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Historical information on Baldwin Lake, the four-acre body of water that adjoins the Queen Anne Cottage in the historical section of the Los Angeles County Arboretum, is presented. The history of lake extends from time of the Native Americans (they called their village Aleupkigna), to Elias J. "Lucky" Baldwin's ranch in 1873, to the movies and television shows in which it has appeared. Baldwin Lake played host to movie stars Johnny Weismuller, Bob Hope, Bing Crosby and Dorothy Lamour. The lake has appeared in Safari, Roots, and Fantasy Island. See also VF "Arboretum" for hard copy of article.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 8, 2002
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p. 8
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 8, 2002
Pages
p. 8
Subjects
Arcadia History - Rancho Santa Anita - 1875-1909
Baldwin Lake
Films
Lakes
Los Angeles County Arboretum
Motion Pictures
Ponds
Queen Anne Cottage
Water
Item ID
30717AN
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Dr. Charles H. Strub brought horse racing back to Arcadia. After the state made it legal again in 1930, Anita Baldwin tried to revive her father, Elias J. "Lucky" Baldwin's dream of a Santa Anita Racetrack. She worked with Joe Smoot but he couldn't achieve this, even though Arcadia City Council licensed his Santa Anita Jockey Club. San Francisco dentist Charles H. Strub (pronounced Stroob), owner of the San Francisco Seals baseball team, got a license for the Los Angeles Turf Club and founded Santa Anita Park with Hal Roach and other promoters. The track was designed by Gordon Kaufman and opened December 25, 1934.

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Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 7, 2003
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p. 10
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 7, 2003
Pages
p. 10
Subjects
Horse racing
Los Angeles Turf Club
Santa Anita Jockey Club
Santa Anita Park - history
Smoot, Joe
Strub, Dr. Charles H.
Strub, Robert
Item ID
31969AN
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The race horse "Return of the King" with jockey Martin Pedroza, won a race at Santa Anita Park. The horse belonged to the Ortega family, some of whom were killed by Bruce Pardo in a Christmas Eve massacre in Covina.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 9, 2009
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 9, 2009
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Christmas Eve Massacre - December 24, 2008
Crime and Criminals
Deaths
Horses and horse racing
Ortega, Charles
Ortega, James
Ortega, Joseph
Pardo, Bruce
Pedroza, Martin
Race horse owners
Santa Anita Park - 2001-2010
Item ID
31550AN
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Writer Charles Cooper recounts the history of the Los Angeles County Arboretum, including previous landowners Hugo Reid and Elias J. ("Lucky") Baldwin.

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Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 13, 2003
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p. 16
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 13, 2003
Pages
p. 16
Subjects
Baldwin, Elias J. ("Lucky")
Los Angeles County Arboretum - history
Rancho Santa Anita - history
Reid, Hugo
Item ID
31234AN
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The history of the peafowl from Indian and Java that live in Arcadia is presented. Elias J. "Lucky" Baldwin imported three pairs from India in the 1880s. His daughter Anita Baldwin added some birds from Java. The peacock is official bird of Arcadia, is protected, and should not be fed. See also VF "Peacocks" for copy of article.

