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The "Smoot Hole" and dump before cleaning began in 1938 just prior to subdivision of El Rancho Village.

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Date: c.1938

1 image

Date: c.1938

Subjects: Smoot Hole

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 375

Collection: Photographs

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Another view of "Smoot Hole" before cleaning up and just before subdividing for El Rancho Village. The name Smoot Hole came from aborted effort of Joe Smoot and Anita Baldwin to get race track built in about this location.

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Date: c.1938

1 image

Date: c.1938

Subjects: Smoot Hole

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 376

Collection: Photographs

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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.

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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

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Anita Baldwin and Joe Smoot, developer of Hilejea Park, Florida, prepare to turn ceremonial spadeful of soil for their projected race track. Anita has white hat and dress; Smoot is in double breasted suit.

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Date: 1932

1 image

Date: 1932

Subjects: Baldwin, Anita; Smoot, Joseph M; Smoot Hole

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 906

Collection: Photographs

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View of northwest corner of Anoakia.

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Date: November 1976

1 image

Date: November 1976

Subjects: Anoakia

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 45

Collection: Photographs

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Aerial view from east looking west over Santa Anita Race Track shortly after its opening. Baldwin Avenue shows just faintly as a white line above track barns. Note total absence of homes in what we call Santa Anita Village and Lower Rancho.

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Date: c. December 1934

1 image

Date: c. December 1934

Subjects: Santa Anita Park-1934-1942

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 555

Collection: Photographs

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Aerial view south on Colorado Street just over large turn to the west. The residential area known as Santa Anita Gardens shows along upper left section of photo. Note that the only commerical development along the north side of Colorado Street is the Westerner Motel just near intersection with Huntington Drive. Santa Fe Railroad tracks are seen in lower left corner of photo. Santa Anita Park Race Track is on right.

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Date: c. 1956

1 image

Date: c. 1956

Subjects: Aerial Photo Collection; Aerial views; Colorado Boulevard; Colorado Street; Huntington Drive; Railroads; Santa Anita Park-1945-1980; Westerner Motel

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 637

Collection: Photographs

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Pacific Electric control tower near First Street and Santa Fe tracks. The car on the tracks probably is one of the Santa Fe self-propelled cars that ran from Los Angeles to San Bernardino. View to the northwest.

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Date: c.1945

1 image

Date: c.1945

Subjects: Pacific Electric Railway; Railroads

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 394

Collection: Photographs

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Automobile accident on unknown street, believed to be in Arcadia, CA. People and police stand near the scene of the car crash, while traffic lines the opposite side of the street. Police appear to be filling out paperwork, and a man pushes a broom to clean up debris. See also 1783.

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Date: 1940s or 1950s

1 image

Date: 1940s or 1950s

Subjects: Arcadia Police; Automobile accidents

Physical Description: 8 x 10 b & w

ID: 1773

Collection: Photographs

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Slightly skewed view of the sign at the fountain near the southwest corner of Santa Anita Avenue and Huntington Drive reads: Arcadia County Park, County of Los Angeles. This was before peacock sculpture was added to the fountain. Later known as Peacock Fountain. Photograph by Terry Miller.

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Date: April 2001

1 image

Date: April 2001

Subjects: Arcadia County Park

Physical Description: 4x6 b&w

ID: 2219

Collection: Photographs

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View looking north across Huntington Drive at El Rancho building containing the following businesses: DAVIDSON SPORTING GOODS, EL RANCHO HARDWARE, THE MARBERRY SHOP and others.

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Date: c.1939 or 1940

1 image

Date: c.1939 or 1940

Subjects: El Rancho Hardware; Davidson Sporting Goods; Marberry Shop; El Rancho Shopping District

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 205

Collection: Photographs

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Aerial view north up Santa Anita Avenue. Note Chantry Flats Road on mountain near right side of photo. This view was taken from just south of Huntington Drive. This image belongs to Arcadia Historical Society.

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Date: November 1926

1 image

Date: November 1926

Subjects: Aerial Photo Collection; Aerial views; Chantry Flats Road; Santa Anita Avenue

Physical Description: 6x10 vertical

ID: 583

Collection: Photographs

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The fountain near the southwest corner of Santa Anita Avenue and Huntington Drive at Arcadia County Park. This was before peacock sculpture was added to the fountain. Photograph by Terry Miller.

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Date: April 2001

1 image

Date: April 2001

Subjects: Arcadia County Park

Physical Description: 4x6 b&w

ID: 2225

Collection: Photographs

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View toward NE on a winter's day that shows snow on San Gabriel Mountains. The street seen is Holly Avenue which has just been paved. This was taken from the Mauch Ranch on Holly Avenue near Palm Avenue.

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Date: 1930

1 image

Date: 1930

Subjects: Agriculture; Mauch, Aloyosius; Holly Avenue; Palm Avenue

Physical Description: 6x10 b&w

ID: 1002

Collection: Photographs

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Arcadia Presbyterian Church at NE corner of First and Alice Streets, prior to building new sanctuary in early 1970's.

