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1. Description of First International Air Meet in the United States, January 1910 between Arboretum and Dominguez Hills.

2. Copy of Official Program for First International Air Meet.

3. "America's First International Air Meet," Historical Society of Southern California publication, December, 1961.

4. "Frenchman flies on wings of winds distance 45 miles." Headlines following Paulhan's distance record, 1910. Copied from: Hatfield, David. Dominguez Air Meet. 629.13 H. p. 101

5. Map of Paulhan's route to Arcadia and return. ibid.

6. "Seven aeroplanes in action July 4th." News article June 29, 1918.

7. Daring aviator, Louis Paulhan, guides biplane at high speed from Dominguez to Santa Anita Race Track and returns. Tuesday, January 18, 1910 - the Ninth Day. Arcadia was reached in thirty minutes. Details of the day copied from : Hatfield, David. Dominguez Air Meet. 629.13 H, p. 101-113.

8. Roster of Members. January 1, 1993. The Early Birds of Aviation, Inc., an organization of pioneers in aeronautics who flew solo before December 17, 1916.

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Aeronautics

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1. "Ambler Company expands its plant and facilities." Arcadia Tribune, August 10, 1939.

2. "Expect poultry show will set new record." Arcadia Tribune, August 10, 1939.

3. "Many chicken ranches here." Arcadia Tribune, August 3, 1934.

4. "Outdoor industries in Southern California." Century Magazine, October 1883.

5. "Workers harvest strawberry crop at an Arcadia farm in 1932." Los Angeles Times, San Gabriel Valley section, May 21, 1992.

6. Dairies must vanish say city dads. Skirmish of words over cows ends in Arcadia. Pasadena Star News, February 7, 1929.

7. Various ads. 7a. The Bodger Nursery (William J. Bodger), LA Times, April 9, 1922; 7b. Colby Nurseries, LA Times, May 2, 1926; 7c. Baldwin-Wallace Nurseries (J. Wiley Wallace or H.A. Unruh), February 26, 1911; 7d. Golden West Fur Farms (chinchilla, rabbit), February 1, 1925; Maple Leaf Fur Farm, February 27, 1927.

8. "The Boy who never belonged," Arcadia Weekly, January 5, 2017, article by Susie Ling. 93-year-old Yosh Kuromiya returned to Monrovia for a visit. He lived in Monrovia before World War II and felt he never belonged. He remembers Orange Street-now Colorado Boulevard-used to be so wide. He graduated from Monrovia-Arcadia-Duarte High School (MAD High School) in 1941 then forcefully evacuated in 1942, with other Japanese Americans of Monrovia. His father had a strawberry stand off Route 66, right next to Mr. Uyeda's strawberry farm. Uyeda claimed he was the Strawberry King of Monrovia. The Kuromiya family's stand actually bought strawberries from other farms at the north end of Double Drive-now Santa Anita Avenue and not from the strawberry fields adjacent to their store.

9. "Mary Yoshie Uyeda Sakatani 1924-July 17, 2018 obituary, Arcadia Weekly, July 26, 2018. Mary was the daughter of one of Monrovia's pioneers, Yutaro Uyeda, the Strawberry King. She grew up at 331 West Huntington Drive and attended Monrovia Arcadia Duarte High School (MAD High School). She was of Japanese descent and sent to Heart Mountain, WY concentration camp.

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Agriculture

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3AF

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