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The Clara Baldwin Stocker Home for Women was founded in 1963 by Clara Stocker, daughter of Elias J. "Lucky" Baldwin. The Home is profiled. Photo.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 29, 1995
Pages
p. H-12 Hometown
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 29, 1995
Pages
p. H-12 Hometown
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Stocker, Clara Baldwin
Clara Baldwin Stocker Home for Women
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4468AN
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Baldwin Stocker Elementary School opened its Baldwin Stocker Information Center, complete with 16 Apple 2e computers and a computer encyclopedia stored on a single laser disc. It will soon feature modems, fax machines and laser discs. Funding comes from the state and from local support groups such as the Arcadia Educational Foundation and the PTA. Photos.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 18, 1990
Pages
p. A-1, 2
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 18, 1990
Pages
p. A-1, 2
Subjects
Schools-Baldwin Stocker Elementary
Item ID
2699AN
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History-Rancho Santa Anita (1875-1909)-Elias J. Baldwin

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Start Date
1875
End Date
1909
Contents
1. " 'Lucky' Baldwin's retreat." Article by Susanna B. Dakin. 2. Article from Touring Topics, March 1929, page 41. 3. "One of many entrances to 'Lucky' Baldwin's ranch." Page from a Los Angeles Racing Association program, 1907. 4. "First street entrance to Fairyland Park, Baldwin's ranch." Page…
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1875
End Date
1909
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1. " 'Lucky' Baldwin's retreat." Article by Susanna B. Dakin.
2. Article from Touring Topics, March 1929, page 41.
3. "One of many entrances to 'Lucky' Baldwin's ranch." Page from a Los Angeles Racing Association program, 1907.
4. "First street entrance to Fairyland Park, Baldwin's ranch." Page from a Los Angeles Racing Association program, 1907.
5. "Large oak tree, Hotel Oakwood, Baldwin's ranch." Page from a Los Angeles Racing Association program, 1907.
6. "Rancho Santa Anita."Lasca Leaves, March 1976, by Sandy Snider.
7. "Pastoral - it's scenes like this that gave Arcadia its name." News photo mounted on gray paper, circa 1950.
8. "This is Santa Anita." Arcadia Tribune, March 23, 1950. News photo of Baldwin store.
9. "Baldwin's boat house." Arcadia Tribune, August 11, 1960. News photo of boat house.
10. "List of ranches and acreage planted to various crops." Century Magazine, October 1883, Volume XXVI, Number 6. Compiled 1978.
11. "Last remnant of the Rancho." Thoroughbred, November 1965 by Dick Nash. Six pages.
12. "Days of yore - progress is wonderful, but ..." Arcadia Tribune, March 24, 1949. News photo of Baldwin cattle pastures.
13. " 'Beast' Baldwin and his two great loves." Sports Illustrated, February 19, 1962 by Dolly Connelly.
14. "1894 photo of the bell tower of Mission San Gabriel." Article confirming bell from Mission was at ranch.
15. "History of Santa Anita." Westways, October 1955 by M. Richard Marx.
16. "Life at Guenoc (breeding farm owned by Lily Langtree). Westways, August 1957 by Idwal Jones.
17. "Mission-period Rancho." Arcadia Tribune, April 2, 1978.
18. "About 1876 or 1877, Baldwin hired a distant relative, Julius A. Kelly." Los Angeles Herald Tribune, December 30, 1960. Typed notes.
19. "Rancho was lucky for Baldwin." Arcadia Tribune, April 6, 1978.
20. The Peacock Call, September/October 1978. Rancho area residents' newsletter with article and map on Ranch. Also: a chronology on Rancho by Joe Buck.
21. "Life and death." Golden West, January 1966, pages 20-21+. Regarding Workman and Temple tragedy.
22. Ad in Sierra Madre Vista for Baldwin store. March 16, 1889.
23. February 1889 notice in Sierra Madre Vista telling of corn sale by Baldwin.
24. Story of Blas Cuellar recalls days of Baldwin Reign; 40 descendants still live in Arcadia. Arcadia Tribune, March 24, 1949. Cuellar had come from Mexico.
25. Letter relating to observation of the Ranch in 1883. Article in Western States Jewish Historical Quarterly, March 1979.
26. "Baldwin large operator - acquired much land in Los Angeles County." Chapter 3 from the book _California Memories_ by Jackson A. Graves, published by Times Mirror Press, 1930. Copied at Huntington Library, 1979.
27. "Lucky Baldwin's energy turning to the swamp lands of his great ranch." Valley Vista, March 31, 1900. Regarding lands in El Monte and Savanna areas.
28. "Mr. E.J. Baldwin was presented with four Java oyster shells by a captain of a vessel from China." San Gabriel Valley News, March 28, 1878.
29. "The Los Angeles Herald recently contained the following about E.J. Baldwin's Santa Anita Ranch: a long account of the ranch and its developing." Sierra Madre Vista, February 5, 1891.
30. Boat house construction." Sierra Madre Vista, May 28, 1891.
31. "Baldwin money for road up Mount Wilson." Sierra Madre Vista, May 3, 1889.
32. "Brick manufacture at Santa Anita." Sierra Madre Vista, April 14, 1888.
33. "Banana trees." Sierra Madre Vista, May 31, 1889.
