15-year-old Arcadia resident Erica Wu, a student at Westridge School, will compete in table tennis (ping pong) at the Pan American Games this month in Guadalajara, Mexico.
https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32560
- Newspaper
- Pasadena Star News
- Date
- October 9, 2011
- Pages
- p. A2
- Item ID
- 32759AN
- Collection
- Newspaper Index
Winners (one boy and one girl) crowned in the Arcadia Recreation Department "Baby Show."
https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs1922
- Date
- c. 1960s
1 image
- Date
- c. 1960s
- Physical Description
- 6 1/2 x 7 1/2 b&w
- ID
- 1903
- Collection
- Photographs
Images
Erica Wu, a Westridge School student who lives in Arcadia, earned the United States' third and final Olympic berth by placing third at the North American Table Tennis trials two weeks ago in Cary, NC. She will go to the London Olympics 2012. Her teammates are Ariel Hsing of San Jose and Lily Zhang of Palo Alto.
https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32946
- Newspaper
- Pasadena Star News
- Date
- May 4, 2012
- Pages
- p. C1
- Subjects
- Hsing, Ariel
- Olympic Games 2012--London, UK
- Sports--ping pong
- Table tennis
- Wu, Erica
- Zhang, Lily
- Item ID
- 33143AN
- Collection
- Newspaper Index
Erica Wu, 15 of Arcadia, is going to London for the Summer Olympics to compete in table tennis. Photos.
https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32992
- Newspaper
- Mountain Views News
- Date
- June 9, 2012
- Pages
- p. 13
- Subjects
- Olympic Games--London, UK--Summer 2012
- Pao, Johan
- Ping pong
- Sports
- Table tennis
- Wu, Erica
- Wu, Sheng Cheng
- Item ID
- 33189AN
- Collection
- Newspaper Index
Erica Wu's parents are ready to cheer for their daughter, competing in table tennis in the summer Olympics in London, UK, on August 3. Wu, 16, was born and raised in Arcadia and attends Westridge School in Pasadena.
https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33113
- Newspaper
- Pasadena Star News
- Date
- July 28, 2012
- Pages
- p. A3
- Subjects
- Olympians
- Olympic Games--Summer 2012--London, UK
- Pao, Johan
- Ping pong
- Table tennis
- Wu, Erica
- Wu, Peter
- Item ID
- 33310AN
- Collection
- Newspaper Index
Nine youngsters are gathered near a ping-pong table with two of the older ones playing. Santa Anita Assembly Center for the Japanese.
https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs677
- Date
- April 1942
1 image
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.
https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs1925
- Date
- 1956
1 image
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.
https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs1924
- Date
- August 1956
1 image
- 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
Large group of people sitting at a long table with other people sitting at other tables and some people standing. A man at the end of the main table is holding a sign which reads EATON FOR PRESIDENT. Charles Eaton is standing next to his seated wife, laughing. The man next to Mr. Eaton is holding a sign on which I LIKE EATON is printed.
https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs1387
- Date
- unknown
1 image
- Date
- unknown
- Subjects
- Eaton, Charles B.
- Eaton, Billie
- Physical Description
- 8x10 b&w
- ID
- 1377
- Collection
- Photographs
Images
Apache Band won first place trophy at the Mr. Carmel Invitational Tournament of Bands.
https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper3088
- Newspaper
- Arcadia Tribune
- Date
- November 3, 1983
- Pages
- p. A-1
- Subjects
- Schools - Arcadia High School
- Item ID
- 3010AN
- Collection
- Newspaper Index
Five first place winners in the "Ode to Arcadia" centennial poetry contest read their poems and were awarded prizes.
https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper25434
- Newspaper
- Pasadena Star News
- Date
- April 27, 2003
- Pages
- p. A3
- Subjects
- Ode to Arcadia Centennial Poetry Contest
- Arcadia Public Library-2000-2009
- Centennial Celebrations 2003
- Item ID
- 25633AN
- Collection
- Newspaper Index
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.
https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs1927
- Date
- 1964
1 image
- Date
- 1964
- Subjects
- Recreation Department Collection
- Arcadia Recreation Department employees
- Awards
- Children
- Dana Junior High School
- Davis, Dick
- Kicker, John
- La Lorest, Mark
- Slater, Robin
- Physical Description
- 3 1/2 x 3 1/2 b&w
- ID
- 1908
- Collection
- Photographs
Images
Arcadia Beautiful's holiday decoration awards will be given December 15. Winners will receive a yard sign, holiday gift, and a personal visit from the Santa Squad.
https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34720
- Newspaper
- Arcadia Weekly
- Date
- November 17, 2016
- Pages
- p. 12
- Item ID
- 34912AN
- Collection
- Newspaper Index
Two young men playing cards at a table in a room. Man with cap is Richard Herman Shierske, who was a jockey for E.J."Lucky" Baldwin. He was licensed under the name of Richard Herman. Other young man is Charles McIver.
https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs409
- Date
- 1909
1 image
Man is receiving a trophy that reads 15th Annual Sheriff's Rodeo, Los Angeles Coliseum, 1957. Back of photo is written Mounted Police
https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs1832
- Date
- 1957
1 image
- Date
- 1957
- Subjects
- Arcadia Police Department
- Physical Description
- 3 3/4" x 3 1/2" b & w
- ID
- 1756a
- Collection
- Photographs
Images
Group pictured at a table during Diamond Jubilee Ball. Man on far side of table in dark suit is Sheriff Peter Pitchess, who was Grand Marshall of Diamond Jubilee Parade. Others not identified.
https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs753
- Date
- September 30, 1978
1 image
- Date
- September 30, 1978
- Physical Description
- 5x7 b&w
- ID
- 749
- Collection
- Photographs
Images
Local middle school and high school students compete against JPL engineers in a contest to build elaborate machines that light a single match.
https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29798
- Newspaper
- Pasadena Star News
- Date
- December 3, 2005
- Pages
- p. A4
- Subjects
- Mok, Brian
- Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) - Invention Challenge
- Contests - Strike a Match Contest
- Item ID
- 29983AN
- Collection
- Newspaper Index
Clara Baldwin Stocker is seated at the head of a table on the extreme right. Three women and one man are seated at the table, facing the camera. A man is standing at the left head of the table, arm raised with a knife in his hand. This man is possibly Harold Stocker. Clara's butler is seen to the right of the floral centerpiece. Handwritten note along bottom of the photo reads "Oaks Barbecue May 14 1915." The "Oaks" was the name for Clara's home.
https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs1564
- Date
- May 14, 1915
1 image
- Date
- May 14, 1915
- Subjects
- Baldwin Stocker, Clara
- Stocker, Harold
- Physical Description
- 8x10 b&w
- ID
- 1547
- Collection
- Photographs
Images
Arcadia High School student, senior Timothy Man Hay Lee, a national chemistry champion, has qualified for one of four spots on the U.S. team bound for the 44th annual International Chemistry Olympiad.
https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32966
- Newspaper
- Arcadia Weekly
- Date
- May 24, 2012
- Pages
- p. 10
- Item ID
- 33163AN
- Collection
- Newspaper Index
Arcadia High School "We the People" Constitution Team aka Government Team scores big in Washington DC. They won National Unit Four Award for having the highest combined score of any Unit Four over the two day competition.
https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34161
- Newspaper
- Arcadia Weekly
- Date
- April 30, 2015
- Pages
- p. 1, 17
- Item ID
- 34355AN
- Collection
- Newspaper Index