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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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View from back yard of Ramuz family home on Arcadia Ave. looking north toward San Gabriel Mountains. (Later they would build home on South Santa Anita in conjunction with their business, The Arcadia Nursery.) There are two small houses, one on left is still under construction. Just to left of center is a power pole. Line of eucalyptus in background apparently was along Huntington Drive.

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Date: c.1917

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Date: c.1917

Subjects: Houses; San Gabriel Mountains

Physical Description: 7x10 b&w

ID: 878

Collection: Photographs

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View NE across Baldwin Avenue at two-story Frank Grote home at 1128 S. Baldwin. This is NE corner of Baldwin Avenue and Duarte Road. Note ARCADIA sign over Duarte Road showing on right edge of photo.

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Date: c.1930

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Date: c.1930

Subjects: Houses; San Gabriel Mountains; Baldwin Avenue

Physical Description: 6x10 b&w

ID: 277

Collection: Photographs

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View north toward mountains from Huntington Drive near Golden West at the time of the opening of Santa Anita Village Tract. Note on the large sign the price of $695 for a lot. Tract opened March 29, 1939. See also History Room Box A and History Room Box 2.

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Date: c.1940

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Date: c.1940

Subjects: Santa Anita Village; San Gabriel Mountains

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 874

Collection: Photographs

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Vineyards on Baldwin Ranch. View is north from a point of present Huntington Drive. Chantry Flats Road is visible at right edge of photo. San Gabriel Mountains form background.

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Date: c.1900

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Date: c.1900

Subjects: Agriculture; Rancho Santa Anita; Baldwin, Elias J. "Lucky" - Wines and winemaking; San Gabriel Mountains

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w 2 prints 2 slides

ID: 2

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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Side and back view of the yet unfinished Arcadia Police Department and its parking lot at 250 W. Huntington Drive. View of the San Gabriel Mountains is clear in the background.

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Date: 1956

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Date: 1956

Subjects: Arcadia Police Department; San Gabriel Mountains

Physical Description: 8 x 10 b & w

ID: 1820

Collection: Photographs

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Aerial view. Looking east. Street along right edge of photo which is lined with trees is Duarte Road. Santa Anita Avenue cuts across photo from right to left and up into the San Gabriel Mountains. Huntington Drive can be seen in center of photo with young trees planted on north side of it. Santa Anita Race Track is one furthest from camera. The next small track is a training track belonging to Santa Anita. There is a VERY small round track across the street from the training track, which was part of a private horse stables. The incompleted oval was part of work done in 1933 by Joe Smoot and Anita Baldwin in their effort to develop the Jockey Club Track. 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: Duarte Road; Huntington Drive; Los Angeles Jockey Club; San Gabriel Mountains; Santa Anita Park-1934-1942

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 623

Collection: Photographs

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View of intersection of Baldwin Avenue and Duarte Road. Service station on the NE corner was owned by Mr. Renshaw. There is a two story house just north of station. There has been a recent snow fall in the San Gabriel Mountains. Home to the north is F.E. Grote home.

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Date: c.1935

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Date: c.1935

Subjects: Duarte Road; Baldwin Avenue; Gas stations; Renshaw's Service Station; San Gabriel Mountains

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 586

Collection: Photographs

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View north toward San Gabriel Mountains from orchards on Baldwin Ranch. Wagon pulled by two horses is on dirt lane coming toward camera. Note tower of Queen Anne Cottage on the right side of lane. On the back of this photo at Huntington Library is printed: Carter, 1937. Possible given by N. Carter family of Sierra Madre at this time. This photo belongs to the Huntington Library. It is shown here for research only.

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Date: c.1890

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Date: c.1890

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

Physical Description: 7x10 b&w

ID: 219

Collection: Photographs

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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.

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Date: Unknown

1 image

Date: Unknown

Subjects: Aerial Photo Collection; Aerial views; Baldwin Avenue; Huntington Drive; Malls; San Gabriel Mountains; Santa Anita Fashion Park; Santa Anita Park, 1945-1980; Westfield Santa Anita Shopping Mall

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w photocopy

ID: 1742

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

1 image

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 across Santa Anita Rancho lands toward San Gabriel Mountains, looking north, slightly to the west.

