Jana Lynn Worsley.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31995
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 29, 1981
Pages
p. A-3
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 29, 1981
Pages
p. A-3
Subjects
Tournament of Roses
Bowen, Lisa
Cowan, Laura
Hale, Barbara
Hanrahan, Marena
Worsley, Jana Lynn
Department stores
May Co.
May Company
Item ID
32201AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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