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View toward San Gabriel Mountains across grass covered field probably on east side of Santa Anita Wash. A small house and outbuildings can be seen with large bare tree behind.

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Date: March 3, 1938

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Date: March 3, 1938

Subjects: Santa Anita Wash

Physical Description: 5x7 b&w

ID: 815

Collection: Photographs

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Newspaper page reduction of Sunday, February 26, 1939 Los Angeles Times that has article and photos of Santa Anita Santa Fe Station, describing the services at this small station. Station agent at this time was D.F. Bowe.

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Date: c.1938-39

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Date: c.1938-39

Subjects: Bowe, D.F.; Railroads-Santa Anita Station

Physical Description: 5x8 b&w

ID: 526

Collection: Photographs

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Photo and text of an L.A. Times newspaper article titled "Historic Santa Anita Tract Deed Delivered to County," describing the transfer of deed for 111-acre tract from Rancho Santa Anita, Inc. to the Los Angeles County Supervisors. The article states that the property will be converted into an arboretum.

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Date: March 27, 1947

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Date: March 27, 1947

Subjects: Arboretum; Rancho Santa Anita, Inc.

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 1506

Collection: Photographs

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Looking downstream of Santa Anita Wash from east side of Santa Fe Bridge approach. In this photo the tracks and ties are seen completely suspended and a man is walking across the span. Two men are seen on extreme left side of photo.

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Date: March 6, 1938

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Date: March 6, 1938

Subjects: Santa Anita Wash; Flood control

Physical Description: 5x5 b&w

ID: 813

Collection: Photographs

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Most prominent physical feature is Santa Anita Wash running north to south almost in center of photo, just above center(?). Santa Anita Avenue is north/south street, dark with trees approximately one inch from left edge of photo. Arcadia County Park is at upper left edge of photo with baseball diamond showing.

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Date: June 5, 1938

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Date: June 5, 1938

Subjects: Aerial Photo Collection; Aerial views; Arcadia County Park; Duarte Road; Santa Anita Avenue; Santa Anita Wash

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 618

Collection: Photographs

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Looking upstream along Santa Anita Wash from just above Huntington Drive. Wooden trestle seen upstream carried Southern Pacific tracks. Fencing is seen on left.

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Date: October 26, 1939

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Date: October 26, 1939

Subjects: Santa Anita Wash

Physical Description: 5x7 b&w

ID: 816

Collection: Photographs

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Small house and garage pictured on right side of photo. The view is across field of grass toward San Gabriel Mountains in background. Dramatic clouds fill the sky. There is a bare, tall Lombardy Poplar pictured near the wash. Caption on photo says it is Santa Anita Wash, but viewer is not aware of it. It must lie along left side of photo.

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Date: April 19, 1940

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Date: April 19, 1940

Subjects: Santa Anita Wash; San Gabriel Mountains

Physical Description: 5x7 b&w

ID: 820

Collection: Photographs

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Santa Anita Wash following flooding of early 1938. View is looking west along washed-out Santa Fe Railroad tracks toward Santa Fe Bridge across Santa Anita Wash. People can be seen looking at the damage.

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Date: March 3, 1938

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Date: March 3, 1938

Subjects: Flood control; Santa Anita Wash

Physical Description: 5x7 b&w

ID: 812

Collection: Photographs

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Aerial view looking north over flooded Santa Anita Wash looking upstream. Street cutting across photo closest to bottom is Huntington Drive. The next crossing upstream carries Santa Fe Railroad track. The last crossing that is clearly visible is Pacific Electric Railroad bridge. North/south street crossing Huntington Drive nearest wash would be Fifth Avenue. Foothill Boulevard is just barely visible near top of photo.

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Date: March 3, 1938

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Date: March 3, 1938

Subjects: Aerial Photo Collection; Aerial views; Fifth Avenue; Flood control; Foothill Boulevard; Huntington Drive; Railroads; Santa Anita Wash

Physical Description: 5x7 b&w

ID: 809

Collection: Photographs

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Looking south from Huntington Drive along Santa Anita Wash, following earth-moving preparatory to paving channel.

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Date: December 6, 1938

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Date: December 6, 1938

Subjects: Santa Anita Wash; Flood control

Physical Description: 5x7 b&w

ID: 817

Collection: Photographs

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On Ainsworth Ranch just east of Santa Anita and Orange Grove Avenue. Pictured on left is a wooden garage on stone foundation. Parked near is family Packard Touring car with top down. Beyond can be seen small bridge on Santa Anita Avenue which spanned the Sierra Madre Wash.

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Date: c.1919

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Date: c.1919

Subjects: Santa Anita Avenue; Ainsworth Ranch

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 1073

Collection: Photographs

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Aerial view south from Chantry Flats Road over the still-developing upper Highlands section of Arcadia. View is across Arcadia toward the Puente Hills. Santa Anita Park Race Track is seen in the center. Santa Anita Wash is seen on extreme left.

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Date: c.1965

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Date: c.1965

Subjects: Aerial Photo Collection; Aerial views; Arcadia(City)-History-1960-1969; Chantry Flats Road; Santa Anita Wash

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 949

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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Santa Anita Park Race Track just right of center at south edge of photo. Oval to the left of Santa Anita Park Race Track was training track which was removed to make room for Santa Anita Fashion Park (currently Westfield Santa Anita Shopping Mall). Street just to left of training track is Baldwin Avenue. Huntington Drive and Colorado Place form a "y" just east of Santa Anita Park Race Track. Along both can be noticed the conifer trees planted a few years earlier. Street completely bisecting photo just below center is Foothill Boulevard, next one is Orange Grove Avenue. Santa Anita Avenue is partially in view on right edge of photo. Oval on extreme lower left side of photo is old Baldwin training track. Baseball diamond in lower right corner is at Arcadia County Park. Scale: 1"=660'

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Date: June 5, 1938

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Date: June 5, 1938

Subjects: Aerial Photo Collection; Aerial views; Baldwin Avenue; Colorado Boulevard; Colorado Place; Colorado Street; Foothill Boulevard; Huntington Drive; Orange Grove Avenue; Santa Anita Fashion Park (later known as Westfield Santa Anita); Santa Anita Park-1934-1942

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 616

Collection: Photographs

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View east along Santa Fe tracks past private railroad car barn owned by Anita Baldwin to house her private rail car. Seen just beyond car barn, is Santa Anita Railroad Station. This photo is owned by Southern California Historical Society. It is shown here for research only.

