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Cover of a flyer prepared by a citizen's group supporting passage of bonds to be voted on by City. Money would be used to install a complete sewer system.

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Date
May 1945

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Date
May 1945
Subjects
Arcadia (City)-History-1940-1949
Sewer system
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
901
Collection
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Olive trees (orchard). Located about where City Hall is today (1976).

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Date
1947

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Date
1947
Subjects
Rancho Santa Anita
Agriculture
Arcadia(City)-History-1940-1949
Physical Description
8x10 b&w 2 prints 2 slides
ID
3
Collection
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Photo of some forms showing the regulations under which Americans lived during World War II. On top is a War Ration Book. Next item is the Proclamation that decreed the West Coast Blackout area where light at night was required to be blocked to the outside. The final item is a War Damage Insurance Policy.

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Date
c.1942

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Date
c.1942
Subjects
Arcadia(City)-History-1940-1949
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
1145
Collection
Photographs
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Ten people around a table marked off in grids labeled A.B.C.D.E.F., and they are identified as volunteers keeping track of airplanes over this sector during WWII. None of the people have been identified. Facility was called a Filter Center.

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Date
c.1942

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Date
c.1942
Subjects
World War, 1939-1945
Arcadia(City)-History-1940-1949
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
373
Collection
Photographs
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View of group of men leaving for military service from Temple City Pacific Electric station. Mrs. Van Iwaarden took this photo from inside their car after having said goodbye to her husband. She said this facility served Arcadia and Temple City.

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Date
1943

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Date
1943
Subjects
Arcadia(City)-History-1940-1949
Van Iwaarden, Vera Van Houten
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
1043
Collection
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View up one street in Santa Anita Gardens area just off Huntington Drive (to the north) with houses under construction on both sides of the street. Writing on the photo indicates that it is part of Tract 12506 "Y". This tract includes San Antonio Road. Cars of the workmen are parked nearby. The Chantry Flats Road is clearly seen on the mountains in background.

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Date
1941

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Date
1941
Subjects
Santa Anita Village
Arcadia (City)-History-1940-1949
Physical Description
3x5 b&w
ID
1138
Collection
Photographs
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