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Arcadia city council accepts gift of a bronze statue of Elias J. "Lucky" Baldwin, founder of Arcadia, from his descendant Margaux Viera. Article erroneously states that she is the granddaughter of Elias J. Baldwin. In her proposal to the City of Arcadia, she states that she is the great-great-great-granddaughter of Baldwin.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32647
Newspaper
San Gabriel Valley Edition of the San Marino Tribune
Date
November 17, 2011
Pages
p. S2
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San Gabriel Valley Edition of the San Marino Tribune
Date
November 17, 2011
Pages
p. S2
Subjects
Baldwin descendants
Statuary
Viera, Margaux
Item ID
32844AN
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A statue of Arcadia city founder Elias J. "Lucky" Baldwin, has been proposed by his great-great-great granddaughter, Margaux Viera, of Pasadena, for placement in the rose garden next to Arcadia Community Center. City council will consider the issue tonight. City council must agree to provide a location for the proposed statue, purchase a pedestal, and provide any electrical, lighting, and landscaping deemed appropriate. (Article erroneously states that Margaux Viera is the great-great-granddaughter of Elias J. Baldwin. In her proposal to the City of Arcadia, she states that she is, in fact, the great-great-great-granddaughter of Baldwin.)

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32650
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 15, 2011
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 15, 2011
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Baldwin descendants
Statuary
Viera, Margaux
Item ID
32847AN
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Arcadia city council agrees to accept gift statue of Elias J. "Lucky" Baldwin. His great-great-great granddaughter, Margaux Viera, 34 of Pasadena, will commission a bronze statue for display next to Arcadia Community Center. The statue will be worth close to $60,000. The city will pay for pedestal, lighting and landscaping, up to $25,000.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32649
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 17, 2011
Pages
p. A6
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 17, 2011
Pages
p. A6
Subjects
Baldwin descendants
Statuary
Viera, Margaux
Item ID
32846AN
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Lucky Baldwin statue to be unveiled at Reverend Monsignor Gerald M. O'Keefe Rose Garden at Holly Avenue and Huntington Drive. Bronze sculpture commissioned, donated by city founder Elias J. "Lucky" Baldwin's descendants Margaux Gibson-Viera and Heather Gibson (Baldwin's great-great-great granddaughters). Statue was designed and made by artist Alfred Paredes. See also VF Statuary #20.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33469
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 16, 2013
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 16, 2013
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Baldwin, Elias J. "Lucky"
Gibson, Heather
Gibson-Viera, Margaux
Paredes, Alfred
Statuary
Item ID
33664AN
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Lucky Baldwin statue dedicated. at Reverend Monsignor Gerald M. O'Keeffe Rose Garden at Holly Avenue and Huntington Drive. Bronze sculpture commissioned, donated by city founder Elias J. "Lucky" Baldwin's descendants Margaux Gibson-Viera and Heather Gibson (Baldwin's great-great-great granddaughters). Statue was designed and made by artist Alfred Paredes. See also VF Statuary #20.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33486
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 17, 2013
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 17, 2013
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Baldwin, Elias J. "Lucky"
Gibson, Heather
Gibson-Viera, Margaux
Paredes, Alfred
Statuary
Item ID
33681AN
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Los Angeles County Arboretum and Baldwin family push to revive Baldwin Lake. The 4-acre lake in the middle of the Arboretum stands polluted, filled with tons of mud and filth from years of urban runoff. Tony Zampiello, executive officer of the Main San Gabriel Basin Watermaster, along with the county's Department of Parks and Recreation, have formed a task force with goal of dredging the old lake built by Elias J. "Lucky" Baldwin in the late 19th century. Margaux Viera, Baldwin's great-great-great granddaughter, a member of the "Save Baldwin Lake" task force, says the shoreline around the lake is collapsing and eroding. See hard copy in VF "Arboretum."

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34048
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 29, 2014
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 29, 2014
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Baldwin Lake
Los Angeles County Arboretum
Viera, Margaux
Item ID
34242AN
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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.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36071
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 7, 2021
Pages
p. 2
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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
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Lucky Baldwin statue unveiled in Arcadia. See also VF "Statuary."

