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The Otto Winkler home, built in the early 1920's at the corner of Fairview and Baldwin, has been demolished. The history of the era and that of West Arcadia are also given.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: April 27, 1975

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: April 27, 1975

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Subjects: Historic houses

Item ID: 1702AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

A rare studio photograph of Clara Baldwin was discovered by local history expert, Jack McCaskill.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 22, 1987

Pages: p. 1 photos

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 22, 1987

Pages: p. 1 photos

Subjects: Baldwin, Clara

Item ID: 590AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Traces the history of the house recently demolished at the northeast corner of First and Wheeler. Dr. Flecher Green Sanborn, the first doctor in Arcadia, bought the house in 1919 (original owner unknown).

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 22, 1978

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 22, 1978

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Historic houses

Item ID: 1703AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The architectural firm of Sevar and Associates and Dave Szany and Associates have relocated their offices in the restored and remodeled Southern Counties Gas Building. The building, constructed in 1926, is one of the original buildings on First Avenue. It was the home of the Gas Company for 33 years.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 14, 1982

Pages: p. A-2 photo

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 14, 1982

Pages: p. A-2 photo

Subjects: Historic houses; Southern Counties Gas Building

Item ID: 1704AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Historic houses in Arcadia

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 5, 1947 p. 1 (first home on First Avenue); March 23, 1950 p. 14 (first home built in Arcadia) photo; August 16, 1973 p. C-3 (picture); March 12, 1961 p. 12 (O. d. Harris home, oldest existing)

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 5, 1947 p. 1 (first home on First Avenue); March 23, 1950 p. 14 (first home built in Arcadia) photo; August 16, 1973 p. C-3 (picture); March 12, 1961 p. 12 (O. d. Harris home, oldest existing)

Subjects: Historic houses

Item ID: 3946AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Article discusses Arcadia Historical Society's search for a home for Anita Baldwin's piano as well as other artifacts. The piano, shipped around Cape Horn, is now located at Anoakia, Anita Baldwin's former home.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 5, 1981

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 5, 1981

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Subjects: Arcadia Historical Society

Item ID: 1706AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Items regarding Santa Clara

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 7, 1968 p. 1 (bridge)

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 7, 1968 p. 1 (bridge)

Subjects: Streets - Santa Clara

Item ID: 4284AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Milt Sonnevik, School Principal at Baldwin Stocker for 20 years, has announced his plans to retire.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: May 11, 1986

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: May 11, 1986

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Subjects: Schools-Baldwin Stocker Elementary; Schools - Employees - Sonnevik, Milt

Item ID: 2877AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The south lake of the Los Angeles State and County Arboretum has dropped from three acres in surface area to about two acres. In 1958, the center depth was nine feet. Now it is two feet.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 11, 1991

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 11, 1991

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Subjects: Arboretum

Item ID: 464AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Declared incompetent

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: November 30, 1918

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: November 30, 1918

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Baldwin, Clara

Item ID: 3640AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Mr. McCaslin received a blow to his plan to subdivide the 20 acre parcel when the Planning Commission changed the zoning in the area from R-1 (7,500 square feet per unit) to R-O (30,000 square feet per unit).

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 2, 1977

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 2, 1977

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Anoakia

Item ID: 426AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Baldwin Stocker Elementary School opened its Baldwin Stocker Information Center, complete with 16 Apple 2e computers and a computer encyclopedia stored on a single laser disc. It will soon feature modems, fax machines and laser discs. Funding comes from the state and from local support groups such as the Arcadia Educational Foundation and the PTA. Photos.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: November 18, 1990

Pages: p. A-1, 2

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: November 18, 1990

Pages: p. A-1, 2

Subjects: Schools-Baldwin Stocker Elementary

Item ID: 2699AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

More than 40 cats and kittens have taken over a foreclosed house in Arcadia and while most neighbors are complaining, some are feeding and trying to find a home for the cats. The house, at 381 Walnut Avenue, has been described as "one big litter box."

