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Dextra Baldwin and Baldwin M. Baldwin. Dextra is standing and Baldwin is in wicker baby carriage. They are in front of what appears to be an enormously tall group of rose bushes.

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Date: c.1906

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Date: c.1906

Subjects: Baldwin, Baldwin M.; Baldwin, Dextra; Baldwin family

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 107

Collection: Photographs

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Portrait left to right: E.J."Lucky" Baldwin, Dextra Baldwin (daughter of Anita M. Baldwin), Baldwin M. Baldwin (son of Anita M. Baldwin), Anita M. Baldwin.

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Date: c.1908

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Date: c.1908

Subjects: Baldwin family; Baldwin, Elias J. "Lucky"; Baldwin, Baldwin M.; Baldwin, Dextra

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 98

Collection: Photographs

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Two women are seated on chairs with Edna Lenz standing directly behind them. Six other people are seen in background at dedication of Santa Anita Depot after it had been relocated to the Arboretum. Seated at left is Dextra Baldwin Hopper, great granddaughter of E. J. "Lucky" Baldwin (daughter of Baldwin M. Baldwin). Seated at right is Rozella Baldwin Gilmore, an illegitimate daughter of E. J. "Lucky" Baldwin. Her mother was Martha Agnes Fowler, who was acknowledged in Baldwin's will.

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Date: September 10, 1970

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Date: September 10, 1970

Subjects: Lenz, Edna; Hopper, Dextra Baldwin; Gilmore, Rozella Baldwin

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 1030

Collection: Photographs

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Baldwin M. Baldwin and Dextra Baldwin, view from the back, standing in grass. Baldwin has large straw hat on and appears to be age 2 or 3. Both have on what appears to be rompers and high buttoned shoes. Dextra may be age 6 or 7. Apparently taken at Baldwin Ranch.

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Date: c.1907-08

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Date: c.1907-08

Subjects: Baldwin, Baldwin M.; Baldwin, Dextra

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 100

Collection: Photographs

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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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Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: February 13, 2003

Pages: p. 16

Newspaper: 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

Collection: Newspaper Index

Hugo Reid Adobe as it appeared in 1903. This photo shows it to have been what appears to be wooden siding and shingle roof with wide porch as altered by E.J. "Lucky" Baldwin.

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Date: 1903

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Date: 1903

Subjects: Hugo Reid Adobe

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 288

Collection: Photographs

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Hugo Reid Adobe (see also Baldwin Adobe)

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Contents: 1. "Historic adobe gives up its secrets." Independent Star News, July 28, 1957. 2. "The house of the Scotch paisano." Lasca Leaves, January 1, 1958. 3. "Hugo Reid Adobe." Lasca Leaves, Spring 1959. 4. "Archaeological excavations in the patio." Lasca Leaves, Summer 1959. 5. "Historical research…