34. List of numbers of fruit trees, grape vines, and head of livestock. Sierra Madre Vista, January 15, 1891.
35. "Acreage being sold for small ranches." Sierra Madre Vista, November 20, 1890.
36. "Estimated worth of ranch, 1891. Sierra Madre Vista, August 13, 1891.
37. Description of ranch from newspaper. Sierra Madre Vista, January 8, 1890.
38. "E.J. Baldwin's Santa Anita ranch is undoubtedly the most beautiful." Los Angeles Daily Herald, March 30, 1887. Copied from the Los Angeles Public Library by Sandy Snider of the Los Angeles County Arboretum.
39. "Water." San Gabriel Valley News, February 28, 1878. Regarding Baldwin building flumes to carry water from Big Santa Anita Canyon.
40. "The Santa Anita Ranch." Two pages from California of the South, by Walter Lindley, publisher, 1888.
41. "The Builders. VI Where Ranch and City Meet." Outing, October 1906 by Ralph D. Paine.
42. "In 1880, 'Lucky' Baldwin orange grove of 75 acres at Sierra Madre was planted to navels." Historical Society of Southern California Bulletin, December 1943, page 152.
43. "A large number of fine varieties of plants received for Mr. Baldwin." San Gabriel Valley News, February 28, 1878. From the Huntington Library.
44. Map showing irrigated lands, canals, pipe lines and pumping plants in the Pasadena Quadrangle, 1907. Original owned by Mrs. Robert Pitzer.
45. Letter from H. Unruh to Richard Garvey on E.J. Baldwin office letterhead featuring Bird's Eye Map. Original owned by Jack Donnelly. Obtained March 3, 1981.
46. "Notice of claim to water." Legal notice filed by E.J. Baldwin on August 23, 1883 in Court in Los Angeles. Regarding his right to water from Santa Anita Canyon. Original at County Hall of Records.
47. "Santa Anita Store." Ad in Sierra Madre Vista, circa late 1880's.
48. The Land of Sunshine: a magazine of California and the Southwest, February 1898, edited by Chas. F. Lummis. Photos and mentions of Arcadia on marked pages.
49. "Typical views of California." Los Angeles Times. Large photographic prints. (NOTE: OVERSIZE! See bottom drawer of photo file cabinet with oversize photos.)
50. "Childhood visit to Baldwin home recalled by former Los Angeles mayor." Arcadia Tribune, April 23, 1956, page 1. Article and photo.
51. "Rancho Santa Anita once vast Baldwin empire of more than 54,000 acres." News clip, circa April 1948.
52. "Lucky Baldwin's Rancho Santa Anita." by Percy L. Bonebrake. From the Westerners Brand Book, Los Angeles Corral. Book six, Los Angeles Westerners, 1956, page 83-85.
53. "Elias Jackson 'Lucky' Baldwin and his Santa Anita Ranch." by Carey S. Bliss. From the Westerners Brand Book, Los Angeles Corral. Book six, Los Angeles Westerners, 1956, page 79-82.
54. "20 cents an acre! - The Santa Anita Rancho story." The Realty Scene, Pasadena (Ca.) Independent, January 11, 1953 by Independent Real Estate Editor, Jack Cressman.
55. Ad in the Monrovia Planet, January 15, 1887, page 2. For the sale of 5-20 acre lots (out of 2,000 for sale) by E.J. Baldwin.
56. Arcadia Notes in the Monrovia Planet, May 21, 1887, page 2. Regarding buildings and road work, etc. for Arcadia at that time.
57. Article in the Monrovia Planet, March 15, 1887, page 3. Regarding the sale of two lots by E.J. Baldwin to the two Studebaker brothers.
58. Articles regarding the orange trees E.J. Baldwin will set out. Monrovia Messenger, March 27, 1890 and November 13, 1890.
59. Article regarding the placing of several thousand acres of land on the Santa Anita Ranch by E.J. Baldwin. Monrovia Messenger, January 8, 1891.
60. Lucky Baldwin's Ranch: a Southern California paradise of sixteen thousand acres. (Description of the ranch). The Daily Constitution, March 22, 1877.
61. It was too much. (Description of the ranch). Chicago Daily Tribune, May 25, 1877.
62. Lucky Baldwin's Ranch. Chicago Daily Tribune, June 17, 1879. Description of the acreage, trees, fruits, etc.
63. Lucky Baldwin's 'Arcadia': establishes sporting city on Santa Anita Ranch in defiance of strenuous opposition. New York Times, June 23, 1903. Arcadia is incorporated, and it promises to be the "sportiest" place in the country, despite opposition from the State Anti-Saloon League. The town is located on Baldwin's ranch of 18,000 acres.
64. "A Corner in Arcady," a chapter copied from History of Pasadena and the San Gabriel Valley California, Vol. 1 (1930) by Harold Carew.
Subjects
History-Rancho Santa Anita (1875-1909)-Elias J. Baldwin
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Item ID
111AF
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Matthew Jacobus was stabbed once in the back following a minor car accident on Huntington Drive near Santa Clara. One of three men in the other car approached Jacobus after sideswiping his car and stabbed him.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 17, 1996
Pages
p. A 3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 17, 1996
Pages
p. A 3
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Jacobus, Matthew
Item ID
8079AN
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A fire that started in a classroom at Baldwin Stocker School was completely contained by the Arcadia Fire Dept. on the morning of February 14. No other rooms were damaged in the blaze.