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Date: probably 1935

1 image

Date: probably 1935

Subjects: San Gabriel Mountains; Agriculture; Arcadia(City)-History-1930-1939

Physical Description: one 3x5, one 8x10 b&w

ID: 16

Collection: Photographs

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Aerial view toward NE. Main thoroughfare cutting across east to west with young trees planted on north side, is Huntington Drive. Main race track at Santa Anita is seen almost directly in center of photo, with Club House on side closest to camera. The smaller oval near left edge of photo was a training track belonging to Santa Anita which was removed for the Fashion Park. The Chantry Flats Road up to Santa Anita Canyon is clearly seen as it zig-zags around San Gabriel Mountains. This photo belongs to the Huntington Library. It is shown here for research only.

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Date: c. 1940s

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Date: c. 1940s

Subjects: San Gabriel Mountains; Santa Anita Park-1934-1942; Chantry Flats Road; Huntington Drive; Fashion Park

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 625

Collection: Photographs

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A large group is pictured sitting or standing near entrance to Sturtevant Camp dining room. (Camp was one of many in San Gabriel Mountains; it was up Big Santa Anita Canyon.) In back row, on left, man in dark shirt and tie next to pillar, is John C. Juvinall of Monrovia.

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Date: July 3, 1916

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Date: July 3, 1916

Subjects: San Gabriel Mountains; Sturtevant Camp; Juvinall, John C

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 968

Collection: Photographs

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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."

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Date: March 4, 1887

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Date: March 4, 1887

Subjects: McClelland, W.; San Gabriel Mountains; Baldwin, Elias J. "Lucky"-Horses and horse racing

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w hardboard professional photo, also 2 prints

ID: 111

Collection: Photographs

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View east from a point a bit south of photo #220. Note chimney of Hugo Reid Adobe just to right of large tree trunk. Note Glass house located to right in photo. This photograph belongs to the Huntington Library. It is shown here for research only.

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Date: c.1880's

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Date: c.1880's

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

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 221

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

1 image

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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Many horses with riders are seen galloping west across infield of original Elias J."Lucky" Baldwin Santa Anita Race Track. We were told by Vesta Tucker Reeves, that the infield was used for rodeos when racing season was not in progress. This apparently was taken from grandstand.

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Date: c.1909

1 image

Date: c.1909

Subjects: Santa Anita Park,1907-1912; San Gabriel Mountains

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 1082

Collection: Photographs

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Looking SW from mountains north of Arcadia. Major tree-lined street running from mountains south is Santa Anita Avenue. Southernmost tree-lined street cutting across entire middle of photo is Duarte Road. Barracks at the Balloon School can be seen just below Huntington Drive. Notice that Huntington Drive stops just west of the Balloon School, at the Baldwin Ranch. Much of Foothill area was planted to citrus.

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Date: c.1927

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Date: c.1927

Subjects: Aerial views; Arcadia(City)-History-1920-1929; Balloon School; Santa Anita Avenue; Santa Anita Highlands

Physical Description: 10 x 14 b&w

ID: 1105

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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View NE across Baldwin Avenue at two-story Frank Grote home at 1128 S. Baldwin. This is NE corner of Baldwin Avenue and Duarte Road. Note ARCADIA sign over Duarte Road showing on right edge of photo.

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View north toward mountains from Huntington Drive near Golden West at the time of the opening of Santa Anita Village Tract. Note on the large sign the price of $695 for a lot. Tract opened March 29, 1939. See also History Room Box A and History Room Box 2.

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Vineyards on Baldwin Ranch. View is north from a point of present Huntington Drive. Chantry Flats Road is visible at right edge of photo. San Gabriel Mountains form background.

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Side and back view of the yet unfinished Arcadia Police Department and its parking lot at 250 W. Huntington Drive. View of the San Gabriel Mountains is clear in the background.

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View of intersection of Baldwin Avenue and Duarte Road. Service station on the NE corner was owned by Mr. Renshaw. There is a two story house just north of station. There has been a recent snow fall in the San Gabriel Mountains. Home to the north is F.E. Grote home.

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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.

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View across Santa Anita Rancho lands toward San Gabriel Mountains, looking north, slightly to the west.

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A large group is pictured sitting or standing near entrance to Sturtevant Camp dining room. (Camp was one of many in San Gabriel Mountains; it was up Big Santa Anita Canyon.) In back row, on left, man in dark shirt and tie next to pillar, is John C. Juvinall of Monrovia.

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View east from a point a bit south of photo #220. Note chimney of Hugo Reid Adobe just to right of large tree trunk. Note Glass house located to right in photo. This photograph belongs to the Huntington Library. It is shown here for research only.

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Many horses with riders are seen galloping west across infield of original Elias J."Lucky" Baldwin Santa Anita Race Track. We were told by Vesta Tucker Reeves, that the infield was used for rodeos when racing season was not in progress. This apparently was taken from grandstand.

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