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Zoning map of City of Arcadia.

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Date: June 1940

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Date: June 1940

Subjects: Real estate; City planning

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 530

Collection: Photographs

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Page of articles relating to Arcadia real estate and zoning.

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Date: Dec. 1939

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Date: Dec. 1939

Subjects: Real estate; City planning

Physical Description: 6 1/4 x 8 1/2 b&w

ID: 533

Collection: Photographs

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Photo taken looking north from possibly Duarte Road, of 120 acres of tomatoes being grown on Baldwin Ranch land. In photo, highest mountain on right side of photo is Monrovia Peak. Big Santa Anita Canyon comes down to the left of it. Oversized.

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Date: 1914

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Date: 1914

Subjects: Rancho Santa Anita; Baldwin Ranch; San Gabriel Mountains

Physical Description: 3x15 b&w

ID: 124

Collection: Photographs

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Stone house at 58 W. Grandview. Small girl in foreground possibly Dextra Baldwin. Anita Baldwin purchased 22 acres of her father's land for $10.00 on March 8, 1892. (see Arcadia VF-Baldwin, Anita) Anita's father built stone cottage in May 1902 on lot 7 and part of lots 8&9 in block 98 of Santa Anita Tract. (This information came from Mrs. Sharlene Cartier, who owned the house in 1973.)

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Date: c.1915

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Date: c.1915

Subjects: Historic houses

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 251

Collection: Photographs

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Jerry Selmer and Doris Selmer (maiden name unknown) as children in Huntington Park, CA. They were neighbors. Jerry Selmer and Doris Selmer were longtime members and officers of Friends of the Library.

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Date: Unknown

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Date: Unknown

Subjects: Friends of the Library; Friends of the Arcadia Public Library; Selmer, Doris; Selmer, Jerry

Physical Description: 5x7 b&w

ID: 2265

Collection: Photographs

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Jerry Selmer and Doris Selmer (maiden name unknown) as children in Huntington Park, CA. They were neighbors. Jerry Selmer and Doris Selmer were longtime members and officers of Friends of the Library.

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Date: 2005

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Date: 2005

Subjects: Friends of the Library; Friends of the Arcadia Public Library; Selmer, Doris; Selmer, Jerry

Physical Description: 5x7 b&w

ID: 2265A

Collection: Photographs

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Photo of dignitaries at the dedication of plaque marking site of Ross Field. Man on extreme right is ex-Congressman John Hoeppel who was most responsible for securing land for Los Angeles County Park. Others in photo not identified.

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Date: c.1962

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Date: c.1962

Subjects: Balloon School; Arcadia County Park; Hoeppel, John H

Physical Description: 9x11 b&w

ID: 184

Collection: Photographs

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Photo of one plaque that was placed commemorating Balloon School and another plaque in honor of Lt. John Hoeppel, who was responsible for getting the land from U.S. government for Los Angeles County Park. See also photo #184.

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Date: c.1962

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Date: c.1962

Subjects: Balloon School; Arcadia County Park; Hoeppel, John H.

Physical Description: 9x11 b&w

ID: 185

Collection: Photographs

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Newly planted strawberries are seen covered by paper cups for protection. Mr. Mauch said they learned to do this from their Japanese neighbors. This view is looking north toward mountains from Mauch ranch at Holly Avenue and Palm Avenue.

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Date: 1930

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Date: 1930

Subjects: Agriculture; Mauch, Aloyosius

Physical Description: 6x10 b&w

ID: 995

Collection: Photographs

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Looking north toward San Gabriel Mountains at devastating Monrovia Peak fire on first night. It was to eventually burn more than 13,000 acres and be out of control for five days.

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Date: December 27, 1953

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Date: December 27, 1953

Subjects: Forest fires

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 895

Collection: Photographs

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View of small group of Japanese who have just arrived on Pacific Electric Railroad cars on right. On the left can be seen approximately eight helmeted military guards standing at ready in front of Barracks-like quarters people will live in at the Santa Anita Assembly Center for the Japanese.

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Date: April 1942

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Date: April 1942

Subjects: Santa Anita Assembly Center for the Japanese-Security measures; Santa Anita Park-1942-1945

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 660

Collection: Photographs

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Cuccia Peach orchard, 60 acres from Lovell to Holly Avenue and Leroy to Norman. Shows one man on ladder picking in grove; one man standing picking; boxes of fruit.