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Sierra Madre News
Date
February 16, 1995
Pages
p. 13
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Sierra Madre News
Date
February 16, 1995
Pages
p. 13
Subjects
Fires & Fire Prevention
Schools-Baldwin Stocker Elementary
Item ID
4359AN
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Dedication of San Gabriel Mission

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 30, 1939
Pages
p. 2
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 30, 1939
Pages
p. 2
Subjects
San Gabriel Mission
Item ID
4169AN
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Newspaper Index
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Robert Bertolina, whose father moved to Arcadia in 1907 and worked for Lucky Baldwin, died at age 67. He is profiled.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 4, 1993
Pages
p. A-12
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 4, 1993
Pages
p. A-12
Subjects
Bertolina, Robert
Item ID
169AN
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Clara Baldwin Stocker offers assisted living for people with Alzheimer's Disease. This ad describes services provided and accompanies an article on the same page. Photo.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 29, 1995
Pages
p. H-12 Hometown
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 29, 1995
Pages
p. H-12 Hometown
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Clara Baldwin Stocker Home for Women
Item ID
4467AN
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Dr. Cindy Belongia was named as the new Baldwin Stocker Elementary School principal, to replace Dr. Nancy Hogg, who has resigned. Photo.

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Sierra Madre News
Date
August 15, 1996
Pages
p. 8
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Sierra Madre News
Date
August 15, 1996
Pages
p. 8
Subjects
Belongia, Cindy
Schools-Baldwin Stocker Elementary
Item ID
7202AN
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Boy scout cabin

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 19, 1937 p. 1; October 18, 1938 p. 1; February 2, 1942 p. 1 (Boy Scout cabin converted to soldier's use during World War II); April 9, 1942 p. 1 (new one); January 4, 1943 p. 1 (presented to the Citizen's Central Committee)
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Arcadia Tribune
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October 19, 1937 p. 1; October 18, 1938 p. 1; February 2, 1942 p. 1 (Boy Scout cabin converted to soldier's use during World War II); April 9, 1942 p. 1 (new one); January 4, 1943 p. 1 (presented to the Citizen's Central Committee)
Subjects
Boy Scouts of America - San Gabriel Valley Council
Item ID
3649AN
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Arcadia will head a group of about 17 cities now teaming up on a regional plan to reduce smog in the San Gabriel Valley.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 2, 1992
Pages
p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 2, 1992
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
West San Gabriel Valley Air Quality Plan Consortium
Air Pollution
Item ID
319AN
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Anita Baldwin