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33487
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 18, 2013
Pages
p. 1, 3
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 18, 2013
Pages
p. 1, 3
Subjects
Baldwin, Elias J. "Lucky"
Gibson, Heather
Gibson-Viera, Margaux
Paredes, Alfred
Statuary
Item ID
33682AN
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Woman ahead of her time honored. Anita May Baldwin statue to debut at Le Meridien Hotel. She was philanthropist, key figure in racetrack. The statue is named "A Legacy of Charity," by artist Alfred Paredes.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36087
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 24, 2021
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 24, 2021
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Arcadia Historical Society
Baldwin, Anita M.
Gibson, Margaux
Le Meridien Hotel
Paredes, Alfred
Statuary
Tay, Sho
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TV's Mario Lopez to host Lucky Baldwin Poker Tournament on June 10. It is a fundraiser to preserve the 1880s architecture of Elias J. "Lucky" Baldwin's home at the site of Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34841
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 30, 2017
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p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 30, 2017
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Baldwin, Elias J. "Lucky"
Lopez, Mario
Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden
Preservation
Viera, Margaux
Item ID
35032AN
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Unveiling of Anita May Baldwin statue brings peace and beauty. Anita May Baldwin was dedicated down the road from the statue of her father, Elias J. "Lucky" Baldwin. The statue was unveiled yesterday at the official grand opening of the Le Meridien Hotel on Huntington Drive in Arcadia. The statue is called "A Legacy of Charity," made by artist Alfred Paredes.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36088
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 26, 2021
Pages
p. A3, A5
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 26, 2021
Pages
p. A3, A5
Subjects
Arcadia Historical Society
Baldwin, Anita M.
Gibson, Margaux
Le Meridien Hotel
Paredes, Alfred
Statuary
Tay, Sho
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Gilb Museum of Arcadia Heritage has a permanent exhibit on Anita Baldwin. The daughter of Elias Jackson "Lucky" Baldwin was a quiet woman of great compassion.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33263
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 18, 2012
Pages
p. B2
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 18, 2012
Pages
p. B2
Subjects
Baldwin, Anita
Dunn, Dana
Gilb Museum of Arcadia Heritage
Item ID
33460AN
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Santa Anita Racetrack back in the day. A stroll down memory lane courtesy of Arcadia Historical Society and Arcadia's Best. Photo shown of Clara Baldwin Stocker and her friends at her father's Santa Anita Racetrack in 1907. Clara Baldwin Stocker had a house on Foothill Boulevard and an establishment called "Clara Villa."

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35354
Newspaper
Mountain Views News
Date
December 22, 2018
Pages
p. 6
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Newspaper
Mountain Views News
Date
December 22, 2018
Pages
p. 6
Subjects
Baldwin, Clara
Baldwin Stocker, Clara
Clara Villa
Santa Anita Racetrack
Item ID
35544AN
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Heather Dawn Gibson, the great-great-great granddaughter of Lucky Baldwin has loaned several family heirlooms for an exhibit at the Arcadia Historical Museum.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper25295
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 9, 2003
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 9, 2003
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Gibson, Heather Dawn
Baldwin, Elias Jackson "Lucky"
Ruth and Charles Gilb Arcadia Historical Museum
Item ID
25493AN
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Fall of the House of Baldwin. Part 2 of a 6 part series: Anoakia's lifespan. History of Anita Baldwin's residence, a mansion named Anoakia. By Galen Patterson. See hard copy in VF Baldwin, Anita

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35458
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 17, 2019
Pages
p. 1, 11
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 17, 2019
Pages
p. 1, 11
Subjects
Anoakia
Baldwin, Anita
Patterson, Galen
Item ID
35650AN
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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.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper26329
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 22, 2003
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
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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Residents had a great time at the Lucky Baldwin Day community picnic held at Arcadia County Park on Sunday, October 27th.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper24732
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 28, 2002
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 28, 2002
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Lucky Baldwin Day Community Picnic
Item ID
24926AN
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Great bargains can be found at Arcadia's Goodwill Store. Donations in 2004 have increased and better quality items are available.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29363
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 13, 2005
Pages
p. C3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 13, 2005
Pages
p. C3
Subjects
Collins, Janet
Goodwill Industries of Southern California
Thrift stores
Item ID
29547AN
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Who was Clara Baldwin Stocker? Elias J. "Lucky" Baldwin's eldest daughter lived lavishly at her home Twin Oaks in Arcadia. See hard copy in VF Baldwin, Clara.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35507
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 11, 2019
Pages
p. 3
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 11, 2019
Pages
p. 3
Subjects
Baldwin, Clara
Baldwin Stocker, Clara
Historic houses
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Construction begins on Anoakia luxury housing development, on the former site of Anoakia, Anita Baldwin's mansion, on the corner of Baldwin Avenue and Foothill Boulevard in Arcadia. The Anoakia Mansion was demolished last August to make way for 31 homes to be built by Hover Development Inc. of Newport Beach. Anita Baldwin, daughter of Lucky Baldwin, lived there until her death in 1939. It was used as a girls' school from 1941 to the late 1970s. The new housing development is 19 acres.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33318
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 16, 2001
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 16, 2001
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Anoakia housing development
Anoakia Mansion--history
Anoakia School
Baldwin, Anita
Item ID
33514AN
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