A doctor checks hand of evacuees as they line up near Pacific Electric Railroad cars which brought them to Santa Anita Assembly Center for the Japanese. Military personnel look on.
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.
Aerial view looking towards San Gabriel Mountains showing intersection of Baldwin Avenue and Huntington Drive, the Santa Anita Park and training track where Santa Anita Fashion Park (currently known as Westfield Santa Anita Shopping Mall) was built.
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.
Aerial view toward the east from location about over Santa Anita Avenue at Santa Clara Street intersection. Santa Fe Railroad tracks are seen entering the city about in the center of photo. Broad white roadway seen toward left side of photo is 210 or Foothill Freeway still under construction.
U.S. Army personnel looking through periodicals in front of wagering windows at Santa Anita Race Track during years it was used as Camp Santa Anita, a U.S. Army Ordnance training camp.
Aerial view looking west from a position approximately over Santa Fe railroad tracks between First Avenue and Second Avenue. Street closest to camera is First Avenue, running north/south, and we see its intersection with Wheeler Avenue in lower left portion of photo. Almost vacant lot on northwest corner of Wheeler Avenue and First Avenue is where Sawmill Restaurant was built in about 1977 (Sawmill Restaurant closed in early 1990's). Foundation work on South side of Wheeler Avenue at corner of First Avenue is for medical building which became 65 N. First Avenue. (Former site of Arcadia Public Library until 1961.) Post Office is largest building in center of the block on north side of Wheeler Avenue. Large white area is parking area for Santa Anita Park Race Track.
Japanese lady stands on running board of a car that apparently has just brought her and some of her family with their few allowed belongings to the Santa Anita Assembly Center for the Japanese. Another car waits in line for the processing. Two Japanese men and a policeman stand nearby.
Santa Anita Park Race Track just right of center at south edge of photo. Oval to the left of Santa Anita Park Race Track was training track which was removed to make room for Santa Anita Fashion Park (currently Westfield Santa Anita Shopping Mall). Street just to left of training track is Baldwin Avenue. Huntington Drive and Colorado Place form a "y" just east of Santa Anita Park Race Track. Along both can be noticed the conifer trees planted a few years earlier. Street completely bisecting photo just below center is Foothill Boulevard, next one is Orange Grove Avenue. Santa Anita Avenue is partially in view on right edge of photo. Oval on extreme lower left side of photo is old Baldwin training track. Baseball diamond in lower right corner is at Arcadia County Park. Scale: 1"=660'
Home of '49 is printed across bottom of this, one of backs of playing cards Baldwin had made with photos from around the ranch. This shows small log cabin which Baldwin purportedly had brought here from his father's farm in Hamilton, Indiana, to remind him of his beginnings.
Aerial view taken looking southeast from position about over present Arboretum. Photo shows Santa Anita Park, probably in opening season. Present City Hall sits in area just beyond cars parked at east end of track. Part of oval of old Santa Anita track built by Elias J. "Lucky" Baldwin is seen in upper portion of photo, in area that is now Arcadia County Park. Duarte Road is seen crossing photo in upper right corner. Present Arcadia County Park area is in this photo, bordered on the north by Pacific Electric Railroad tracks. A train has just brought a group to the races and they are seen walking in center of photo. White square seen near right side, is slab left from hangars when U.S. Army Balloon School occupied this site, 1917-1927.
Lone army sentry patrolling outside fence of Santa Anita Assembly Center for the Japanese. White fencing encloses training track which was located alongside Baldwin Avenue, approximately where west parking area for Fashion Park (now Westfield Santa Anita mall) is now. Palm trees seen on left side, would be on grounds of present Arboretum.
The library does not have a print of this negative. See also descriptions of 983A and 983B. This negative is of the last two pages of Baldwin advertising brochure, c.1891. It appears on p.49 of WHERE RANCH AND CITY MEET.
Fourteen soldiers stand guard alongside Pacific Electric Tracks as a contingent of Japanese people, who have just arrived on these railroad cars, prepares to go to their assigned quarters at the Santa Anita Assembly Center for the Japanese.
The library does not have a print of this negative. This negative, along with negatives 983A and 983C, appears on p.49 of WHERE RANCH AND CITY MEET. They are of a Baldwin advertising brochure, c.1891. This negative is of the first two pages of narative. See also description of 983A and 983C.
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.
View of Santa Anita Park Race Track, address 285 West Huntington Drive and the Santa Anita mall (address 400 South Baldwin Avenue). Skies are cloudy and palm trees in the foreground. Photo taken from the second floor of 125 West Huntington Drive. See also aerial views in the David Stevens Collection. Any use of this image must be credited "Photograph by David Stevens. Copyright David Stevens."
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.
Helmeted soldiers stand guard as a group of Japanese who have just arrived on Pacific Electric Rail cars prepare to go to assigned quarters at the Santa Anita Assembly Center for the Japanese. One young mother sits on a bench with her arm around her baby.