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Three armored tanks are seen mired in mud in an area of many oak trees. Two soldiers look over one of the tanks.

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Date: April 1943

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Date: April 1943

Subjects: Camp Santa Anita (U.S. Army Ordnance Center)

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 1076

Collection: Photographs

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Military tank with driver seen inside looking through opening just above tracks. Tank is heavily mired in mud.

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Date: April 1943

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Date: April 1943

Subjects: Camp Santa Anita (U.S. Army Ordnance Center)

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 1095

Collection: Photographs

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A platoon of U.S. Army Ordnance soldiers is seen drilling on a wet day at Camp Santa Anita. The barracks, that just a few months earlier had been housing for the Japanese evacuees, is seen in background.

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Date: 1943

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Date: 1943

Subjects: Camp Santa Anita (U.S. Army Ordnance Center)

Physical Description: 8x9 b&w

ID: 1134

Collection: Photographs

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Five soldiers seated at tables receiving instructions from teacher at front of room on operation of automatic pistols according to material on blackboard. This was one of training rooms at Santa Anita Park while it served as Camp Santa Anita, an Army Ordnance training center.

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Date: April 1943

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Date: April 1943

Subjects: Camp Santa Anita (U.S. Army Ordnance Center)

Physical Description: 7x10 b&w

ID: 1097

Collection: Photographs

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Camp Santa Anita (U.S. Army Ordnance Center)

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Contents: 1. "Santa Anita Ordnance troops reviewed." News clip, circa 1942-1943? 2. "Camp Santa Anita houses Polish refugees." Arcadia Bulletin, November 8, 1943. 3. "Army camp needs told." Arcadia Tribune, October 29, 1942. 4. "Arcadia camp 'showplace'." News clip, January 21, 1943. 5. "G.I. Santa Anit…

