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Photo and caption. Susan Johnston shows Tim Simmers of the Arcadia Chamber of Commerce fabric samples at her new store, California Design Associates at 302 N. First Avenue, Arcadia, CA.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 26, 1974
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p. A3
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 26, 1974
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
California Design Associates
Johnston, Susan
Simmers, Tim
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32744AN
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Helms elected chamber president. James Helms, Jr. was elected president of the Arcadia Chamber of Commerce. Jim Clarke is vice president and president-elect. Clarke is owner of Clarke Directory Publications, Inc. Other officers are treasurer Dick Closson and budget director Lyle Cunningham. Carol Libby and Roy Long will be honored as Citizens of the Year. See hard copy of newspaper in Box 51.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 26, 1978
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p. A1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 26, 1978
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Arcadia Chamber of Commerce
Clarke, Jim
Closson, Dick
Cunningham, Lyle
Helms, Jim aka Helms, James, Jr.
Libby, Carol
Long, Roy
Item ID
34130AN
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Newspaper Index
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Biographical sketch of Bob Considine, who is currently the President of the Pasadena City College Board of Trustees.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 18, 1974
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p. A-1 photo
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 18, 1974
Pages
p. A-1 photo
Subjects
Considine, Robert
Item ID
1347AN
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Biographical sketch of Arcadia resident Eugene R. Wilson who has been named vice president for Institute relations at the California Institute of Technology.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 18, 1978
Pages
p. A-2
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 18, 1978
Pages
p. A-2
Subjects
Wilson, Eugene R.
Item ID
3502AN
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The 6th annual fall racing meeting closed November 3 and the directors of the Oak Tree Racing Association held a celebration. Vice President and General Manager Ray Rogers is pictured.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 24, 1974
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p. B-4 photo
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 24, 1974
Pages
p. B-4 photo
Subjects
Santa Anita Park - Oak Tree Racing Association
Item ID
2398AN
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Tennyson Warren, Foothills Junior High School English teacher, has spent 6 weeks studying Indian literature and will bring this enriched background to his students.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 22, 1974
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 22, 1974
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p. A-1
Subjects
Warren, Tennyson
Item ID
3442AN
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The Boy's Christian League will not be permitted to distribute literature through the schools unless the Arcadia School Board changes its policy. National organizations such as the Scouts, the YWCA and the YMCA now have this permission.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 17, 1977
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 17, 1977
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Organizations - Boys' Christian League
Item ID
2087AN
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Newspaper Index
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Four part biographical series.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 20, 1976, p. 1; May 23, 1976, p. 1; May 27, 1976, p. 1; June 3, 1976, p. 1.
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 20, 1976, p. 1; May 23, 1976, p. 1; May 27, 1976, p. 1; June 3, 1976, p. 1.
Subjects
Baldwin, Anita
Item ID
589AN
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Fire Chief Bob Dick will retire February 17 after nearly 27 years with the Arcadia Fire Department.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 30, 1977
Pages
p. A-1 photo
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 30, 1977
Pages
p. A-1 photo
Subjects
Fire Department
Dick, Bob
Dick, Robert
Item ID
1591AN
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Newspaper Index
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Extensive biographical article on City Council candidate Bob Margett. Included are his positions on various issues of city government.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 12, 1976
Pages
p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 12, 1976
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
City Council - Elections - 1976
Margett, Bob
Item ID
1053AN
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Bob Margett has been elected Mayor for 1979-1980, with Don Pellegrino Mayor Pro-Tem. Article outlines Margett's concerns for the community.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 19, 1979
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 19, 1979
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
City Council 1970 - 1979
Mayors - Margett, Bob
Item ID
1002AN
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Newspaper Index
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City Councilman Bob Margett has pleaded "no contest" to a lawsuit charging malicious mischief for destroying campaign signs during the April election. He paid a $100 fine.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 25, 1976
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 25, 1976
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
City Council - Elections - 1976
Margett, Bob
Item ID
1060AN
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David Parry (3996 votes) and Bob Margett (3690 votes) were elected to the City Council in the April 13, 1976 election.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 15, 1976
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p. A-1 photo
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 15, 1976
Pages
p. A-1 photo
Subjects
City Council - Elections - 1976
Parry, David E.
