Search Results | Arcadia History Collection

Historical information on Baldwin Lake, the four-acre body of water that adjoins the Queen Anne Cottage in the historical section of the Los Angeles County Arboretum, is presented. The history of lake extends from time of the Native Americans (they called their village Aleupkigna), to Elias J. "Lucky" Baldwin's ranch in 1873, to the movies and television shows in which it has appeared. Baldwin Lake played host to movie stars Johnny Weismuller, Bob Hope, Bing Crosby and Dorothy Lamour. The lake has appeared in Safari, Roots, and Fantasy Island. See also VF "Arboretum" for hard copy of article.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30529

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: August 8, 2002

Pages: p. 8

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: August 8, 2002

Pages: p. 8

Subjects: Arcadia History - Rancho Santa Anita - 1875-1909; Baldwin Lake; Films; Lakes; Los Angeles County Arboretum; Motion Pictures; Ponds; Queen Anne Cottage; Water

Item ID: 30717AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

What's Going on with Lake Baldwin in Arcadia" Part 2: the Plan. Plan includes installing wetland ponds and settling basins north of Baldwin Lake, along Arcadia Wash. The idea is to capture water, channel it into a natural filter, and a portion of which will find its way down to an aquifer (a layer of water-holding rock below the surface), where it is drawn and used in various ways, including drinking water.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35200

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: June 14, 2018

Pages: p. 1, 10

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: June 14, 2018

Pages: p. 1, 10

Subjects: Arcadia Wash; Baldwin Lake; Water

Item ID: 35389AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Why are fewer migratory birds visiting Arcadia’s Baldwin Lake at the Arboretum? The lake could see great benefit from Proposition 3 and Measure W. Audobon Society birders say there used to be approximately 330 species of migratory birds landing each winter at Baldwin Lake. In recent years that number has dwindled to about 200 species, such that the lake, which is in dire need of dredging and major ecological rehabilitation, is the focus of much debate. The lake has a low algae problem in the winter, not enough oxygen, and lots of sediment. The silt and organic matter has contributed to the shallow levels.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35316

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: November 1, 2018

Pages: p. 1, 10

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: November 1, 2018

Pages: p. 1, 10

Subjects: Los Angeles County Arboretum; Baldwin Lake; Birds

Item ID: 35506AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Arcadia’s Baldwin Lake makes history. A “History Lives Here” historical marker was dedicated at Baldwin Lake at the Los Angeles County Arboretum last Thursday. The marker was donated by Arcadia Historical Society.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35281

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: September 20, 2018

Pages: p. 1, 11

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: September 20, 2018

Pages: p. 1, 11

Subjects: Arcadia Historical Society-Historical Markers; Baldwin Lake; Los Angeles County Arboretum

Item ID: 35470AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Baldwin Lake at the Arboretum is seen with ducks swimming to the left of the photo. The Queen Anne Cottage is not visible.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs1456

Date: unknown

1 image

Date: unknown

Subjects: Arboretum; Baldwin Lake

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 1440

Collection: Photographs

Images

Los Angeles County Arboretum and Baldwin family push to revive Baldwin Lake. The 4-acre lake in the middle of the Arboretum stands polluted, filled with tons of mud and filth from years of urban runoff. Tony Zampiello, executive officer of the Main San Gabriel Basin Watermaster, along with the county's Department of Parks and Recreation, have formed a task force with goal of dredging the old lake built by Elias J. "Lucky" Baldwin in the late 19th century. Margaux Viera, Baldwin's great-great-great granddaughter, a member of the "Save Baldwin Lake" task force, says the shoreline around the lake is collapsing and eroding. See hard copy in VF "Arboretum."

