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Arcadia Recreation Department program "Dancing," indoors at County Park. Four girls in ballet poses behind a cluster of four chairs. Many other children also look like participants. Some adults in the audience are visible.

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Date
1951

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Date
1951
Subjects
Recreation Department Collection
Children
Physical Description
5 1/2 x 6 b&w
ID
1904
Collection
Photographs
Images
Less detail

Recreation Department Easter Egg event. Two boys and a girl seem to have been each awarded an Easter basket by a man. Onlookers are behind a fence. Names listed on back of photo: Jack Wiltse, Georgia Emmett, Ken Scott, James Edward Connor.

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Date
April 17, 1952

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Date
April 17, 1952
Subjects
Recreation Department Collection
Children
Connor, James Edward
Easter
Emmett, Georgia
Holidays
Scott, Ken
Social life and customs
Wiltse, Jack
Physical Description
5x7 b&w
ID
1893
Collection
Photographs
Images
Less detail

Two adults appear to be giving first aid (bandage) to a boy's scraped elbow.

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Date
July 24, 1952

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Date
July 24, 1952
Subjects
Recreation Department Collection
Arcadia Recreation Department employees
Children
Physical Description
4 x 4 1/2 b&w
ID
1907
Collection
Photographs
Images
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Children showing off their pets at the Arcadia Recreation Department Pet Show. Sitting from left to right: boy with a duck, girl with a cat, girl with a tortoise, girl with a gerbil (or guinea pig, hamster or rodent?). Standing from right to left: girl with a little monkey left shoulder, girl wearing sunglasses with undetermined pet on her right hand, girl with a pet (possibly a dog) dressed in a cowboy costume, and boy wearing a cowboy hat with his horse. Back of photo is stamped with "Arcadia Police Photo, August 6, 1956."

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Date
1956

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Date
1956
Subjects
Recreation Department Collection
Pets
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
1876
Collection
Photographs
Images
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Three people show off their pet birds (in cages) at the Arcadia Recreation Department Pet Show, with onlookers. Seated from L to R: unidentified, Bill Zogg (Arcadia High School football coach in 1957), Mariam Clarke (Arcadia High School teacher, see 1958 yearbook). Back of photo is stamped with "Arcadia Police Photo, August 6, 1956."

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Date
1956

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Date
1956
Subjects
Clarke, Mariam
Recreation Department Collection
Pets
Zogg, Bill
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
1877
Collection
Photographs
Images
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Arcadia Recreation Department Yo-Yo program. Boy on the left is demonstrating a yo-yo trick called "Rock the Baby." Girl on the right is holding a yo-yo. The champion awards sit atop a table between the children. The program might have taken place at County Park because "Co." is written on the back of the photograph. The year 1956 is engraved on the trophies.

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Date
1956

  1 image

Date
1956
Subjects
Recreation Department Collection
Awards
Children
Games
Physical Description
4x4 b&w
ID
1906
Collection
Photographs
Images
Less detail

Basketball team of 6 unidentified boys, who are the 1955-56 Recreation Basketball Champions. They are in line posing with trophies. The first boy is shaking hands with a man on the left. Another man wearing eyeglasses and a suit stands on the far right. L to R: unidentified adult, Marty Kordick, Al Bonfiglio, Ray Dombrowski, the rest are unidentified.

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Date
1956

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Date
1956
Subjects
Recreation Department Collection
Basketball
Boys
Bonfiglio, Al
Dombrowski, Ray
Kordick, Marty
Physical Description
5x7 b&w
ID
1918
Collection
Photographs
Images
Less detail

Winners of the Bicycle Rodeo, an event sponsored by Arcadia Police Department and Arcadia Recreation Department, from left to right: Albert Schneider (winner boys 8-14 year old group), Bruce Frazier (winner boys 8 and under), Juanita Curti (winner girls 14 and under), Betsy Bosil (winner girls 8 and under). Pictured behind the children left to right are Police Chief William Orr and Patrolman William Goodman. The Bicycle Rodeo was a contest in bicycle safety and riding skill. Winners received nighttime riding lights and electric horns. The awards were the culmination of bicycle safety instruction offered at Arcadia playgrounds throughout the summer by William Goodman. A similar version of this photograph appeared in Arcadia Tribune, p. 6, August 23, 1956.

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Date
August 1956

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Date
August 1956
Subjects
Recreation Department Collection
Awards
Bicycle safety
Bosil, Betsy
Children
Curti, Juanita
Frazier, Bruce
Goodman, William
Orr, William
Schneider, Albert
Physical Description
6 1/2 x 6 1/2 b&w
ID
1905
Collection
Photographs
Images
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A girl crosses the finish line in an apparent relay race. She is running barefoot, wearing shorts and a striped shirt, holding a baton. This photograph was in the Arcadia Bulletin, p. 3, August 20, 1956. The caption read, "Bringing home the bacon for the Holly Avenue playground in the recent City Recreation Department track meet is an unidentified young lady. Although her smile is one of victory, her team finished in fourth place behind Longley Way, Hugo Reid, Vista Park.

