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Photo of boat landing built at southwest end of lake. This is another of the Baldwin playing cards. It bears the title along the bottom: the boar landing. One person is in the boat, one is seated on the landing.

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Date
c.1880's

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Date
c.1880's
Subjects
Rancho Santa Anita
Baldwin, Elias J. "Lucky"-Playing cards
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
133
Collection
Photographs
Images
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This is another of the backs of the Baldwin playing cards. Shows the winery. Also in photo, two horses hitched to a wagon. People in wagon and also sitting and standing nearby.

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Date
c.1880's

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Date
c.1880's
Subjects
Rancho Santa Anita
Baldwin, Elias J. "Lucky"-Playing cards
Physical Description
8x10 b&w vertical
ID
133A
Collection
Photographs
Images
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Home of '49 is printed across bottom of this, one of backs of playing cards Baldwin had made with photos from around the ranch. This shows small log cabin which Baldwin purportedly had brought here from his father's farm in Hamilton, Indiana, to remind him of his beginnings.

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Date
c.1880's

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Date
c.1880's
Subjects
Rancho Santa Anita
Baldwin, Elias J."Lucky"-Playing cards
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
131
Collection
Photographs
Images
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Cedar Walk on Ranch. Hugo Reid Adobe appears to be directly at the end of this walk. Note bell from San Gabriel Mission hanging in shelter made for it. Framed photos are of Baldwin's three hotels: Tallac at Lake Tahoe, Baldwin Hotel & Theater, San Francisco, and the Oakwood, Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs128
Date
February 12, 1894

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Date
February 12, 1894
Subjects
Rancho Santa Anita
Baldwin Ranch
Physical Description
8x20 b&w
ID
128
Collection
Photographs
Images
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View looking east toward wing of Hugo Reid adobe added by Baldwin. Lake is on left. In foreground is a rustic shelter built to house bell which came from San Gabriel Mission under peculiar circumstances (and that was in later years returned to Mission by Anita Baldwin). There is also one of Baldwin's mastiffs (dog) standing in left foreground and unidentified man in background.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs886
Date
c.1893

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Date
c.1893
Subjects
Rancho Santa Anita-1875-1909
Physical Description
7x10 b&w
ID
879
Collection
Photographs
Images
Less detail

Baldwin, Elias J.- Playing Cards

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Contents
1. Custom playing cards, plastic coated. 2. Description of each playing card, custom made for Baldwin's Oakwood Hotel in Arcadia.
Contents
1. Custom playing cards, plastic coated.
2. Description of each playing card, custom made for Baldwin's Oakwood Hotel in Arcadia.
Subjects
Baldwin, Elias J.- Playing Cards
Item ID
28AF
Collection
Subject Files
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Elderly Indian shown only from waist up. It is not possible to tell whether person is a man or woman. The photo is from Ace of Diamonds in the E.J."Lucky" Baldwin playing cards. This photograph belongs to the Huntington Library. It is shown here for research only.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs737
Date
c.1890's

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Date
c.1890's
Subjects
Rancho Santa Anita-1875-1909
Baldwin, Elias J. "Lucky"-Playing cards
Native-Americans
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
733
Collection
Photographs
Images
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View north toward San Gabriel Mountains showing Arcadia Santa Fe Railroad Station. This is one of playing cards made by E.J."Lucky" Baldwin, each showing a different scene of the Ranch or Arcadia area. This is the three of hearts. This photo belongs to the Huntington Library. It is shown here for research only.

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Date
c.1890

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Date
c.1890
Subjects
Railroads-Arcadia Railroad Station
Railroads-Arcadia Santa Fe Station
Baldwin, Elias J. "Lucky"-Playing cards
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
535
Collection
Photographs
Images
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Photo titled "Leave taking" has been copied from the deck of cards Baldwin had made. This is on the eight of Diamonds. It shows Elias J. Baldwin apparently getting ready to get into a light carriage. There appear to be two young girls bidding him farewell. In background are 3 women dressed for travel as well as one man. This photo belongs to the Huntington Library. It is shown here for research only.

