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Aerial view looking down on Fashion Park from a position over intersection of Baldwin & Huntington Drive. Looking N toward Santa Anita Race Track grandstand during racing season (all of the cars parked on light-surfaced parking area are attending races.)

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Date: c.1975

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Date: c.1975

Subjects: Department stores; Fashion Park; Santa Anita Park-1945-1980; Shopping malls

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 732

Collection: Photographs

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Six men are seen standing in a group. L-R:Los Angeles County Supervisor John Anson Ford, Superintendent William A. Smith, Superintendent Raymond V. Darby (Chairman), F. Wesley Davies (Manager Rancho Santa Anita, Inc.), and Superintendent Leonard J. Roach. Davies is seen handing deed to 111-acre tract of historic Rancho Santa Anita to Superintendent Darby. This was to be developed into the Arboretum.

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Date: March 1947

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Date: March 1947

Subjects: Arboretum; Davies, F. Wesley; Rancho Santa Anita, Inc.

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 1505

Collection: Photographs

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View looking south down Santa Anita Ave. from a point just where road starts up toward Chantry Flats. Note that eucalyptus trees have been removed from Santa Anita and present plantings are still very small. As of 1980, houses fill land shown in foreground of the photo.

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Date: c.1960

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Date: c.1960

Subjects: Santa Anita Avenue

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 902

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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Rancho Santa Anita, Inc. Administration Building. Mailbox is sitting on a wagon wheel in front.

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Date: c.1936-1939

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Date: c.1936-1939

Subjects: Rancho Santa Anita Inc.

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 1524

Collection: Photographs

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Copy of 1 1/2 pages from the racing program for Santa Anita Park, April 13, 1909. Right hand page is an ad for Pacific Electric.

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Date: 1909

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Date: 1909

Subjects: Santa Anita Park-1907-1912; Railroads-Pacific Electric Railway

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 1169

Collection: Photographs

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Four small boys settle down in one bed at the Santa Anita Assembly Center for the Japanese. Mother or sister smiles down at them.

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Date: April 1942

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Date: April 1942

Subjects: Santa Anita Assembly Center for the Japanese-Living quarters & conditions; Santa Anita Park-1942-1945

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 684

Collection: Photographs

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View east on Huntington Drive from a position west of Santa Anita Avenue. Shopping Bag Market is on northeast corner of this intersection (Currently, the site of a Denny's Restaurant, noted 6/19/2013). Pine's Cafe was still located near the SW corner of Huntington Drive and First Avenue. A sign reading "19 cent Burger" in the middle is prominent, as if "Real Pit Bar-B-Q" on the left.

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Date: c. 1957

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Date: c. 1957

Subjects: Huntington Drive; Markets; Santa Anita Avenue; Shopping Bag Market; Restaurants-The Pines Cafe

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 639

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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Six men shoveling sand as part of cleaning up following construction at Santa Anita Assembly Center for the Japanese. Four ladies are seen coming down stairs.

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Date: April, 1942

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Date: April, 1942

Subjects: Santa Anita Assembly Center for the Japanese-Construction & maintenance; Santa Anita Park-1942-1945

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 645

Collection: Photographs

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Santa Anita Dam viewed from south looking north into the mountains. This is located in Big Santa Anita Canyon. Taken by Wendell Stewart.

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Date: 1927

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Date: 1927

Subjects: Santa Anita Dam

Physical Description: 6x10 b&w

ID: 379

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 south on Baldwin Avenue. From position just north of Huntington Drive (during racing season) showing great number of cars coming east on Huntington Drive to races through Gate #1. One building in Santa Anita Park Race Track parking lot is Fire Station at 630 S. Baldwin Avenue. Duarte Road is distantly seen in upper portion of photo, about 1 1/4 in. from top of photo. The multi-storied Medical Building seen is at 612 W. Duarte Road.

