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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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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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Formal portrait: four generations of Baldwins: left to right: Rosebudd Mullender, with hand on shoulder of her son, Joseph Mullender, Elias J. "Lucky" Baldwin (seated), and Clara Baldwin. Rosebudd was Clara's daughter.

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Date: unknown

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Date: unknown

Subjects: Baldwin, Elias J. "Lucky"; Baldwin family; Baldwin, Clara; Mullender, Rosebudd Doble; Mullender, Joseph

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w vertical

ID: 108

Collection: Photographs

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Photo of Elias J. "Lucky" Baldwin on the back of the joker of his specially designed playing cards. It is done as a montage with faces of black youngsters showing, as is a foot, and a hand. Across the card is printed Jolly Joker.

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Date: unknown

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Date: unknown

Subjects: Baldwin, Elias J. "Lucky"; Baldwin, Elias J. "Lucky"-Playing cards

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 501

Collection: Photographs

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E.J."Lucky" Baldwin pictured in light buggy pulled by two horses. Baldwin is talking to a man who is shown with hand on his hip. Caption reads: "Lucky" Baldwin driving over his estate.

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Date: 1906

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Date: 1906

Subjects: Rancho Santa Anita-1875-1909; Baldwin Ranch; Baldwin, Elias J. "Lucky"

Physical Description: 7x10 b&w

ID: 908

Collection: Photographs

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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.

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Newspaper: Pasadena Star News

Date: April 16, 2013

Pages: p. A3

Newspaper: 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

Collection: Newspaper Index

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.

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Newspaper: Pasadena Star News

Date: April 17, 2013

Pages: p. A3

Newspaper: 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

Collection: Newspaper Index

Photo of front page of the Los Angeles Times of April 3, 1909 with picture of Lily Bennett Baldwin and article about estate she inherited on death of Elias J."Lucky" Baldwin.

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Date: April 3, 1909

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Date: April 3, 1909

Subjects: Howard, Lily Baldwin; Baldwin, Elias J. "Lucky"

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 506

Collection: Photographs

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Interesting facts about Elias J. ("Lucky") Baldwin appear in the book "Picturing Los Angeles" by Jon and Nancy Wilkman.

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Newspaper: Pasadena Star News

Date: December 3, 2006

Pages: p. U-27

Newspaper: Pasadena Star News

Date: December 3, 2006

Pages: p. U-27

Subjects: Baldwin, Elias J. "Lucky"; Los Angeles - History; Wilkman, Jon; Wilkman, Nancy

Item ID: 30483AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Elias J. "Lucky" Baldwin in buggy hitched to a dark horse. Baldwin is figure on left. Seated next to him is W. McClelland who was Baldwin's horse trainer at this time. Standing beside buggy is an unidentified young man. Other mounted horsemen, black as well as white, are shown on track. This was taken at Baldwin's training track which was adjacent to present Michillinda near Colorado Boulevard. Etched on photo is: "E.J. Baldwin and J. McClelland on the track - Santa Anieta." (Anieta is misspelled and should be Anita.)

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Date: March 4, 1887

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Date: March 4, 1887

Subjects: Baldwin, Elias J. "Lucky"; McClelland, W.; Baldwin, Elias J. "Lucky"-Horses and horse racing

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w original hard board professional photograph, also 2 prints

ID: 110

Collection: Photographs

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E.J."Lucky" Baldwin with hand at back of hat. This is a close-up of photo #933.

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Date: 1907

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Date: 1907

Subjects: Baldwin, Elias J. "Lucky"

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 935

Collection: Photographs

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Photo taken from Arcadia Tribune issue of August 3, 1950 that shows Elias J."Lucky" Baldwin standing in front of Queen Anne Cottage with H.H. Cross, an artist who painted a number of important pictures of the Baldwin Ranch. Hal Roach, editor of Arcadia Tribune at this time, does not remember who brought original photo to them.

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Date: c.1885-88

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Date: c.1885-88

Subjects: Baldwin, Elias J. "Lucky"; Cross, H.H.

