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Page from Los Angeles Times of March 21, 1909 telling of the coming end of racing at Santa Anita Park when State of California will close it with the ban on horse racing, April 20, 1909. See legible copy in VF Baldwin, Elias J. "Lucky"-Horses and Horse Racing.

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Date: March 21, 1909

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Date: March 21, 1909

Subjects: Baldwin, Elias J. "Lucky"-Horses and horse racing; Santa Anita Park-1907-1912

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 554

Collection: Photographs

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Panorama of Santa Anita Race Track built by E.J."Lucky" Baldwin and opened December 7, 1907. Main club house with three cupolos atop is on left. There are about 8 jockeys and their mounts on track and the grandstand is filled.

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Date: c. December 1907

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Date: c. December 1907

Subjects: Baldwin, Elias J. "Lucky"-Horses and horse racing; Santa Anita Park-1907-1912

Physical Description: 5x16 b&w

ID: 548

Collection: Photographs

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Santa Anita Park looking across the track toward grandstand. There is a sulky and driver on the track. This photo appears on xerox of material from Santa Anita Park vertical file (Arcadia-Santa Anita Park-1907-1912 #8).

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Date: c.1907

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Date: c.1907

Subjects: Santa Anita Park-1907-1912; Baldwin, Elias J. "Lucky"-Horses and horse racing

Physical Description: 5x7 b&w

ID: 549

Collection: Photographs

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Photographically reproduced copy of an old newspaper photo taken in 1936 which is an aerial view looking north west over original race track built by Baldwin. In lower right corner can be seen Santa Anita Ave lined with Eucalyptus. On lower left, one can see present Campus Drive. Across top third of photo, one can see Huntington Drive. Note how small the trees are that line the street.

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Date: 1936

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Date: 1936

Subjects: Baldwin, Elias J. "Lucky"-Horses and horse racing; Huntington Drive; Santa Anita Park-1907-1912; Balloon School

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 858

Collection: Photographs

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Elias J. "Lucky" Baldwin sitting in his box at his Santa Anita Race Track. The box has curved railing and side. There appear to be five women in box with him and also two men. Baldwin wears his familiar black slouch hat.

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Date: c.1907

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Date: c.1907

Subjects: Baldwin, Elias J. "Lucky"; Santa Anita Park-1907-1912

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 938

Collection: Photographs

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Santa Anita Park (1907-1912)

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Contents: 1. References to news articles on Baldwin's racetrack. 4 newspaper citations. 2. Los Angeles Racing Association Souvenir, 1907. Booklet commemorating the opening of the track. copied from the original at the CTBA. 3. Los Angeles Racing Souvenir 1908 and 1909. Booklet commemorating the season…

Contents: 1. References to news articles on Baldwin's racetrack. 4 newspaper citations.; 2. Los Angeles Racing Association Souvenir, 1907. Booklet commemorating the opening of the track. copied from the original at the CTBA.; 3. Los Angeles Racing Souvenir 1908 and 1909. Booklet commemorating the season. copied from the original at CTBA.; 4. Events at Arcadia. photocopy of newsclip. Los Angeles Daily Times April 3, 1909.; 5. California's last race stirs with its humor and tragedy. Los Angeles Sunday Times April 18, 1909.; 6. Gloom holds sporty echo. Los Angeles Daily Times April 19, 1909.; 7. Santa Anita grass-grown. Los Angeles Daily Times April 23, 1909.; 8. Santa Anita Park throws open its gates. news clip from files at Santa Anita Park, date and source unknown.; 9. Baldwin's track. newspaper plate 1907.; 10. Santa Anita Race Track. photocopy of photo.; 11. Race track. Arcadia Tribune August 16, 1973,; 12. Baldwin's race track winding down. Information from the Los Angeles Times April 19, 1905.; 13. Santa Anita Park - historical vignettes of the San Gabriels. TV Times giving history of the track. September 1973.; 14. Santa Anita Park is rich in heritage. news clip 1936.; 15. Opens first Anita Track. newspaper clipping. n.d. circa 1950.; 16. A.M. Allen, architect and builder of Santa Anita. ASCOT PARK (booklet) Los Angeles, CA 1904-05.; 17. "Lucky" Baldwin started Santa Anita original track back in '73. Pasadena Star News December 16, 1936.; 18. Scenes at new Baldwin race tract at Arcadia. news clip. Los Angeles Daily Times November 22, 1907.

