View of Foothill Boulevard (originally called White Oak) under an arch of pepper trees. There is fencing along both sides of street and a fire hydrant on left side of photo.
West side of the Double Drive of Santa Anita near intersection at Fano. Eucalyptus trees are along sides of street as well as down center divider area. The high fence on left is that of driving range at Arcadia County Park.
Small Spanish-style home. Address, at the time of the photo (1927) was 2747 Olive Street in Temple City. Numbers on Olive Street were changed and same house in 1980 has street number of 10159. This was girlhood home of Vera Van Houten and her family. The children went all the way through Arcadia schools as this home was in Arcadia School District.
View of Orange Avenue (present day Colorado Boulevard) with eucalyptus trees along both sides. Scene is near Baldwin Ranch. This photograph belongs to the Huntington Library. It is shown here for research only.
Exterior view of the brand new City of Arcadia Community Center's northern driveway entrance on the one-way Huntington Drive (this part of Huntington Drive is going northeast). Community Center is at 365 Campus Drive.
Exterior view of the brand new City of Arcadia Community Center's northern driveway entrance on the one-way Huntington Drive (this part of Huntington Drive is going northeast). Community Center is at 365 Campus Drive.
Close view of a school bus across which is painted: Arcadia City School. At the side near front of bus is a man in business suit adjusting louvered window. At left is a girl with a beret on her head about to get on the bus. She is Jean Hutchinson and picture was taken on Bonita Street near her home.
View from back yard of Ramuz family home on Arcadia Ave. looking north toward San Gabriel Mountains. (Later they would build home on South Santa Anita in conjunction with their business, The Arcadia Nursery.) There are two small houses, one on left is still under construction. Just to left of center is a power pole. Line of eucalyptus in background apparently was along Huntington Drive.
Clara Baldwin Stocker's home on the north side of Foothill Blvd. between Baldwin and Santa Anita. Two stone pillars with light fixtures on top are visible on either side of the driveway. Handwritten note on bottom left of photo reads, "Oaks 1915".
Aerial view due south from a position almost directly over sharp curve of Colorado Street. Showing in this photo are the Track and Club House on a day of large attendance, the stables, and a training track. All along Huntington Drive and Colorado Street young trees have been planted. Old-time resident Reid Greer says that the large tree at the very left edge of photo about 2 1/2 in. from bottom is same tree as seen in photo #654, on flat ground just below knolls seen here, and therefore he places homes of Indians on ranch at this spot. E.J."Lucky" Baldwin winery is only building seen on knoll. There is an "x" on reverse side to mark location. This photo belongs to the Huntington Library. It is shown here for research only.
1. The Blue Gum. Article from Lasca Leaves, Vol. XXVI, No. 1 - March 1976. 2. English Oak. Article from Lasca Leaves, Vol. XXV, No. 3 - Sept. 1975. 3. City Council adopts report. News clip listing Arcadia street trees - circa 1925-27. 4. Golden Trumpet tree to be used for landscaping. Los…
1. The Blue Gum. Article from Lasca Leaves, Vol. XXVI, No. 1 - March 1976.
2. English Oak. Article from Lasca Leaves, Vol. XXV, No. 3 - Sept. 1975.
3. City Council adopts report. News clip listing Arcadia street trees - circa 1925-27.
4. Golden Trumpet tree to be used for landscaping. Los Angeles Times - May 1969.
5. Eucalyptus - Double Drive. Notes pertaining to original eucalyptus trees.
6. Chorisia Arcadia, a tree like no other. Arcadia Tribune 7/16/78.
7. Arcadia's own tree. Arcadia Tribune news photo with caption 9/21/78.
8. E.J. Baldwin last spring extended the row of trees on the south end of Baldwin Avenue, Sierra Madre Vista 8/23/1889.
9. Information on deodars along Huntington Drive - news clip 12/7/73 on death of Louise Schermerhorn which includes that her husband imported the deodars that line Huntington Drive.
10. Ordinance No. 1962 - An ordinance of the City Council of the City of Arcadia, California, adding a Chapter 7 to article IX of the Arcadia Municipal Code regarding the preservation of Oak Trees adopted 1/21/92.
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.
The Burnell estate, formerly located at 290 W. Foothill Boulevard, is seen heavily covered in ivy. The view is from Foothill Boulevard, looking down a curving driveway toward the front of the house.
Child seen standing in driveway entrance with man on extreme right watching. Caption beneath reads: Driveway, "Lucky" Baldwin's Home. It is not known which entrance to ranch this was.
A view of dirt path or trail, trees, shrubs, and the San Gabriel Mountains, looking northeast from Wilderness Park on a cloudy day. Photo by Terry Miller.
A view of dirt path or trail, trees, shrubs, and the San Gabriel Mountains, looking northeast from Wilderness Park on a cloudy day. Photo by Terry Miller.