Contents: 1. "Historic adobe gives up its secrets." Independent Star News, July 28, 1957.; 2. "The house of the Scotch paisano." Lasca Leaves, January 1, 1958.; 3. "Hugo Reid Adobe." Lasca Leaves, Spring 1959.; 4. "Archaeological excavations in the patio." Lasca Leaves, Summer 1959.; 5. "Historical research pertaining to ..." Lasca Leaves, Winter 1959. Two copies.; 6. "Furnishing plan for the Hugo Reid Adobe." Los Angeles County Museum study, January 1960, 14 pages.; 7. "The restorations at Rancho Santa Anita." Lasca Leaves, Winter 1961.; 8. "The furnishings of the Hugo Reid Adobe." Lasca Leaves, Spring 1961.; 9. "Historic objects from Hugo Reid Adobe." Lasca Leaves, Summer 1961.; 10. "Restoration: Hugo Reid Adobe - Lucky Baldwin Coach House." Undated paper by O. Johnson.; 11. Arcadia News Post, June 1, 1968. Photos and captions of Hugo Reid Adobe interior.; 12. "Hugo Reid Adobe." By Reed and Kindig, November 5, 1987, two pages.; 13. "Step in Adobe." Los Angeles Times, January 21, 1969 with photos.; 14. "Youngsters digging for Adobe history." Los Angeles Times, August 4, 1969, Part II.; 15. "Plaque marks Rancho fete: Santa Anita's 100th anniversary observed at simple ceremony." Los Angeles Times, April 20, 1941.; 16. "Hugo Reid Adobe restores." Highlander-Pacesetter, July 13, 1983, page 5.; 17. "The house of the Scotch paisano." Typewritten copy, same as #2 of this folder, August 15, 1957.; 18. The National Society of the Colonial Dames of America Directory of Museum Houses 1961/62 listing Hugo Reid Adobe.; 19. Program for the "Dedication of the Hugo Reid Adobe." May 5, 1961. Gift from the Pasadena Public Library.; 20. "Old Hugo Reid Adobe regaining past glory" with photo by Bob Sherlock. Los Angeles Times, n.d., circa 1958/1959.; 21. Three newspaper photos with captions of workers restoring the Hugo Reid Adobe. Pasadena Star News, November 28, 1958.; 22. "Top historical finds made in restoring Reid home." no citation, circa 1958/1959.; 23. "Historians hope Reid excavations can add to early California lore." Los Angeles Times, February 2, 1958.; 24. "Colonial Dames take on a job" by Ed Ainsworth. Furnishings for the restored Hugo Reid Adobe will be collected by the Colonial Dames. Los Angeles Times, March 25, 1960.; 25. "The house of the Scotch paisano: archaeological investigations at the Hugo Reid Adobe." By William J. Wallace, Roger J. Desautels, George Kritzman, August 12, 1957. Gift of Pasadena City College, June 14, 2006.; 26. "Heritage" circa 1961. A film about the Hugo Reid Adobe restoration. Narrated by Brian Keith. DVD is in black media box in history room.; 27. Graphics from the Archaeological Investigation at the Hugo Reid Adobe: Reference Use Only. State of California, Department of Parks and Recreation, Photographic Archives on 2 DVDs. Both DVDs are in the Arcadia History Room Media Box (black) and contain digital images/digital photographs in JPG and TIFF. Cover letter, signed usage contracts/licensing agreements, and inventory of file names (paper clipped together here). Photographic record of the archaeological investigations at the Hugo Reid Adobe, Arcadia, California, submitted September 15, 1958 by E. Taylor & Wallace.; 28. Hugo Reid Adobe floor plan before excavation. No date.

Subjects: Hugo Reid Adobe (see also Baldwin Adobe)

Item ID: 131AF

Collection: Subject Files

Baldwin Adobe (see also Hugo Reid Adobe)

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Contents: 1. Baldwin Adobe Restoration program "Lucky Lives Again," October 4, 2009. Committee includes Carol Libby, Jean Parrille, Joe Eisele, Lauragene Swenson, Mitchell Hearns Bishop, Sandy Snider, Scott Hettrick, Sho Tay. Front photo is Baldwin Home Place Courtyard. With insert Elias Jackson "Lucky" Bal…

Contents: 1. Baldwin Adobe Restoration program "Lucky Lives Again," October 4, 2009. Committee includes Carol Libby, Jean Parrille, Joe Eisele, Lauragene Swenson, Mitchell Hearns Bishop, Sandy Snider, Scott Hettrick, Sho Tay. Front photo is Baldwin Home Place Courtyard. With insert Elias Jackson "Lucky" Baldwin, 1828-1909, facts and newspaper article excerpts about his life. He lived in the adobe for 34 years and died there.; 2. Arboretum's shocking revelation: it isn't the Hugo Reid Adobe! by Bill Peters, Arcadia Weekly, October 8, 2009. Article about the Baldwin Adobe Restoration Project at the Los Angeles County Arboretum.; 3. Room-by-room inventory of the Baldwin Home Place a.k.a. the Baldwin Adobe (all 8 rooms) just after Elias J. "Lucky" Baldwin's death in 1909.; 4. Invitation to Baldwin Adobe Restoration Committee event, "Lucky Lives Again," October 4, 2009.; 5. The historical section of the Los Angeles County Arboretum described. It includes the Coach Barn, the Hugo Reid Adobe, and Queen Anne Cottage.; 6. History of structure and ranch under various owners: report on the historic background of the "Hugo Reid" Adobe, Los Angeles County Arboretum. 4 pages by William W. Ellinger III, Historic Architect, Pasadena, CA. Copyright 2007.; 7. "A tale of two adobes: searching for the real Hugo Reid Adobe" by Gary Cowles, from Westerners, The Branding Iron, Los Angeles Corral, Summer 2011. 6 pages.