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Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 8, 2002
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p. 9
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 8, 2002
Pages
p. 9
Subjects
Arcadia History - Rancho Santa Anita - 1875-1909
Peacocks
Peafowl
Item ID
30719AN
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Pioneer of the Nile (the horse) won the Santa Anita Derby this year and will go on to run the Kentucky Derby. Bob Baffert is the trainer and Garrett Gomez is the jockey.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 5, 2009
Pages
p. C1, C8
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 5, 2009
Pages
p. C1, C8
Subjects
Baffert, Bob (trainer)
Chocolate Candy (race horse)
Gomez, Garrett (jockey)
Horses and horse racing
Pioneer of the Nile (race horse) - also spelled Pioneerof the Nile
Rosario, Joel (jockey)
Santa Anita Derby
Santa Anita Park - 2001-2010
Item ID
31619AN
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The Pamplemousse, a favorite to win the Santa Anita Derby, was scratched from the race due to a lesion on the horse's left front leg tendon.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 6, 2009
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p. B1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 6, 2009
Pages
p. B1
Subjects
Canani, Julio
Horses and horse racing
Santa Anita Derby
Santa Anita Park -- 2001-2010
Solis, Alex, II
The Pamplemousse (race horse)
Item ID
31620AN
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Santa Anita Park race track opened on Christmas Day, 1934. It now celebrates its 70th year. The article recaps the history of the race track.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 26, 2004
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p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 26, 2004
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Santa Anita Park race track - 70th Anniversary
Santa Anita Park 2001 - 2010
Anniversaries
Horse racing history
Strub, Dr. Charles
Seabiscuit
Shoemaker, Willie
Item ID
29541AN
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George Schwary's horse Georgie Boy and jockey Garrett Gomez won the $150,000 Grade II San Carlos Handicap at Santa Anita Park. Georgie Boy was trained by Kathy Walsh. Georgie Boy won last month's Sunshine Millions Spring.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
February 22, 2009
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p. C2
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Pasadena Star News
Date
February 22, 2009
Pages
p. C2
Subjects
Georgie Boy (horse)
Gomez, Garrett (jockey)
Horses and horse racing
Santa Anita Park - 2001-2010
Schwary, George
Walsh, Kathy
Item ID
31582AN
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Telephone and online wagering was approved by the California Horse Racing Board on Thursday. Now gamblers may place bets at Santa Anita Park from home.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 26, 2002
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p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 26, 2002
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Santa Anita Park - 2001-2010
Item ID
22883AN
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A 1927 bust of Anita Baldwin, hidden away in storage at the Arboretum, is on exhibit at the Arcadia Public Library along with photographs of Anita, examples of her musical scores, poetry and cookbook.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 22, 2003
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p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 22, 2003
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Arcadia Public Library-2000-2009
Exhibits
Baldwin, Anita
Item ID
26529AN
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Westfield Shoppingtown Santa Anita needs a bigger sign for the new tenants in its proposed expansion. Westfield wants a sign big enough for six tenant names, instead of the four previously agreed upon for the signage.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 28, 2001
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 28, 2001
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Westfield Shoppingtown Santa Anita - expansion
Signage and signs
Item ID
30120AN
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Jockey Mike Smith, in photo riding Zenyatta (race horse), celebrates winning the Breeders' Cup Classic at Santa Anita Park yesterday.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 8, 2009
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 8, 2009
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Santa Anita Park - 2001-2010 - Breeders' Cup XXVI
Smith, Mike (jockey)
Zenyatta (race horse)
Item ID
31997AN
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Four articles describe the Breeders' Cup XXVI at Santa Anita Park this weekend. Included is a photo of jockey Joel Rosario and horse Rendezvous.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 6, 2009
Pages
p. C1, C5
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 6, 2009
Pages
p. C1, C5
Subjects
Gosden, John (trainer)
Rosario, Joel (jockey)
Santa Anita Park - 2001-2010 - Breeders' Cup XXVI
Wilson, Art (journalist)
Zenyatta (race horse)
Item ID
31994AN
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The Great American Irish Fair and Music Festival will be moving to Encino after a number of years at Santa Anita Park race track.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 1, 2001
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p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 1, 2001
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Irish Fairs
Annual Attractions
Santa Anita Park race track
Item ID
29232AN
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Local activist group Arcadia First was misinformed about plans to put 240 slot-style gambling machines known as "Horse Wizards" at The Shops at Santa Anita, the proposed Caruso mall development. George Haines, General Manager of Santa Anita Park race track, and Arcadia city officials say this is incorrect. There are no slot machines planned for the new mall.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 20, 2006
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p. Local 1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 20, 2006
Pages
p. Local 1
Subjects
Arcadia First
Gambling
Horse racing
The Shops at Santa Anita
Item ID
30522AN
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A profile of Wayne Lucas, horse trainer at Santa Anita Park race track.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 22, 2003
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p. C1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 22, 2003
Pages
p. C1
Subjects
Santa Anita Park - 2001-2010
Lucas, Wayne
Item ID
26857AN
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A sponge toss, sack race, pumpkin-carving contest and the Mayor's Spelling Bee will all return for the second annual Lucky Baldwin Day Community Picnic on October 27 at the Arcadia County Park.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 19, 2002
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p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 19, 2002
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Santa Anita Superior Court
Arcadia Police Department
Item ID
24899AN
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Oak Tree racing season opens at Santa Anita Park race track. A photograph shows jockey Corey Nakatani on horse called Liquidity, jockey Aaron Gryder riding Mystic Wood, and trumpeter Jay Cohen.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 28, 2006
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 28, 2006
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Cohen, Jay
Gryder, Aaron
Nakatani, Corey
Oak Tree
Horse racing
Santa Anita Park - 2001-2010
Item ID
30407AN
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Anoakia Estates model homes to open for viewing by this spring. The community is made up of 31 luxury homes. Developer is Tom Hover. The homes were constructed on the site of Anoakia, an estate owned by Anita Baldwin, daughter of Arcadia city founder, Elias J. "Lucky" Baldwin, at Foothill Boulevard and Baldwin Avenue. The homes will be 2-stories, and 5,000-6,000 square feet.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 7, 2002
Pages
p. 1, 9
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 7, 2002
Pages
p. 1, 9
Subjects
Anoakia Estates
Baldwin, Anita
Housing developments
Hover, Tom
Item ID
33614AN
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