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Date
August 1956

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Date
August 1956
Subjects
Recreation Department Collection
Track meet
Physical Description
3 1/2 x 4 1/2 b&w
ID
1911
Collection
Photographs
Images
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Left to right: Mrs. John Panatier, Mrs. Lucas, Mrs. Mary Turner. Mrs. Panatier and Mrs. Lucas are wearing dresses as they run. This photograph was published in the Arcadia Tribune, August 20, 1956 with the caption: Here comes mama--By all indications from this picture, it looks as if the children weren't the only ones who were having a good time at the recent Arcadia Recreation Department city-wide track meet. The Tribune camera caught Mrs. Mary Turner as she broke the tape in the "feature" race of the afternoon. Running a close second in the event is Mrs. John Panatier followed across the finish line by Mrs. Lucas.

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Date
August 1956

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Date
August 1956
Subjects
Recreation Department Collection
Panatier, John, Mrs.
Track meet
Turner, Mary
Physical Description
5x7 b&w
ID
1920
Collection
Photographs
Images
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City councilman Robert F. Dennis with two boys holding baseball trophies. Another boy and woman are in the picture. Back is stamped with: Photo by Arcadia Tribune and Bulletin, 909 South Santa Anita Avenue, Arcadia, CA, August 19, 1957.

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Date
August 19, 1957

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Date
August 19, 1957
Subjects
Recreation Department Collection
Awards
Baseball
City Council
Dennis, Robert F. (Councilman)
Physical Description
3 1/2 x 5 1/2 b&w
ID
1935
Collection
Photographs
Images
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Robin Slater and John Kicker pose with a trophy in front of Richard Henry Dana Junior High School. From left to right: Dick Davis (Recreation Super), Robin Slater, John Kicker, Mark La Lorest. Davis presented to Dana Junior High School the 1964 Recreation Track Championship Trophy for 7th and 8th graders. La Lorest was the team coach. Robin and John were team captains.

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Date
1964

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Adult "Champions" Recreation basketball league holding trophies. From left to right: Barry Eichorn, Jim Key, Tony Stillson, Ron Manwarren, Dick Noriega, Les Christensen, Bill Frantz, Al Coke-Manager. Their shirts read: A.R. Coke & Assoc. Al Coke was first president of Arcadia Little League.

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Date
1964

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Children in costume at the Holly Avenue Playground Halloween Parade. The date October 30, 1964 is written on the back of the picture but was developed and printed April 1965.

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Date
October 30, 1964

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Date
October 30, 1964
Subjects
Recreation Department Collection
Costumes
Halloween
Holidays
Holly Avenue Playground
Physical Description
3 1/2 x 4 1/2 b&w
ID
1912
Collection
Photographs
Images
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Children in costume at the Hugo Reid Playground Halloween Parade. The date October 30, 1964 is written on the back of the picture but was developed and printed April 1965.

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Date
October 30, 1964

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Date
October 30, 1964
Subjects
Recreation Department Collection
Costumes
Halloween
Holidays
Hugo Reid Playground
Physical Description
3 1/2 x 4 1/2 b&w
ID
1913
Collection
Photographs
Images
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Children in costume (Japanese kimono, princess, scarecrow), winners of the Highland Oaks Playground Halloween Parade. The date October 30, 1964 is written on the back of the picture but was developed and printed April 1965.

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Date
October 30, 1964

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Date
October 30, 1964
Subjects
Recreation Department Collection
Costumes
Halloween
Highland Oaks Playground
Holidays
Physical Description
3 1/2 x 4 1/2 b&w
ID
1914
Collection
Photographs
Images
Less detail

Children in costume at the Holly Avenue Playground Halloween Parade. The date October 30, 1964 is written on the back of the picture but was developed and printed April 1965.

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Date
October 30, 1964

  1 image

Date
October 30, 1964
Subjects
Recreation Department Collection
Costumes
Halloween
Holidays
Holly Avenue Playground
Physical Description
3 1/2 x 4 1/2 b&w
ID
1915
Collection
Photographs
Images
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ID #1960-1965 are print sheets of swimming pool construction at Arcadia High School. Two images on each print sheet #1960-1964. Top image shows two men looking at plans or blueprints for the pool. Bottom image shows same two men looking at the plans, they are wearing sunglasses, and construction is visible behind them.

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Date
November 1965

  1 image

Date
November 1965
Subjects
Recreation Department Collection
Arcadia High School swimming pool
Physical Description
5 x 2 1/2 b&w
ID
1960
Collection
Photographs
Images
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ID #1960-1965 are print sheets of swimming pool construction at Arcadia High School. Two images on each print sheet #1960-1964. Top image shows the side of the Arcadia High School "Apaches" building adjacent to the swimming pool construction. Bottom image shows a man emerging from the hole in the ground.

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Date
November 1965

  1 image

Date
November 1965
Subjects
Recreation Department Collection
Arcadia High School swimming pool
Physical Description
5 x 2 1/2 b&w
ID
1961
Collection
Photographs
Images
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ID #1960-1965 are print sheets of swimming pool construction at Arcadia High School. Two images on each print sheet #1960-1964. Top image shows the hole dug out for the swimming pool. There is a car and some kids playing at basketball courts in the background. Bottom image shows the two men from photo #1960 looking at plans or blueprints.

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Date
November 1965

  1 image

Date
November 1965
Subjects
Recreation Department Collection
Arcadia High School swimming pool
Physical Description
5 x 2 1/2 b&w
ID
1962
Collection
Photographs
Images
Less detail

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