Margett, Bob
Item ID
1057AN
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Newspaper Index
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Newly elected City Councilman Bob Margett has had a lawsuit filed against him by Roy Speirs charging malicious mischief for destroying campaign signs in April.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 8, 1976
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 8, 1976
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
City Council - Elections - 1976
Margett, Bob
Speirs, Roy
Item ID
1059AN
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Newspaper Index
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Photo and caption. Arcadia Chamber of Commerce member Mike Saleo and president Kelvin Mason admire the jewels shown by R.G. Fergoda, manager of the new J. Herbert Hall Jewelry Co. in Fashion Park, as Stephanie Gates and Mike Vitro, assistant manager, look on.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 26, 1974
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p. A3
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 26, 1974
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Fergoda, R.G.
Gates, Stephanie
Jewelry stores
J. Herbert Hall Jewelry Co.
Mason, Kelvin
Saleo, Mike
Santa Anita Fashion Park
Vitro, Mike
Item ID
32743AN
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Kel Mason to be installed as President.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 28, 1974
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 28, 1974
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Chamber of Commerce
Mason, Kel
Item ID
887AN
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Defeated City Council candidate Roy Seirs urged newly elected Councilman Bob Margett to step down because of his behavior during the latter days of the campaign. This included tearing down other candidates signs and then telling lies about the incident.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 22, 1976
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p. A-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 22, 1976
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
City Council - Elections - 1976
Margett, Bob
Seirs, Roy
Item ID
1058AN
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Newspaper Index
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Fire Chief Gene Mahoney has been placed on indefinite leave of absence without pay. Since Mahoney came to Arcadia in 1973, the Fire Department has been prey to internal tension. Bob Dick has been named acting Chief.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 4, 1976
Pages
p. A-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 4, 1976
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Fire Department
Mahoney, Gene
Dick, Bob
Dick, Robert
Item ID
1588AN
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Article concerning Baldwin's grape and wine production.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 6, 1978
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 6, 1978
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Baldwin, Elias J. (Lucky) - Wine and Wine Making
Item ID
591AN
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History-Rancho Santa Anita (1875-1909)-Elias J. Baldwin

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Start Date
1875
End Date
1909
Contents
1. " 'Lucky' Baldwin's retreat." Article by Susanna B. Dakin. 2. Article from Touring Topics, March 1929, page 41. 3. "One of many entrances to 'Lucky' Baldwin's ranch." Page from a Los Angeles Racing Association program, 1907. 4. "First street entrance to Fairyland Park, Baldwin's ranch." Page…
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Start Date
1875
End Date
1909
Contents
1. " 'Lucky' Baldwin's retreat." Article by Susanna B. Dakin.
2. Article from Touring Topics, March 1929, page 41.
3. "One of many entrances to 'Lucky' Baldwin's ranch." Page from a Los Angeles Racing Association program, 1907.
4. "First street entrance to Fairyland Park, Baldwin's ranch." Page from a Los Angeles Racing Association program, 1907.
5. "Large oak tree, Hotel Oakwood, Baldwin's ranch." Page from a Los Angeles Racing Association program, 1907.
6. "Rancho Santa Anita."Lasca Leaves, March 1976, by Sandy Snider.
7. "Pastoral - it's scenes like this that gave Arcadia its name." News photo mounted on gray paper, circa 1950.
8. "This is Santa Anita." Arcadia Tribune, March 23, 1950. News photo of Baldwin store.
9. "Baldwin's boat house." Arcadia Tribune, August 11, 1960. News photo of boat house.
