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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

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Tallac Knoll road at Rancho Santa Anita with two men standing on either side. Men appear to be the same as in photo #1540 and 1541 and was most likely taken on the same date. Handwritten note on back reads, "View of proposed road to magazine on south slope of knoll." note: "magazine" was probably for a movie scene (ammunition)

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Date: probably March 24, 1943

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Date: probably March 24, 1943

Subjects: Rancho Santa Anita Inc.; Tallac Knoll

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 1542

Collection: Photographs

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View of section of dirt road, beneath branches of large oak trees. There is wood fencing along left side of photo, believed to be taken on the Baldwin Ranch.

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Date: c.1900

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Date: c.1900

Subjects: Rancho Santa Anita; Baldwin Ranch

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 119

Collection: Photographs

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View west. Appears to have been taken a few minutes after photo #162 as it is essentially same scene, but balloon is further down on ground. Approximately 18 men working on holding balloon. San Gabriel Mountains on right side of photo.

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Date: c.1917-1919

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Date: c.1917-1919

Subjects: Balloon School

Physical Description: 3x5 b&w

ID: 164

Collection: Photographs

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Clara Baldwin Stocker's home on the north side of Foothill Blvd. between Baldwin and Santa Anita. Two stone pillars with light fixtures on top are visible on either side of the driveway. Handwritten note on bottom left of photo reads, "Oaks 1915".

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Date: 1915

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Date: 1915

Subjects: Baldwin Stocker, Clara; Historic houses

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 1549

Collection: Photographs

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Photographic reproduction of full two-page spread appearing in the February 28, 1938 issue of Life Magazine. Photo shows men on horses with swords, appearing to be fighting a battle. Caption indicates it was taken during filming of the movie OF HUMAN HEARTS. Information found with the original indicates that the filming took place at the Arboretum.

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Date: c. February, 1938

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Date: c. February, 1938

Subjects: Motion pictures; Arboretum; Santa Anita Rancho, Inc.

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 1532

Collection: Photographs

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Clara Baldwin Stocker is seated at the head of a table on the extreme right. Three women and one man are seated at the table, facing the camera. A man is standing at the left head of the table, arm raised with a knife in his hand. This man is possibly Harold Stocker. Clara's butler is seen to the right of the floral centerpiece. Handwritten note along bottom of the photo reads "Oaks Barbecue May 14 1915." The "Oaks" was the name for Clara's home.

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Date: May 14, 1915

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Date: May 14, 1915

Subjects: Baldwin Stocker, Clara; Stocker, Harold

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 1547

Collection: Photographs

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Three men are standing on a small boat during filming of a movie at the Arboretum. Handwritten note states,"John Payne in Enchanted Voyage - July, 1945 - Rancho Santa Anita."

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Date: July, 1945

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Date: July, 1945

Subjects: Motion pictures; Arboretum

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 1522

Collection: Photographs

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Spring 1935. Santa Anita Rancho field crops of many varieties were grown. View is toward the north. San Gabriel mountains completely across the photo. Chantry Flats Road visible at right side. White barn prominent in center of photo.

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Date: Spring 1935

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Date: Spring 1935

Subjects: Agriculture; Arcadia(City)-History-1930-1939; Rancho Santa Anita; San Gabriel Mountains

Physical Description: 6x10 b&w 2 prints

ID: 15

Collection: Photographs

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Airport scene taken at the Arboretum. Airplane on left and part of hangar visible on right. A number of people are standing around by the hangar. Handwritten note on back of photo states, "The plane taking off from landing field just west of Rancho Santa Anita Park in 'Safari'."

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Date: undated

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Date: undated

Subjects: Motion pictures; Arboretum

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 1521

Collection: Photographs

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View north toward San Gabriel Mountains from orchards on Baldwin Ranch. Wagon pulled by two horses is on dirt lane coming toward camera. Note tower of Queen Anne Cottage on the right side of lane. On the back of this photo at Huntington Library is printed: Carter, 1937. Possible given by N. Carter family of Sierra Madre at this time. 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: Rancho Santa Anita; Baldwin Ranch; San Gabriel Mountains

Physical Description: 7x10 b&w

ID: 219

Collection: Photographs

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Looking east toward boat house. Two men can be seen standing at either side of entrance to boat house and a man and a lady can be seen in a row boat on lake. Boat house was reportedly built c. 1891 by E.H. Gorrill of Sierra Madre. It was destroyed on December 26, 1969 in a fire spawned by a smoldering cigarette and fanned by Santa Anita winds.

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Date: c.1893

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Date: c.1893

Subjects: Rancho Santa Anita-1875-1909

Physical Description: 7x10 b&w

ID: 878A

Collection: Photographs

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Spring plowing on Baldwin Ranch. Shows 8 horses and 6 men. Land is very flat. What appear to be eucalyptus show all across back of photo. Same as Photo ID 11.

