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The California Horse Racing Board has killed a plan by the California Museum of Science and Industry to extend the fall racing two weeks at Santa Anita Park.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 29, 1979
Pages
p. A-3
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 29, 1979
Pages
p. A-3
Subjects
Horse racing
Item ID
1748AN
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Description of the course on racetrack management, given by Santa Anita Park Park race track to Arcadia High School students.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 25, 1979
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p. A-3
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 25, 1979
Pages
p. A-3
Subjects
Schools - Arcadia High School
Item ID
2967AN
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A "doomsday" budget is being studied and capital improvements postponed until it is seen whether the Jarvis Amendment (Proposition 13) on the June ballot passes.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 19, 1978
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 19, 1978
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
California - Elections - 1978
Item ID
875AN
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The Arcadia City Council voted to postpone until May 22 the decision of traffic problems in the Santa Anita Oaks area.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 22, 1979
Pages
p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 22, 1979
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Streets
Item ID
3276AN
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The first Santa Anita National Horse Show was held at the track May 26-30. It is hoped that this will become an annual event.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 26, 1977
Pages
p. B-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 26, 1977
Pages
p. B-1
Subjects
Santa Anita Park 1945-1980
Item ID
2388AN
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Collectors of old horse drawn buggies. She is the daughter of Carl Kophaner, who had a corn stand at the corner of Santa Anita Avenue and Live Oak.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 22, 1974
Pages
p. C-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 22, 1974
Pages
p. C-1
Subjects
Barton, Arly and Bill.
Item ID
597AN
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Marriage.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 22, 1977
Pages
p. C3 w/photo
Announcement Type
Marriage
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 22, 1977
Pages
p. C3 w/photo
Announcement Type
Marriage
Subjects
Clark, Deborah Shawn
Morse, Dana P.
Item ID
25480AN
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Marriage.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 22, 1977
Pages
p. C3 w/photo
Announcement Type
Marriage
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 22, 1977
Pages
p. C3 w/photo
Announcement Type
Marriage
Subjects
Livingstone, Barbara Kay
Robinson, Douglas Greg
Item ID
25413AN
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California Thoroughbred Breeders Association Library is open to the public and has official charts detailing the performance of every horse in every race for thoroughbreds run on the North American continent for the last 100 years; breeding and racing records of every thoroughbred produced in Great Britain and America for over 200 years; extensive, but incomplete, records from Australia, France, Chile and others.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 20, 1977
Pages
p. B-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 20, 1977
Pages
p. B-1
Subjects
California Thoroughbred Breeders Association Library
Item ID
1923AN
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Highland Oaks Elementary School students Steve Morgan, Karen Saftler, and Eric Fermin (in photo) watch Jack Fermin, blacksmith, as he puts shoes on a horse at Santa Anita Park's stable area, for the school's Career Day.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 19, 1978
Pages
p. A6
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 19, 1978
Pages
p. A6
Subjects
Santa Anita Park-employees
Fermin, Jack
Fermin, Eric
Morgan, Steve
Saftler, Karen
Item ID
34117AN
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Camp Santa Anita

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 21, 1943
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 21, 1943
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Camp Santa Anita (U. S. Army Ordnance Center)
Item ID
3746AN
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Santa Anita Channel

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Newspaper
Arcadia Bulletin
Date
February 29, 1940
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Bulletin
Date
February 29, 1940
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Flood Control
Item ID
3929AN
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Opposing forces are preparing for the March 1 City Council meeting. At this time the Council will decide whether to permit Mr. McCaslin to develop the area in lots of 18,000 to 20,000 square feet and keep the mansion, or to hold him to the 30,000 square feet set by the Planning Commission and risk losing the house built by Anita Baldwin.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 20, 1977
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 20, 1977
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Anoakia
Item ID
428AN
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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…
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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 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).
Subjects
History-Rancho Santa Anita (1838-1947)
Physical Description
2 folders
Item ID
103AF
Collection
Subject Files
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General items regarding Santa Anita Theater

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 23, 1941 p. 1
December 18, 1941 p. 1
December 29, 1941 p. 1
February 19, 1941 p. 1
May 21, 1942 p.1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 23, 1941 p. 1
December 18, 1941 p. 1
December 29, 1941 p. 1
February 19, 1941 p. 1
May 21, 1942 p.1
Subjects
Moving Picture Theaters - Santa Anita Theater
Item ID
4015AN
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General items regarding Santa Anita Park

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 8, 1942 p. 1 (closed to racing for duration)
September 11, 1944 p. 1 (released by Army)
September 14, 1944 p. 1 (racing resumes)
November 21, 1946 p. 1 (admission tax)
December 29, 1946 p. 3 (picture)
March 23, 1950 p. 12 (first track)
February 21, 1955 p. 1 (historical park museum has lumber from Lucky Baldwins race track buildings)
December 22, 1955 p. 10 (aerial drawing of tracks0
April 11, 1960 p. 1 (battle for control)
April 28, 1960 p. 1 ( " )
May 2, 1960 p. 1 ( " )
December 8, 1960 p. 1 (helicopter landing studied)
June 14, 1964 p. 1 (assessed valuation increased)
March 29, 1973 p. 1 (behind the scenes)
August 16, 1973 p. C-2 (Grandstand improvement)
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 8, 1942 p. 1 (closed to racing for duration)
September 11, 1944 p. 1 (released by Army)
September 14, 1944 p. 1 (racing resumes)
November 21, 1946 p. 1 (admission tax)
December 29, 1946 p. 3 (picture)
March 23, 1950 p. 12 (first track)
February 21, 1955 p. 1 (historical park museum has lumber from Lucky Baldwins race track buildings)
December 22, 1955 p. 10 (aerial drawing of tracks0
April 11, 1960 p. 1 (battle for control)
April 28, 1960 p. 1 ( " )
May 2, 1960 p. 1 ( " )
December 8, 1960 p. 1 (helicopter landing studied)
June 14, 1964 p. 1 (assessed valuation increased)
March 29, 1973 p. 1 (behind the scenes)
August 16, 1973 p. C-2 (Grandstand improvement)
Subjects
Santa Anita Park
Item ID
4177AN
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Ex-police chief Bill Cahill was given honorary treatment on his 90th birthday (January 1976). He came to Arcadia as Chief of Police in 1947.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 29, 1976
Pages
p. A-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 29, 1976
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Police - Cahill, William M.
Item ID
2211AN
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Marriage.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 8, 1979
Pages
p. C2
Announcement Type
Marriage
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 8, 1979
Pages
p. C2
Announcement Type
Marriage
Subjects
Black, Marla Shawn and Barner, Jeffrey Horton (w/photo)
Erardi, Kelly J. and Clarke, Denny (w/photo)
Item ID
26291AN
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Consideration of moving Santa Anita Municipal Court to Arcadia

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 31, 1971 p. 1
April 4, 1971 p. 1
May 2, 1971 p. 1
May 5, 1971 p. 1 (move vetoed)
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 31, 1971 p. 1
April 4, 1971 p. 1
May 2, 1971 p. 1
May 5, 1971 p. 1 (move vetoed)
Subjects
Courts
Item ID
3882AN
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Article for Diamond Jubilee series gives an historical view of the Peach Blossom Festival, including how and why it began.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 20, 1978
Pages
p. A-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 20, 1978
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Peach Blossom Festival
Item ID
2156AN
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