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"The Oaks" in the days of Lucky Baldwin

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper4074
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 23, 1950
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 23, 1950
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Rancho Santa Anita - 1875 - 1909
Baldwin, Elias J. "Lucky"
Item ID
3950AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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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
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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
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Champion Sports Cards and Collectibles located at 150 East Santa Clara is profiled.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 8, 1995
Pages
p. B3 photo
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 8, 1995
Pages
p. B3 photo
Subjects
Business & Industry - Champion Sports Cards and Collectibles
Item ID
4722AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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San Gabriel Mission

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Artist
Justine Wishek
Description
San Gabriel Mission -- Established in 1771 by Frs. Cambon and Somera, the fourth of 21 missions built by the Franciscan Fathers along El Camino Real. It became known as "The Queen of the Missions". The largest and richest of the missions, its fertile lands extended from the Pacific Ocean to the San…
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Justine Wishek
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San Gabriel Mission -- Established in 1771 by Frs. Cambon and Somera, the fourth of 21 missions built by the Franciscan Fathers along El Camino Real. It became known as "The Queen of the Missions". The largest and richest of the missions, its fertile lands extended from the Pacific Ocean to the San Bernardino Mountains, and the entire "Valley" was under its jurisdiction.
Item ID
2W
Collection
Paintings
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San Gabriel Mission

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Artist
Edna Lenz
Description
Choir Loft Stairway--at the San Gabriel Mission.
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Artist
Edna Lenz
Description
Choir Loft Stairway--at the San Gabriel Mission.
Item ID
3L
Collection
Paintings
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San Gabriel Mission

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Artist
Edna Lenz
Description
Mission Bells (San Gabriel Mission) -- Brought from Spain for the belfry (campanario), the bells, in their rope-worn niches, are still used on occasion.
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Artist
Edna Lenz
Description
Mission Bells (San Gabriel Mission) -- Brought from Spain for the belfry (campanario), the bells, in their rope-worn niches, are still used on occasion.
Item ID
4L
Collection
Paintings
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San Gabriel Mission. Agriculture

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Artist
Edna Lenz
Description
Trinity Grapevine -- Alleged to be California's first grapevine, planted near the San Gabriel Mission by David Franklin Hall in 1861.
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Artist
Edna Lenz
Description
Trinity Grapevine -- Alleged to be California's first grapevine, planted near the San Gabriel Mission by David Franklin Hall in 1861.
Item ID
8L
Collection
Paintings
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Dedication of San Gabriel Mission

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 30, 1939
Pages
p. 2
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 30, 1939
Pages
p. 2
Subjects
San Gabriel Mission
Item ID
4169AN
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Perez, Dona Eulalia. San Gabriel Mission

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Artist
Justine Wishek
Description
Dona Eulalia Perez -- Housekeeper of the San Gabriel Mission from 1821 to 1835, this charitable lady kept the keys of the storehouses, soap house and olive mill ...apportioned the daily rations to the Indian workers ...instructed the neophytes in the culinary arts... and was an accomplished nurse a…
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Justine Wishek
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Dona Eulalia Perez -- Housekeeper of the San Gabriel Mission from 1821 to 1835, this charitable lady kept the keys of the storehouses, soap house and olive mill ...apportioned the daily rations to the Indian workers ...instructed the neophytes in the culinary arts... and was an accomplished nurse and midwife." She lived to be 110, and was buried at the Mission.
Item ID
5W
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Paintings
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San Gabriel Mission. Las Tunas Adobe

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Artist
Justine Wishek
Description
Las Tunas Adobe -- Reputed to be the oldest adobe dwelling in California. It was occupied by the Padres during the construction of the San Gabriel Mission.
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Artist
Justine Wishek
Description
Las Tunas Adobe -- Reputed to be the oldest adobe dwelling in California. It was occupied by the Padres during the construction of the San Gabriel Mission.
Item ID
6W
Collection
Paintings
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Articles regarding Rancho Santa Anita

