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Looking east over barracks and main building at Ross Field. Tree-lined street cutting across photo at far side of field is Santa Anita Avenue. The oval of the race track built by E.J."Lucky" Baldwin and which opened in 1907 can clearly be seen on right. Broad E/W street seen on far left is Huntington Drive.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs867
Date
c.1928

  1 image

Date
c.1928
Subjects
Aerial Photo Collection
Aerial views
Balloon School
Santa Anita Avenue
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
861
Collection
Photographs
Images
Less detail

Unidentified sheepherder who would bring his flock to the fields across from Mauch ranch at Holly Avenue and Palm Avenue. He would bring the sheep after the field crop had been harvested to let them graze on stubble. Dog is also visible next to sheepherder.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs1004
Date
1926

  1 image

Date
1926
Subjects
Agriculture
Physical Description
6x10 b&w
ID
997
Collection
Photographs
Images
Less detail

Cuccia Peach orchard, 60 acres from Lovell to Holly Avenue and Leroy to Norman. Shows one man on ladder picking in grove; one man standing picking; boxes of fruit.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs10
Date
c.1925

  1 image

Date
c.1925
Subjects
Cuccia, Peter
Agriculture
Arcadia(City)-History-1920-1929
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
10
Collection
Photographs
Images
Less detail

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.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs584
Date
1916

  1 image

Date
1916
Subjects
Santa Anita Avenue
Agriculture
Physical Description
8x11 b&w
ID
580
Collection
Photographs
Images
Less detail

Roy H. Pike on his chicken ranch at 641 West Lemon. Man with glasses and hat with white chickens.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs6
Date
1928-1930

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Date
1928-1930
Subjects
Agriculture
Arcadia(City)-History-1920-1929
Houses
Pike, Roy
Poultry
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
6
Collection
Photographs
Images
Less detail

Spring plowing on Baldwin Ranch. Shows 6 men, 8 mules or horses, ploughs. Same as Photo ID 125.

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Date
unknown

  1 image

Date
unknown
Subjects
Rancho Santa Anita-1875-1909
Agriculture
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
11
Collection
Photographs
Images
Less detail

Aerial view looking east into Arcadia from near intersection of Rosemead Boulevard and Colorado Boulevard. Eaton's Santa Anita Hotel and Restaurant is still seen at far end of curve on south side of Colorado Boulevard and Michillinda Avenue (this is present site of Coco's Restaurant and Oak Tree Banquet Room, formerly Reuben's Restaurant, address 1150 W. Colorado Boulevard). The Santa Fe Railroad Tracks are seen just north of Colorado Boulevard. Large clear area in upper right portion of photo is Santa Anita Park Race Track.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs638
Date
c.1970

  1 image

Looking SW from mountains north of Arcadia. Major tree-lined street running from mountains south is Santa Anita Avenue. Southernmost tree-lined street cutting across entire middle of photo is Duarte Road. Barracks at the Balloon School can be seen just below Huntington Drive. Notice that Huntington Drive stops just west of the Balloon School, at the Baldwin Ranch. Much of Foothill area was planted to citrus.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs1114
Date
c.1927

  1 image

Date
c.1927
Subjects
Aerial views
Arcadia(City)-History-1920-1929
Balloon School
Santa Anita Avenue
Santa Anita Highlands
Physical Description
10 x 14 b&w
ID
1105
Collection
Photographs
Images
Less detail

Aerial view south of Balloon School and surrounding part of valley. Large tree-lined street running from center of photo toward lower left edge of photo is Santa Anita. Tree-lined street coming in on right edge of photo about two inches from bottom of photo and intersecting Santa Anita, is Duarte Road. Note wash that at present is just west of Arcadia High School. Rio Hondo Wash runs east to west across middle of photo.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs153
Date
c.1918

  1 image

Date
c.1918
Subjects
Aerial Photo Collection
Aerial views
U.S. Army Balloon School see Balloon School
Balloon School
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
152
Collection
Photographs
Images
Less detail

