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Arcadia's Gilb Museum celebrates 20th anniversary with a new exhibit and guided tour with a behind-the-scenes look at the museum's collections. The Museum Education Center will offer demonstrations of current and upcoming educational programs. Includes a history of the Museum. See hard copy in VF "Museums-Gilb Museum of Arcadia Heritage."

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Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: October 14, 2021

Pages: p. 11

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: October 14, 2021

Pages: p. 11

Subjects: Museums-Gilb Museum of Arcadia Heritage; Museum Education Center

Collection: Newspaper Index

At the next Arcadia Coordinating Council meeting on November 1, Laura Heneforth will discuss Arcadia's Walk of Fame exhibit at the Gilb Museum.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: October 14, 2021

Pages: p. 3

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: October 14, 2021

Pages: p. 3

Subjects: Gilb Museum of Arcadia Heritage; Heneforth, Laura; Museums; Volunteers

Collection: Newspaper Index

Ed Andersen, president of Arcadia Historical Society, presents a local history program at Arcadia Public Library on March 11 at 2:00. The topic is The San Gabriel Valley in 1877: through the lens of Carleton Watkins (photographer).

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Newspaper: Mountain Views News

Date: March 4, 2023

Pages: p. 8

Newspaper: Mountain Views News

Date: March 4, 2023

Pages: p. 8

Subjects: Andersen, Ed; Arcadia Historical Society; Arcadia Public Library; Watkins, Carleton

Collection: Newspaper Index

Ed Andersen of Arcadia Historical Society will present a program about Elias J. "Lucky" Baldwin to the Arcadia Community Coordinating Council on March 2, 2020.

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Newspaper: Mountain Views News

Date: February 15, 2020

Pages: p. 6

Newspaper: Mountain Views News

Date: February 15, 2020

Pages: p. 6

Subjects: Andersen, Ed; Arcadia Community Coordinating Council; Arcadia Historical Society

Collection: Newspaper Index

Anita Baldwin statue to be unveiled at Le Méridien Hotel in Arcadia The Anita May Baldwin statue at the Le Méridien Hotel will be unveiled on Monday, Oct. 25, 2021 at 11 a.m. Anita is the daughter of city founder, Elias Jackson "Lucky" Baldwin. The statue will be featured on the opposite end of the Huntington Drive islands’ hotel property. “We are very excited to be bringing Anita back to Arcadia,” said Mayor Sho Tay in a statement released by the city. “I would like to thank the Shen, Liu and Chen Families, Jeff Lee, the Dextra Baldwin McGonagle Foundation, Heather D. Gibson and Margaux L. Gibson, and the Arcadia Historical Society, for their generous donations.” “On behalf of the Baldwin family, I would like to express my deepest gratitude to the Arcadia City Council, the Arcadia Historical Society, the Le Méridien Hotel and all those who have supported this effort to pay homage to my great-great grandmother, Anita May Baldwin,” said Margaux Gibson. “This magnificent statue of Anita will showcase a strong woman who was ahead of her time. I am proud to call Anita May Baldwin my great-great grandmother, and I am truly proud to be a part of this historic project.” The Anita statue was sculpted by local artist and southern California native Alfred Paredes — who created the Lucky Baldwin statue on the corner of Huntington Drive and Holly Avenue — and is aptly named, “A Legacy of Charity” in honor of Anita’s contributions to life in early Arcadia and throughout California.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: October 7, 2021

Pages: p. 2

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: October 7, 2021

Pages: p. 2

Subjects: Arcadia Historical Society; Baldwin, Anita; Gibson, Heather D.; Gibson, Margaux L.; Le Meridien Hotel; Paredes, Alfred; Public Art; Statuary; Statues

Collection: Newspaper Index

Arcadia Woman's Club celebrates the 90th year of the construction and dedication of their clubhouse. The club is also applying for historical preservation landmark designation for its clubhouse. One of the club's first civic projects was establishing a library in Arcadia in 1914. After receiving approval from the county, a small library building at the southeast corner of First Avenue and Indiana (Wheeler) Street was established. Arcadia Police Chief Nakamura and Event Chair Marilyn Daleo attend and are in the photo.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: August 5, 2021

Pages: p. 4

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: August 5, 2021

Pages: p. 4

Subjects: Arcadia Woman's Club; Billings, Alice; Daleo, Marilyn; Historic preservation; Nakamura, Roy; Service clubs

Collection: Newspaper Index

Presidential history in good hands with Arcadia car detailer Jerome Holland. Holland, owner of Car Bath Mobile Detailing in Arcadia, was one of 40 handpicked automotive detailers who spent 6 days restoring the first Air Force One jet at the Museum of Flight in Seattle.

