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View west on Huntington Drive from above intersection with Baldwin during rush hour race traffic coming to track. Note Pacific Electric Tracks have been removed but right-of-way has not been reworked.

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Date: c.1953

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Date: c.1953

Subjects: Huntington Drive; Santa Anita Park-1945-1980

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 602

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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These two long buildings appear to be buildings at the Balloon School. They have been left from the time that "Lucky" Baldwin's Santa Anita Race Track was on this site. There is considerable snow on San Gabriel Mountains behind.

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Date: c.1927 or 1928

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Date: c.1927 or 1928

Subjects: Balloon School; Santa Anita Park-1907-1912

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 952

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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View north across ranch fields from approximate location of Huntington Drive near present Baldwin White Building. May have been fruit packing shed according to map drawn from memory by Lupe Cuellar. (See photo #123. Also see photo #15 taken from almost the same location.) San Gabriel Mountains across photo.

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Date: 1937

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Date: 1937

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

Physical Description: 6x10 b&w

ID: 122

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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Photo of log cabin bearing a sign which reads:"Old Log Cabin. In the early 1880's E.J. Baldwin had this log cabin transported from his father's farm in Hamilton, Indiana, where he spent his early boyhood, to Rancho Santa Anita." We have been told signs like this identifying the various places of interest on the Baldwin Ranch were prevalent.

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Date: c.1930's

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Date: c.1930's

Subjects: Rancho Santa Anita; Baldwin Ranch

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 139

Collection: Photographs

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Military police patrol fence around Santa Anita Assembly Center. Photo shows one soldier, and the Santa Anita Race Track Club House in background.

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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: 651

Collection: Photographs

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A bear that seems to have been sedated and being forced into a transport by California wildlife? employees.

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Date: c. July 1994 or July 1995

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Date: c. July 1994 or July 1995

Subjects: Recreation Department Collection; Bears; Parks; Wilderness Park

Physical Description: 4 x 6 color

ID: 2037

Collection: Photographs

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Elias J. "Lucky" Baldwin Ranch dairy buildings. These have been located for the library by Reid Greer as just west of Tallac Knoll and later were purchased and operated by Supreme Dairy.

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Date: unknown

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Date: unknown

Subjects: Rancho Santa Anita; Baldwin Ranch

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 115

Collection: Photographs

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Eight civic minded men armed with shovels have apparently just installed sign reading: Give the Boys a Lift. This would have been during World War II when thousands of Army personnel were stationed in Arcadia and the sign designed to encourage residents to give the soldiers rides into Pasadena or other locations.

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Date: c.1942

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Date: c.1942

Subjects: Camp Santa Anita (U.S.Army Ordnance Center)

Physical Description: 6x10 b&w

ID: 951

Collection: Photographs

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Looking from tracks toward Arcadia Santa Fe Station. Judging from car with rumble seat and small sedan parked beside it, we judge this to have been about 1930.

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Date: c.1930-1932

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Date: c.1930-1932

Subjects: Railroads-Arcadia Santa Fe Station; Railroads-Arcadia Railroad Station

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 1005

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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Looking east toward Boat House and two ladies standing by fountain at Baldwin's Ranch. There appear to be lilies in pond and calla lilies planted along walk. Ladies have not been identified. For more information on the boat house, see photo #878A.

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Date: c.1893

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Date: c.1893

Subjects: Rancho Santa Anita-1875-1909; Baldwin Ranch

Physical Description: 7x10 b&w

ID: 882

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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Santa Anita School Miss Fulvio's third grade classroom photo by Thompson Photo Service, Los Angeles (from the envelope which has been discarded). The school was located at 1900 South Santa Anita Avenue from about 1950 until June, 1981. In 1982, Arcadia Christian School moved in to this location.

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Date: March 1960

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Date: March 1960

Subjects: Pounds, Kathy; Santa Anita School--Arcadia, California; Schools--Elementary Schools

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 1865

Collection: Photographs

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Santa Anita School Mrs. Fleck's first grade classroom photo by Edwards Photography (from the envelope which has been discarded). Top Row: second from left is Kathy Pounds. The school was located at 1900 South Santa Anita Avenue from about 1950 until June, 1981. In 1982, Arcadia Christian School moved in to this location. Extra 2"x3" photo of Kathy Pounds attached.

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Date: February 1958

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Date: February 1958

Subjects: Pounds, Kathy; Santa Anita School--Arcadia, California; Schools--Elementary Schools

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 1863

Collection: Photographs

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Santa Anita School Miss Covey's second grade classroom photo by Edwards Photography (from the envelope which has been discarded). Top row middle is Kathy Pounds. The school was located at 1900 South Santa Anita Avenue from about 1950 until June, 1981. In 1982, Arcadia Christian School moved in to this location. Extra 2"x3" photo of Kathy Pounds attached.

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Date: February 1959

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Date: February 1959

Subjects: Pounds, Kathy; Santa Anita School--Arcadia, California; Schools--Elementary Schools

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 1864

Collection: Photographs

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Nine sulkies and horses with drivers racing at Santa Anita Park. View is across track and racers into grandstand. Photo by photographer Milton Bell of Monrovia.

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Date: March 12, 1963

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Date: March 12, 1963

Subjects: Santa Anita Park-1945-1980; Horse racing

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 1031

Collection: Photographs

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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.

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Date: c. 1935

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Date: c. 1935

Subjects: Baldwin, Elias J. "Lucky"-Wines and winemaking; Colorado Blvd; Colorado Street; Huntington Drive; Santa Anita Park-1934-1942

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 628

Collection: Photographs

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View west on Huntington Drive from above intersection with Baldwin during rush hour race traffic coming to track. Note Pacific Electric Tracks have been removed but right-of-way has not been reworked.

Images

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.

Images

These two long buildings appear to be buildings at the Balloon School. They have been left from the time that "Lucky" Baldwin's Santa Anita Race Track was on this site. There is considerable snow on San Gabriel Mountains behind.

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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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Military police patrol fence around Santa Anita Assembly Center. Photo shows one soldier, and the Santa Anita Race Track Club House in background.

Images

A bear that seems to have been sedated and being forced into a transport by California wildlife? employees.

Images

Elias J. "Lucky" Baldwin Ranch dairy buildings. These have been located for the library by Reid Greer as just west of Tallac Knoll and later were purchased and operated by Supreme Dairy.

Images

Images

Looking from tracks toward Arcadia Santa Fe Station. Judging from car with rumble seat and small sedan parked beside it, we judge this to have been about 1930.

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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Looking east toward Boat House and two ladies standing by fountain at Baldwin's Ranch. There appear to be lilies in pond and calla lilies planted along walk. Ladies have not been identified. For more information on the boat house, see photo #878A.

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Santa Anita School Miss Fulvio's third grade classroom photo by Thompson Photo Service, Los Angeles (from the envelope which has been discarded). The school was located at 1900 South Santa Anita Avenue from about 1950 until June, 1981. In 1982, Arcadia Christian School moved in to this location.

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Nine sulkies and horses with drivers racing at Santa Anita Park. View is across track and racers into grandstand. Photo by photographer Milton Bell of Monrovia.

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