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 3, 1934 p. A-2 (home)
September 28, 1934 p. 1 (ranch sale)
October 26, 1939 p. 1 (death)
November 16, 1947 Section 2, p. 1 (estate)
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 3, 1934 p. A-2 (home)
September 28, 1934 p. 1 (ranch sale)
October 26, 1939 p. 1 (death)
November 16, 1947 Section 2, p. 1 (estate)
Subjects
Baldwin, Anita
Item ID
3637AN
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Items regarding Baldwin Ave.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 3, 1934 p. A-6 (picture at corner of Baldwin and Duarte)
April 3, 1936 p. 1 (extension)
June 10, 1950 p. 1 ( " )
October 19,1950 p. 1 ( " )
January 18, 1951 p. 1 (extension to Colorado)
February 19, 1951 p. 1 ( " )
March 22, 1951 p. 1 ( " )
April 26, 1951 p. 1 ( " )
November 29, 1951 p. 1 ( " )
December 17, 1951 p. 1 ( " )
May 26, 1952 p. 1 ( " )
June 2, 1952 p. 1 ( " )
August 3, 1953 p. 1 (crossing at Santa Fe tracks)
March 4, 1954 p. 1 (widening)
March 18, 1954 p. 1 (extension)
July 18, 1955 p. 1 ( " )
July 21, 1955 p. 1 ( " )
August 9, 1956 p. 1 (extension to Foothill w/ underpass)
August 13, 1956 p. 1 ( " )
August 27, 1956 p. 1 ( " )
October 8, 1956 p. 1 ( " )
October 18, 1956 p. 1 ( " )
November 1, 1956 p. 1 ( " )
November 5, 1956 p. 1 ( " )
November 8, 1956 p. 1 (vetoed)
June 29, 1961 p. 1 (extension to Colorado)
August 24, 1961 p. 1 ( " )
July 29, 1962 p. 1 ( " )
January 3, 1963 p. 1 ( " )
July 30, 1967 p. 1 (extension under Foothill Freeway)
September 14, 1967 p. 1 (widening)
May 19, 1968 p. 1 ( " )
July 20, 1969 p. 1 (underpass)
February 18, 1973 p. 1 (widening controversy)
February 22, 1973 p. 1 ( " )
March 4, 1973 p. 1 ( " )
March 8, 1973 p. 1 ( " )
March 22, 1973 p. 1 (EIR report adopted)
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 3, 1934 p. A-6 (picture at corner of Baldwin and Duarte)
April 3, 1936 p. 1 (extension)
June 10, 1950 p. 1 ( " )
October 19,1950 p. 1 ( " )
January 18, 1951 p. 1 (extension to Colorado)
February 19, 1951 p. 1 ( " )
March 22, 1951 p. 1 ( " )
April 26, 1951 p. 1 ( " )
November 29, 1951 p. 1 ( " )
December 17, 1951 p. 1 ( " )
May 26, 1952 p. 1 ( " )
June 2, 1952 p. 1 ( " )
August 3, 1953 p. 1 (crossing at Santa Fe tracks)
March 4, 1954 p. 1 (widening)
March 18, 1954 p. 1 (extension)
July 18, 1955 p. 1 ( " )
July 21, 1955 p. 1 ( " )
August 9, 1956 p. 1 (extension to Foothill w/ underpass)
August 13, 1956 p. 1 ( " )
August 27, 1956 p. 1 ( " )
October 8, 1956 p. 1 ( " )
October 18, 1956 p. 1 ( " )
November 1, 1956 p. 1 ( " )
November 5, 1956 p. 1 ( " )
November 8, 1956 p. 1 (vetoed)
June 29, 1961 p. 1 (extension to Colorado)
August 24, 1961 p. 1 ( " )
July 29, 1962 p. 1 ( " )
January 3, 1963 p. 1 ( " )
July 30, 1967 p. 1 (extension under Foothill Freeway)
September 14, 1967 p. 1 (widening)
May 19, 1968 p. 1 ( " )
July 20, 1969 p. 1 (underpass)
February 18, 1973 p. 1 (widening controversy)
February 22, 1973 p. 1 ( " )
March 4, 1973 p. 1 ( " )
March 8, 1973 p. 1 ( " )
March 22, 1973 p. 1 (EIR report adopted)
Subjects
Streets - Baldwin
Item ID
4261AN
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An explosion in an illegal methamphetamine lab at the Best Westerner Inn, 161 Colorado Place, was blamed for injuring one person and causing about $50,000 in damage.

