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Flood damage on N. Santa Anita Avenue. This view was taken at Perkins and Santa Anita. A sign pointing toward Sierra Madre is visible on the left and the San Gabriel Mountains are visible in the background. There is a car on the right.

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Date: March 1954

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Date: March 1954

Subjects: Streets-Santa Anita Avenue; Floods

Physical Description: 3x4

ID: 1421

Collection: Photographs

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Flood damage on N. Santa Anita Avenue. A house is visible to the right and a person is standing with his/her back to the camera on the left. There are two sawhorses visible. 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: 1424

Collection: Photographs

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Flood damage on N. Santa Anita Avenue at Perkins Drive. Two or three people are seen walking in the distance.

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Date: March 1954

1 image

Date: March 1954

Subjects: Streets-Santa Anita Avenue; Floods

Physical Description: 3x4

ID: 1423

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

1 image

Date: March 1954

Subjects: Streets-Santa Anita Avenue; Floods

Physical Description: 3x4

ID: 1425

Collection: Photographs

Images

Flood damage on N. Santa Anita Avenue. A sign reads "FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH a MILE." There is an unidentified man walking toward the camera on the left.

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Date: March 1954

1 image

Date: March 1954

Subjects: Streets-Santa Anita Avenue; Floods

Physical Description: 3x4

ID: 1426

Collection: Photographs

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Santa Anita Race Track seen from a distance. View is toward the north. The San Gabriel mountains are visible behind the track. Cars are parked in the parking lot.

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Date: c. mid 1950's

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Date: c. mid 1950's

Subjects: Santa Anita Park-1945-1980

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 1339

Collection: Photographs

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Santa Anita Wash following flooding of early 1938. View is looking west along washed-out Santa Fe Railroad tracks toward Santa Fe Bridge across Santa Anita Wash. People can be seen looking at the damage.

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Date: March 3, 1938

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Date: March 3, 1938

Subjects: Flood control; Santa Anita Wash

Physical Description: 5x7 b&w

ID: 812

Collection: Photographs

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Aerial view looking north over flooded Santa Anita Wash looking upstream. Street cutting across photo closest to bottom is Huntington Drive. The next crossing upstream carries Santa Fe Railroad track. The last crossing that is clearly visible is Pacific Electric Railroad bridge. North/south street crossing Huntington Drive nearest wash would be Fifth Avenue. Foothill Boulevard is just barely visible near top of photo.

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Date: March 3, 1938

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Date: March 3, 1938

Subjects: Aerial Photo Collection; Aerial views; Fifth Avenue; Flood control; Foothill Boulevard; Huntington Drive; Railroads; Santa Anita Wash

Physical Description: 5x7 b&w

ID: 809

Collection: Photographs

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Corner of Santa Anita Avenue and Duarte Road. Two unidentified men are standing at the corner next to a Chevron Sign. Bob Sible's Chevron Service, located at 5 W. Duarte Road, is partly visible on the right corner. The Bow & Arrow Grill at 11 W. Duarte Road is seen just west of the Chevron station. Both businesses are listed in the 1955 City Directory.

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Date: c. early 1950s

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Date: c. early 1950s

Subjects: Streets - Santa Anita Avenue; Streets - Duarte Road; Service Stations - Bob Sible Chevron Service; Bow & Arrow Grill

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 1640

Collection: Photographs

Images

View across dry grass field toward fenced area with two cows grazing. A house with some outbuildings appears in center background. Flood control label indicates it is along Santa Anita Wash.

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Date: April 19, 1940

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Date: April 19, 1940

Subjects: Flood control

Physical Description: 5x7 b&w

ID: 811

Collection: Photographs

Images

Photo of Rancho Santa Anita with one man standing near an oak tree on left and another man standing to the right. Houses are visible in the background. The men appear to be the same as in photos #1541 and 1542. Handwritten note on back reads, "Showing where proposed road turns from so. slope knoll towards south."

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Date: probably March 24, 1943 (see photo #1541)

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Date: probably March 24, 1943 (see photo #1541)

Subjects: Rancho Santa Anita Inc.; Tallac Knoll

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 1540

Collection: Photographs

Images

View north up Santa Anita Avenue with mountains in background. This photo was taken about where present Orange Grove Avenue intersects with Santa Anita Avenue. Note orange groves all along west side of Santa Anita as far as the mountains. Street is not paved.

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Date: 1916

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Date: 1916

Subjects: Santa Anita Avenue; Agriculture

Physical Description: 8x11 b&w

ID: 580

Collection: Photographs

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Intersection of Baldwin Ave. and Duarte Road, looking toward Hinshaw's department store. A traffic signal and street lamp are visible in the front middle of the photo.

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Date: c. early 1950s

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Date: c. early 1950s

Subjects: Streets - Baldwin Avenue; Streets - Duarte Road; Service Stations - Union Oil; Stores

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 1636a

Collection: Photographs

Images

View NW up flooded Santa Anita Wash from above East bank below Duarte Road, probably the street seen crossing photo from right to left about half way down. Nest crossing north with dark bridge, is Santa Fe Railroad tracks; next we believe to be for a pipeline; last clearly visible crossing is for Pacific Electric Railroad tracks. Photo was taken following extreme flooding in 1938.

