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Arcadia's new city government first formed in 1903 and its first meeting took place at Elias J. "Lucky" Baldwin's Oakwood Hotel, located at First Avenue and Santa Clara Road. Baldwin's hotel featured gambling and fine dining along with city government. The Oakwood Hotel burned down in 1911, and the city government moved to the McCoy Building at First Avenue and St. Joseph Street. Two years later, City Hall moved across the street to the Hibbard Building. In 1917, the first building was constructed as a City Hall at Huntington Drive and Second Avenue (?). A two-story colonial building was built for $18,000. This City Hall opened on July 13, 1918. City Hall moved in 1949 to a 13-acre parcel between Huntington Drive and the Pacific Electric railroad tracks.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31749
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 17, 2003
Pages
p. 1, 18
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 17, 2003
Pages
p. 1, 18
Subjects
Arcadia civic buildings
Arcadia City Hall - history - 1903-2003
Item ID
31946AN
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Heather Dawn Gibson, the great-great-great granddaughter of Lucky Baldwin has loaned several family heirlooms for an exhibit at the Arcadia Historical Museum.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper25295
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 9, 2003
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 9, 2003
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Gibson, Heather Dawn
Baldwin, Elias Jackson "Lucky"
Ruth and Charles Gilb Arcadia Historical Museum
Item ID
25493AN
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Newspaper Index
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Racing fans from across the country are filling hotels for the 20th Annual Breeders' Cup.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 24, 2003
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 24, 2003
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Santa Anita Park - 2001-2010
Hotels
Breeders' Cup
Item ID
26859AN
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A community picnic was held in honor of Arcadia's founder Elias J. "Lucky" Baldwin. Maddie Haynes and Leslie Heiburg are in the photo.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 24, 2002
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 24, 2002
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Baldwin, Elias J. "Lucky" - biography
Haynes, Maddie
Heiburg, Leslie
Lucky Baldwin Day Community Picnic
Item ID
30841AN
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Monrovia's Aztec Hotel is showcasing fine art in its non-profit Aztec Art Center Route 66 Gallery. Visitors are not just from Monrovia, but from Pasadena, Duarte and Arcadia. A painting by Manuel Barillas is pictured. The hotel is owned by Kathie Reece-McNeill. The hotel was designed in 1925 by English architect Robert Stacy-Judd and was inspired by Mayan and Aztect structures. The building has been on the National Register of Historic Places since 1976.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 5, 2009
Pages
p. B1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
February 5, 2009
Pages
p. B1
Subjects
Art
Aztec Hotel - Monrovia, California
Barillas, Manuel
Historic Buildings
Monrovia Association of Fine Arts
Pettie, Ron
Route 66 Gallery
Reece-McNeill, Kathie
Scully, Richard
Stacy-Judd, Robert
Item ID
31572AN
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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.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 8, 2002
Pages
p. 9
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 8, 2002
Pages
p. 9
Subjects
Arcadia History - Rancho Santa Anita - 1875-1909
Peacocks
Peafowl
Item ID
30719AN
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Newspaper Index
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Several blocks of Live Oak Avenue will be closed through Thursday while Edison crews remove street lights, traffic signals and wooden power poles that snapped under powerful overnight wind gusts Monday from the Santa Ana winds.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 7, 2003
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 7, 2003
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Santa Ana Winds
Streets - Live Oak Avenue
Item ID
25042AN
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Newspaper Index
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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
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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
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A well and several gates from the Anoakia mansion were removed and donated to the Arboretum.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper19287
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 1, 2000
Pages
p. A1 w/photo
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 1, 2000
Pages
p. A1 w/photo
Subjects
Anoakia
Arboretum
Item ID
19530AN
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Residents had a great time at the Lucky Baldwin Day community picnic held at Arcadia County Park on Sunday, October 27th.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 28, 2002
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 28, 2002
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Lucky Baldwin Day Community Picnic
Item ID
24926AN
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Joshua Connole, suspected of vandalizing SUVs at several auto dealerships, was freed from jail.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 16, 2003
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 16, 2003
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Hummers
Sport Utility Vehicles (SUV)
Earth Liberation Front (ELF)
Rusnak Mercedes-Benz
Vandalism
Ecoterrorists
Connole, Joshua
Item ID
26446AN
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The proposed site for Arcadia's Gold Line station is just east of Santa Anita Avenue, at the First Avenue/Santa Clara intersection. City leaders want to separate the railroad tracks from the street.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 19, 2004
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 19, 2004
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Gold Line --Pasadena to Montclair
Light rail trains
Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension
Item ID
28548AN
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The Pamplemousse, a favorite to win the Santa Anita Derby, was scratched from the race due to a lesion on the horse's left front leg tendon.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 6, 2009
Pages
p. B1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 6, 2009
Pages
p. B1
Subjects
Canani, Julio
Horses and horse racing
Santa Anita Derby
Santa Anita Park -- 2001-2010
Solis, Alex, II
The Pamplemousse (race horse)
Item ID
31620AN
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Wednesday was opening day for the 34th annual Oak Tree meet at Santa Anita Park. Attendance was 13,120, up from 11, 521 recorded last year.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 3, 2002
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 3, 2002
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Santa Anita Park 2001 - 2002
Item ID
24789AN
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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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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
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The new Oak Tree season began at Santa Anita Park on a new "cushion track" that cost more than $10 million. The article includes photos.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30736
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 27, 2007
Pages
p. News 1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 27, 2007
Pages
p. News 1
Subjects
Horse racing
Oak Tree racing
Santa Anita Park - 2001-2010
Item ID
30924AN
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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.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31725
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 24, 2009
Pages
p. A1
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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
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Newspaper Index
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Finalists have been determined in the 2001 City of Arcadia Mayor's Spelling Bee. Competition will be held at the Lucky Baldwin Day Community Picnic on October 28.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 25, 2001
Pages
p. 21
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 25, 2001
Pages
p. 21
Subjects
Bong, Crystal-Ya
He, Jeffrey
Lam, Matthew
Lee, Ariel
Mitchell, Kevin
Moseley, Kai Allen
Wu, Adela
Zhu, James
Spelling bees
Item ID
30337AN
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Anoakia Estates model homes to open for viewing by this spring. The community is made up of 31 luxury homes. Developer is Tom Hover. The homes were constructed on the site of Anoakia, an estate owned by Anita Baldwin, daughter of Arcadia city founder, Elias J. "Lucky" Baldwin, at Foothill Boulevard and Baldwin Avenue. The homes will be 2-stories, and 5,000-6,000 square feet.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33418
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 7, 2002
Pages
p. 1, 9
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 7, 2002
Pages
p. 1, 9
Subjects
Anoakia Estates
Baldwin, Anita
Housing developments
Hover, Tom
Item ID
33614AN
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Newspaper Index
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Oak Tree, Santa Anita Park's fall racing season, begins September 18. Oak Tree hosts the Breeders' Cup for the third time.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32722
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 11, 2003
Pages
p. 18
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 11, 2003
Pages
p. 18
Subjects
Santa Anita Park--2001-2010
Breeders' Cup
Horses and horse racing
Item ID
32919AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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