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  1. Myrtle Ave 1957 - 1957

    J.C. Penney's after it relocated from 501 S. Mytle (where it had by destroyed by fire in 1954) and the Colonial Theatre (or Monrovia Theatre) building after it was converted to Corben's furniture store. 300 block of S Myrtle.

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    Myrtle Ave 1957
  2. Myrtle Avenue between Palm and Lime - 1948

    Myrtle Avenue is decorated for Christmas with Van deKamp's bakery at the corner of Palm, the Menge Furniture Building, and the Monrovia Theater. Library Park is at left. The Marquee on the Monrovia Theatre has the Glenn Ford movie "Man from Colorado" which was released in 1948. The Van de Kamp's Bakery is missing its windmill which happened during WWII because the windmill blades were removed as a precaution that it could be a potential target...

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    Myrtle Avenue between Palm and Lime
  3. Old Town - 2001

    A family heads to the recently-opened Krikorian Premiere Theatre in the 400 block of Myrtle Avenue.

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    Old Town
  4. Old Town Theater Groundbreaking - 1997

    Turning the first shovels full of dirt at the Krikorian Premiere Theatre groundbreaking ceremony in 1997 were, from left, Chamber of Commerce Exec Dick Singer, Old Town Merchants Assn. President Lisa Magno, Steve Johnson and Pat Myers from State Senator Dick Mountjoy's office, City Council Member Rob Hammond, Mayor Robert Bartlett, City Council Member Lara Larramendi Blakely, theater owner Geroge Krikorian, Congress Member David Dreier, City Coun...

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    Old Town Theater Groundbreaking
  5. Old Town Theater Groundbreaking - 1997

    Old Town Merchants Association President Lisa Magno addresses the crowd at groundbreaking ceremonies for the new Krikorian Premiere Theatre in Old Town. With her are, from left, theater owner George Krikorian, Mayor Robert Bartlett and Congressmember David Dreier.

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    Old Town Theater Groundbreaking
  6. Old Town Theater Groundbreaking - 1997

    Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Dick Singer addresses the crowd at the 1997 groundbreaking ceremony for the new Krikorian Premiere Theatre in Old Town. With him on the dais are, from left, theater owner Geroge Krikorian, Mayor Robert Bartlett and Congressmember Davidi Dreier.

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    Old Town Theater Groundbreaking
  7. Open Air Theater at High School - 1912

    Page from the 1912 Monrovia Board of Trade brochure - "Monrovia Illustrated" See OBJ ID: EL 12 for complete brochure.

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    Open Air Theater at High School
  8. Sgt. Richard Taylor - 1944

    Sgt. Richard Taylor, son of Mrs. John Mills, 332 E. Palm Avenue, a former Hollywood cameraman with the army's signal corps in WWII, shown with his 16-mm movie camera. Taylor, carrying his camera, waded ashore with the assault troops onto Omaha Beach on D-Day, 1944, and was wounded, but kept filming, shooting hundreds of feet of celluloid of American troops fighting their way through the water and onto the beach. A week after he landed in Normandy...

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    Sgt. Richard Taylor
  9. The Daughter of the Don - c. 1916

    Performed at the Majestic Theatre. Produced by the Monrovia Feature Film Co. Lists production staff. Henry Kabierske, Director.

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    The Daughter of the Don
  10. Tillford Bros. Drugs & Lyric Theater

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    Tillford Bros. Drugs & Lyric Theater
  11. View from Library Park across Myrtle Ave

    Facing Bachert Building on the east side of Mhyrtle ave, which housed the post office, and the Colonial Theater.

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    View from Library Park across Myrtle Ave
  12. War Bond Booth - 1945

    A booth in Monrovia's downtown on May 25, 1945, during the nation's Seventh War Bond Drive, sponsored by the Monrovia Junior Chamber of Commerce and staffed by the Navy Mothers' Club. Shown, from left, are Sam Glick of the JayCees, chairman of the booth effort; John Nylen, manager of the Lyric movie theater who offered free movie tickets to bond purchasers; Gertrude Eubanks and Marie Anderson of the Navy Mothers' Club; Lee Facto, a student at San...

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    War Bond Booth
  13. Wartime Reunion - 1944

    A 1945 reunion of high school friends on leave from WWII, gathered at the home of Sgt. John Richardson, back after two-and-a-half years with the 97th Fighter Squadron in Africa and Italy. All but one were combat veterans, and that one was David Graf, an aviation cadet training at Hobbs, New Mexico, far left. The others pictured are, from left, Machinist Mate Second Class Donald Clark, who saw combat from the backseat of a dive bomber but was now...

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    Wartime Reunion
  14. Wurlitzer Theatre Pipe Organ - 2006-2009

    Images of the Wurlitzer theatre pipe organ when it was in the Monrovia High School auditorium. The organ was originally in the Lyric Theatre and was used for silent movies and vaudeville shows. From the time the Lyric Theatre opened in 1925, the Wurlitzer was the main source of music for movies and performances. It was moved to Monrovia High either 1937 or 1947 (research shows conflicting dates). These photos were probably taken between 2006 and...

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    Wurlitzer Theatre Pipe Organ

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