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Date: March 3, 1938

1 image

Date: March 3, 1938

Subjects: Flood control

Physical Description: 5x7 b&w

ID: 810

Collection: Photographs

Images

Looking south down stream of Santa Anita Wash. (Puente Hills can be seen in distance.) Caption of photo says picture was taken from PE Bridge and looking toward Huntington Drive Bridge.

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Date: March 6, 1938

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Date: March 6, 1938

Subjects: Flood control

Physical Description: 5x7 b&w

ID: 807

Collection: Photographs

Images

Looking NE up flooded Santa Anita Wash following heavy rains of early March 1938. Caption on photo reads: Looking upstream toward Santa Fe Bridge. San Gabriel Mountains in background. Where cars are parked would be east side of wash.

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Date: March 6, 1938

1 image

Date: March 6, 1938

Subjects: Flood control

Physical Description: 5x7 b&w

ID: 805

Collection: Photographs

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Intersection of Baldwin Ave. and Duarte Road, looking toward a Union Oil Service Station. A traffic signal in visible in the front middle of the photo. There is a sign with an arrow which reads SHELTER.

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Date: c. early 1950s

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Date: c. early 1950s

Subjects: Gas stations; Streets - Baldwin Avenue; Streets - Duarte Road; Service Stations - Union Oil

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 1636

Collection: Photographs

Images

Santa Anita Avenue, Arcadia 1 mile. Exit sign on 210 Foothill Freeway, with mountain view and freeway wall in background. Photograph by Terry Miller.

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Date: April 2001

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Date: April 2001

Subjects: 210 Foothill Freeway; Santa Anita Avenue; Signs

Physical Description: 4x6 b&w

ID: 2214

Collection: Photographs

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View looking south down Santa Anita Ave. from a point just where road starts up toward Chantry Flats. Note that eucalyptus trees have been removed from Santa Anita and present plantings are still very small. As of 1980, houses fill land shown in foreground of the photo.

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Date: c.1960

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Date: c.1960

Subjects: Santa Anita Avenue

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 902

Collection: Photographs

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Stream channel before flood control work was undertaken to build concrete channel. It appears that this is channel that runs through Santa Anita Oaks.

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Date: early 1940's

1 image

Date: early 1940's

Subjects: Flood control

Physical Description: 3x3 b&w

ID: 381

Collection: Photographs

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Flood damage on N. Santa Anita Avenue. This view was taken at Perkins and Santa Anita. A sign pointing toward Sierra Madre is visible on the left and the San Gabriel Mountains are visible in the background. There is a car on the right.

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Flood damage on N. Santa Anita Avenue. A house is visible to the right and a person is standing with his/her back to the camera on the left. There are two sawhorses visible. The San Gabriel Mountains are seen in the background.

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Flood damage on N. Santa Anita Avenue at Perkins Drive. Two or three people are seen walking in the distance.

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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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Flood damage on N. Santa Anita Avenue. A sign reads "FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH a MILE." There is an unidentified man walking toward the camera on the left.

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Santa Anita Race Track seen from a distance. View is toward the north. The San Gabriel mountains are visible behind the track. Cars are parked in the parking lot.

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Santa Anita Wash following flooding of early 1938. View is looking west along washed-out Santa Fe Railroad tracks toward Santa Fe Bridge across Santa Anita Wash. People can be seen looking at the damage.

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View across dry grass field toward fenced area with two cows grazing. A house with some outbuildings appears in center background. Flood control label indicates it is along Santa Anita Wash.

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View north up Santa Anita Avenue with mountains in background. This photo was taken about where present Orange Grove Avenue intersects with Santa Anita Avenue. Note orange groves all along west side of Santa Anita as far as the mountains. Street is not paved.

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Intersection of Baldwin Ave. and Duarte Road, looking toward Hinshaw's department store. A traffic signal and street lamp are visible in the front middle of the photo.

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Looking south down stream of Santa Anita Wash. (Puente Hills can be seen in distance.) Caption of photo says picture was taken from PE Bridge and looking toward Huntington Drive Bridge.

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Looking NE up flooded Santa Anita Wash following heavy rains of early March 1938. Caption on photo reads: Looking upstream toward Santa Fe Bridge. San Gabriel Mountains in background. Where cars are parked would be east side of wash.

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Intersection of Baldwin Ave. and Duarte Road, looking toward a Union Oil Service Station. A traffic signal in visible in the front middle of the photo. There is a sign with an arrow which reads SHELTER.

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Santa Anita Avenue, Arcadia 1 mile. Exit sign on 210 Foothill Freeway, with mountain view and freeway wall in background. Photograph by Terry Miller.

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View looking south down Santa Anita Ave. from a point just where road starts up toward Chantry Flats. Note that eucalyptus trees have been removed from Santa Anita and present plantings are still very small. As of 1980, houses fill land shown in foreground of the photo.

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Stream channel before flood control work was undertaken to build concrete channel. It appears that this is channel that runs through Santa Anita Oaks.

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