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James Jeffries, well known boxer is shown in defensive stance. He is known to have visited Arcadia as reported in a 1904 newspaper -- and possible to have fought here.

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Date
c.1900
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Date
c.1900
Subjects
Sports figures
Jeffries, James
Physical Description
7x10 b&w
ID
1091
Collection
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Scene from a Broadway play showing Barney Oldfield (played by an actor) arriving in his famous race car called the Green Dragon. It is known from a 1904 newspaper that Barney Oldfield did drive out to the Clara Villa in his Green Dragon.

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Date
c.1903
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Date
c.1903
Subjects
Sports figures
Oldfield, Barney
Physical Description
7x10 b&w
ID
1092
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View looking north across Huntington Drive at El Rancho building containing the following businesses: DAVIDSON SPORTING GOODS, EL RANCHO HARDWARE, THE MARBERRY SHOP and others.

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Date
c.1939 or 1940
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Date
c.1939 or 1940
Subjects
El Rancho Hardware
Davidson Sporting Goods
Marberry Shop
El Rancho Shopping District
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
205
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Winners (two boys and two girls) of a ping pong tournament receive trophy awards from a man, pictured one end of a ping pong table.

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Date
c. 1950s
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Date
c. 1950s
Subjects
Recreation Department Collection
Awards
Children
Competitions
Contests
Ping pong or table tennis
Sports
Physical Description
4 1/2 x 5 1/2 b&w
ID
1902
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