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View east on Huntington Drive from intersection with First Avenue. In the distance can be seen a railroad crossing marker which was for the Santa Fe Line (which is now serviced with an overpass of Huntington Dr.). Building at extreme left is Bank of Italy Building on N.E. corner of First and Huntington Dr.

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Date: 1927

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Date: 1927

Subjects: Huntington Drive; Bank of Italy National Trust & Savings

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 203

Collection: Photographs

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Romance novel author Olga Bicos will talk about her first novel, "By My Heart Betrayed" at the Women's Club of Arcadia annual Book Reviews and Author's Luncheon. With photo.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: May 5, 1991

Pages: p. A-3

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: May 5, 1991

Pages: p. A-3

Subjects: Arcadia authors - Bicos, Olga

Item ID: 564AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

View east on Huntington Drive from near intersection with Santa Anita. Old City Hall was still at NW corner of Huntington Drive and First at this time. Theater which was on south side appears to be gone. Seeley's Jewelers is in 1948 City Directory, but not 1944 City Directory.

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Date: c. mid-1940's

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Date: c. mid-1940's

Subjects: Huntington Drive; Arcadia Bootery; Seeley's Jewelry

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 599

Collection: Photographs

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The proposed new office building for the corner of Huntington Drive and First Avenue has run into a delay caused by a lack of tenants, according to Warren Lortie, president of the development firm WLA Arcon of Huntington Beach. Arcon requested and got a 90-day extension on its deadline.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 5, 1986

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 5, 1986

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Community Redevelopment

Item ID: 1316AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The Hiram Unruh home located on SE corner of First Avenue and Huntington Drive. This view is looking SE from center of Huntington Drive. Overhead is highway sign (also referred to as a "Welcome" sign) which hung over this intersection reading: ARCADIA.

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Date: c.1927 or 1928 or 1933 (see VF Historic Houses Item #6)

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Date: c.1927 or 1928 or 1933 (see VF Historic Houses Item #6)

Subjects: Historic houses; Unruh, Hiram Augustus; First Avenue; Huntington Drive; Welcome signs

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 956

Collection: Photographs

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Duarte Road to Huntington Drive east of Rosemead

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: May 20, 1965 p. 1; June 13, 1965 p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: May 20, 1965 p. 1; June 13, 1965 p. 1

Subjects: Annexation (Municipal Government)

Item ID: 3570AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Photographer David Unruh stands by tripod on SE corner of Huntington Drive and First Avenue in front of his family home. Two men stand just east of him but are not identified. Three vehicles are parked and two are seen driving on Huntington Drive. Part of panorama, ID#s 916-921.

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Date: 1927

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Date: 1927

Subjects: Unruh, David

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w part of panorama

ID: 921

Collection: Photographs

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Dr. Herbert Speizer, the first podiatrist to establish a practice in Arcadia, has died at age 70.

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Newspaper: Pasadena Star News

Date: August 6, 1996

Pages: p. A4 photo

Newspaper: Pasadena Star News

Date: August 6, 1996

Pages: p. A4 photo

Subjects: Speizer, Herbert

Item ID: 6505AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Washington Mutual bank on the southwest corner of Huntington Drive and First Avenue in downtown Arcadia. Above the northern entrance of the building is a tile mosaic mural by artist Millard Sheets Address is 60 East Huntington Drive, Arcadia, CA 91006. This location later became Chase Bank. Photo by Terry Miller.

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Date: 2001

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Date: 2001

Subjects: Banks; Downtown Arcadia; Sheets, Millard; Washington Mutual

Physical Description: 4x6 b&w

ID: 2248D

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 taken approximately 20 feet from front door of the Pines Coffee Shop. It was located at the Drive-In Market area at SW corner of Huntington and First Ave. It was the place of business closest to Huntington Drive. Otto Petersen bought it in 1929, according to Lorraine Petersen, Daughter-in-law. It had previously been called Odette's. (see photo #435)

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Date: c.1937 (As of March 2014, Roger Hiles-Library Manager, thinks it is 1939, based on car model shown.)

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Date: c.1937 (As of March 2014, Roger Hiles-Library Manager, thinks it is 1939, based on car model shown.)

Subjects: Restaurants-The Pines Cafe

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 844

Collection: Photographs

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View east on Huntington Drive from intersection of Santa Anita Avenue and Huntington Drive. Community Church on NE corner was moved in 1934 to S. First Street and became Arcadia Presbyterian Church. Two storied building on NW corner was City Hall. Large sign on south side may say: Arcadia Pharmacy.

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Date: c.1923

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Date: c.1923

Subjects: Huntington Drive; Arcadia Presbyterian Church; City Hall

Physical Description: 7x11 b&w

ID: 581

Collection: Photographs

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Michael Lamb is running for his second term on the Arcadia School Board. He is profiled.

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Newspaper: Pasadena Star News

Date: April 13, 1995

Pages: p. A-3 photo

Newspaper: Pasadena Star News

Date: April 13, 1995

Pages: p. A-3 photo

Subjects: Lamb, Michael D; School Board - Elections, 1995

Item ID: 4405AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Arcadia Chamber of Commerce officers standing on Huntington Drive under Arcadia sign (also referred to as a "Welcome" sign). Christmas decorations hang across Huntington Drive. L-R: Richard Clark, Director; Roy Long, Vice President; Clifford S. Lance, President; Arnold Hage, Director; William Wookey, President of Arcadia Merchants Association.

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Date: 1947

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Date: 1947

Subjects: Chamber of Commerce; Clark, Richard; Long, Roy; Lance, Clifford S.; Hage, Arnold; Wookey, William

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 1333

Collection: Photographs

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The Sesame Grill, located at 308 East Huntington Drive in Arcadia, is profiled. Photo.