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Date: unknown

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Date: unknown

Subjects: Rancho Santa Anita; Baldwin Ranch

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 125

Collection: Photographs

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Dirt road in the Arboretum with a man walking down the middle. The lake is barely visible on the right.

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Date: c.1936-1939

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Date: c.1936-1939

Subjects: Rancho Santa Anita, Inc.

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 1548

Collection: Photographs

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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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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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Apparently taken same day as photo #174 but either later or earlier. Balloon is considerably higher in this photo.

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Date: c.1917-1918

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Date: c.1917-1918

Subjects: Balloon School

Physical Description: 3x5 b&w

ID: 175

Collection: Photographs

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Young unidentified jockey mounted on race horse. Handler holding part of harness and a third man stands on right side of photo dressed in business suit and hat. These men are also unidentified.

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Date: c.1908

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Date: c.1908

Subjects: Rancho Santa Anita; Baldwin, Elias J. "Lucky"-Horses and horse racing

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 129

Collection: Photographs

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View from near west end of Arcadia Public Library at 20 W. Duarte Road. Looking east; Santa Anita Avenue is along lawn, extreme left edge of photo where the 2 conifers appear. One man walking from main entrance.

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Date: c.1963

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Date: c.1963

Subjects: Arcadia Public Library-1960-1989

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 328

Collection: Photographs

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Photo taken looking north from possibly Duarte Road, of 120 acres of tomatoes being grown on Baldwin Ranch land. In photo, highest mountain on right side of photo is Monrovia Peak. Big Santa Anita Canyon comes down to the left of it. Oversized.

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Date: 1914

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Date: 1914

Subjects: Rancho Santa Anita; Baldwin Ranch; San Gabriel Mountains

Physical Description: 3x15 b&w

ID: 124

Collection: Photographs

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Photo showing what appears to be part of an illegal still. Five men are shown. Med Cayer, Arcadia police officer, is 2nd from left. Arcadia police officer Jack Miller is on extreme right. The men are standing in front of a building with a car behind them. There are two motorcycles visible on either side of the group. Med Cayer and Jack Miller are in uniform, the other three men do not appear to be in uniform. Identification provided by Arcadia Police Sgt. Andrew Ballantyne.

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Date: c.1921

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Date: c.1921

Subjects: Cayer, Med; Miller, Jack; Police Department

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 931

Collection: Photographs

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View of section of dirt road, beneath branches of large oak trees. There is wood fencing along left side of photo, believed to be taken on the Baldwin Ranch.

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View west. Appears to have been taken a few minutes after photo #162 as it is essentially same scene, but balloon is further down on ground. Approximately 18 men working on holding balloon. San Gabriel Mountains on right side of photo.

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Clara Baldwin Stocker's home on the north side of Foothill Blvd. between Baldwin and Santa Anita. Two stone pillars with light fixtures on top are visible on either side of the driveway. Handwritten note on bottom left of photo reads, "Oaks 1915".

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Three men are standing on a small boat during filming of a movie at the Arboretum. Handwritten note states,"John Payne in Enchanted Voyage - July, 1945 - Rancho Santa Anita."

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Spring 1935. Santa Anita Rancho field crops of many varieties were grown. View is toward the north. San Gabriel mountains completely across the photo. Chantry Flats Road visible at right side. White barn prominent in center of photo.

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Airport scene taken at the Arboretum. Airplane on left and part of hangar visible on right. A number of people are standing around by the hangar. Handwritten note on back of photo states, "The plane taking off from landing field just west of Rancho Santa Anita Park in 'Safari'."

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Spring plowing on Baldwin Ranch. Shows 8 horses and 6 men. Land is very flat. What appear to be eucalyptus show all across back of photo. Same as Photo ID 11.

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Dirt road in the Arboretum with a man walking down the middle. The lake is barely visible on the right.

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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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Apparently taken same day as photo #174 but either later or earlier. Balloon is considerably higher in this photo.

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Young unidentified jockey mounted on race horse. Handler holding part of harness and a third man stands on right side of photo dressed in business suit and hat. These men are also unidentified.

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View from near west end of Arcadia Public Library at 20 W. Duarte Road. Looking east; Santa Anita Avenue is along lawn, extreme left edge of photo where the 2 conifers appear. One man walking from main entrance.

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Photo taken looking north from possibly Duarte Road, of 120 acres of tomatoes being grown on Baldwin Ranch land. In photo, highest mountain on right side of photo is Monrovia Peak. Big Santa Anita Canyon comes down to the left of it. Oversized.

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