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Date: c.1965

1 image

Date: c.1965

Subjects: Arcadia Presbyterian Church; First Avenue

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 231

Collection: Photographs

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There is no print of this negative. The negative is of newspaper clippings announcing the opening of new housing developments, including Rancho Santa Anita and Santa Anita Village.

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Date: c.1940

1 image

Date: c.1940

Subjects: Houses

Physical Description: 6x8 1/2 negative only

ID: 1430

Collection: Photographs

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Northwest intersection of Baldwin Avenue and Duarte Road. Businesses just west of the corner at 713 West Duarte Road are Active Hair, Mail Boxes Etc., Sakana Seafood, Tender Loving Care TLC Realty & Mortgage, Hit's Coffee & Tea, Every Green Books. Looks like a gas station (boarded up) had been at the NW corner. The address 735 W. Duarte Road is apparent on one building. Photograph by Terry Miller.

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Date: April 2001

1 image

Date: April 2001

Subjects: Active Hair; Automobiles; Baldwin Avenue; Business districts; Duarte Road; Every Green Books; Hit's Coffee & Tea; Mail Boxes Etc.; Sakana Seafood; Tender Loving Care TLC Realty & Mortgage

Physical Description: 4x6 b&w

ID: 2203

Collection: Photographs

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Downtown Arcadia intersection of Huntington Drive and First Avenue. There is a three-story building on the northwest corner, Washington Mutual bank on the southwest corner (barely visible), a Chevron gas station on the southeast corner, and cars on the street. This same corner was once the location of Arcadia City Hall. Photo by Terry Miller.

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Date: 2001

1 image

Date: 2001

Subjects: Downtown Arcadia

Physical Description: 4x6 b&w

ID: 2249B

Collection: Photographs

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A traffic light is in the center of the photo. A street sign at the far left corner identifies the intersection as E. Villa St. and El Molino Avenue.

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Date: c. early 1950s

1 image

Date: c. early 1950s

Subjects: Streets - Villa Street; Streets - El Molino Avenue; Traffic Lights

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 1642

Collection: Photographs

Images

Village street scene from set of "On the Road to Singapore," filmed at the Arboretum in 1940. Film starred Bing Crosby and Bob Hope.

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Date: c.1940

1 image

Date: c.1940

Subjects: Arboretum; Film industry; Motion pictures

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 1361

Collection: Photographs

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The "Smoot Hole" and dump before cleaning began in 1938 just prior to subdivision of El Rancho Village.

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Another view of "Smoot Hole" before cleaning up and just before subdividing for El Rancho Village. The name Smoot Hole came from aborted effort of Joe Smoot and Anita Baldwin to get race track built in about this location.

Images

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Anita Baldwin and Joe Smoot, developer of Hilejea Park, Florida, prepare to turn ceremonial spadeful of soil for their projected race track. Anita has white hat and dress; Smoot is in double breasted suit.

Images

View of northwest corner of Anoakia.

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Aerial view from east looking west over Santa Anita Race Track shortly after its opening. Baldwin Avenue shows just faintly as a white line above track barns. Note total absence of homes in what we call Santa Anita Village and Lower Rancho.

Images

Images

Pacific Electric control tower near First Street and Santa Fe tracks. The car on the tracks probably is one of the Santa Fe self-propelled cars that ran from Los Angeles to San Bernardino. View to the northwest.

Images

Automobile accident on unknown street, believed to be in Arcadia, CA. People and police stand near the scene of the car crash, while traffic lines the opposite side of the street. Police appear to be filling out paperwork, and a man pushes a broom to clean up debris. See also 1783.

Images

Slightly skewed view of the sign at the fountain near the southwest corner of Santa Anita Avenue and Huntington Drive reads: Arcadia County Park, County of Los Angeles. This was before peacock sculpture was added to the fountain. Later known as Peacock Fountain. Photograph by Terry Miller.

Images

View looking north across Huntington Drive at El Rancho building containing the following businesses: DAVIDSON SPORTING GOODS, EL RANCHO HARDWARE, THE MARBERRY SHOP and others.

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Aerial view north up Santa Anita Avenue. Note Chantry Flats Road on mountain near right side of photo. This view was taken from just south of Huntington Drive. This image belongs to Arcadia Historical Society.

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The fountain near the southwest corner of Santa Anita Avenue and Huntington Drive at Arcadia County Park. This was before peacock sculpture was added to the fountain. Photograph by Terry Miller.

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View toward NE on a winter's day that shows snow on San Gabriel Mountains. The street seen is Holly Avenue which has just been paved. This was taken from the Mauch Ranch on Holly Avenue near Palm Avenue.

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Arcadia Presbyterian Church at NE corner of First and Alice Streets, prior to building new sanctuary in early 1970's.

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There is no print of this negative. The negative is of newspaper clippings announcing the opening of new housing developments, including Rancho Santa Anita and Santa Anita Village.

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A traffic light is in the center of the photo. A street sign at the far left corner identifies the intersection as E. Villa St. and El Molino Avenue.

Images

Village street scene from set of "On the Road to Singapore," filmed at the Arboretum in 1940. Film starred Bing Crosby and Bob Hope.

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