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View of Oakwood Hotel from across the railroad tracks. On the front of the photo is written, "Lucky Baldwin's Oakwood Hotel Arcadia - Calif. 1895." There are several people standing in front of the hotel. A carriage is to the left by the large oak tree.

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Date: c.1895

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Date: c.1895

Subjects: Oakwood Hotel

Physical Description: 4x5 b&w

ID: 282

Collection: Photographs

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Side view photo of Oakwood Hotel with a Tally Ho stopped here with its full party. Hotel was built in 1889 and was situated about where parking lot of the Sportsrock Cafe is now.

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Date: c.1890's

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Date: c.1890's

Subjects: Oakwood Hotel

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 285

Collection: Photographs

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Oakwood Hotel seen as just a brick shell immediately after the fire which destroyed it.

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Date: Nov. 11 or 12, 1911

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Date: Nov. 11 or 12, 1911

Subjects: Oakwood Hotel

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 1078

Collection: Photographs

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Oakwood Hotel. On right edge of photo, Santa Fe steam engine is coming into view. There are four men seen standing near Hotel. There is a man in a buggy with two horses standing in shade of what appears to be an oak tree. One lady stands on second floor porch.

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Date: c.1890

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Date: c.1890

Subjects: Oakwood Hotel

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 897

Collection: Photographs

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Three tally-hos are seen parked in front of the Oakwood Hotel. Sign on the front of the hotel reads BALDWIN'S HOTEL OAKWOOD. The middle tally-ho has a white horse. There are people sitting in the tally-hos and one man standing at the rear of the middle tally-ho.

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Date: unknown

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Date: unknown

Subjects: Oakwood Hotel

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 1632

Collection: Photographs

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View across dining room of Oakwood Hotel with tables set for service. There is a full-length mirror on a stand near left side of photo.

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Date: c.1895

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Date: c.1895

Subjects: Oakwood Hotel

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 283

Collection: Photographs

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Oakwood Hotel

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Contents: 1. The Oakwood resort hotel. ("The View from Arcadia," August 10, 1972) 2. Arcadia's Oakwood Hotel. news The from T.V.Facts October-November 1973? 3. Oakwood Hotel - site. Information sheet. 4. Popular name. Handwritten information sheet on popular name. 5. The Oakwood Hotel was built. new…

Contents: 1. The Oakwood resort hotel. ("The View from Arcadia," August 10, 1972); 2. Arcadia's Oakwood Hotel. news The from T.V.Facts October-November 1973?; 3. Oakwood Hotel - site. Information sheet.; 4. Popular name. Handwritten information sheet on popular name.; 5. The Oakwood Hotel was built. news The, n.d.; 6. Arcadia's birth place. Daily News Post March 20, 1962.; 7. Fifty years ago today - March 1912. news clip, March ? 1962 about subsequent owner of Oakwood.; 8. Baldwin's Oakwood Hotel. photocopy of letterhead December 17, 1890.; 9. Pacific Coast hotel and apartment record - 1916. copied form original at Huntington Library.; 10. Oakwood Hotel closes in spring...handwritten note taken from news clip March 2, 1908.; 11. Lucky's lavish hotel put Arcadia on the road to respectability. news clip February 16, 1978; 12. Hotel used as boxing training camp. news clip February 1, 1979 and February 9, 1979.; 13. Fairyland Park - Baldwin's Ranch. photocopy photo from L.A. Racing Association Souvenir Program, 1907.; 14. Advertisement in Sierra Madre Vista paper. January 26, 1889.; 15. The Hotel Oakwood at Arcadia opened for the season recently. Copied from original news clips of November 20 and December 25, 1890 at the Huntington Library.; 16. Bill of Fare Fair. news clip Arcadia Tribune c. 1950.; 17. Notes on Oakwood taken from Monrovia Messenger December 26, 1889. Information provided by Sandy Snider, Los Angeles County Arboretum, 1979.; 18. Copy of letter dated May 20, 1890 from H. Unruh to R. Garvey on Oakwood Hotel stationary. Copied from original owned by Jack Donnelly March 3, 1981.; 19. First wheels, then ponies go round near City Hall. Daily News Post January 30, 1972.; 20. A monster hotel (a $500,000 four story building for Arcadia). Monrovia Planet April 2, 1887 p.2.; 21. The Baldwin Tallac Oakwood - E.J. Baldwin Proprietor. Copy of promotional brochure of Baldwin's Hotel Oakwood, n.d.