Subjects: Santa Anita Park (1907-1912)

Item ID: 199AF

Collection: Subject Files

The library does not have a print of this negative. The negative is of two passes to Santa Anita Park. One is marked "LADY" and is dated 1907-1908. A large number 39 appears in the middle. The second pass is round. The word "COMPLIMENTARY" appears at the top. It is dated 1907-8, has an unidentified signature near the center. The words Santa Anita Park and Los Angeles Racing Association also appear on the pass.

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Date: c.1907

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Date: c.1907

Subjects: Santa Anita Park-1907-1912

Physical Description: 4x5 negative

ID: 1386

Collection: Photographs

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Cover page of the Official Program for the Los Angeles Racing Association, Tuesday, April 13, 1909 at Santa Anita Park.

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Date: 1909

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Date: 1909

Subjects: Santa Anita Park-1907-1912

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 1170

Collection: Photographs

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Many horses with riders are seen galloping west across infield of original Elias J."Lucky" Baldwin Santa Anita Race Track. We were told by Vesta Tucker Reeves, that the infield was used for rodeos when racing season was not in progress. This apparently was taken from grandstand.

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Date: c.1909

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Date: c.1909

Subjects: Santa Anita Park,1907-1912; San Gabriel Mountains

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 1082

Collection: Photographs

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Copy of pages for part of first and second races from racing program for Santa Anita Park, April 13, 1909. Left hand page includes an ad for the Southern Pacific Railway.

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Date: 1909

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Date: 1909

Subjects: Santa Anita Park-1907-1912; Railroads-Southern Pacific

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 1168

Collection: Photographs

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Copy of 1 1/2 pages from the racing program for Santa Anita Park, April 13, 1909. Right hand page is an ad for Pacific Electric.

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Date: 1909

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Date: 1909

Subjects: Santa Anita Park-1907-1912; Railroads-Pacific Electric Railway

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 1169

Collection: Photographs

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Late afternoon shadows show in this photo of 10 horses and riders competing in a race at Baldwin's original race track. Grandstand is seen on the right with capacity crowd. Photo was taken from in the infield. Trees seen in distance would be along Santa Anita Ave.

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Date: 1907 or 1908

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Date: 1907 or 1908

Subjects: Santa Anita Park-1907-1912

Physical Description: 5x7 b&w

ID: 982

Collection: Photographs

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Large stone Maltese Cross erected on the Baldwin Ranch by Anita Baldwin, marking graves of the four American Derby winners owned by her father, Elias J."Lucky" Baldwin. The cross and horse's graves are now situated at the Santa Anita Race Track. There is a sign with all details of horses' names and races won.

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Date: c.1930's

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Date: c.1930's

Subjects: Rancho Santa Anita; Baldwin, Elias J. "Lucky"-Horses and horse racing; Santa Anita Park-1934-1942

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 142

Collection: Photographs

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Aerial view taken looking southeast from position about over present Arboretum. Photo shows Santa Anita Park, probably in opening season. Present City Hall sits in area just beyond cars parked at east end of track. Part of oval of old Santa Anita track built by Elias J. "Lucky" Baldwin is seen in upper portion of photo, in area that is now Arcadia County Park. Duarte Road is seen crossing photo in upper right corner. Present Arcadia County Park area is in this photo, bordered on the north by Pacific Electric Railroad tracks. A train has just brought a group to the races and they are seen walking in center of photo. White square seen near right side, is slab left from hangars when U.S. Army Balloon School occupied this site, 1917-1927.

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Date: c.1934 racing season

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Date: c.1934 racing season

Subjects: Aerial Photo Collection; Aerial views; Arcadia County Park; Duarte Road; Race tracks; Railroads; Santa Anita Park-1934-1942; Santa Anita Park-1907-1912

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 978

Collection: Photographs

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Photo of complimentary day pass to 1908-1909 season at Baldwin's Santa Anita Race Track signed by F.G. Randle, secretary and treasurer of Los Angeles Racing Association.

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Date: c.1908

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Date: c.1908

Subjects: Santa Anita Park-1907-1912

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 940

Collection: Photographs

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These two long buildings appear to be buildings at the Balloon School. They have been left from the time that "Lucky" Baldwin's Santa Anita Race Track was on this site. There is considerable snow on San Gabriel Mountains behind.

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Date: c.1927 or 1928

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Date: c.1927 or 1928

Subjects: Balloon School; Santa Anita Park-1907-1912

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 952

Collection: Photographs

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Three people are standing in front of stable area of Elias J."Lucky" Baldwin's Santa Anita Race Track. L-R: Mrs. John (Ella) Ott; eldest son, Donald; and City Marshall, John Ott. (Their daughter told us in 1980 that everyone called her father Jack.) Mrs. Ott is wearing a lavishly feathered hat and a tailored suit. Marshall Ott is wearing a dark double-breasted suit with his badge.