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 1051

Collection: Photographs

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Portrait of Elias J."Lucky" Baldwin.

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Date: c.1889

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Date: c.1889

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

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w vertical

ID: 503

Collection: Photographs

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Portrait of Elias J."Lucky" Baldwin

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Date: unknown

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Date: unknown

Subjects: Baldwin, Elias J. "Lucky"

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 1244

Collection: Photographs

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Portrait of Elias J."Lucky" Baldwin

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Date: unknown

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Date: unknown

Subjects: Baldwin, Elias J. "Lucky"

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 1245

Collection: Photographs

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Bust portrait of Elias J. "Lucky" Baldwin in oval.

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Date: 1875

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Date: 1875

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

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 17

Collection: Photographs

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Formal portrait of Elias J."Lucky" Baldwin on the right and his uncle, Jack Baldwin, on the left.

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Date: c.1890

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Date: c.1890

Subjects: Baldwin, Elias J. "Lucky"; Baldwin, Jack; Baldwin family

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 970

Collection: Photographs

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Elias J. "Lucky" Baldwin on left and Richard F. Carman Sr., one of America's early horsemen. Photo was taken probably about 1907 and printed in newspaper of March 1937 at the time of Carman's death. Carman's horses won four races and placed second in two others on opening day of Baldwin's Santa Anita Race Track.

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Date: 1907

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Date: 1907

Subjects: Baldwin, Elias J. "Lucky"; Carman, Richard F., Sr.

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 933

Collection: Photographs

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The library does not have a print of this negative. A print appears on p.65 of WHERE RANCH AND CITY MEET. Elias J."Lucky " Baldwin is pictured, circ 1903. It appears that he is playing poker. The hands of two other people are at either side and someone's foot is propped on the table in the front of the photo. Lucky is looking to one side and smiling.

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Date: c.1903

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Date: c.1903

Subjects: Baldwin, Elias J. "Lucky"

Physical Description: 4x5 negative

ID: 1388

Collection: Photographs

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Formal portrait of four persons. The two seated women are not identified. The man on the left is Elias J."Lucky" Baldwin and the one on the right is his uncle, Jack Baldwin.

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Date: c.1870

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Date: c.1870

Subjects: Baldwin, Elias J. "Lucky"; Baldwin, Jack

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 969

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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Formal portrait: four generations of Baldwins: left to right: Rosebudd Mullender, with hand on shoulder of her son, Joseph Mullender, Elias J. "Lucky" Baldwin (seated), and Clara Baldwin. Rosebudd was Clara's daughter.

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Photo of Elias J. "Lucky" Baldwin on the back of the joker of his specially designed playing cards. It is done as a montage with faces of black youngsters showing, as is a foot, and a hand. Across the card is printed Jolly Joker.

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E.J."Lucky" Baldwin pictured in light buggy pulled by two horses. Baldwin is talking to a man who is shown with hand on his hip. Caption reads: "Lucky" Baldwin driving over his estate.

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Photo of front page of the Los Angeles Times of April 3, 1909 with picture of Lily Bennett Baldwin and article about estate she inherited on death of Elias J."Lucky" Baldwin.

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Interesting facts about Elias J. ("Lucky") Baldwin appear in the book "Picturing Los Angeles" by Jon and Nancy Wilkman.

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E.J."Lucky" Baldwin with hand at back of hat. This is a close-up of photo #933.

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Portrait of Elias J."Lucky" Baldwin.

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Portrait of Elias J."Lucky" Baldwin

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Portrait of Elias J."Lucky" Baldwin

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Bust portrait of Elias J. "Lucky" Baldwin in oval.

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Formal portrait of Elias J."Lucky" Baldwin on the right and his uncle, Jack Baldwin, on the left.

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Formal portrait of four persons. The two seated women are not identified. The man on the left is Elias J."Lucky" Baldwin and the one on the right is his uncle, Jack Baldwin.

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