Subjects: Oakwood Hotel

Item ID: 157AF

Collection: Subject Files

Photo of a page from the 1907 Los Angeles Racing Association Souvenir Booklet showing "Large oak tree, Hotel Oakwood, Baldwin's Ranch." The Oakwood Hotel is just visible to the right of the photo. The large oak tree dominates the center of the photo.

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Date: 1907 season

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Date: 1907 season

Subjects: Oakwood Hotel

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 1352

Collection: Photographs

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One carriage and two tally hos are stopped in front of Oakwood Hotel. About 18 people are seated in the conveyances. White horses hitched to middle tally ho, have white plumes fixed to their harness. Sign above reads: Hotel Oakwood - Entrance to Fairyland. On the bottom of photo is printed: Baldwin's Ranch, Arcadia, Cal.

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Date: c.1905

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Date: c.1905

Subjects: Oakwood Hotel; Fairyland Park

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 928

Collection: Photographs

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General information re Oakwood Hotel

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 23, 1950 p. 4; July 15, 1950 p. 3

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 23, 1950 p. 4; July 15, 1950 p. 3

Subjects: Oakwood Hotel

Item ID: 4031AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Another view of Oakwood Hotel just after being destroyed by fire. Standing beside structure are an older and younger sister of Vesta Tucker Reeves. Their father was Lowen Tucker, ranch foreman for Elias J."Lucky" Baldwin.

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Date: Nov. 12, 1911

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Date: Nov. 12, 1911

Subjects: Oakwood Hotel

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 1079

Collection: Photographs

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Huntington Bank on First Avenue between Wheeler and Santa Clara Streets. Former site of Oakwood Hotel.

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Date: 1979

1 image

Date: 1979

Subjects: Huntington Bank; Oakwood Hotel

Physical Description: 4x5 color

ID: 1228

Collection: Photographs

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Photo of a portion of veranda around ground floor of Oakwood Hotel. One man is seen walking, two are sitting and one lady is seen at the far right. A horse is partly seen on the right.

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Date: c.1898

1 image

Date: c.1898

Subjects: Oakwood Hotel

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 939

Collection: Photographs

Images

Photo reduction of p.13 pt. I of November 28, 1911 Los Angeles Times newspaper. Contains photo with caption describing fire which totally destroyed Oakwood Hotel on November 26, 1911, a Sunday night.

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Date: 1911

1 image

Date: 1911

Subjects: Oakwood Hotel

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 390

Collection: Photographs

Images

ID #1988-2011 show construction in progress for the Arcadia Community Center, at the site at Holly Avenue and Huntington Drive. Construction crane appears here.

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Date: July 1990

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Date: July 1990

Subjects: Recreation Department Collection; Arcadia Community Center

Physical Description: 3 1/2 x 4 1/2 color

ID: 1989

Collection: Photographs

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City of Homes is rapidly becoming the city of hotel rooms with the Extended Stay Hotel under construction and two more hotels planned.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: April 16, 1998

Pages: p. 16

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: April 16, 1998

Pages: p. 16

Subjects: Hotels; Redevelopment

Item ID: 26505AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

ID #1988-2011 show construction in progress for the Arcadia Community Center, at the site at Holly Avenue and Huntington Drive. It appears the parking lot is being paved.

