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Photograph of A. R. Ahrens Ford Sales and Service taken in 1936. The service center was located at 285 W. Colorado, near the Old Town area in Pasadena. The auto on the trailer is a 1935 Ford V-8 Fordor sedan.
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Photograph of De Luxe Gasoline which was located at 1010 E. Colorado at Catalina on the southwest corner. Charles E. Fagan owned the service station. Featured in the background is the Colorado Theatre, now the Academy Theatre, and the Wurlitzer...
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Onelia McDowell's beauty shop, the Rose Coiffure, enjoyed a long history in Pasadena. Opening its doors at mid-century, the shop remained in business into the 1990s. Originally located at 735 North Raymond Avenue, where this photo was taken in...
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Mae Reese Johnson was the founder of the Scattergood Association which was located at 861 N. Fair Oaks. An active member of the Loyal Temperance League, Mrs. Johnson emphasized the value of education.
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Reginald and Arthur Prince were members of a prominent African-American family in Pasadena.
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John Wright, on the right, at the 50th anniversary of the Pasadena chapter of the N.A.A.C.P. Mr. Wright arrived in Pasadena from Kansas in 1911. He became a mail carrier in 1912 and retired in 1955 after 43 years of service. Mr. Wright organized...
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Ray Bartlett, 1st row, 3rd from right; Ted Bartlett, 1st row, being held by Carl Anderson
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Rental car of William A. Madison chaffeured by Alfred Thomas, son-in-law, with Ivese Madison and daughter.
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Benjamin McAdoo, the son of Booker and Carrie McAdoo, was born around 1890 in Arkansas. Around 1899, Benjamin, his parents, and his two sisters came to California and settled in Pasadena in about March 1900. Benjamin worked as a railroad porter, a...
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Booker and Carrie McAdoo migrated to California from Arkansas in September 1899. Booker, who worked as a bath house attendant in a masseuse parlor in Arkansas, had contracted tuberculosis and his doctors recommended the move to California because...
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William Lloyd Lundy with wife, Rayfield, and sons.
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Once a week, Brookside plunge had "international day" when non-whites could use the pool. After protracted litigation, the practice was ended in 1947 when the pool was opened to ethnicities during its hours of operation.
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James T. Phillips, Jr. in his office in the Francisca Building. The Francisca Building, located at 22-26 W. Dayton St., was the first commercial building commissioned by an African-American for occupancy by African-American businesses. James T....
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Opening of prominent African-American mortuary owned by James Woods. It is now located at 1455 N. Fair Oaks Avenue in Pasadena.