10. "List of ranches and acreage planted to various crops." Century Magazine, October 1883, Volume XXVI, Number 6. Compiled 1978.
11. "Last remnant of the Rancho." Thoroughbred, November 1965 by Dick Nash. Six pages.
12. "Days of yore - progress is wonderful, but ..." Arcadia Tribune, March 24, 1949. News photo of Baldwin cattle pastures.
13. " 'Beast' Baldwin and his two great loves." Sports Illustrated, February 19, 1962 by Dolly Connelly.
14. "1894 photo of the bell tower of Mission San Gabriel." Article confirming bell from Mission was at ranch.
15. "History of Santa Anita." Westways, October 1955 by M. Richard Marx.
16. "Life at Guenoc (breeding farm owned by Lily Langtree). Westways, August 1957 by Idwal Jones.
17. "Mission-period Rancho." Arcadia Tribune, April 2, 1978.
18. "About 1876 or 1877, Baldwin hired a distant relative, Julius A. Kelly." Los Angeles Herald Tribune, December 30, 1960. Typed notes.
19. "Rancho was lucky for Baldwin." Arcadia Tribune, April 6, 1978.
20. The Peacock Call, September/October 1978. Rancho area residents' newsletter with article and map on Ranch. Also: a chronology on Rancho by Joe Buck.
21. "Life and death." Golden West, January 1966, pages 20-21+. Regarding Workman and Temple tragedy.
22. Ad in Sierra Madre Vista for Baldwin store. March 16, 1889.
23. February 1889 notice in Sierra Madre Vista telling of corn sale by Baldwin.
24. Story of Blas Cuellar recalls days of Baldwin Reign; 40 descendants still live in Arcadia. Arcadia Tribune, March 24, 1949. Cuellar had come from Mexico.
25. Letter relating to observation of the Ranch in 1883. Article in Western States Jewish Historical Quarterly, March 1979.
26. "Baldwin large operator - acquired much land in Los Angeles County." Chapter 3 from the book _California Memories_ by Jackson A. Graves, published by Times Mirror Press, 1930. Copied at Huntington Library, 1979.
27. "Lucky Baldwin's energy turning to the swamp lands of his great ranch." Valley Vista, March 31, 1900. Regarding lands in El Monte and Savanna areas.
28. "Mr. E.J. Baldwin was presented with four Java oyster shells by a captain of a vessel from China." San Gabriel Valley News, March 28, 1878.
29. "The Los Angeles Herald recently contained the following about E.J. Baldwin's Santa Anita Ranch: a long account of the ranch and its developing." Sierra Madre Vista, February 5, 1891.
30. Boat house construction." Sierra Madre Vista, May 28, 1891.
31. "Baldwin money for road up Mount Wilson." Sierra Madre Vista, May 3, 1889.
32. "Brick manufacture at Santa Anita." Sierra Madre Vista, April 14, 1888.
33. "Banana trees." Sierra Madre Vista, May 31, 1889.
34. List of numbers of fruit trees, grape vines, and head of livestock. Sierra Madre Vista, January 15, 1891.
35. "Acreage being sold for small ranches." Sierra Madre Vista, November 20, 1890.
36. "Estimated worth of ranch, 1891. Sierra Madre Vista, August 13, 1891.
37. Description of ranch from newspaper. Sierra Madre Vista, January 8, 1890.
38. "E.J. Baldwin's Santa Anita ranch is undoubtedly the most beautiful." Los Angeles Daily Herald, March 30, 1887. Copied from the Los Angeles Public Library by Sandy Snider of the Los Angeles County Arboretum.
39. "Water." San Gabriel Valley News, February 28, 1878. Regarding Baldwin building flumes to carry water from Big Santa Anita Canyon.
40. "The Santa Anita Ranch." Two pages from California of the South, by Walter Lindley, publisher, 1888.
41. "The Builders. VI Where Ranch and City Meet." Outing, October 1906 by Ralph D. Paine.