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Newspaper: Pasadena Star News

Date: July 28, 1995

Pages: p. 6 Cheers Section

Newspaper: Pasadena Star News

Date: July 28, 1995

Pages: p. 6 Cheers Section

Subjects: Restaurants, Bars, etc - Sesame Grill

Item ID: 4610AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Construction in progress of the one-story Arcadia Police Department building at 250 W. Huntington Drive. Full view of crane putting up a tall structure, perhaps an antenna tower, which might be the same pillar-like structure seen in photo #1805.

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Date: 1956

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Date: 1956

Subjects: Antennas; Arcadia Police Department; Cranes

Physical Description: 8 x 10 b & w

ID: 1814

Collection: Photographs

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Construction in progress of the one-story Arcadia Police Department building at 250 W. Huntington Drive. Full view of crane putting up a tall structure, perhaps an antenna tower, which might be the same pillar-like structure seen in photo #1805.

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Date: 1956

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Date: 1956

Subjects: Antennas; Arcadia Police Department; Cranes

Physical Description: 8 x 10 b & w

ID: 1835

Collection: Photographs

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Six Arcadia authors attended the California Centennial library display at the Arcadia Public Library: Leon Ware, Helen Ware, Stan Blakeslee, Herbert L. Pease, Hannah Smith, and Emily Mann Timerhoff. Librarian Louis Du Mond also pictured.

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Newspaper: The Journal

Date: April 19, 1950

Pages: p. 7 (See basement box 112.)

Newspaper: The Journal

Date: April 19, 1950

Pages: p. 7 (See basement box 112.)

Subjects: Arcadia Authors; Blakeslee, Stan; Du Mond, Louise; Pease, Herbert L.; Smith, Hannah; Timerhoff, Emily Mann; Ware, Helen; Ware, Leon

Item ID: 33243AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Fountain Cafe, 115 East Huntington Drive, was bought by R. C. Wainwright of Altadena.

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Newspaper: The Journal

Date: January 4, 1950

Pages: p. 2 (See basement box 112.)

Newspaper: The Journal

Date: January 4, 1950

Pages: p. 2 (See basement box 112.)

Subjects: Fountain Cafe; Restaurants, bars, etc.; Wainwright, R. C.

Item ID: 33204AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Obituary/death notice. James W. Robinson, also known as John W. Robinson, author of hiking guide Trails of the Angeles: 100 Hikes in the San Gabriels, has died at age 88.

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Newspaper: Pasadena Star News

Date: May 10, 2018

Pages: p. A1, A4

Announcement Type: Obituary or death notice

Newspaper: Pasadena Star News

Date: May 10, 2018

Pages: p. A1, A4

Announcement Type: Obituary or death notice

Subjects: Authors; Robinson, James W.; Robinson, John W.

Item ID: 35359AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

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Romance novel author Olga Bicos will talk about her first novel, "By My Heart Betrayed" at the Women's Club of Arcadia annual Book Reviews and Author's Luncheon. With photo.

View east on Huntington Drive from near intersection with Santa Anita. Old City Hall was still at NW corner of Huntington Drive and First at this time. Theater which was on south side appears to be gone. Seeley's Jewelers is in 1948 City Directory, but not 1944 City Directory.

Images

The proposed new office building for the corner of Huntington Drive and First Avenue has run into a delay caused by a lack of tenants, according to Warren Lortie, president of the development firm WLA Arcon of Huntington Beach. Arcon requested and got a 90-day extension on its deadline.

The Hiram Unruh home located on SE corner of First Avenue and Huntington Drive. This view is looking SE from center of Huntington Drive. Overhead is highway sign (also referred to as a "Welcome" sign) which hung over this intersection reading: ARCADIA.

Images

Duarte Road to Huntington Drive east of Rosemead

Photographer David Unruh stands by tripod on SE corner of Huntington Drive and First Avenue in front of his family home. Two men stand just east of him but are not identified. Three vehicles are parked and two are seen driving on Huntington Drive. Part of panorama, ID#s 916-921.

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Dr. Herbert Speizer, the first podiatrist to establish a practice in Arcadia, has died at age 70.

Images

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 east on Huntington Drive from intersection of Santa Anita Avenue and Huntington Drive. Community Church on NE corner was moved in 1934 to S. First Street and became Arcadia Presbyterian Church. Two storied building on NW corner was City Hall. Large sign on south side may say: Arcadia Pharmacy.

Images

Michael Lamb is running for his second term on the Arcadia School Board. He is profiled.

Images

The Sesame Grill, located at 308 East Huntington Drive in Arcadia, is profiled. Photo.

Construction in progress of the one-story Arcadia Police Department building at 250 W. Huntington Drive. Full view of crane putting up a tall structure, perhaps an antenna tower, which might be the same pillar-like structure seen in photo #1805.

Images

Construction in progress of the one-story Arcadia Police Department building at 250 W. Huntington Drive. Full view of crane putting up a tall structure, perhaps an antenna tower, which might be the same pillar-like structure seen in photo #1805.

Images

Six Arcadia authors attended the California Centennial library display at the Arcadia Public Library: Leon Ware, Helen Ware, Stan Blakeslee, Herbert L. Pease, Hannah Smith, and Emily Mann Timerhoff. Librarian Louis Du Mond also pictured.

Fountain Cafe, 115 East Huntington Drive, was bought by R. C. Wainwright of Altadena.

Obituary/death notice. James W. Robinson, also known as John W. Robinson, author of hiking guide Trails of the Angeles: 100 Hikes in the San Gabriels, has died at age 88.