Aerial view toward north from a position south of Huntington Drive near intersection with Baldwin Avenue. It shows Santa Anita Fashion Park (currently known as Westfield Santa Anita Shopping Mall) developed by and on property owned by Santa Anita Consolidated. The Santa Anita Park Race Track and club house can be seen in center of photo. The straight white line about one inch above the club house roof is 210 Foothill Freeway. Chantry Flats road can be seen going up into San Gabriel Mountains in distance.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs646
Date
c. 1975

  1 image

Aerial view looking west across Santa Anita Park from a position about Santa Anita Avenue just north of Huntington Drive. In the upper right portion of the photo can be seen the extensive earthwork done for the track Anita Baldwin and Joe Smoot planned to build. That vast area now is entirely built with homes and apartments and is called Santa Anita Village. Present-day Baldwin Avenue would follow the line shown by the Ranch Road bisecting the photo from right to left just east of the track abandoned by Anita Baldwin and Joe Smoot.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs985
Date
c.1934

  1 image

Date
c.1934
Subjects
Aerial Photo Collection
Aerial views
Santa Anita Park-1934-1942
Smoot Hole
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
977
Collection
Photographs
Images
Less detail

Michillinda Avenue is street running parallel to left edge of photo. Santa Anita Avenue is close to right edge of photo. Four tracks are in view. Left to right they would be: 1. Training track used by Elias J. "Lucky" Baldwin, 2. Aborted L. A. Jockey Club Track project of Anita Baldwin and Joe Smoot in 1933, 3. Small training track belonging to Santa Anita Park Race Track, and 4. Main track and grandstand of Santa Anita Park. Arcadia County Park is seen in lower right portion of photo.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs626
Date
June 5, 1938

  1 image

Date
June 5, 1938
Subjects
Aerial Photo Collection
Aerial views
Los Angeles Jockey Club
Michillinda Avenue
Race tracks
Santa Anita Park-1934-1942
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
622
Collection
Photographs
Images
Less detail

Aerial view north. Main tree-lined street is Santa Anita Avenue. Most of the orange grove in center of photo was owned by Jaspar Teague family. They had built a circular art gallery on their property at 1380 South Santa Anita Avenue. The large buildings north of Teague's and to the west of Santa Anita Avenue are chicken houses. Duarte Road is the east/west street across photo near top of photo.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs645
Date
November 1929

  1 image

Date
November 1929
Subjects
Aerial Photo Collection
Aerial views
Agriculture
Duarte Road
Orange groves
Poultry
Santa Anita Avenue
Teague, Jaspar
Physical Description
6x10 b&w
ID
641
Collection
Photographs
Images
Less detail

Aerial view looking northeast across Santa Anita Park toward mountains. Note training track called Anita Chiquita has been added (lower left corner), open grandstand has been added to west of covered stand. Note, too, that work has begun to change Balloon School site to Arcadia County Park. Santa Anita Avenue is tree-lined street running entire width of photo about middle of print.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs987
Date
1937

  1 image

View east shows two balloons aloft over Arcadia and San Gabriel Valley. It is possible that first river up from bottom of photo is Rio Hondo Wash. Some of trees along Santa Anita appear to be in extreme lower right of photo. Tree-lined street showing in extreme lower left of photo is Duarte Road. Second river coming into photo about five inches up from bottom of photo would be San Gabriel River.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs154
Date
c.1918

  1 image

Date
c.1918
Subjects
Aerial Photo Collection
Aerial views
Balloon School
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
153
Collection
Photographs
Images
Less detail

Dark, tree-lined street completely bisecting photo from west to east just above, is Duarte Road. Santa Anita Park Race Track is at upper right edge of photo. Smaller oval nearby is a training track. The incomplete oval in upper left is the race track that Anita Baldwin and Joe Smoot attempted to build in 1933 but abandoned the project. Huntington Drive and Colorado Place form a "y" just east of Santa Anita Park Race Track. Note grove of olive trees on land where City Hall is located today (240 W. Huntington Drive, Arcadia). Baseball diamond in upper right corner of photo, just below the convergence of the "y" is at Arcadia County Park. Corrected description as of 11/04/2008.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs621
Date
June 5, 1938

  1 image

Date
June 5, 1938
Subjects
Aerial Photo Collection
Aerial views
Colorado Place
Duarte Road
Los Angeles Jockey Club
Santa Anita Park-1934-1942
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
617
Collection
Photographs
Images
Less detail

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