Elias J. "Lucky" Baldwin in buggy hitched to a dark horse. Baldwin is figure on left. Seated next to him is W. McClelland who was Baldwin's horse trainer at this time. Standing beside buggy is an unidentified young man. Other mounted horsemen, black as well as white, are shown on track. This was taken at Baldwin's training track which was adjacent to present Michillinda near Colorado Boulevard. Etched on photo is: "E.J. Baldwin and J. McClelland on the track - Santa Anieta." (Anieta is misspelled and should be Anita.)
Elias J. "Lucky" Baldwin in carriage on his original track which was adjacent to Michillinda and near Colorado Blvd. With him is W. McClelland, Baldwin's horse trainer at this time. There are 16 other people in photo; some are mounted on horses, some standing. Etched on the photo is "On the track - Lucky Baldwins Place. S.G.V.R.R."
Rowing on the lake in a boat named CLARA are Clara Baldwin Stocker (second from right), Lucky Baldwin's elder daughter; Clara's fourth husband, Harold Stocker (rowing); and several friends. A copy of this photo appears in the March 2, 1909 Los Angeles Daily Times pt.II p.8 with the following identification: FAMILY GROUP ON THE LAKE AT SANTA ANITA. Left to right, in boat - Mr. Mathews, Mrs. F.D. Black, Mr. Stocker ("Lucky's son-in-law), Mrs. H.C. Wyatt, in white; Mrs. Stocker (Lucky's daughter) and Mrs. Scott. There are seven people seated in the boat, but only six names are identified in the newspaper article. Article is in Arcadia History file Baldwin, Elias J. "Lucky", number 58 ("His greatest race run, 'Lucky' loses.)
Arcadian Ken Nute sued the Velvet Turtle Restaurant after a meal he ate there gave him a case of food poisoning. The Los Angeles County Department of Health Services found 24 health code violations.
Eight people standing or mounted on mule in front of large American flag which is hanging from a wire. Group apparently was on an excursion to Mt. Wilson. The three men on the right are all identified as McCoys across the face of the photo.
Hugo Reid Adobe as it appeared in 1903. This photo shows it to have been what appears to be wooden siding and shingle roof with wide porch as altered by E.J. "Lucky" Baldwin.
Photo ad for White City-Arcadia. Sign on wall calls it a resort. Photo shows lady and child in light carriage with fourteen people standing nearby. Beneath photo it reads: BALDWIN MUSIC HALL-THE BEST MUSICAL COMEDY AND VAUDEVILLE-EVERY EVENING. Banner between trees reads BIG BARBEQUE ----(not clear) BAND AND ORCHESTRA ----(not clear). (Barbecue?)
Elias J. "Lucky" Baldwin on left and Richard F. Carman Sr., one of America's early horsemen. Photo was taken probably about 1907 and printed in newspaper of March 1937 at the time of Carman's death. Carman's horses won four races and placed second in two others on opening day of Baldwin's Santa Anita Race Track.
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.
Two young men playing cards at a table in a room. Man with cap is Richard Herman Shierske, who was a jockey for E.J."Lucky" Baldwin. He was licensed under the name of Richard Herman. Other young man is Charles McIver.
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.
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.
Photo of front page of the Los Angeles Times of April 3, 1909 with picture of Lily Bennett Baldwin and article about estate she inherited on death of Elias J."Lucky" Baldwin.
Photo reduction of p.13 pt. I of November 28, 1911 Los Angeles Times newspaper. Contains photo with caption describing fire which totally destroyed Oakwood Hotel on November 26, 1911, a Sunday night.
Home of Mr. and Mrs. Leo Bertolina. It was originally located on California (a street which at this time was 3 blocks south of Duarte Road). It washed off its foundation and was then moved to NW corner of 2nd and Alta. There are broad front steps and stone foundation seen in photo.
Clara Baldwin Stocker at the House of Mirrors at Coney Island. She is seen in reflection five times, seated at a table. Handwritten at bottom of photo is "Coney Island 1914."
Clara Baldwin Stocker is seated in the back of a motor car, wearing a hat. The man behind the steering wheel is probably her husband, Harold Stocker. There are two other unidentified people at the rear of the vehicle and one unidentified woman seated on the running board in the front right corner of the photo. Handwriting on the bottom of the photo reads, "August 11th 1914."