42. "In 1880, 'Lucky' Baldwin orange grove of 75 acres at Sierra Madre was planted to navels." Historical Society of Southern California Bulletin, December 1943, page 152.
43. "A large number of fine varieties of plants received for Mr. Baldwin." San Gabriel Valley News, February 28, 1878. From the Huntington Library.
44. Map showing irrigated lands, canals, pipe lines and pumping plants in the Pasadena Quadrangle, 1907. Original owned by Mrs. Robert Pitzer.
45. Letter from H. Unruh to Richard Garvey on E.J. Baldwin office letterhead featuring Bird's Eye Map. Original owned by Jack Donnelly. Obtained March 3, 1981.
46. "Notice of claim to water." Legal notice filed by E.J. Baldwin on August 23, 1883 in Court in Los Angeles. Regarding his right to water from Santa Anita Canyon. Original at County Hall of Records.
47. "Santa Anita Store." Ad in Sierra Madre Vista, circa late 1880's.
48. The Land of Sunshine: a magazine of California and the Southwest, February 1898, edited by Chas. F. Lummis. Photos and mentions of Arcadia on marked pages.
49. "Typical views of California." Los Angeles Times. Large photographic prints. (NOTE: OVERSIZE! See bottom drawer of photo file cabinet with oversize photos.)
50. "Childhood visit to Baldwin home recalled by former Los Angeles mayor." Arcadia Tribune, April 23, 1956, page 1. Article and photo.
51. "Rancho Santa Anita once vast Baldwin empire of more than 54,000 acres." News clip, circa April 1948.
52. "Lucky Baldwin's Rancho Santa Anita." by Percy L. Bonebrake. From the Westerners Brand Book, Los Angeles Corral. Book six, Los Angeles Westerners, 1956, page 83-85.
53. "Elias Jackson 'Lucky' Baldwin and his Santa Anita Ranch." by Carey S. Bliss. From the Westerners Brand Book, Los Angeles Corral. Book six, Los Angeles Westerners, 1956, page 79-82.
54. "20 cents an acre! - The Santa Anita Rancho story." The Realty Scene, Pasadena (Ca.) Independent, January 11, 1953 by Independent Real Estate Editor, Jack Cressman.
55. Ad in the Monrovia Planet, January 15, 1887, page 2. For the sale of 5-20 acre lots (out of 2,000 for sale) by E.J. Baldwin.
56. Arcadia Notes in the Monrovia Planet, May 21, 1887, page 2. Regarding buildings and road work, etc. for Arcadia at that time.
57. Article in the Monrovia Planet, March 15, 1887, page 3. Regarding the sale of two lots by E.J. Baldwin to the two Studebaker brothers.
58. Articles regarding the orange trees E.J. Baldwin will set out. Monrovia Messenger, March 27, 1890 and November 13, 1890.
59. Article regarding the placing of several thousand acres of land on the Santa Anita Ranch by E.J. Baldwin. Monrovia Messenger, January 8, 1891.
60. Lucky Baldwin's Ranch: a Southern California paradise of sixteen thousand acres. (Description of the ranch). The Daily Constitution, March 22, 1877.
61. It was too much. (Description of the ranch). Chicago Daily Tribune, May 25, 1877.
62. Lucky Baldwin's Ranch. Chicago Daily Tribune, June 17, 1879. Description of the acreage, trees, fruits, etc.
63. Lucky Baldwin's 'Arcadia': establishes sporting city on Santa Anita Ranch in defiance of strenuous opposition. New York Times, June 23, 1903. Arcadia is incorporated, and it promises to be the "sportiest" place in the country, despite opposition from the State Anti-Saloon League. The town is located on Baldwin's ranch of 18,000 acres.
64. "A Corner in Arcady," a chapter copied from History of Pasadena and the San Gabriel Valley California, Vol. 1 (1930) by Harold Carew.
Subjects
History-Rancho Santa Anita (1875-1909)-Elias J. Baldwin
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