Contents: 1. "Santa Anita Ordnance troops reviewed." News clip, circa 1942-1943?; 2. "Camp Santa Anita houses Polish refugees." Arcadia Bulletin, November 8, 1943.; 3. "Army camp needs told." Arcadia Tribune, October 29, 1942.; 4. "Arcadia camp 'showplace'." News clip, January 21, 1943.; 5. "G.I. Santa Anita." Westways, December 1943, p. 12-13.; 6. Four issues of Man O' War, publication of the camp from 1943 and 1944. See also bound volume of this in Arcadia archives.; 7. "Veterans visit their old camp." Los Angeles Times, August 14, 1967, Part II-S.; 8. Notes taken from interview with William Dillon, Captain in the 14th Field Artillery Observation Battalion, once assigned to Camp Santa Anita. August 27, 1980.; 9. "Camp Santa Anita remembered: during WWII it was the Great Arms Place." Los Angeles Times, December 25, 1981, Part III, page 1 by Shav Glick.; 10. "Dear Joe." Handbook for soldiers stationed at Camp Santa Anita.; 11. "Santa Anita goes to war." Source and date unknown.; 12. "Colonia Santa Rosa." Copy of Spanish brochure regarding Polish refugees at Camp Santa Anita. Also includes correspondence regarding refugees.; 13. Letter from Bronislaw Keilbasa to the Arcadia Chamber of Commerce, April 2, 1995. It requests information on Polish refugees that stayed near Arcadia during World War II. Enclosed was an article, "Wartime living - happiness in California," dated November 15, 1942.; 14. Copies of documents regarding Polish refugees at Camp Santa Anita, courtesy of Bronislaw Kielbasa. 35 pages.; 15. Letter to Mrs. Pat Corpe Krig from Jane Breiseth dated July 16, 1999, with information about Annadorf and Camp Santa Anita. (cc: Mary Beth Hayes) Three attachments: (1) Listing of soldiers who worked at Annadorf while stationed at Camp Santa Anita, people interested in Annadorf , and sources for further research. (2) copies of photos of Annadorf and Art Monaco receiving Legion of Merit at Camp Santa Anita. (3) Information on Camp Santa Anita copied from the United States Army in World War II: The Technical Service: The Ordnance Department Planning Munitions for War. 11 pages total.; 16. Letter from Mary Beth Hayes to Jane Breiseth dated September 15, 1999, thanking Ms. Breiseth for information about Annadorf.; 17. Letter from Mary Beth Hayes to Phillip C. Kellison requesting information on the images Mr. Kellison might have of Camp Santa Anita. Referred to by Researcher Jane Breiseth. September 15, 1999.; 18. All bets were off. Shav Glick , a longtime Times sportswriter, recalls when he served at the Camp Santa Anita Army training camp during World War II. Los Angeles Times, November 4, 2003, p. D1.; 19. Santa Rosa Colony: story of a Polish War-Refugee Camp, in Mexico. English translation of document #12 above.; 20a. Annadorf: a German town in the San Gabriels. Part 1 of 3. Published by Wrightwood Historical Society, December 7, 2001. Printed from Internet Website http://www.wrightwoodcalif.com/WrightwoodHistorical/ on December 30, 2005.; 20b. Annadorf: a German town in the San Gabriels. Part 2 of 3. Published by Wrightwood Historical Society, January 4, 2002. Printed from Internet Website http://www.wrightwoodcalif.com/WrightwoodHistorical/ on December 30, 2005.; 20c. Annadorf: a German town in the San Gabriels. Part 3 of 3. Published by Wrightwood Historical Society, February 1, 2002. Printed from Internet Website http://www.wrightwoodcalif.com/WrightwoodHistorical/ on December 30, 2005.; 21. Down the home stretch at Santa Anita: the week the race track became a camp for Polish refugee children, October 1943. By Joyce Young-Kelly. Submitted to Professor Charles Roberts, Department of History, California State University, Sacramento. With cover letter from Joyce Kelly to librarian Yvonne Ng.; 22."Santa Anita Park to be Nazi Camp: German Prisoners of War Will be Kept at Former Race Track Plant." Los Angeles Times, February 19, 1944.; 23. "Santa Anita transformed: former Jap Assembly Center fast becoming army training hub." Los Angeles Times, December 14, 1942.; 24. "Lee Side o' L.A. by Lee Shippey. A journalist's description of Camp Santa Anita." Los Angeles Times, April 28, 1943.; 25. "Nation's armed might show attracts 50,000: 'Times'-Army Ordnance in action display at Exposition Park also will be open today." Los Angeles Times, September 12, 1943.; 26. "Santa Anita will house 2000 Nazis: Army confirms plan for Prison Camp. " Los Angeles Times, March 9, 1944.; 27. "Santa Anita Park ready in month." Los Angeles Times, September 20, 1944.; 28. Wartime living: happiness in California. 727 Poles discovered happiness at the barracks of Camp Santa Anita. Polish refugees, 350 children who were wards of Poland's Government in Exile, stayed for six days on their way to Mexico City. Time Magazine, November 15, 1943.; 29. Editor of U.S. Army camp paper Man O' War of Santa Anita, California Army Ordnance Training Center will be the editor of Toykyo Express, a new newspaper for the Pacific theater. Time Magazine, June 5, 1944.

Subjects: Camp Santa Anita (U.S. Army Ordnance Center)

Item ID: 42AF

Collection: Subject Files

U.S. Army personnel looking through periodicals in front of wagering windows at Santa Anita Race Track during years it was used as Camp Santa Anita, a U.S. Army Ordnance training camp.

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Date: c.1943

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Date: c.1943

Subjects: Camp Santa Anita (U.S. Army Ordnance Center)

Physical Description: 7x10 b&w

ID: 1096

Collection: Photographs

Images

Camp Santa Anita

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 21, 1943

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 21, 1943

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Camp Santa Anita (U. S. Army Ordnance Center)

Item ID: 3746AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Eight civic minded men armed with shovels have apparently just installed sign reading: Give the Boys a Lift. This would have been during World War II when thousands of Army personnel were stationed in Arcadia and the sign designed to encourage residents to give the soldiers rides into Pasadena or other locations.

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Date: c.1942

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Date: c.1942

Subjects: Camp Santa Anita (U.S.Army Ordnance Center)

Physical Description: 6x10 b&w

ID: 951

Collection: Photographs

Images

Photo of top half of the cover of a tabloid-sized souvenir program given by the Army Ordnance, at an open house held in September 1943 at the Los Angeles Collesium. Writing across front reads: ORDNANCE IN ACTION Man O'War Ordnance Training Center Camp Santa Anita, Arcadia, California.