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34048

Newspaper: Pasadena Star News

Date: December 29, 2014

Pages: p. A1, A4

Newspaper: Pasadena Star News

Date: December 29, 2014

Pages: p. A1, A4

Subjects: Baldwin Lake; Los Angeles County Arboretum; Viera, Margaux

Item ID: 34242AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Baldwin Lake at the Los Angeles County Arboretum. Arboretum address is 301 North Baldwin Avenue, Arcadia, CA. Any use of this image must be credited "Photograph by David Stevens. Copyright David Stevens."

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs2427

Date: 1990?

1 image

Date: 1990?

Subjects: Baldwin Lake; David Stevens Collection; Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden

Physical Description: color image, digital, see i:images

ID: 2285

Collection: Photographs

Images

Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden will have its historic buildings upgraded and a new 5-year strategic plan is being drafted for the first time in many years. Among items to be improved are the roof replacement and stabilization of the Hugo Reid Adobe (aka Baldwin Adobe), the rehabilitation of the library, as well as roof replacements for the 126-year-old Queen Anne Cottage of "Fantasy Island" fame, and the Coach Barn. Mitchell Bishop, curator of the historic collections, said he plans to rehabilitate Baldwin Lake.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32412

Newspaper: Pasadena Star News

Date: May 31, 2011

Pages: p. A1, A4

Newspaper: Pasadena Star News

Date: May 31, 2011

Pages: p. A1, A4

Subjects: Bishop, Mitchell; Historic Buildings; Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden

Item ID: 32610AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Queen Anne Cottage with red trim at the Los Angeles County Arboretum. Palm trees and Queen Anne Cottage are reflected in Baldwin Lake. Arboretum address is 301 North Baldwin Avenue, Arcadia, CA. Any use of this image must be credited "Photograph by David Stevens. Copyright David Stevens."

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs2426

Date: 1990?

1 image

Date: 1990?

Subjects: Baldwin Lake; David Stevens Collection; Historic houses; Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden; Queen Anne Cottage

Physical Description: color image, digital, see i:images

ID: 2284

Collection: Photographs

Images

A 90-foot crane used for a movie shoot at the Arboretum toppled arm-first into Baldwin lake, which is being used as the set for the upcoming Columbia Pictures movie "Anaconda."

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper6072

Newspaper: Pasadena Star News

Date: June 13, 1996

Pages: p. A3

Newspaper: Pasadena Star News

Date: June 13, 1996

Pages: p. A3

Subjects: Arboretum

Item ID: 5905AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Toxicity tests show that the spill of an asphalt and water mixture into an Arcadia fishing lake poses "no significant water quality threat," according to a state water quality engineer.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper3586

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 25, 1987

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 25, 1987

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Water

Item ID: 3465AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Despite California's third consecutive dry year, Arcadia pumped 5.56 billion gallons of water from its wells in 1988 setting the city's third highest year on record.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper3587

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 8, 1989

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 8, 1989

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Water

Item ID: 3466AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Although two of Arcadia's 14 water wells have been contaminated by industrial solvents for years, a purification system installed by the city last December is reportedly working well, allowing the water from these wills to be used.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper3584

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 6, 1985

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 6, 1985

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Water

Item ID: 3463AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

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.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs2197

Date: c.1939

1 image

Date: c.1939

Subjects: Arboretum; Rancho Santa Anita

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 2170

Collection: Photographs

Images

View across Baldwin Lake with tules seen in distance. Stamped on back is, "Assistance League - Film Location Bureau." No further identification.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs1550

Date: c.1938-1945

1 image

Date: c.1938-1945

Subjects: Rancho Santa Anita Inc.; Assistance League Film Location Bureau; Baldwin Lake

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 1536

Collection: Photographs

Images

One of the houses on the north cove of the lake at the Arboretum which was built for the filming of the movie "Road to Singapore," starring Bing Crosby, Dorothy Lamour, and Bob Hope. The house is up on stilts in the lake. The movie was filmed in 1940.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs1370

Date: c.1940

1 image

Date: c.1940

Subjects: Arboretum; Film industry; Motion pictures

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 1360

Collection: Photographs

Images

Clara Baldwin Stocker at the House of Mirrors at Coney Island. She is seen in reflection five times, seated at a table. Handwritten at bottom of photo is "Coney Island 1914."

