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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 22, 1932 p. 1; August 3, 1934 p. A-1; March 23, 1950 p. 3; August 24, 1944, p. 1; June 5, 1952 Section 2, p. 2; October 9, 1968 p. 2; March 23, 1950 p. 3 (partial contents of will); April 23, 1956, p. 1 (reminiscences); September 19, 1957 p. 5 (heirlooms in posession of nephew Jack Fawcett in Alabama)
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 22, 1932 p. 1; August 3, 1934 p. A-1; March 23, 1950 p. 3; August 24, 1944, p. 1; June 5, 1952 Section 2, p. 2; October 9, 1968 p. 2; March 23, 1950 p. 3 (partial contents of will); April 23, 1956, p. 1 (reminiscences); September 19, 1957 p. 5 (heirlooms in posession of nephew Jack Fawcett in Alabama)
Subjects
Baldwin, Elias J (Lucky)
Item ID
3641AN
Collection
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Horses and racing

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Newspaper
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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"The Oaks" in the days of Lucky Baldwin

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 23, 1950
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 23, 1950
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Rancho Santa Anita - 1875 - 1909
Baldwin, Elias J. "Lucky"
Item ID
3950AN
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Elias Jackson "Lucky" Baldwin's Maltese Cross has been dedicated as a memorial. It rests on the graves of his four American Derby winning horses.

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Newspaper
The Journal
Date
January 11, 1950
Pages
p. 1 (See basement box 112.)
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Newspaper
The Journal
Date
January 11, 1950
Pages
p. 1 (See basement box 112.)
Subjects
Baldwin, Elias Jackson "Lucky"
Horses and horse racing
Item ID
33209AN
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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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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 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
Physical Description
2 folders]
Item ID
111AF
Collection
Subject Files
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Baldwin Avenue extension south okayed. Street will extend from Huntington Drive to Ramona Boulevard.

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Newspaper
The Journal
Date
January 11, 1950
Pages
p. 6 Section 2, (See basement box 112.)
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Newspaper
The Journal
Date
January 11, 1950
Pages
p. 6 Section 2, (See basement box 112.)
Subjects
Baldwin Avenue
Item ID
33069AN
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Baldwin Avenue extension south from Huntington Drive to Ramona Boulevard has been approved.

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Newspaper
The Journal
Date
January 11, 1950
Pages
p. 6 Section 2 (See basement box 112.)
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Newspaper
The Journal
Date
January 11, 1950
Pages
p. 6 Section 2 (See basement box 112.)
Subjects
Baldwin Avenue
Streets
Item ID
33214AN
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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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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 29, 1995
Pages
p. H-12 Hometown
Subjects
Stocker, Clara Baldwin
Clara Baldwin Stocker Home for Women
Item ID
4468AN
Collection
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Obituary/death notice.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Bulletin
Date
December 12, 1955
Pages
p. 2
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
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Arcadia Bulletin
Date
December 12, 1955
Pages
p. 2
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
Subjects
Newton, Elias J.
Bund, Florence
Item ID
14146AN
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Newspaper Index
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Items regarding Colorado Boulevard

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 13, 1931 p. 1 (open)
January 3, 1963 p. 1 (extension of Baldwin to Colorado)
September 12, 1971 p. 1 (controversy over sidewalks)
September 19, 1971 p. 1 ( " )
September 22, 1971 p. 1 ( " )
September 29, 1971 p. 1 ( " )
October 3, 1971 p. 1 ( " )
October 6, 1971 p. 1 ( " )
October 13, 1971 p. 1 ( " )
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 13, 1931 p. 1 (open)
January 3, 1963 p. 1 (extension of Baldwin to Colorado)
September 12, 1971 p. 1 (controversy over sidewalks)
September 19, 1971 p. 1 ( " )
September 22, 1971 p. 1 ( " )
September 29, 1971 p. 1 ( " )
October 3, 1971 p. 1 ( " )
October 6, 1971 p. 1 ( " )
October 13, 1971 p. 1 ( " )
Subjects
Streets - Colorado Boulevard
Item ID
4280AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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The Mandarin Baptist Church on the corner of Santa Anita Avenue and Colorado Boulevard was occupied by Maranatha High School from 1970-81.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News Cheers Section
Date
October 9, 1998
Pages
p. 6 w/photo
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News Cheers Section
Date
October 9, 1998
Pages
p. 6 w/photo
Subjects
Churches - Mandarin Baptist Church
Item ID
16016AN
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Newspaper Index
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Dr. Dino Clarizio, Medical Director for the California Thoroughbred Horsemen's Foundation, spends one day every week at the Clinic he helps operate at Santa Anita Park race track caring for race track personnel and their families.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 13, 1998
Pages
p. C1 w/photo
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 13, 1998
Pages
p. C1 w/photo
Subjects
Santa Anita Park
Clarizio, Dino
Item ID
13292AN
Collection
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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
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Obituary/death notice.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune & News
Date
September 6, 1951
Pages
p. 15
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
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Arcadia Tribune & News
Date
September 6, 1951
Pages
p. 15
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
Subjects
McClelland, Maude
Item ID
11010AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Items regarding Baldwin Ave.

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Newspaper
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
Collection
Newspaper Index
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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
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Suit of Mrs. Vivian Howard vs. Lillie Baldwin Howard

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Newspaper
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
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)
Subjects
Howard, Lillie Baldwin
Item ID
3964AN
Collection
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The $4.1 million Downtown 2000 plan will restore the area along Huntington Drive from Santa Clara to 5th Avenue, as well as on 1st Ave. The project should start in June and be completed by the fall racing season.

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Newspaper
Los Angeles Times
Date
January 26, 1995
Pages
p. J-3 map
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Newspaper
Los Angeles Times
Date
January 26, 1995
Pages
p. J-3 map
Subjects
Community Redevelopment
Item ID
4353AN
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Newspaper Index
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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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Newspaper Index
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Ali James Cooper of Palmdale was taken into custody for allegedly robbing a Wells Fargo Bank branch inside a Ralphs Supermarket on Foothill Boulevard.

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Newspaper
Los Angeles Times
Date
August 30, 1998
Pages
p. B6
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Newspaper
Los Angeles Times
Date
August 30, 1998
Pages
p. B6
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
15503AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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