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Date: September 1943

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Date: September 1943

Subjects: Camp Santa Anita (U.S.Army Ordnance Center)

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 955

Collection: Photographs

Images

Aerial view south of Balloon School and surrounding part of valley. Large tree-lined street running from center of photo toward lower left edge of photo is Santa Anita. Tree-lined street coming in on right edge of photo about two inches from bottom of photo and intersecting Santa Anita, is Duarte Road. Note wash that at present is just west of Arcadia High School. Rio Hondo Wash runs east to west across middle of photo.

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Date: c.1918

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Date: c.1918

Subjects: Aerial Photo Collection; Aerial views; U.S. Army Balloon School see Balloon School; Balloon School

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 152

Collection: Photographs

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Writer Charles Cooper continues his series of articles called "Memories of Arcadia" with a history and description of the U.S. Army Balloon School that was at Camp Ross (or Ross Field) in Arcadia during World War I. The balloon school was located on the current site of Arcadia County Park.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: July 3, 2003

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: July 3, 2003

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Camp Ross; U.S. Army Balloon School-Ross Field-Arcadia, CA; World War I

Item ID: 31780AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Paul Graf, 90, of New Albany, Indiana, came back to Arcadia to see Santa Anita Park again. He had been based there as a United States Army staff sergeant during World War II, when the track was turned over to the Army Ordnance Corps for training purposes and was officially renamed Camp Santa Anita. Graf said he used to run for exercise on the Anita Chiquita training track, which was eliminated when the Santa Anita Fashion Park was built in the 1970s. Graf had arrived at Camp Santa Anita around November 1942, after the site had already been used as the Japanese Assembly Center. Photo shows Graf holding an issue of Man O' War, a newspaper issued by army personnel at Camp Santa Anita.

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Newspaper: Pasadena Star News

Date: September 27, 2011

Pages: p. A1, A6

Newspaper: Pasadena Star News

Date: September 27, 2011

Pages: p. A1, A6

Subjects: Camp Santa Anita; Graf, Paul; Santa Anita Park--1934-1942; United States Army Ordnance Corps; Veterans--World War II

Item ID: 32749AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Man O’ War. Ordnance Training Center. Camp Santa Anita. Arcadia, California

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Contents: 1. Man O’ War. Ordnance Training Center. Camp Santa Anita. Arcadia, California. Vol. 1, No. 1, December 25, 1942 – Vol. 2, No. 22, May 19, 1944. Bound, Complete

Contents: 1. Man O’ War. Ordnance Training Center. Camp Santa Anita. Arcadia, California. Vol. 1, No. 1, December 25, 1942 – Vol. 2, No. 22, May 19, 1944. Bound, Complete

Subjects: Man O’ War. Ordnance Training Center. Camp Santa Anita. Arcadia, California

Location: History Room

Box Number: Box 39

Shelf Number: Shelf B5

Item ID: 348AF

Collection: Subject Files

Man O’ War. Ordnance Training Center. Camp Santa Anita. Arcadia, California

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Contents: 1. Man O’ War. Ordnance Training Center. Camp Santa Anita. Arcadia, California. Miscellaneous loose issues.

Contents: 1. Man O’ War. Ordnance Training Center. Camp Santa Anita. Arcadia, California. Miscellaneous loose issues.

Subjects: Man O’ War. Ordnance Training Center. Camp Santa Anita. Arcadia, California

Location: History Room

Box Number: Box 39A

Shelf Number: Shelf B5

Item ID: 349AF

Collection: Subject Files

Camp Santa Anita Ordnance Training Center, at Santa Anita Park, from 1942-1945, is featured in a temporary exhibit at Gilb Museum of Arcadia Heritage, through March 30.

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Newspaper: Pasadena Star News

Date: February 1, 2013

Pages: p. A3

Newspaper: Pasadena Star News

Date: February 1, 2013

Pages: p. A3

Subjects: Camp Santa Anita Ordnance Training Center; Dunn, Dana; Gilb Museum of Arcadia Heritage

Item ID: 33562AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Looking north east toward intersection of Santa Anita Ave. near point where Campus Drive intersects. McLean's Garage is plainly seen on the right. A large gasoline truck is parked just to the north. Farther north can be seen Arcadia Cash Market with another tank truck parked in front. There are at least 9 people seen standing by; one, a police officer, third from right.

