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1. A walk along Arcadia's "Main Street." 1880's -1920. A six page tour with maps. By Susan Kasten March, 1989.

2. "Arcadia gets publicity." News clip, 1927. Details of what a "racy" town Arcadia was.

3. "Arcadia: prestige city where it's a pleasure to live." Arcadia Tribune, June 17, 1970.

4. "Steady growth marks Arcadia's 70 years." Arcadia Tribune, August 16, 1973, birthday edition.

5. Arcadia Diamond Jubilee Souvenir edition. 48 page tabloid size edition, September 14, 1978.

6. "Arcadia ready for boom on 32nd anniversary." Copy of anniversary issue, August 2, 1935.

7. History of City of Arcadia officials, 1903-1986. Compiled by Christine Van Maanen.

8. A Brief History of Arcadia, CA. Courtesy of: Arcadia Chamber of Commerce, by Christine Van Maanen, City Clerk of Arcadia, 1956-1988. Retrieved from Internet, http://www.wemweb.com/traveler/towns/33arcadi/history.html on July 28, 2005.

9. City of Arcadia - general information. Prepared by the Office of the City Clerk, February, 2007.

10. History of Officials 1903-2008. Prepared by the Office of the City Clerk. 2 copies.

11. Memories of Arcadia: Mr. Mayor, a name to remember, Arcadia Weekly, September 18, 2003. Article by Charles Cooper, history of mayors, city managers, city council, clerk.

12. History of Officials 1903-2016, Prepared by the Office of the City Clerk.

13. Background of Arcadia including: Reid Granted Rancho Santa Anita, Rancho Sold to Dalton, The Baldwin Era, Arcadia Incorporated, Death of Lucky Baldwin, Ross Field World War I, the Twenties, Thirties, and Forties, Arcadia Today, Arcadia Post Office, Arcadia Public Library, Arcadia Community Coordinating Council, Arcadia Schools. Copied from The Historical Volume and Reference Works, Los Angeles County, Vol. 3 (1964).

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Arcadia (City) History

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114AF

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1. "The first year." Arcadia Bulletin, circa 1940. Article delineating progress in Arcadia.

2. "Arcadia has famous track -- and a lot more." Daily News, December 4, 1946. Article by Leslie Claypool describes city in a lengthy report.

3. "Controversy on location (of City Hall) raged for more than five years." Daily News Post, January 30, 1962. News photo and caption of City Hall built in 1948.

4. "One of the coldest nights in Southern California History." Los Angeles Herald Examiner, August 7, 1977. News photo and caption of 1949 weather milestone.

5. "Great years for Arcadia." Arcadia Tribune, January 1, 1948. Summary of 1947.

6. "Historic Santa Anita Tract deed delivered to County." Los Angeles Times, March 27, 1947, page 5.

7. "Something must be done." Arcadia Tribune, May 14, 1942. Article by Hal Roach describing great need for top sewer system.

8. "Chamber of Commerce group hears fine program." Arcadia Tribune, April 19, 1942. Summary of problems facing Arcadia as of April 1942.

9. "Nixon got early political start in Valley." Daily News Post, January 16, 1969. Interviews with people who remembered Nixon started career here.

10. Copy of #9.

11. "Literature on defense lines at library." Arcadia Tribune, April 2, 1942.

12. "Sewers or Cesspools." Four page fact book published by "pro" group regarding bond election of May 8, 1945.

13. Copies of programs given at Arcadia Christian Reform Church during war time. Includes program of V.E. Day Service.

14. "V .... ---" Mail

15. Speech given to the Arcadia Historical Society on July 21, 1955 on the history of Arcadia from 1936 to 1955. Given by F. Wesley Davies of the Chandler Syndicate, which purchased 1300 acres (approximately 47%) of Arcadia in 1936.

16. "Santa Anita's Flood Control Project Starts: completion of $33,000 job set before rain season." Pasadena Post, September 13, 1941. "County Plans to Strengthen Canyon Walls: work will start soon on improvements above Arcadia." Pasadena Post, August 24, 1941.

17. "Arcadia Council Slashes Tax Rate Two Cents." Pasadena Post, August 8, 1941.

18. "Developing Arcadia: Harry Chandler (with photo). Publisher of the Los Angeles Times, head of the Rancho Santa Anita developments in Arcadia. It is the Chandler group behind Arcadia's enormous building boom. And the boom is just starting." Monrovia Journal, January 4, no year given. And excerpt of a story about Elias J. Lucky Baldwin's employee Fisher, a young Black boy, who Baldwin convinced to move out west to work at his livery stable in San Francisco, after having been enslaved to a Mr. Butler.

19. Rising price of land astounds Arcadia (land near City Hall Civic Center on Huntington Drive that is occupied by a National Guard Armory), Los Angeles Times, June 12, 1986.

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Arcadia (City) History (1940-1950)

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118AF

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Subject Files

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