Subjects: Baldwin Adobe (see also Hugo Reid Adobe)

Item ID: 288AF

Collection: Subject Files

Dextra Baldwin on left, holding a large doll. She has ribbons in her hair and is wearing a large hat. Brother Baldwin M. Baldwin is sitting in a child's "walker-type" device and has white bonnet on.

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Date: c.1907 or 1908

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Date: c.1907 or 1908

Subjects: Baldwin, Baldwin M.; Baldwin, Dextra

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w vertical

ID: 103

Collection: Photographs

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Baldwin M.Baldwin and Dextra Baldwin seated on grass, apparently at Baldwin Ranch. Baldwin is younger on left. Dextra has on large straw hat.

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Date: c.1907

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Date: c.1907

Subjects: Baldwin, Baldwin M; Baldwin, Dextra; Baldwin family

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 102

Collection: Photographs

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North side of Hugo Reid Adobe facing Baldwin Lake.

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Date: circa 1939

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Date: circa 1939

Subjects: Arboretum; Hugo Reid Adobe; Reid, Hugo

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 1713

Collection: Photographs

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The Hugo Reid Adobe still stands in disrepair at the Los Angeles County Arboretum five years after preservation and restoration efforts should have started. At issue is whether it should be preserved as the Hugo Reid Adobe or reinterpreted as the Elias J. ("Lucky") Baldwin Adobe.

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Newspaper: Pasadena Star News

Date: October 11, 2006

Pages: p. B1

Newspaper: Pasadena Star News

Date: October 11, 2006

Pages: p. B1

Subjects: Getty Foundation; Historic Buildings; Hugo Reid Adobe; Landmarks; Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden; Preservation

Item ID: 30424AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Cecilia Rasmussen, in her column "L.A. Then and Now," writes about Hugo and Victoria Reid.

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Newspaper: Los Angeles Times

Date: December 5, 1999

Pages: p. B3 w/photo

Newspaper: Los Angeles Times

Date: December 5, 1999

Pages: p. B3 w/photo

Subjects: Reid, Hugo; Reid, Victoria

Item ID: 18270AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Southeast corner of Baldwin Lake with a boat by the shore. Part of Hugo Reid Adobe is visible.

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Date: circa 1939

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Date: circa 1939

Subjects: Arboretum; Hugo Reid Adobe

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 1712

Collection: Photographs

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Baldwin, Dextra

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Contents: 1. "The two and one-half year marriage of Dextra Baldwin Winter Wadley." Los Angeles Times, October 1962. 2. "Mrs. Dextra Baldwin Winter Wadley Jones was granted a divorce from Walter Jones." News clip, April 1966. 3. "Mrs. Dextra Baldwin Winter Wadley Jones was married to Robert Derx." News cli…

