Elias J."Lucky" Baldwin, standing in front of Queen Anne Cottage. There are three unidentified women seated and one standing figure second from right, who appears to be daughter Anita at age eleven. See photo #112 as basis for indentification.
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.)
Cedar Walk on Ranch. Hugo Reid Adobe appears to be directly at the end of this walk. Note bell from San Gabriel Mission hanging in shelter made for it. Framed photos are of Baldwin's three hotels: Tallac at Lake Tahoe, Baldwin Hotel & Theater, San Francisco, and the Oakwood, Arcadia.
Four administrators from Taiwan's Ming Tao High School visited the Arcadia High School on November 3 as part of their tour of American schools. They praised the school's independent students, lack of fences and extensive computer system.
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.
Close up of an ad that appeared in first issue of Arcadia Bulletin. Ad is for Clara Villa. It is billed as the "swellest resort in the San Gabriel Valley".
Eleven head of cattle photographed beneath oak trees and in front of barn. San Gabriel Mountains show in the background. Caption beneath reads: Pastoral corner of the ancient ranch.
Ten horses seen grazing in meadow beneath San Gabriel Mountains. Just to right of center (in trees) appears to be row of Lombardy Poplar trees seen in photo #913. Caption reads: Thoroughbreds in their pasture by Sierra Madre Mountains.
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.
Copy of pages for part of first and second races from racing program for Santa Anita Park, April 13, 1909. Left hand page includes an ad for the Southern Pacific Railway.
Photo showing wrecked automobile and a portion of the control tower alongside tracks near First Avenue and railroad crossing. Information on back of photo identifies it as Ben Newman's wrecked Buick hit by Santa Fe train.
Students at Arcadia Grammar School, where present First Avenue Middle School is now. Built in 1907, this building replaced the packing shed school provided earlier by E.J. Baldwin. This school was located at the southwest corner of First Avenue and California Street. No identification of teachers or students.
Anita Baldwin McClaughry, husband Hull McClaughry and son Baldwin taken at San Francisco's Panama Pacific Exposition, 1915. They are seated in a wicker carriage seat of some sort.
Photograph of a yacht. Handwriting along bottom of photo reads, "San Pedro 1915." Possibly the yacht Clara Baldwin Stocker was supposed to have purchased with part of her inheritance from her father, Elias J. "Lucky" Baldwin.
View north toward mountains and Chantry Flats Road. From vicinity just east of Santa Anita, where present Orange Grove intersects, showing orange groves. An open field apparently planted to grain and having a large oak tree, would be present site of Highland Oaks School. Eucalyptus trees lining Santa Anita are on left in photo, this property belonged to Harry and Hattie Ainsworth.
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.
View across swimming pool built for the men of Ross Field Balloon School by Anita Baldwin and the community. It was on possibly opening day as there are throngs of guests looking on. This was located where present parking lot of Elks building is located. H.F.Paden in 1978 told us there was also a pool formed of stone in what is now County Park area which was an officers' pool.
Only photo in Library Collection showing Free balloon training at Ross Field (all other are fixed). Balloon is some distance off the ground and displays an American flag on the right side.