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs1561

Date: 1914

1 image

Date: 1914

Subjects: Baldwin Stocker, Clara

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 1544

Collection: Photographs

Images

Similar to photo #1537 with less of Queen Anne Cottage visible and more of the tules and vegetation along the Baldwin Lake visible. Stamped on back is, "Assistance League - Film Location Bureau." No further identification.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs1549

Date: c.1938-1945

1 image

Date: c.1938-1945

Subjects: Rancho Santa Anita Inc.; Assistance League Film Location Bureau; Queen Anne Cottage; Baldwin Lake

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 1537

Collection: Photographs

Images

Hugo Reid Adobe showing free-flowing (Artesian) fountain in foreground.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs1726

Date: circa 1939

1 image

Date: circa 1939

Subjects: Arboretum; Hugo Reid Adobe; Reid, Hugo

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 1714

Collection: Photographs

Images

According to a draft report by the California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Peck Road Lake contains levels of certain pollutants that adversely affect the health of fish.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper5710

Newspaper: Pasadena Star News

Date: January 16, 1996

Pages: p. A 3

Newspaper: Pasadena Star News

Date: January 16, 1996

Pages: p. A 3

Subjects: Peck Road Lake; Pollution

Item ID: 5561AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Revise Search

Arcadia’s Baldwin Lake makes history. A “History Lives Here” historical marker was dedicated at Baldwin Lake at the Los Angeles County Arboretum last Thursday. The marker was donated by Arcadia Historical Society.

Baldwin Lake at the Arboretum is seen with ducks swimming to the left of the photo. The Queen Anne Cottage is not visible.

Images

Baldwin Lake at the Los Angeles County Arboretum. Arboretum address is 301 North Baldwin Avenue, Arcadia, CA. Any use of this image must be credited "Photograph by David Stevens. Copyright David Stevens."

Images

Queen Anne Cottage with red trim at the Los Angeles County Arboretum. Palm trees and Queen Anne Cottage are reflected in Baldwin Lake. Arboretum address is 301 North Baldwin Avenue, Arcadia, CA. Any use of this image must be credited "Photograph by David Stevens. Copyright David Stevens."

Images

A 90-foot crane used for a movie shoot at the Arboretum toppled arm-first into Baldwin lake, which is being used as the set for the upcoming Columbia Pictures movie "Anaconda."

Toxicity tests show that the spill of an asphalt and water mixture into an Arcadia fishing lake poses "no significant water quality threat," according to a state water quality engineer.

Despite California's third consecutive dry year, Arcadia pumped 5.56 billion gallons of water from its wells in 1988 setting the city's third highest year on record.

Although two of Arcadia's 14 water wells have been contaminated by industrial solvents for years, a purification system installed by the city last December is reportedly working well, allowing the water from these wills to be used.

Images

View across Baldwin Lake with tules seen in distance. Stamped on back is, "Assistance League - Film Location Bureau." No further identification.

Images

One of the houses on the north cove of the lake at the Arboretum which was built for the filming of the movie "Road to Singapore," starring Bing Crosby, Dorothy Lamour, and Bob Hope. The house is up on stilts in the lake. The movie was filmed in 1940.

Images

Clara Baldwin Stocker at the House of Mirrors at Coney Island. She is seen in reflection five times, seated at a table. Handwritten at bottom of photo is "Coney Island 1914."

Images

Similar to photo #1537 with less of Queen Anne Cottage visible and more of the tules and vegetation along the Baldwin Lake visible. Stamped on back is, "Assistance League - Film Location Bureau." No further identification.

Images

Hugo Reid Adobe showing free-flowing (Artesian) fountain in foreground.

Images

According to a draft report by the California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Peck Road Lake contains levels of certain pollutants that adversely affect the health of fish.