Contents: 1. "The two and one-half year marriage of Dextra Baldwin Winter Wadley." Los Angeles Times, October 1962.; 2. "Mrs. Dextra Baldwin Winter Wadley Jones was granted a divorce from Walter Jones." News clip, April 1966.; 3. "Mrs. Dextra Baldwin Winter Wadley Jones was married to Robert Derx." News clip, April 1966.; 4. "Baldwin relative rites set." Pasadena Star News, February 14, 1967.; 5. "Rites for Baldwin kin conducted." Arcadia Tribune, February 16, 1967.; 6. "Estate auction of Dextra Baldwin Winter Wadley Jones Derx McGonagle, deceased." Los Angeles Times, October 1, 1967.; 7. "Valuable jewels of ex-Rose Queen will go on sale." Arcadia News Post, December 5, 1967.; 8. "Jewel collection brings $627,985 to Arcadia estate." News clip, circa 1967?.; 9. "Dextra Baldwin Winter Wadley Jones Derx McGonagle had been married five times." San Francisco Chronicle, February 26, 1967.; 10. Identifies this house as having belonged to Dextra Baldwin. Typed sheet taken from Los Angeles County Hall of Records, showing owners of property at 644 W. Foothill Blvd., April 1979.; 11. " 'Tallac' residence of Dextra Baldwin Derx." And "Vista Del Valle," residence of Dextra Baldwin Derx, Santa Anita, California. Interior decoration by Anthony D. Longinotti. Architectural Digest, Volume XII, Number 3, page 68.

Subjects: Baldwin, Dextra

Item ID: 23AF

Collection: Subject Files

Large group of people seated at tables outdoors. Overhead are paper lanterns. Group is at Japanese "community" in Arcadia which apparently was near Holly Avenue below Huntington, for a performance of the MIKADO. Man directly in front (center, no hat) is Ed Ryan, caretaker at Baldwin racetrack. On his lap is his daughter, whom Vesta Tucker Reeves and her sister did not like so they scratched over her photo with a pin. Girl seen over his left shoulder, is Vesta Tucker. The lady next to her is not identified. The girl with the long necklace sitting on the lap of the unidentified lady near Mr. Ryan, is Dextra Baldwin. Small boy on left on Japanese man's lap, is Baldwin M. Baldwin. The man, three figures away from camera in row Dextra is in, is her grandfather, Elias J."Lucky" Baldwin. Large man in light suit just to right of Mr. Ryan, is Mr. Johnson, who owned Johnson's Inn. Seen on extreme right, man with mustache and white hair, is Blas Cuellar, the wine maker.

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Date: c.1907 or 1908

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Date: c.1907 or 1908

Subjects: Japanese; Baldwin, Elias J. "Lucky"; Tucker, George Lowen; Tucker, Mrs. George Lowen; Reeves, Vesta Tucker; Ryan, Edward; Kamioka, Mr.; Cuellar, Blas; Johnson, Mr.; Baldwin, Dextra; Baldwin, Baldwin M.

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 1077

Collection: Photographs

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Carol Libby and Scott Hettrick of the Arcadia Historical Society are both on the Baldwin Adobe Restoration Committee, which wants to restore the Hugo Reid Adobe on the grounds of the Los Angeles County Arboretum. They want to re-create the adobe as it was in its heyday, when Elias J. "Lucky" Baldwin lived there from 1875 until he died in 1909.

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Newspaper: Pasadena Star News

Date: September 24, 2009

Pages: p. A1

Newspaper: Pasadena Star News

Date: September 24, 2009

Pages: p. A1

Subjects: Baldwin Adobe Restoration Committee; Hettrick, Scott; Historic preservation; Hugo Reid Adobe; Libby, Carol; Los Angeles County Arboretum

Item ID: 31922AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Hugo Reid Adobe showing addition of wood made by E.J."Lucky" Baldwin, and original adobe with tile roof on right side of photo.

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Date: 1937

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Date: 1937

Subjects: Hugo Reid Adobe

Physical Description: 6x10 b&w

ID: 293

Collection: Photographs

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The Los Angeles Board of Supervisors unanimously agreed to donate the Hugo Reid Family Statue to the city of Arcadia. The city will relocate the statue from Arcadia Community (County?) Park to the Ruth and Charles Gilb Arcadia Historical Museum. The article includes some history about Hugo Reid.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: April 24, 2003

Pages: p. 18

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: April 24, 2003

Pages: p. 18

Subjects: Reid, Hugo; Statuary

Item ID: 31486AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Reid, Hugo

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Contents: 1. A time of change. Article by Patricia Warren August 1973. 2. Hugo Reid references. Lasca Library December 1966. Two page bibliography prepared by Arboretum. 3. Hugo Reid brand. Copied from Hall of Records Brand Book #1. 4. The Ranchero. Article from Lasca Leaves by Sandy Snider September…

