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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

Pages: p. 8

Newspaper: 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

Collection: Newspaper Index

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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Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: August 8, 2002

Pages: p. 9

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: August 8, 2002

Pages: p. 9

Subjects: Arcadia History - Rancho Santa Anita - 1875-1909; Peacocks; Peafowl

Item ID: 30719AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

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

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

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

Santa Anita Courthouse, located in Monrovia, which serves Monrovia, Arcadia, and Duarte, is being considered for shutdown by the Los Angeles Superior Court Executive Committee.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: September 19, 2002

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: September 19, 2002

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Santa Anita Courthouse

Item ID: 30763AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

A profile of Anita Baldwin, the lady behind Anoakia.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: May 25, 2000

Pages: p. 18

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: May 25, 2000

Pages: p. 18

Subjects: Anoakia; Baldwin, Anita

Item ID: 27713AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The Anoakia developer cannot bulldoze the Anita Baldwin mansion without a demolition permit which will not be granted by the city until certain requirements are met.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: May 18, 2000

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: May 18, 2000

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Anoakia; Baldwin, Anita

Item ID: 27708AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

History-Rancho Santa Anita (1838-1947)

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Start Date: 1838

End Date: 1947

Contents: 1. Chain of title. Three copies given to Arcadia Public Library on the Rancho's fiftieth anniversary. 2. "Santa Anita Rancho history told in book." News clip, circa 1956. 3. "Our community." Article from Arcadia Savings and Loan brochure. 4. "Arcadia, City of Arcadia." San Gabriel Valley Adver…

Start Date: 1838

End Date: 1947

Contents: 1. Chain of title. Three copies given to Arcadia Public Library on the Rancho's fiftieth anniversary.; 2. "Santa Anita Rancho history told in book." News clip, circa 1956.; 3. "Our community." Article from Arcadia Savings and Loan brochure.; 4. "Arcadia, City of Arcadia." San Gabriel Valley Advertiser, February 26, 1969 by I. Hope.; 5. "Arcadia gets publicity." News clip, 1927 copied from Alton Green's scrapbook.; 6. "The Romance of Rancho Santa Anita." Booklet by Rancho Santa Anita, circa 1948. Eight copies.; 7. Lasca Leaves, October 1967. Three copies.; 8. "The Romance of the Ranchos." Booklet by Palmer Conner, Title Insurance and Trust Company, 1941. Six copies. Insert of 1919 map of Old Spanish and Mexican Ranchos of Los Angeles County.; 9. "Rancho Santa Anita ... trials of ownership." Lasca Leaves, December 1975. Two copies.; 10. "The people of Rancho Santa Anita, Part II." Lasca Leaves, July 1956.; 11. "From romance to racehorses." Westways, February 1974.; 12. "Ranch Santa Anita." Section of the book, Brief Sketches of the History of the Ranchos San Pascual, Santa Anita ...etc. by J.M. Miller.; 13. Lasca Leaves, December 1975.; 14. a. "Historic Santa Anita: the development of the land." Brochure by the Arboretum, circa 1976. 14b. Historic Santa Anita the Development of the Land, undated. 14c. Historic Santa Anita the Development of the Land, originally printed by California Arboretum Foundation 1976, Revised and reprinted by Los Voluntarios 2006.; 15. "Expedients." Four pages detailing Reid's claim. Copied from the collection of Huntington Library.; 16. "Santa Anita Ranch, Rancho Santa Anita." Articles from The Westerner's Brand Book, published by Los Angeles Corral, 1956.; 17. "The old and new Santa Anita." Westways, January 1948.; 18. "Chain of horticulture." Lasca Leaves, July 1951.; 19. "The restorations at Rancho Santa Anita." Lasca Leaves, January 1961.; 20. "Background to Rancho Santa Anita." By Florence Slocum, circa 1969.; 21. "People say." Arcadia Tribune, February - April, 1941. A series of eight articles commemorating Rancho Santa Anita's 100th birthday.; 22. "Rancho Santa Anita 'Place of Many Waters.'" Lasca Leaves, October 1967 by Susanna Bryant Dakin.; 23. Historic calendar of events of Ranch Santa Anita. Peacock Call, September/October 1978.; 24. Manuscript of Mrs. C.W. (Emma Elinor Hines) Young. From the Bancroft Library at the University of California at Berkeley, October 1978. Photocopy of handwritten manuscript and typed copy.; 25. "Owners and cattle brands of the Rancho Santa Anita." The Branding Iron, June 1979 by Jack McCaskill.; 26. "The Baldwin legacy." Lasca Leaves, June 1976 by Sandy Snider.; 27. "Santa Anita Rancho - history told in book." Pasadena Independent, January 11, 1953. Pasadena Star News, September 23, 1956.; 28. "Pasadena the Crown of the Valley: a souvenir." Pasadena Board of Trade, 1893-1894 by E. Norman Baker. From the historical collection of William F. Salisbury.; 29. "Rancho Santa Anita - 'Place of Many Waters'." Junior League Community News, October 1957 by Susanna Bryant Dakin.; 30. "Rancho Santa Anita's colorful past." News clip, undated.; 31. "Rancho Santa Anita, chuck full of early California memories; one of the Southland's most beautiful spots." Arcadia Tribune, December 6, 1937, page 1.; 32. "Historic ranchos' sale recalls pioneer days." Los Angeles Times, April 5, 1936, Part V, page 1.; 33. "Two famous holdings to be subdivided soon. Santa Anita and La Cienega Ranch acreage purchased for vast residential development." Los Angeles Times, April 5, 1936, Part V.; 34. Town Rambler by Marjorie Hesse: description of Rancho Santa Anita and the arrangement of the rooms at the old adobe house as told by Miss Lena McCulley and second cousin of E.J. "Lucky" Baldwin, Mrs. H. H. Cross. Arcadia Tribune, June 22, 1938. Copied from Rancho Santa Anita Scrapbook #1, April 1936-Jan. 1, 1939. Arcadia Historical Society.; 35. "The Romance of California Land Titles" by Stuart O'Melveny. Title Insurance and Trust Company, 1928. (Rancho Santa Anita mentioned on page 13.); 36. Rancho Santa Anita and the development of San Marino and Sierra Madre. From pages 91, 93, 94, 100 of the book Pasadena Area History by Manuel Pineda and E. Caswell Perry (1972).