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Date: c. March 1990-February 1991

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Date: c. March 1990-February 1991

Subjects: Recreation Department Collection; Arcadia Community Center

Physical Description: 3 1/2 x 4 1/2 color

ID: 2011

Collection: Photographs

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Construction of the Granada Royale Hometel hotel will probably begin shortly after January 1. Completion can be expected 12 months later.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: October 29, 1981

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: October 29, 1981

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Subjects: Hotels, Motels, Etc. - Hometel Corporation

Item ID: 1827AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Close up of ad in first Arcadia newspaper, Arcadia Bulletin. The ad is for the Bonita Hotel. Ben Newman is listed as proprietor.

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Date: May 7, 1904

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Date: May 7, 1904

Subjects: Bonita Hotel; Newspapers-Arcadia Bulletin

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 1086

Collection: Photographs

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Close view of Arcadia's float during 1939 Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade. The designation in front reads FIRST SETTLERS 1839 and the name ARCADIA appears on side. It has a small house at back of float with six people riding float. None are identified.

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Date: 1939

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Date: 1939

Subjects: Tournament of Roses-Floats-1939

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 838

Collection: Photographs

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View of Oakwood Hotel from across the railroad tracks. On the front of the photo is written, "Lucky Baldwin's Oakwood Hotel Arcadia - Calif. 1895." There are several people standing in front of the hotel. A carriage is to the left by the large oak tree.

Images

Side view photo of Oakwood Hotel with a Tally Ho stopped here with its full party. Hotel was built in 1889 and was situated about where parking lot of the Sportsrock Cafe is now.

Images

Oakwood Hotel seen as just a brick shell immediately after the fire which destroyed it.

Images

Oakwood Hotel. On right edge of photo, Santa Fe steam engine is coming into view. There are four men seen standing near Hotel. There is a man in a buggy with two horses standing in shade of what appears to be an oak tree. One lady stands on second floor porch.

Images

Three tally-hos are seen parked in front of the Oakwood Hotel. Sign on the front of the hotel reads BALDWIN'S HOTEL OAKWOOD. The middle tally-ho has a white horse. There are people sitting in the tally-hos and one man standing at the rear of the middle tally-ho.

Images

View across dining room of Oakwood Hotel with tables set for service. There is a full-length mirror on a stand near left side of photo.

Images

Oakwood Hotel

Photo of a page from the 1907 Los Angeles Racing Association Souvenir Booklet showing "Large oak tree, Hotel Oakwood, Baldwin's Ranch." The Oakwood Hotel is just visible to the right of the photo. The large oak tree dominates the center of the photo.

Images

Images

General information re Oakwood Hotel

Another view of Oakwood Hotel just after being destroyed by fire. Standing beside structure are an older and younger sister of Vesta Tucker Reeves. Their father was Lowen Tucker, ranch foreman for Elias J."Lucky" Baldwin.

Images

Huntington Bank on First Avenue between Wheeler and Santa Clara Streets. Former site of Oakwood Hotel.

Images

Photo of a portion of veranda around ground floor of Oakwood Hotel. One man is seen walking, two are sitting and one lady is seen at the far right. A horse is partly seen on the right.

Images

Photo reduction of p.13 pt. I of November 28, 1911 Los Angeles Times newspaper. Contains photo with caption describing fire which totally destroyed Oakwood Hotel on November 26, 1911, a Sunday night.

Images

ID #1988-2011 show construction in progress for the Arcadia Community Center, at the site at Holly Avenue and Huntington Drive. Construction crane appears here.

Images

City of Homes is rapidly becoming the city of hotel rooms with the Extended Stay Hotel under construction and two more hotels planned.

ID #1988-2011 show construction in progress for the Arcadia Community Center, at the site at Holly Avenue and Huntington Drive. It appears the parking lot is being paved.

Images

Construction of the Granada Royale Hometel hotel will probably begin shortly after January 1. Completion can be expected 12 months later.

Close up of ad in first Arcadia newspaper, Arcadia Bulletin. The ad is for the Bonita Hotel. Ben Newman is listed as proprietor.

Images

Close view of Arcadia's float during 1939 Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade. The designation in front reads FIRST SETTLERS 1839 and the name ARCADIA appears on side. It has a small house at back of float with six people riding float. None are identified.

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