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Date: March 31, 1909

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Date: March 31, 1909

Subjects: Ott, John; Ott, Ella; Ott, Donald; Santa Anita Park-1907-1912

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 1054

Collection: Photographs

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Grandstand and portion of track at Ascot Park, a racetrack built near the center of Los Angeles that offered racing from 1903-1907. It was closed due to a city ordinance forbidding gambling. Baldwin's track, Santa Anita Park, which opened in December 1907 was designed and built by the same architect that built Ascot Park: A.M. Allen. The two tracks are similar in style and are occasionally mistaken for each other. In this photo the stands are full and there are eight horses with jockeys on the track.

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Date: c.1905

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Date: c.1905

Subjects: Ascot Park; Horse racing

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 547

Collection: Photographs

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Baldwin, Elias J.- Horses and Horse Racing

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Contents: 1. Bibliography on Baldwin's horses, race horses and racing. 2. "Baldwin's racers: a good season for Santa Anita Stable." News clip, October 9, 1890. 3. "Cruzados is a crack colt." San Francisco Examiner, December 22, 1901. 4. Catalog of thoroughbred yearlings ... property of E.J. Baldwin, Auc…

Contents: 1. Bibliography on Baldwin's horses, race horses and racing.; 2. "Baldwin's racers: a good season for Santa Anita Stable." News clip, October 9, 1890.; 3. "Cruzados is a crack colt." San Francisco Examiner, December 22, 1901.; 4. Catalog of thoroughbred yearlings ... property of E.J. Baldwin, Auction 1897. 32 page booklet copied at the Bancroft Library, acquired April 1982.; 5. Jockey license of Richard Herman Schierske signed by E.J. "Lucky" Baldwin. Copy of original loaned by his son, R. Schierske.; 6. Marriage license for Herman Schierske, jockey for E.J. Baldwin, February, 1908. Copy of original.; 7. "Rider killed at Santa Anita; no racing today on account of death of E.J. Baldwin." San Francisco Chronicle, March 2, 1909.; 8. "Baldwin horses were record makers." San Francisco Chronicle, March 2, 1909.; 9. "Breeder's meet opens a triumph." Oakland, CA Tribune, August 22, 1915.; 10. "Ed Cerbin secures fine stock of horses." San Francisco Bulletin, February 25, 1916.; 11. "Four American Derby winners buried under Maltese Cross." Arcadia News Forecast, December 7, 1934.; 12. "Lucky Baldwin days at Santa Anita." Westways, December 1935, Page 26-27.; 13. Copies from 'The History of Thoroughbred Racing in America' by W.H.P. Robertson regarding Baldwin horses and horse racing. 798.4 R.; 14. "E.J. Baldwin, Esq." From 'The Builders of the Commonwealth' by H.H. Bancroft.; 15. "Races fulfill Lucky's dream." Arcadia Tribune, April 13, 1978.; 16. "A history of the thoroughbred in California, Part II." The Thoroughbred of California, December 1978.; 17. "What Rey El Santa Anita did for California racing." Los Angeles Times, June 16, 1939.; 18. "Pioneer horseman not forgotten in valley." Pasadena Star News, October 18, 1939.; 19. "Lucky Baldwin's old colors in national racing museum." Press release from Santa Anita Park.; 20. "The thing I guess I'm most proud of happened in 1967 at Lexington, Kentucky." New Yorker, April 13, 1981. Article about relocating the grave of Isaac Murphy to Lexington.; 21. Typed information on Baldwin jockeys.; 22. "Lucky Baldwin's racing school." The Thoroughbred of California, June 1994, pages 38-46. Article on school; jockey Isaac Murphy; and nationally famous farrier, John Isaac Wesley Fisher.; 23. Article on E.J. Baldwin's famous horse, Volante. Monrovia Planet, March 12, 1887, page 2.; 24. "Baldwin's stables." Monrovia Planet, April 30, 1887, page 1.; 25. "The Santa Anita Stables." Monrovia Messenger, April 18, 1889, page 6.; 26. "Santa Anita Stables." Monrovia Messenger, January 1, 1891, page 2.; 27. "The golden age of the California horse." The Thoroughbred of California, February 1947. John Hervey article includes Lucky Baldwin.; 28. Article on thoroughbred industry by Carleton F. Burke. The Thoroughbred of California, May 1947.; 29. "Rey El Santa Anita is dead." Los Angeles Daily Times, July 2, 1919.; 30. Burke, Carleton, "Pastime of Millions," The Thoroughbred, Volume IV, Number 6, page 10+.; 31. Ibid. The Thoroughbred. Volume IV, Number 8, page 16+.; 32 Ibid. The Thoroughbred. Volume IV, Number 10, page 14+.; 33. Ibid. The Thoroughbred. Volume IV, Number 11, page 8+.; 34. Ibid. The Thoroughbred. Volume IV, Number 12-13, Page 16+.; 35. Ibid. The Thoroughbred. Volume IV, Number 14, page 26+.; 36. Lucky Baldwin's Flyers: Volante and the others to leave Santa Anita. New York Times, April 16, 1877.; 37. Will please racegoers: Lucky Baldwin's horses barred from all race tracks. May not be able to race abroad. Santa Anita horses have long been under suspicion. New York Times, October 21, 1895.; 38. Stewards reply to Baldwin: decline to reconsider their decision to reject his entries. New York Times, October 23, 1895.; 39. Santa Anita Track has no prospects (tells of the coming end of racing at Baldwin's Santa Anita Park when State of California will close it with the ban on horse racing, effective April 20, 1909). Los Angeles Times, March 21, 1909. One copy is article itself, one copy is of the whole page view.; 40. Fortunes are lost or won at Arcadia. Newspaper page from sports section of Los Angeles Sunday Times reporting opening of Santa Anita Park, built by "Lucky" Baldwin and opened December 1907. Dated December 8, 1907. These are more legible copies of photo 551.; 41. Biography and images of Alexander MacMillan Allan, the architect of Lucky Baldwin's original Santa Anita Race Track. Image of race track in 1907. He lived at Point Lobos in Monterey County, California.