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Date: c.1933

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Date: c.1933

Subjects: McLean's Garage; Arcadia Cash Market; Santa Anita Avenue

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 849

Collection: Photographs

Images

View of small group of Japanese who have just arrived on Pacific Electric Railroad cars on right. On the left can be seen approximately eight helmeted military guards standing at ready in front of Barracks-like quarters people will live in at the Santa Anita Assembly Center for the Japanese.

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Date: April 1942

1 image

Date: April 1942

Subjects: Santa Anita Assembly Center for the Japanese-Security measures; Santa Anita Park-1942-1945

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 660

Collection: Photographs

Images

View north to Clubhouse and Grandstand at Santa Anita Race Track. There is large oak in foreground on right side of photo. San Gabriel Valley Mountains in background.

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Date: c.1940

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Date: c.1940

Subjects: Santa Anita Park-1934-1942

Physical Description: 3x5 postcard

ID: 557

Collection: Photographs

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Flood damage on N. Santa Anita Avenue. The front end of a car is just visible in the left foreground. A sign nailed to a tree reads "STRAWBERRIES FOR SALE." The San Gabriel mountains are seen in the background.

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Date: March 1954

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Date: March 1954

Subjects: Streets-Santa Anita Avenue; Floods

Physical Description: 3x4

ID: 1425

Collection: Photographs

Images

Extremely long line of Japanese evacuees at Santa Anita Assembly Center queued up for an unknown purpose. Pepper tree foliage frames photo. There is a long housing unit seen on right side of photo.

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Date: April 1942

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Date: April 1942

Subjects: Santa Anita Assembly Center for the Japanese-Living quarters & conditions; Santa Anita Park-1942-1945

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 692

Collection: Photographs

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Three armored tanks are seen mired in mud in an area of many oak trees. Two soldiers look over one of the tanks.

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Military tank with driver seen inside looking through opening just above tracks. Tank is heavily mired in mud.

Images

A platoon of U.S. Army Ordnance soldiers is seen drilling on a wet day at Camp Santa Anita. The barracks, that just a few months earlier had been housing for the Japanese evacuees, is seen in background.

Images

Five soldiers seated at tables receiving instructions from teacher at front of room on operation of automatic pistols according to material on blackboard. This was one of training rooms at Santa Anita Park while it served as Camp Santa Anita, an Army Ordnance training center.

Images

Camp Santa Anita (U.S. Army Ordnance Center)

U.S. Army personnel looking through periodicals in front of wagering windows at Santa Anita Race Track during years it was used as Camp Santa Anita, a U.S. Army Ordnance training camp.

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Camp Santa Anita

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Photo of top half of the cover of a tabloid-sized souvenir program given by the Army Ordnance, at an open house held in September 1943 at the Los Angeles Collesium. Writing across front reads: ORDNANCE IN ACTION Man O'War Ordnance Training Center Camp Santa Anita, Arcadia, California.

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Writer Charles Cooper continues his series of articles called "Memories of Arcadia" with a history and description of the U.S. Army Balloon School that was at Camp Ross (or Ross Field) in Arcadia during World War I. The balloon school was located on the current site of Arcadia County Park.

Man O’ War. Ordnance Training Center. Camp Santa Anita. Arcadia, California

Man O’ War. Ordnance Training Center. Camp Santa Anita. Arcadia, California

Camp Santa Anita Ordnance Training Center, at Santa Anita Park, from 1942-1945, is featured in a temporary exhibit at Gilb Museum of Arcadia Heritage, through March 30.

Images

View of small group of Japanese who have just arrived on Pacific Electric Railroad cars on right. On the left can be seen approximately eight helmeted military guards standing at ready in front of Barracks-like quarters people will live in at the Santa Anita Assembly Center for the Japanese.

Images

View north to Clubhouse and Grandstand at Santa Anita Race Track. There is large oak in foreground on right side of photo. San Gabriel Valley Mountains in background.

Images

Flood damage on N. Santa Anita Avenue. The front end of a car is just visible in the left foreground. A sign nailed to a tree reads "STRAWBERRIES FOR SALE." The San Gabriel mountains are seen in the background.

Images

Extremely long line of Japanese evacuees at Santa Anita Assembly Center queued up for an unknown purpose. Pepper tree foliage frames photo. There is a long housing unit seen on right side of photo.

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