Contents: 1. A time of change. Article by Patricia Warren August 1973.; 2. Hugo Reid references. Lasca Library December 1966. Two page bibliography prepared by Arboretum.; 3. Hugo Reid brand. Copied from Hall of Records Brand Book #1.; 4. The Ranchero. Article from Lasca Leaves by Sandy Snider September 1975.; 5. Hugo Reid 1811-1852. Article by Weber, F.J., "The California Missions as others saw them." 1972; 6. Through frequent sale, Rancho value increased. news article, n.d.; 7. Hugo Reid, Humanitarian. Dakin, Susanna B. Article from QUARTERLY OF HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, vol. XXXI, no. 1 and 2. May and June 1949.; 8. Early Angeleno Hugo Reid's funeral announcement. CALIFORNIA HISTORICAL QUARTERLY. Fall 1975, p. 274.; 9. From romance to race horses by Fink, Augusta. Article from Westways February 1974.; 10. Hugo Reid at Santa Anita 1845. Cards made from a drawing by Maynard Dixon; 11. Who knows story of Hugo Reid's history. Pasadena Star News March 23, 1964.; 12. Hugo Reid, Scotch adventurer. Arcadia Tribune March 23, 1950.; 13. Scotsman granted Rancho Santa Anita. Pasadena Star News October 14, 1994.

Subjects: Reid, Hugo

Item ID: 190AF

Collection: Subject Files

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Dextra Baldwin and Baldwin M. Baldwin. Dextra is standing and Baldwin is in wicker baby carriage. They are in front of what appears to be an enormously tall group of rose bushes.

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Portrait left to right: E.J."Lucky" Baldwin, Dextra Baldwin (daughter of Anita M. Baldwin), Baldwin M. Baldwin (son of Anita M. Baldwin), Anita M. Baldwin.

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Baldwin M. Baldwin and Dextra Baldwin, view from the back, standing in grass. Baldwin has large straw hat on and appears to be age 2 or 3. Both have on what appears to be rompers and high buttoned shoes. Dextra may be age 6 or 7. Apparently taken at Baldwin Ranch.

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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.

Hugo Reid Adobe as it appeared in 1903. This photo shows it to have been what appears to be wooden siding and shingle roof with wide porch as altered by E.J. "Lucky" Baldwin.

Images

Hugo Reid Adobe (see also Baldwin Adobe)

Baldwin Adobe (see also Hugo Reid Adobe)

Dextra Baldwin on left, holding a large doll. She has ribbons in her hair and is wearing a large hat. Brother Baldwin M. Baldwin is sitting in a child's "walker-type" device and has white bonnet on.

Images

Baldwin M.Baldwin and Dextra Baldwin seated on grass, apparently at Baldwin Ranch. Baldwin is younger on left. Dextra has on large straw hat.

Images

North side of Hugo Reid Adobe facing Baldwin Lake.

Images

The Hugo Reid Adobe still stands in disrepair at the Los Angeles County Arboretum five years after preservation and restoration efforts should have started. At issue is whether it should be preserved as the Hugo Reid Adobe or reinterpreted as the Elias J. ("Lucky") Baldwin Adobe.

Cecilia Rasmussen, in her column "L.A. Then and Now," writes about Hugo and Victoria Reid.

Southeast corner of Baldwin Lake with a boat by the shore. Part of Hugo Reid Adobe is visible.

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Baldwin, Dextra

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Hugo Reid Adobe showing addition of wood made by E.J."Lucky" Baldwin, and original adobe with tile roof on right side of photo.

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The Los Angeles Board of Supervisors unanimously agreed to donate the Hugo Reid Family Statue to the city of Arcadia. The city will relocate the statue from Arcadia Community (County?) Park to the Ruth and Charles Gilb Arcadia Historical Museum. The article includes some history about Hugo Reid.

Reid, Hugo