New zip codes go into effect today. These include: 91006 - for all post office boxes in the main post office on Wheeler Street; 91077 - for all post office boxes in the West Arcadia Post Office; 91007 - for the area south of the 210 Freeway and west of Santa Anita Avenue.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2272
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 2, 1989
Pages
p. A-1
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 2, 1989
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Postal Service
Item ID
2241AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Jerry Van Wormer is retiring after 30 years with the post office. He reminisces about people and events at the post office over the years.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2280
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 29, 1989
Pages
p. A-1 photo
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 29, 1989
Pages
p. A-1 photo
Subjects
Postal Service - Van Wormer, Jerry
Item ID
2249AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia Post Office has a screw loose, really. Controversy and rumors abound in the re-positioning of the blue mailboxes in the rear parking lot of the post office at 41 Wheeler Avenue.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34017
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 20, 2014
Pages
p. 1, 16
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 20, 2014
Pages
p. 1, 16
Subjects
Mailboxes
Miller, Terry
United States Postal Service
Item ID
34211AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia Post Office's drive-through mailboxes returned to their original position so that once again, there is safe access from the driver side, in the rear parking lot of the post office at 41 Wheeler Avenue.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34026
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 27, 2014
Pages
p. 1, 9
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 27, 2014
Pages
p. 1, 9
Subjects
Mailboxes
United States Postal Service
Item ID
34220AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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U.S. Post Office, Arcadia branch. Located at 41 E. Wheeler Avenue. Photo taken from parking lot in front of Post Office. This was taken before it was damaged in the Sierra Madre earthquake and subsequently remodeled.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs1208
Date
July 8, 1987

  1 image

Date
July 8, 1987
Subjects
Arcadia(City)-History-1980-1989
Postal Service
Physical Description
4x6 color
ID
1199
Collection
Photographs
Images
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Discussion of new Postal Alert program, a cooperative effort of the Arcadia Post Office and the Arcadia Senior Citizens office to aid citizens who need help.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2269
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 2, 1980
Pages
p. A-1
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 2, 1980
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Postal Alert
Item ID
2239AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Sierra Madre mail carriers will be consolidated into the Arcadia branch, effective October 26. The aim is to cut costs. The post office in Sierra Madre is not shutting down, but mail carrier drivers will instead report to the Arcadia post office at 41 Wheeler Avenue.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33627
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 20, 2013
Pages
p. A6
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 20, 2013
Pages
p. A6
Subjects
United States Postal Service
Item ID
33821AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Joyce M. Steele was installed as Arcadia's postmaster. She has worked in the post office for 22 years.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2279
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 29, 1989
Pages
p. A-1 photo
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 29, 1989
Pages
p. A-1 photo
Subjects
Postal Service
Item ID
2248AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Beginning July 1, the post office will assign three new zip codes to delivery areas throughout the city.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2271
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 11, 1989
Pages
p. A-2
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 11, 1989
Pages
p. A-2
Subjects
Postal Service
Item ID
2240AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Photo of the front of Dedication program of Post Office opening at 41 Wheeler Avenue. Cover shows photo of front of building.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs1071
Date
March 24, 1962

  1 image

Date
March 24, 1962
Subjects
Postal Service
Physical Description
7x10 b&w
ID
1062
Collection
Photographs
Images
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The 30 year old Post Office will be seismically retrofitted. Postal operations will move to temporary quarters at 20 E. Foothill Blvd.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper114
Newspaper
Star Tribune
Date
August 12, 1992
Pages
p. 1 photo
Newspaper
Star Tribune
Date
August 12, 1992
Pages
p. 1 photo
Subjects
Postal Service
Item ID
114AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Ed Newman, who has been with the Arcadia Post Office since 1946, recently retired from his position as Arcadia postmaster.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2276
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 23, 1979
Pages
p. A-1
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 23, 1979
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Postal Service - Newman, Ed
Item ID
2245AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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A picture of Arcadia resident Valerie D'Angelo shows her as she hands in her tax return to the post office on the deadline date, April 17, 2006.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29996
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 18, 2006
Pages
p. A1
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 18, 2006
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
D'Angelo, Valerie
Taxes
Item ID
30183AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Exactly a year after the Sierra Madre earthquake, the Arcadia Post Office remains shored up by wooden beams. Renovation of the structure may begin soon.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper92
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 28, 1992
Pages
p. A-1
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 28, 1992
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Earthquakes
Item ID
92AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Russell Jacobson, 34, Arcadia's new postmaster, manages 125 employees in the Arcadia Post Office, handling 250,000 pieces of mail a day. He is profiled.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper211
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 29, 1993
Pages
p. 2; Highlander section
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 29, 1993
Pages
p. 2; Highlander section
Subjects
Jacobson, Russell
Item ID
211AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Dale Perry has been named Arcadia postmaster. A resident of Arcadia since 1949, Perry has been with the Arcadia Post Office since 1954.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2277
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 7, 1980
Pages
p. A-1
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 7, 1980
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Postal Service
Item ID
2246AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Bill O'Neill has been installed as Arcadia's new postmaster. A native of New York, O'Neill has worked for the post office off and on for many years.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2278
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 18, 1982
Pages
p. A-1 photo
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 18, 1982
Pages
p. A-1 photo
Subjects
Postal Service - O'Neill, Bill
Item ID
2247AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Nearly 3 dozen mature ficus trees were axed in a public parking lot near the Wheeler Post Office. A new variety of trees will be installed.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper21455
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 4, 2001
Pages
p. A3
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 4, 2001
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Trees
Item ID
21677AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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The new J Building and Music Building are ready at Arcadia High School, made possible by passage of the $28 million bond issue in April, 1993. The new facilities include the Library Technology Center, the new nurse's office, Associated Student Body Office and the Trading Post student store.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper4413
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 20, 1994
Pages
p. H-3 photo
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 20, 1994
Pages
p. H-3 photo
Subjects
Schools - Arcadia High School
Item ID
4289AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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More than seven months after Arcadia's post office was damaged in the Sierra Madre quake, it remains shored up by wooden beams. Preliminary plans for renovation have been developed.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper27
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 9, 1992
Pages
p. A-1
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 9, 1992
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Postal Service
Item ID
27AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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