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Date: c.1925

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Date: c.1925

Subjects: Cuccia, Peter; Agriculture; Arcadia(City)-History-1920-1929

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 10

Collection: Photographs

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Three generations of Strong family who had family home at 460 W. Duarte Road on land purchased from Anita Baldwin. Left to right: Lois Strong Rife, Beth Strong Goerl (Flannes was first husband's surname), Pearl Strong on her 80th birthday.

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Date: c.1970

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Date: c.1970

Subjects: Strong, Pearl; Rife, Lois Strong; Rife, Beth Strong

Physical Description: 3x3 color

ID: 419

Collection: Photographs

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Man is riding bicycle on a path inside Rancho Santa Anita Park and Lake (later, the Arboretum), with many palm trees. Sign reads "Open to the Public Daily until 7PM, private property" and "Curves, drive slowly through park." The following information is from Sandy Snider: This is indeed, today’s Arboretum, but at the time the property was owned by a real estate syndicate named Rancho Santa Anita Inc. The enterprise was headed by the Chandler family (Harry until he died), and they bought the land from Anita Baldwin in 1936 for purposes of residential development. About 1939 they opened “the park” to visitors in hopes of encouraging land sales. About 30 acres surrounding the lake was sort of set aside as Santa Anita Park and Lake, that was roughly the area made available for movie location rentals and clearly for bicyclists, etc. 1939 is the circa date for this photograph, but it could have been anytime between 1936 and 1947 (when the land was sold to State and County for use as an Arboretum). The granite boulders lining roadways were typical Baldwin Ranch landscape features, and the pillars seen in the photo are also from Baldwin times. In the background you can see more boulders in a circular sort of shape – likely the old Baldwin Lily Pond.

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Date: c.1939

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Date: c.1939

Subjects: Arboretum; Rancho Santa Anita

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 2170

Collection: Photographs

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Aerial view toward NE. Plane is over property of Charles W. Stewart (10 acres), and Jaspar Teague (10 acres), at 1320 S. Santa Anita Avenue, which is directly under the plane. Next street east is First Avenue, then Second Avenue, the Fourth Avenue. Reservoir is at corner of Valnett Avenue and Second Avenue and was owned by Walnut Grove Mutual Water Company (Valnett Avenue was first through street south of Duarte Road at this time and became Camino Real).

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Date: November 1929

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Date: November 1929

Subjects: Aerial Photo Collection; Aerial views; Camino Real; Duarte Road; First Avenue; Fourth Avenue; Second Avenue; Santa Anita Avenue (South); Stewart, Charles W.; Teague, Jaspar; Valnett Avenue

Physical Description: 6x10 b&w

ID: 640

Collection: Photographs

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A disc plow sits in field in this view looking north toward mountains. This was very shortly after Mauch family bought the 5 acres near Palm Avenue and Holly Avenue. The dirt road on extreme right is Holly Avenue.

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Date: Feb. 1922

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Date: Feb. 1922

Subjects: Agriculture; Holly Avenue; San Gabriel Mountains; Mauch, Aloyosius

Physical Description: 6x10 b&w (this is left portion of a panorama - photo 1000 completes scene)

ID: 999

Collection: Photographs

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Aerial looking west from a position just east of First Avenue and just north of Wheeler Avenue. Large white barn-like roof is San Gabriel Valley Lumber Co. building. This later became the Sawmill Restaurant and in the early 1990's became Sports Rock Cafe. Directly opposite, is cleared land where Arcadia Public Library, Fire and Police were previously located. Today there is a Medical Building on the site (65 N. First Avenue). Santa Anita Park and parking lot are seen in the distance.