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Newspaper
Star Tribune
Date
September 10, 1992
Pages
p. 1
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Star Tribune
Date
September 10, 1992
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
126AN
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Horses and racing

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 4, 1938 p. 1 (first horse)
December 5, 1960 p. 8 ("Thouroughbred History" film)
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 4, 1938 p. 1 (first horse)
December 5, 1960 p. 8 ("Thouroughbred History" film)
Subjects
Baldwin, Elias J (Lucky)
Item ID
3642AN
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Wendell Griffith, 35, of Monrovia, a track supervisor who was fired after 2 female employees accused him of sexual harassment, is going to work at the track as a janitor. Background on the case is given.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 2, 1993
Pages
p. A-7 photo
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 2, 1993
Pages
p. A-7 photo
Subjects
Santa Anita Park
Item ID
167AN
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Suit of Mrs. Vivian Howard vs. Lillie Baldwin Howard

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 2, 1938 p. 1 (testimony re. Lillie's action)
November 10, 1938 p. 1 (Lillie's death)
November 17, 1938 p. 5 (partial biography of Lillie)
January 16, 1939 p. 1 (reduction in award to Vivian)
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Arcadia Tribune
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November 2, 1938 p. 1 (testimony re. Lillie's action)
November 10, 1938 p. 1 (Lillie's death)
November 17, 1938 p. 5 (partial biography of Lillie)
January 16, 1939 p. 1 (reduction in award to Vivian)
Subjects
Howard, Lillie Baldwin
Item ID
3964AN
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The 1913 mansion, Anoakia, former home of Anita Baldwin, is about to be demolished.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 2, 1999
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 2, 1999
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Anoakia
Baldwin, Anita
Item ID
27355AN
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Motel 6, which was damaged during the June 1991 Sierra Madre earthquake, is reopening. The 87 room hotel at 225 Colorado Place was gutted and completely rebuilt with new furnishings.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 10, 1993
Pages
p. A-4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 10, 1993
Pages
p. A-4
Subjects
Hotels, Motels, etc. - Motel 6
Item ID
193AN
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Recently, Kevin Haddock of Arcadia attended the U.S. Women's Golf Open in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He was one of only 5 students in the LA area who was invited to the prestigious sporting event. Photo.

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Newspaper
Sierra Madre News
Date
August 10, 1995
Pages
p. 10
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Newspaper
Sierra Madre News
Date
August 10, 1995
Pages
p. 10
Subjects
Haddock, Kevin
Item ID
4728AN
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