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Date: c.1970

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Date: c.1970

Subjects: Aerial Photo Collection; Aerial views; Arcadia Fire Department; Baldwin Avenue; Duarte Road; Huntington Drive; Santa Anita Park-1945-1980

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 632

Collection: Photographs

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View east of the front of Santa Anita School, probably shortly after its opening, as shrubbery is small. This school was located at 1900 S. Santa Anita Avenue from about the late 1940s until June 1981. Santa Anita School was built on the site of the second school building built by the City, a two-room red brick building, built in 1913 to house grades 1 and 2. In 1982, Arcadia Christian School moved into this location.

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Date: c.1948

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Date: c.1948

Subjects: Schools-History-1880s-1950; Santa Anita School

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 572

Collection: Photographs

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View of Santa Anita Avenue (according to information on back of photo) with heavy amount of downed branches and generally overgrown.

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Date: c.1900

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Date: c.1900

Subjects: Santa Anita Avenue

Physical Description: 7x11 b&w

ID: 579

Collection: Photographs

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Aerial view toward north from a position south of Huntington Drive near intersection with Baldwin Avenue. It shows Santa Anita Fashion Park (currently known as Westfield Santa Anita Shopping Mall) developed by and on property owned by Santa Anita Consolidated. The Santa Anita Park Race Track and club house can be seen in center of photo. The straight white line about one inch above the club house roof is 210 Foothill Freeway. Chantry Flats road can be seen going up into San Gabriel Mountains in distance.

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Date: c. 1975

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Date: c. 1975

Subjects: Aerial Photo Collection; Aerial views; 210 Foothill Freeway; Chantry Flats Road; Malls; San Gabriel Mountains; Santa Anita Park-1945-1980; Santa Anita Fashion Park; Westfield Santa Anita Shopping Mall

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 642

Collection: Photographs

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View of private swimming pool at a home in Santa Anita Oaks. A tennis court also appears in background. Address is not known. Oak tree in foreground and stepping stones leading to pool.

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Date: probably 1940's

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Date: probably 1940's

Subjects: Houses; Santa Anita Oaks

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 278

Collection: Photographs

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Santa Anita Avenue, Arcadia 1 mile. Exit sign on 210 Foothill Freeway. Photograph by Terry Miller.

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Date: April 2001

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Date: April 2001

Subjects: 210 Foothill Freeway; Santa Anita Avenue; Signs

Physical Description: 4x6 b&w

ID: 2213

Collection: Photographs

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Santa Anita Santa Fe Station taken from track side, from approximately 90 feet away. Roof on west side has been broken.

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Date: 1964

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Date: 1964

Subjects: Railroads-Santa Anita Station

Physical Description: 3x5 color

ID: 523

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 looking down on Fashion Park from a position over intersection of Baldwin & Huntington Drive. Looking N toward Santa Anita Race Track grandstand during racing season (all of the cars parked on light-surfaced parking area are attending races.)

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View looking south down Santa Anita Ave. from a point just where road starts up toward Chantry Flats. Note that eucalyptus trees have been removed from Santa Anita and present plantings are still very small. As of 1980, houses fill land shown in foreground of the photo.

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Rancho Santa Anita, Inc. Administration Building. Mailbox is sitting on a wagon wheel in front.

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Copy of 1 1/2 pages from the racing program for Santa Anita Park, April 13, 1909. Right hand page is an ad for Pacific Electric.

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Four small boys settle down in one bed at the Santa Anita Assembly Center for the Japanese. Mother or sister smiles down at them.

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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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Six men shoveling sand as part of cleaning up following construction at Santa Anita Assembly Center for the Japanese. Four ladies are seen coming down stairs.

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Santa Anita Dam viewed from south looking north into the mountains. This is located in Big Santa Anita Canyon. Taken by Wendell Stewart.

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View of Santa Anita Avenue (according to information on back of photo) with heavy amount of downed branches and generally overgrown.

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View of private swimming pool at a home in Santa Anita Oaks. A tennis court also appears in background. Address is not known. Oak tree in foreground and stepping stones leading to pool.

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Santa Anita Avenue, Arcadia 1 mile. Exit sign on 210 Foothill Freeway. Photograph by Terry Miller.

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Santa Anita Santa Fe Station taken from track side, from approximately 90 feet away. Roof on west side has been broken.

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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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