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: October 25, 1987

Pages: p. 1 photo

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: October 25, 1987

Pages: p. 1 photo

Subjects: Animals

Item ID: 391AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Opposing forces are preparing for the March 1 City Council meeting. At this time the Council will decide whether to permit Mr. McCaslin to develop the area in lots of 18,000 to 20,000 square feet and keep the mansion, or to hold him to the 30,000 square feet set by the Planning Commission and risk losing the house built by Anita Baldwin.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 20, 1977

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 20, 1977

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Anoakia

Item ID: 428AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

"Unique Alumni Group Welcomes Former Baldwin Era Residents" by Helen Schrader. Ernest Schultz and his twin sisters Freda Schultz and Hilda Schultz, who were residents of early Arcadia and former students of the little school at the corner of Huntington Drive and Santa Anita, reunite and talk about life and schools in the early 1900s, including Arcadia's first school in the old packing house on the Baldwin Ranch. They recalled that the eighth grade teacher Miss Jeanette Said taught in English and Spanish since many students only spoke Spanish. News clipping. See also: Arcadia file "People," item number 2 clipping which includes a photo.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 2, 1964

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 2, 1964

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Arcadia schools - history; Schultz, Ernest; Schutlz, Freda; Schultz, Hilda; Baldwin Ranch; Said, Jeanette

Item ID: 29788AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The Arcadia Police Department's cadet program is profiled, including the stories of several cadets, especially 21-year-old Arcadia resident Sandra Schreiner.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 22, 1990

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 22, 1990

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Subjects: Police

Item ID: 2206AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The Arcadia City Council has decided to allow horses to remain within 35 feet of a neighbor's home as long as the horse was there first. Previously the city code would have required horses to move if a new home was built within 100 feet of the horse.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 26, 1987

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 26, 1987

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Horses

Item ID: 1745AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Anita Baldwin

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 3, 1934 p. A-2 (home); September 28, 1934 p. 1 (ranch sale); October 26, 1939 p. 1 (death); November 16, 1947 Section 2, p. 1 (estate)

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 3, 1934 p. A-2 (home); September 28, 1934 p. 1 (ranch sale); October 26, 1939 p. 1 (death); November 16, 1947 Section 2, p. 1 (estate)

Subjects: Baldwin, Anita

Item ID: 3637AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Group W Cable celebrated the hook-up of its first cable television subscriber south of Foothill Blvd. Group W and Arcadia city officials gathered at the home of Frank Waite on La Sierra Dr. in Arcadia to present the new connection and a new television as a gift.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 2, 1986

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 2, 1986

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Subjects: Community Antenna Television

Item ID: 1245AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Items regarding Baldwin Ave.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 3, 1934 p. A-6 (picture at corner of Baldwin and Duarte); April 3, 1936 p. 1 (extension); June 10, 1950 p. 1 ( " ); October 19,1950 p. 1 ( " ); January 18, 1951 p. 1 (extension to Colorado); February 19, 1951 p. 1 ( " ); March 22, 1951 p. 1 ( " ); April 26, 1951 p. 1 ( " ); November 29, 1951 p. 1 ( " ); December 17, 1951 p. 1 ( " ); May 26, 1952 p. 1 ( " ); June 2, 1952 p. 1 ( " ); August 3, 1953 p. 1 (crossing at Santa Fe tracks); March 4, 1954 p. 1 (widening); March 18, 1954 p. 1 (extension); July 18, 1955 p. 1 ( " ); July 21, 1955 p. 1 ( " ); August 9, 1956 p. 1 (extension to Foothill w/ underpass); August 13, 1956 p. 1 ( " ); August 27, 1956 p. 1 ( " ); October 8, 1956 p. 1 ( " ); October 18, 1956 p. 1 ( " ); November 1, 1956 p. 1 ( " ); November 5, 1956 p. 1 ( " ); November 8, 1956 p. 1 (vetoed); June 29, 1961 p. 1 (extension to Colorado); August 24, 1961 p. 1 ( " ); July 29, 1962 p. 1 ( " ); January 3, 1963 p. 1 ( " ); July 30, 1967 p. 1 (extension under Foothill Freeway); September 14, 1967 p. 1 (widening); May 19, 1968 p. 1 ( " ); July 20, 1969 p. 1 (underpass); February 18, 1973 p. 1 (widening controversy); February 22, 1973 p. 1 ( " ); March 4, 1973 p. 1 ( " ); March 8, 1973 p. 1 ( " ); March 22, 1973 p. 1 (EIR report adopted)