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 17 thru March 31, 1938 p. 1 ("Romance of Santa Anita")
April 27 ,1939 p. 2 (25 acres donated)
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 17 thru March 31, 1938 p. 1 ("Romance of Santa Anita")
April 27 ,1939 p. 2 (25 acres donated)
Subjects
Rancho Santa Anita - 1909 - 1947
Baldwin, Anita
Item ID
3951AN
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Another homeless village set to open in Baldwin Park. 16-unit tiny home complex will house families in need. It's called Serenity Homes, 13167 Garvey Avenue in Baldwin Park. Senator Susan Rubio, D-West Covina, celebrated the opening with elected officials from all over the San Gabriel Valley, including from Arcadia, Azusa, Glendora, La Puente, Monrovia, San Marino, South Pasadena, Temple City and Mount San Antonio College. It is the second tiny homes village opening in Baldwin Park within a year and serves as a model for how cities can expand homeless services.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 25, 2022
Pages
p. A3, A14
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 25, 2022
Pages
p. A3, A14
Subjects
Baldwin Park, California
Homeless
Homelessness
Housing
Rubio, Susan
Social issues
Tiny homes
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Filmmakers will spend 5 weeks on a location shoot at Santa Anita Park for "Seabiscuit," a movie about the legendary horse that captured national attention in the 1930's.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 17, 2002
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 17, 2002
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Seabiscuit
Santa Anita Park 2001 - 2010
Filmmaking
Moving pictures
Item ID
24837AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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A cabin is lost, but memories endure. Greg Vanni of Arcadia, had a cabin among the 80 historic Chantry Flat cabins in Big Santa Anita Canyon. It burned to its foundation in the Bobcat Fire. It was a 350-foot cabin built in 1910 during "The Great Hiking Era," a time between the 1880s to the late 1930s in Southern California, when settlers from the city were drawn to the San Gabriel Mountains looking for adventure. The historic Adams Pack Station survived the fire.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 22, 2020
Pages
p. A4, A5
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 22, 2020
Pages
p. A4, A5
Subjects
Big Santa Anita Canyon
Bobcat Fire
Cabins
Chantry Flat
Fires
Schoth, Lauren
Vanni, Greg
Collection
Newspaper Index
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The future of racing at Santa Anita Park is unclear as its owner, Meditrust, considers restructuring its operation.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 11, 1998
Pages
p. A-1 w / photo
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 11, 1998
Pages
p. A-1 w / photo
Subjects
Santa Anita Companies
Item ID
15131AN
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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
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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
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Los Angeles County Arboretum and Baldwin family push to revive Baldwin Lake. The 4-acre lake in the middle of the Arboretum stands polluted, filled with tons of mud and filth from years of urban runoff. Tony Zampiello, executive officer of the Main San Gabriel Basin Watermaster, along with the county's Department of Parks and Recreation, have formed a task force with goal of dredging the old lake built by Elias J. "Lucky" Baldwin in the late 19th century. Margaux Viera, Baldwin's great-great-great granddaughter, a member of the "Save Baldwin Lake" task force, says the shoreline around the lake is collapsing and eroding. See hard copy in VF "Arboretum."

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 29, 2014
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 29, 2014
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Baldwin Lake
Los Angeles County Arboretum
Viera, Margaux
Item ID
34242AN
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Dr. Charles H. Strub brought horse racing back to Arcadia. After the state made it legal again in 1930, Anita Baldwin tried to revive her father, Elias J. "Lucky" Baldwin's dream of a Santa Anita Racetrack. She worked with Joe Smoot but he couldn't achieve this, even though Arcadia City Council licensed his Santa Anita Jockey Club. San Francisco dentist Charles H. Strub (pronounced Stroob), owner of the San Francisco Seals baseball team, got a license for the Los Angeles Turf Club and founded Santa Anita Park with Hal Roach and other promoters. The track was designed by Gordon Kaufman and opened December 25, 1934.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31772
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 7, 2003
Pages
p. 10
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 7, 2003
Pages
p. 10
Subjects
Horse racing
Los Angeles Turf Club
Santa Anita Jockey Club
Santa Anita Park - history
Smoot, Joe
Strub, Dr. Charles H.
Strub, Robert
Item ID
31969AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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The old Arcadia Tribune Building, built sometime in the 1930's at 53 E. Huntington, is being restored for use by Postal Instant Press.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 12, 1975
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 12, 1975
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Buildings
Item ID
685AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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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.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30531
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 8, 2002
Pages
p. 9
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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
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