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Arcadia postcard collection. Postcards collected in a white 3-ring binder on Shelf G3 in the History Room. Shown by appointment.

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Arcadia, California
Arcadia City Hall
Arcadia Public Library
Baldwin Lake
Baldwin Ranch
Coach Barn
Community Church, Arcadia, Calif.
Eaton's Santa Anita Hotel
Eaton's Santa Anita Restaurant
Eucalyptus trees
Flowers
Hugo Reid Adobe
Los Angeles State and County Arboretum
Mount Wilson
Peacocks
Peafowl
Plants
Queen Anne Cottage
Ramada Inn
Rancho Santa Anita
Round Up Motel
Santa Anita Depot
Santa Anita Park
Santa Anita Fashion Park
Santa Anita Racetrack
Shopping malls
Trams
Trees
Woman's Club, Arcadia, Calif.
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Photo enlargement of a postcard of about 1909 advertising Tally-Ho trips to Baldwin's Ranch. Printing on card begins: the home of Strathmead at Lucky Baldwin's famous ranch.

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Date
1909
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Date
1909
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Rancho Santa Anita
Baldwin Ranch
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8x10 color
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135
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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
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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
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Newspaper Index
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Santa Anita Racetrack back in the day. A stroll down memory lane courtesy of Arcadia Historical Society and Arcadia's Best. Photo shown of Clara Baldwin Stocker and her friends at her father's Santa Anita Racetrack in 1907. Clara Baldwin Stocker had a house on Foothill Boulevard and an establishment called "Clara Villa."

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35354
Newspaper
Mountain Views News
Date
December 22, 2018
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p. 6
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Mountain Views News
Date
December 22, 2018
Pages
p. 6
Subjects
Baldwin, Clara
Baldwin Stocker, Clara
Clara Villa
Santa Anita Racetrack
Item ID
35544AN
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Newspaper Index
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The peacock is the official bird of Arcadia. The designation happened last week.The city has had an official flower, the azalea, since 1963. City Council selected the oak as the official tree.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 16, 2001
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p. 1, 21
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 16, 2001
Pages
p. 1, 21
Subjects
Arcadia city seal
Peacock
Peafowl
Item ID
33513AN
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Newspaper Index
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Elias J. "Lucky" Baldwin Ranch dairy buildings. These have been located for the library by Reid Greer as just west of Tallac Knoll and later were purchased and operated by Supreme Dairy.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs115
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unknown
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Rancho Santa Anita
Baldwin Ranch
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8x10 b&w
ID
115
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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
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8x10 b&w
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119
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Map drawn from memory by Lupe Cuellar, wife of Blas Cuellar, wine maker. Map is layout of part of Baldwin Ranch.

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Rancho Santa Anita
Baldwin Ranch
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8x10 b&w vertical
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123
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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.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs125
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unknown
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Rancho Santa Anita
Baldwin Ranch
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8x10 b&w
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125
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Cedar Walk on Ranch. Hugo Reid Adobe appears to be directly at the end of this walk. Note bell from San Gabriel Mission hanging in shelter made for it. Framed photos are of Baldwin's three hotels: Tallac at Lake Tahoe, Baldwin Hotel & Theater, San Francisco, and the Oakwood, Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs128
Date
February 12, 1894
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Date
February 12, 1894
Subjects
Rancho Santa Anita
Baldwin Ranch
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8x20 b&w
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128
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Photo of log cabin bearing a sign which reads:"Old Log Cabin. In the early 1880's E.J. Baldwin had this log cabin transported from his father's farm in Hamilton, Indiana, where he spent his early boyhood, to Rancho Santa Anita." We have been told signs like this identifying the various places of interest on the Baldwin Ranch were prevalent.

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Date
c.1930's
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Date
c.1930's
Subjects
Rancho Santa Anita
Baldwin Ranch
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8x10 b&w
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139
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One of stone gate entrances to Baldwin Ranch. Note Spanish roof tile on top. Exactly which entrance is not certain.

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c.1890's
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c.1890's
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Rancho Santa Anita
Baldwin Ranch
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
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140
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One of stone gate entrances to the Baldwin Ranch. This appears to be same entrance as #140.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs142
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Rancho Santa Anita
Baldwin Ranch
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6x10 b&w
ID
141
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View east across concrete reservoir toward lake on Baldwin Ranch and beyond to mountains. Hugo Reid Adobe should be in trees directly under white-looking plowed field on right center part of photo. White buildings center left not identified.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs144
Date
c.1900's
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Date
c.1900's
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Rancho Santa Anita
Baldwin Ranch
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8x10 b&w
ID
143
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Baldwin Ranch groves looking north toward mountains. Also in photo is wooden irrigating trough on right, and a two-horse team hitched to light wagon, also a single horse with rider. It appears that present-day Henniger Flats is high flat mountain just above and to the left of the road. Also Hastings Ranch area would be low foothills. This photo belongs to the Huntington Library. It is shown here for research only.

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Date
c.1890's
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c.1890's
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Rancho Santa Anita
Baldwin Ranch
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8x10 b&w
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145
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Road approaching entrance to Baldwin Ranch. Eucalyptus trees along roadside, on a foggy day.

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unknown
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Rancho Santa Anita
Baldwin Ranch
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6x10 b&w
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150
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View east from center of Baldwin Ranch. Concrete type reservoir in foreground. The lagoon is in center of photo. White barns on the knoll in center of photo. View similar to photo #143. This photograph belongs to the Huntington Library. It is shown here for research only.

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Date
c.1880's
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c.1880's
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Rancho Santa Anita
Baldwin Ranch
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8x10 b&w
ID
220
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Celebrate Arcadia's favorite peafowl today 10am-2pm on Peacock Day, a family event at Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden, 301 North Baldwin Avenue.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 24, 2023
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p. A9
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 24, 2023
Pages
p. A9
Subjects
Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden
Peacocks
Peafowl
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View across lake on the Baldwin Ranch toward Queen Anne Cottage. Writing on bottom of photo reads: view on the Baldwin Ranch.

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Date
c.1898
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Date
c.1898
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Baldwin Ranch
Rancho Santa Anita-1875-1909
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8x10 b&w
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113
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Four men in front of Baldwin's coach barn. Two are standing, two are seated in light buggy; none identified. Across base of photo is printed "J.T.Tuttle & Co, Sierra Madre, publishers of Southern California Views." The back of photo at the Huntington Library had written on it: Carter, 1937. Possibly given to Huntington Library by that person. This photograph belongs to the Huntington Library. It is shown here for research only.

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Date
c.1880's
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Date
c.1880's
Subjects
Rancho Santa Anita
Baldwin Ranch
Coach Barn
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8x10 b&w
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218
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