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 3, 1934 p. A-6 (picture at corner of Baldwin and Duarte); April 3, 1936 p. 1 (extension); June 10, 1950 p. 1 ( " ); October 19,1950 p. 1 ( " ); January 18, 1951 p. 1 (extension to Colorado); February 19, 1951 p. 1 ( " ); March 22, 1951 p. 1 ( " ); April 26, 1951 p. 1 ( " ); November 29, 1951 p. 1 ( " ); December 17, 1951 p. 1 ( " ); May 26, 1952 p. 1 ( " ); June 2, 1952 p. 1 ( " ); August 3, 1953 p. 1 (crossing at Santa Fe tracks); March 4, 1954 p. 1 (widening); March 18, 1954 p. 1 (extension); July 18, 1955 p. 1 ( " ); July 21, 1955 p. 1 ( " ); August 9, 1956 p. 1 (extension to Foothill w/ underpass); August 13, 1956 p. 1 ( " ); August 27, 1956 p. 1 ( " ); October 8, 1956 p. 1 ( " ); October 18, 1956 p. 1 ( " ); November 1, 1956 p. 1 ( " ); November 5, 1956 p. 1 ( " ); November 8, 1956 p. 1 (vetoed); June 29, 1961 p. 1 (extension to Colorado); August 24, 1961 p. 1 ( " ); July 29, 1962 p. 1 ( " ); January 3, 1963 p. 1 ( " ); July 30, 1967 p. 1 (extension under Foothill Freeway); September 14, 1967 p. 1 (widening); May 19, 1968 p. 1 ( " ); July 20, 1969 p. 1 (underpass); February 18, 1973 p. 1 (widening controversy); February 22, 1973 p. 1 ( " ); March 4, 1973 p. 1 ( " ); March 8, 1973 p. 1 ( " ); March 22, 1973 p. 1 (EIR report adopted)

Subjects: Streets - Baldwin

Item ID: 4261AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

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The Otto Winkler home, built in the early 1920's at the corner of Fairview and Baldwin, has been demolished. The history of the era and that of West Arcadia are also given.

A rare studio photograph of Clara Baldwin was discovered by local history expert, Jack McCaskill.

Traces the history of the house recently demolished at the northeast corner of First and Wheeler. Dr. Flecher Green Sanborn, the first doctor in Arcadia, bought the house in 1919 (original owner unknown).

Historic houses in Arcadia

Article discusses Arcadia Historical Society's search for a home for Anita Baldwin's piano as well as other artifacts. The piano, shipped around Cape Horn, is now located at Anoakia, Anita Baldwin's former home.

Items regarding Santa Clara

Milt Sonnevik, School Principal at Baldwin Stocker for 20 years, has announced his plans to retire.

The south lake of the Los Angeles State and County Arboretum has dropped from three acres in surface area to about two acres. In 1958, the center depth was nine feet. Now it is two feet.

Declared incompetent

Mr. McCaslin received a blow to his plan to subdivide the 20 acre parcel when the Planning Commission changed the zoning in the area from R-1 (7,500 square feet per unit) to R-O (30,000 square feet per unit).

More than 40 cats and kittens have taken over a foreclosed house in Arcadia and while most neighbors are complaining, some are feeding and trying to find a home for the cats. The house, at 381 Walnut Avenue, has been described as "one big litter box."

The Arcadia Police Department's cadet program is profiled, including the stories of several cadets, especially 21-year-old Arcadia resident Sandra Schreiner.

The Arcadia City Council has decided to allow horses to remain within 35 feet of a neighbor's home as long as the horse was there first. Previously the city code would have required horses to move if a new home was built within 100 feet of the horse.

Anita Baldwin

Group W Cable celebrated the hook-up of its first cable television subscriber south of Foothill Blvd. Group W and Arcadia city officials gathered at the home of Frank Waite on La Sierra Dr. in Arcadia to present the new connection and a new television as a gift.

Items regarding Baldwin Ave.