Subjects: Baldwin, Elias J.- Horses and Horse Racing

Item ID: 26AF

Collection: Subject Files

Portion of horse barns at Baldwin Ranch. Approximately seven horse heads are evident at stall opening. A residence appears to be adjacent on North side. According to Joe Buck (resident), the house was residence of Mr. McClelland, Baldwin horse trainer in later years. Mountains are visible. This photo belongs to the Huntington Library. It is shown here for research only.

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Date: c.1900's

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Date: c.1900's

Subjects: Rancho Santa Anita; Baldwin, Elias J. "Lucky"-Horses and horse racing

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 146

Collection: Photographs

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Page from Los Angeles Times of March 21, 1909 telling of the coming end of racing at Santa Anita Park when State of California will close it with the ban on horse racing, April 20, 1909. See legible copy in VF Baldwin, Elias J. "Lucky"-Horses and Horse Racing.

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Panorama of Santa Anita Race Track built by E.J."Lucky" Baldwin and opened December 7, 1907. Main club house with three cupolos atop is on left. There are about 8 jockeys and their mounts on track and the grandstand is filled.

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Santa Anita Park looking across the track toward grandstand. There is a sulky and driver on the track. This photo appears on xerox of material from Santa Anita Park vertical file (Arcadia-Santa Anita Park-1907-1912 #8).

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Elias J. "Lucky" Baldwin sitting in his box at his Santa Anita Race Track. The box has curved railing and side. There appear to be five women in box with him and also two men. Baldwin wears his familiar black slouch hat.

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Santa Anita Park (1907-1912)

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Cover page of the Official Program for the Los Angeles Racing Association, Tuesday, April 13, 1909 at Santa Anita Park.

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Many horses with riders are seen galloping west across infield of original Elias J."Lucky" Baldwin Santa Anita Race Track. We were told by Vesta Tucker Reeves, that the infield was used for rodeos when racing season was not in progress. This apparently was taken from grandstand.

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Copy of pages for part of first and second races from racing program for Santa Anita Park, April 13, 1909. Left hand page includes an ad for the Southern Pacific Railway.

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Copy of 1 1/2 pages from the racing program for Santa Anita Park, April 13, 1909. Right hand page is an ad for Pacific Electric.

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Late afternoon shadows show in this photo of 10 horses and riders competing in a race at Baldwin's original race track. Grandstand is seen on the right with capacity crowd. Photo was taken from in the infield. Trees seen in distance would be along Santa Anita Ave.

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Photo of complimentary day pass to 1908-1909 season at Baldwin's Santa Anita Race Track signed by F.G. Randle, secretary and treasurer of Los Angeles Racing Association.

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These two long buildings appear to be buildings at the Balloon School. They have been left from the time that "Lucky" Baldwin's Santa Anita Race Track was on this site. There is considerable snow on San Gabriel Mountains behind.

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Baldwin, Elias J.- Horses and Horse Racing

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