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Newspaper: Pasadena Star News

Date: July 23, 2023

Pages: p. A3

Newspaper: Pasadena Star News

Date: July 23, 2023

Pages: p. A3

Subjects: Automotive detailers; Holland, Jerome; Small business

Collection: Newspaper Index

History-Rancho Santa Anita (1838-1947)

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Start Date: 1838

End Date: 1947

Contents: 1. Chain of title. Three copies given to Arcadia Public Library on the Rancho's fiftieth anniversary. 2. "Santa Anita Rancho history told in book." News clip, circa 1956. 3. "Our community." Article from Arcadia Savings and Loan brochure. 4. "Arcadia, City of Arcadia." San Gabriel Valley Adver…

Start Date: 1838

End Date: 1947

Contents: 1. Chain of title. Three copies given to Arcadia Public Library on the Rancho's fiftieth anniversary.; 2. "Santa Anita Rancho history told in book." News clip, circa 1956.; 3. "Our community." Article from Arcadia Savings and Loan brochure.; 4. "Arcadia, City of Arcadia." San Gabriel Valley Advertiser, February 26, 1969 by I. Hope.; 5. "Arcadia gets publicity." News clip, 1927 copied from Alton Green's scrapbook.; 6. "The Romance of Rancho Santa Anita." Booklet by Rancho Santa Anita, circa 1948. Eight copies.; 7. Lasca Leaves, October 1967. Three copies.; 8. "The Romance of the Ranchos." Booklet by Palmer Conner, Title Insurance and Trust Company, 1941. Six copies. Insert of 1919 map of Old Spanish and Mexican Ranchos of Los Angeles County.; 9. "Rancho Santa Anita ... trials of ownership." Lasca Leaves, December 1975. Two copies.; 10. "The people of Rancho Santa Anita, Part II." Lasca Leaves, July 1956.; 11. "From romance to racehorses." Westways, February 1974.; 12. "Ranch Santa Anita." Section of the book, Brief Sketches of the History of the Ranchos San Pascual, Santa Anita ...etc. by J.M. Miller.; 13. Lasca Leaves, December 1975.; 14. a. "Historic Santa Anita: the development of the land." Brochure by the Arboretum, circa 1976. 14b. Historic Santa Anita the Development of the Land, undated. 14c. Historic Santa Anita the Development of the Land, originally printed by California Arboretum Foundation 1976, Revised and reprinted by Los Voluntarios 2006.; 15. "Expedients." Four pages detailing Reid's claim. Copied from the collection of Huntington Library.; 16. "Santa Anita Ranch, Rancho Santa Anita." Articles from The Westerner's Brand Book, published by Los Angeles Corral, 1956.; 17. "The old and new Santa Anita." Westways, January 1948.; 18. "Chain of horticulture." Lasca Leaves, July 1951.; 19. "The restorations at Rancho Santa Anita." Lasca Leaves, January 1961.; 20. "Background to Rancho Santa Anita." By Florence Slocum, circa 1969.; 21. "People say." Arcadia Tribune, February - April, 1941. A series of eight articles commemorating Rancho Santa Anita's 100th birthday.; 22. "Rancho Santa Anita 'Place of Many Waters.'" Lasca Leaves, October 1967 by Susanna Bryant Dakin.; 23. Historic calendar of events of Ranch Santa Anita. Peacock Call, September/October 1978.; 24. Manuscript of Mrs. C.W. (Emma Elinor Hines) Young. From the Bancroft Library at the University of California at Berkeley, October 1978. Photocopy of handwritten manuscript and typed copy.; 25. "Owners and cattle brands of the Rancho Santa Anita." The Branding Iron, June 1979 by Jack McCaskill.; 26. "The Baldwin legacy." Lasca Leaves, June 1976 by Sandy Snider.; 27. "Santa Anita Rancho - history told in book." Pasadena Independent, January 11, 1953. Pasadena Star News, September 23, 1956.; 28. "Pasadena the Crown of the Valley: a souvenir." Pasadena Board of Trade, 1893-1894 by E. Norman Baker. From the historical collection of William F. Salisbury.; 29. "Rancho Santa Anita - 'Place of Many Waters'." Junior League Community News, October 1957 by Susanna Bryant Dakin.; 30. "Rancho Santa Anita's colorful past." News clip, undated.; 31. "Rancho Santa Anita, chuck full of early California memories; one of the Southland's most beautiful spots." Arcadia Tribune, December 6, 1937, page 1.; 32. "Historic ranchos' sale recalls pioneer days." Los Angeles Times, April 5, 1936, Part V, page 1.; 33. "Two famous holdings to be subdivided soon. Santa Anita and La Cienega Ranch acreage purchased for vast residential development." Los Angeles Times, April 5, 1936, Part V.; 34. Town Rambler by Marjorie Hesse: description of Rancho Santa Anita and the arrangement of the rooms at the old adobe house as told by Miss Lena McCulley and second cousin of E.J. "Lucky" Baldwin, Mrs. H. H. Cross. Arcadia Tribune, June 22, 1938. Copied from Rancho Santa Anita Scrapbook #1, April 1936-Jan. 1, 1939. Arcadia Historical Society.; 35. "The Romance of California Land Titles" by Stuart O'Melveny. Title Insurance and Trust Company, 1928. (Rancho Santa Anita mentioned on page 13.); 36. Rancho Santa Anita and the development of San Marino and Sierra Madre. From pages 91, 93, 94, 100 of the book Pasadena Area History by Manuel Pineda and E. Caswell Perry (1972).