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Description:: Santa Anita Dam is a concrete thin arch dam on Santa Anita Creek in the San Gabriel Mountains, north of Sierra Madre, Arcadia and Monrovia, which serves for flood control, water conservation and debris control. The dam was built between 1923 and 1927.
Date:: [1930s]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: Seated at a table from left to right, an unidentified man, Sierra Madre city business manager Al Myers, Councilman William Lees, Acting Mayor Preston Schwartz, Councilman John Froelich, city attorney Phil Dodson, Dodson's assistant Dan Lewis, and an another unidentified man. On the table are a ledger, documents, and ashtrays. Four paintings and the American flag hang on the wall behind the men. This photograph was possibly taken on December 11, 1935 when the Sierra Madre City Council decided to invite a Los Angeles County survey to help the city of Sierra Madre consolidate government functions that overlapped between the city and the county.
Date:: [December 11, 1935]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: Photo appears with the article "HALF-WAY MARK REACHED IN DAM CONSTRUCTION: Santa Anita Structure Stands 115 Feet High Already, With Work Rushing," Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 1926: A1.
Date:: August 9, 1926
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: Reported in "HALF-WAY MARK REACHED IN DAM CONSTRUCTION: Santa Anita Structure Stands 115 Feet High Already, With Work Rushing," Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 1926: A1.
Date:: August 9, 1926
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: J. E. Moorhouse sits and holds what looks like a partially disassembled revolver. A hand holds a board behind him.
Date:: [circa December 24, 1938]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Photograph appears with the article, "Sweeping City-County 'Merger' Plan in Sierra Madre Launched by Council," Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec 1935: 10.
Date:: December 11, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: This photograph appears with the article “Wistaria Fete Opens in Rain, Throng Sees Vine, However, After Brief Shower, Club Women Sponsor Fiesta and Serve Luncheons, Colorful Foliage Completely Surrounds Residence.” Los Angeles Times, 24 Mar. 1929
Date:: March 23, 1929
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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