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Date: c.1977

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Date: c.1977

Subjects: Aerial Photo Collection; Aerial views; First Avenue; Wheeler Avenue

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 992

Collection: Photographs

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Oakwood Hotel. Fairy Land

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Artist: Justine Wishek

Description: Oakwood Hotel -- Entrance to Fairy Land. Construction of Lucky Baldwin's Oakwood Hotel began in June of 1887 on the southwest corner of First Avenue and Santa Clara Street, across the tracks from the Santa Anita Depot. When completed, the two-story brick building contained 35 rooms with verandas r…

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Artist: Justine Wishek

Description: Oakwood Hotel -- Entrance to Fairy Land. Construction of Lucky Baldwin's Oakwood Hotel began in June of 1887 on the southwest corner of First Avenue and Santa Clara Street, across the tracks from the Santa Anita Depot. When completed, the two-story brick building contained 35 rooms with verandas running around both floors. In 1903 it became the first City Government headquarters, and later was the area's sporting center. It was destroyed by fire on November 26, 1911.

Item ID: 72W

Collection: Paintings

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There is no print of this negative. The negative is a Baldwin tract map for the Santa Anita Colony. The 800 acres of Santa Anita Colony were bounded by today's Duarte Road on the north, Live Oak Avenue on the south, El Monte Avenue on the west and Second Avenue on the east.

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Date: c.1891

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Date: c.1891

Subjects: Santa Anita Colony

Physical Description: 4x6 negative only

ID: 1431

Collection: Photographs

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The Burnell estate is shown, heavily covered with what appears to be ivy growing one side of the front of the house. This was the home of George Edwin Burnell, author, lecturer and philosopher. The estate was built 1910-1912 and razed in 1961. It was located at 290 West Foothill Blvd., and encompassed 7 acres.

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Date: unknown

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Date: unknown

Subjects: Arcadia authors-Burnell, George Edwin; Foothill Boulevard

Physical Description: 8x10, 7x10 b&w

ID: 1371

Collection: Photographs

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Zoning map of City of Arcadia.

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Page of articles relating to Arcadia real estate and zoning.

Images

Photo taken looking north from possibly Duarte Road, of 120 acres of tomatoes being grown on Baldwin Ranch land. In photo, highest mountain on right side of photo is Monrovia Peak. Big Santa Anita Canyon comes down to the left of it. Oversized.

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Jerry Selmer and Doris Selmer (maiden name unknown) as children in Huntington Park, CA. They were neighbors. Jerry Selmer and Doris Selmer were longtime members and officers of Friends of the Library.

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Jerry Selmer and Doris Selmer (maiden name unknown) as children in Huntington Park, CA. They were neighbors. Jerry Selmer and Doris Selmer were longtime members and officers of Friends of the Library.

Images

Photo of dignitaries at the dedication of plaque marking site of Ross Field. Man on extreme right is ex-Congressman John Hoeppel who was most responsible for securing land for Los Angeles County Park. Others in photo not identified.

Images

Photo of one plaque that was placed commemorating Balloon School and another plaque in honor of Lt. John Hoeppel, who was responsible for getting the land from U.S. government for Los Angeles County Park. See also photo #184.

Images

Newly planted strawberries are seen covered by paper cups for protection. Mr. Mauch said they learned to do this from their Japanese neighbors. This view is looking north toward mountains from Mauch ranch at Holly Avenue and Palm Avenue.

Images

Looking north toward San Gabriel Mountains at devastating Monrovia Peak fire on first night. It was to eventually burn more than 13,000 acres and be out of control for five days.

Images

View of small group of Japanese who have just arrived on Pacific Electric Railroad cars on right. On the left can be seen approximately eight helmeted military guards standing at ready in front of Barracks-like quarters people will live in at the Santa Anita Assembly Center for the Japanese.

Images

Cuccia Peach orchard, 60 acres from Lovell to Holly Avenue and Leroy to Norman. Shows one man on ladder picking in grove; one man standing picking; boxes of fruit.

Images

Three generations of Strong family who had family home at 460 W. Duarte Road on land purchased from Anita Baldwin. Left to right: Lois Strong Rife, Beth Strong Goerl (Flannes was first husband's surname), Pearl Strong on her 80th birthday.

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A disc plow sits in field in this view looking north toward mountains. This was very shortly after Mauch family bought the 5 acres near Palm Avenue and Holly Avenue. The dirt road on extreme right is Holly Avenue.

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Oakwood Hotel. Fairy Land

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There is no print of this negative. The negative is a Baldwin tract map for the Santa Anita Colony. The 800 acres of Santa Anita Colony were bounded by today's Duarte Road on the north, Live Oak Avenue on the south, El Monte Avenue on the west and Second Avenue on the east.

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