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Date
c.1893 (dated by falling leg-o-mutton sleeve on girls coat)

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Date
c.1893 (dated by falling leg-o-mutton sleeve on girls coat)
Subjects
Baldwin, Elias J. "Lucky"-Playing cards
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
804
Collection
Photographs
Images
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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
Images
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The library does not have a print of this negative. A print appears on p.35 of WHERE RANCH AND CITY MEET. The negative was reproduced from a deck of Baldwin playing cards. This one portrays the Baldwin Winery. Printed along the bottom are the words THE WINERY.

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Date
original print c.1890

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Date
original print c.1890
Subjects
Baldwin, Elias J. "Lucky"-Wines and winemaking
Baldwin, Elias J. "Lucky"-Playing cards
Physical Description
2x3 b&w negative
ID
1133
Collection
Photographs
Images
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Horse, held by hand of groom who is off picture to the left, standing by horse stables on E.J. "Lucky" Baldwin's Ranch. About 5 men can be seen down the corridor in front of stalls. White rail fencing is seen on extreme right with eucalyptus trees shading area. Picture is on Queen of Diamonds and is labeled Lady Diamond. This photo belongs to the Huntington Library. It is shown here for research only.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs215
Date
c.1895

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Date
c.1895
Subjects
Baldwin, Elias J. "Lucky"-Horses and horse racing
Baldwin, Elias J. "Lucky"-Playing cards
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
214
Collection
Photographs
Images
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Vineyards on Baldwin Ranch. View is north from a point of present Huntington Drive. Chantry Flats Road is visible at right edge of photo. San Gabriel Mountains form background.

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Date
c.1900

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Date
c.1900
Subjects
Agriculture
Rancho Santa Anita
Baldwin, Elias J. "Lucky" - Wines and winemaking
San Gabriel Mountains
Physical Description
8x10 b&w 2 prints 2 slides
ID
2
Collection
Photographs
Images
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Winery (brick portion of building) built according to Lupe Cuellar, in 1876. Shed built of wood was added later and converted to carpentry shop for Santa Anita Race Track. Winery was located on low hills just north of present race track building.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs126
Date
unknown

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Date
unknown
Subjects
Rancho Santa Anita
Baldwin, Elias J. "Lucky"-Wines and winemaking
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
126
Collection
Photographs
Images
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Man and lady (not identified) standing by small log cabin referred to as "Home of the 49er" on Baldwin's Ranch. It is said that Baldwin had it built to remind him of his background.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs887
Date
c.1893

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Date
c.1893
Subjects
Rancho Santa Anita-1875-1909
Baldwin Ranch
Physical Description
7x10 b&w
ID
880
Collection
Photographs
Images
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Elias J. "Lucky" Baldwin Ranch dairy buildings. These have been located for the library by Reid Greer as just west of Tallac Knoll and later were purchased and operated by Supreme Dairy.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs115
Date
unknown

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Date
unknown
Subjects
Rancho Santa Anita
Baldwin Ranch
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
115
Collection
Photographs
Images
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Aerial view of Rancho Santa Anita taken above Dairy, looking north, with 5,000,000 gallon reservoir in lower left, and Baldwin's one mile training track built in 1876 with stud barn buildings on south end of track. Eaton's Santa Anita at Colorado Boulevard and Michillinda Avenue just visible at top of photo.

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Date
March 7, 1940

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Unidentified man standing beside what is here referred to as Baldwin's Old Mining Home. It was a small log cabin built on the ranch.

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Date
c.1893

  1 image

Date
c.1893
Subjects
Rancho Santa Anita-1875-1909
Baldwin Ranch
Physical Description
7x10 b&w
ID
883
Collection
Photographs
Images
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Photo of Bell Tower of Mission San Gabriel.

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Date
c. 1970

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Date
c. 1970
Subjects
San Gabriel Valley
Mission San Gabriel
Physical Description
8x8 color
ID
611
Collection
Photographs
Images
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View north across ranch fields from approximate location of Huntington Drive near present Baldwin White Building. May have been fruit packing shed according to map drawn from memory by Lupe Cuellar. (See photo #123. Also see photo #15 taken from almost the same location.) San Gabriel Mountains across photo.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs122
Date
1937

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Date
1937
Subjects
Rancho Santa Anita
Baldwin Ranch
San Gabriel Mountains
Physical Description
6x10 b&w
ID
122
Collection
Photographs
Images
Less detail

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