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Date: c.1930-1932

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Date: c.1930-1932

Subjects: Baldwin, Anita; Railroads-Santa Anita Station

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 1006

Collection: Photographs

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Newspaper page from sports section of L.A. Sunday Times reporting opening of Santa Anita Park, built by "Lucky" Baldwin and opened December 1907. See more legible hard copy in VF Baldwin, Elias J.-Horses and horse racing.

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Date: December 8, 1907

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Date: December 8, 1907

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

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 551

Collection: Photographs

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Aerial view looking east along Huntington Drive taken over the Club House at Santa Anita Park Race Track. Pony Express Museum is just to right of the "y" intersection of Huntington Drive coming into Arcadia just below the wing of the plane. Theater that was opened in 1942 is almost directly opposite Museum. Santa Anita Motor Inn, two buildings east of theater, distinguished by tall tower, opened in 1938. (It was torn down in 1975.) The residential area directly north of there is known as Santa Anita Gardens. Santa Anita Avenue is just beyond Arcadia County Park on right.

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Date: c. 1957-58

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Date: c. 1957-58

Subjects: Aerial Photo Collection; Aerial views; Huntington Drive; Pony Express Museum; Santa Anita Avenue; Santa Anita Motor Inn

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 638

Collection: Photographs

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Main road crossing photo east to west in top third of photo is Huntington Drive. The main street running North/South in right portion of photo is Rosemead Boulevard. Wash running North/South is Eaton Wash. Very little in this view is of Arcadia.

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Date: June 5, 1938

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Date: June 5, 1938

Subjects: Aerial Photo Collection; Aerial views; Eaton Wash; Huntington Drive; Rosemead Boulevard

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 620

Collection: Photographs

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White Oak Service Station located on SW corner of Foothill Boulevard and Santa Anita Avenue. View probably is looking east across Santa Anita toward large barn that must have been on southeast corner. Owner Emil Bolz is pictured standing in front of his station. He not only sold auto products but ice cream, tobaccos, cold drinks, etc. The address listed in 1928 City Directory is 2 W. Foothill.

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Date: c.1925

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Date: c.1925

Subjects: City Council-1903-1970-Bolz, Emil; Gas stations; White Oak Service Station; Santa Anita Avenue

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 802

Collection: Photographs

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Aerial view looking east across Santa Anita Park taken from a position just west of Baldwin Avenue, which is seen at bottom of photo. Huntington Drive appears exactly in center of photo just east of race track. The 210 Foothill Freeway enters area in upper right portion of picture and exits at left side in upper left portion.

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Date: c.1979

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Date: c.1979

Subjects: Aerial Photo Collection; Aerial views; 210 Foothill Freeway; Huntington Drive; Santa Anita Park-1945-1980

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 989

Collection: Photographs

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View toward San Gabriel Mountains across grass covered field probably on east side of Santa Anita Wash. A small house and outbuildings can be seen with large bare tree behind.

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Newspaper page reduction of Sunday, February 26, 1939 Los Angeles Times that has article and photos of Santa Anita Santa Fe Station, describing the services at this small station. Station agent at this time was D.F. Bowe.

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Looking downstream of Santa Anita Wash from east side of Santa Fe Bridge approach. In this photo the tracks and ties are seen completely suspended and a man is walking across the span. Two men are seen on extreme left side of photo.

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Looking upstream along Santa Anita Wash from just above Huntington Drive. Wooden trestle seen upstream carried Southern Pacific tracks. Fencing is seen on left.

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Santa Anita Wash following flooding of early 1938. View is looking west along washed-out Santa Fe Railroad tracks toward Santa Fe Bridge across Santa Anita Wash. People can be seen looking at the damage.

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Looking south from Huntington Drive along Santa Anita Wash, following earth-moving preparatory to paving channel.

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On Ainsworth Ranch just east of Santa Anita and Orange Grove Avenue. Pictured on left is a wooden garage on stone foundation. Parked near is family Packard Touring car with top down. Beyond can be seen small bridge on Santa Anita Avenue which spanned the Sierra Madre Wash.

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Aerial view south from Chantry Flats Road over the still-developing upper Highlands section of Arcadia. View is across Arcadia toward the Puente Hills. Santa Anita Park Race Track is seen in the center. Santa Anita Wash is seen on extreme left.

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View east along Santa Fe tracks past private railroad car barn owned by Anita Baldwin to house her private rail car. Seen just beyond car barn, is Santa Anita Railroad Station. This photo is owned by Southern California Historical Society. It is shown here for research only.

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Newspaper page from sports section of L.A. Sunday Times reporting opening of Santa Anita Park, built by "Lucky" Baldwin and opened December 1907. See more legible hard copy in VF Baldwin, Elias J.-Horses and horse racing.

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Main road crossing photo east to west in top third of photo is Huntington Drive. The main street running North/South in right portion of photo is Rosemead Boulevard. Wash running North/South is Eaton Wash. Very little in this view is of Arcadia.

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