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Aerial view from east looking west over Santa Anita Race Track shortly after its opening. Baldwin Avenue shows just faintly as a white line above track barns. Note total absence of homes in what we call Santa Anita Village and Lower Rancho.

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Date
c. December 1934

  1 image

Date
c. December 1934
Subjects
Santa Anita Park-1934-1942
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
555
Collection
Photographs
Images
Less detail

View across large crowd at a love-in at Arcadia County Park. Newspaper account of event said it attracted young people from as far north as Santa Barbara and as far south as San Diego. Young people in foreground begin a dance.

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Date
June 4, 1967

  1 image

Date
June 4, 1967
Subjects
Social life and customs
Arcadia(City)-History-1960-1969
Arcadia County Park
Physical Description
7x10 b&w
ID
1016
Collection
Photographs
Images
Less detail

Photo shows P.E. #430 out-bound to Arcadia, Monrovia and Glendora along side P.E. #714 from the Oak Knoll Line at the end of the 4 track main lines at Huntington Drive and El Molino near San Marino and Alhambra boundary line. This photo belongs to Historical Collection of Southern California Edison Co. It is shown here for research only.

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Date
1950 or 1951

  1 image

Date
1950 or 1951
Subjects
Pacific Electric Railway
Railroads
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
401
Collection
Photographs
Images
Less detail

Aerial view looking west across Santa Anita Park from a position about Santa Anita Avenue just north of Huntington Drive. In the upper right portion of the photo can be seen the extensive earthwork done for the track Anita Baldwin and Joe Smoot planned to build. That vast area now is entirely built with homes and apartments and is called Santa Anita Village. Present-day Baldwin Avenue would follow the line shown by the Ranch Road bisecting the photo from right to left just east of the track abandoned by Anita Baldwin and Joe Smoot.

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Date
c.1934

  1 image

Date
c.1934
Subjects
Aerial Photo Collection
Aerial views
Santa Anita Park-1934-1942
Smoot Hole
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
977
Collection
Photographs
Images
Less detail

Another view of "Smoot Hole" before cleaning up and just before subdividing for El Rancho Village. The name Smoot Hole came from aborted effort of Joe Smoot and Anita Baldwin to get race track built in about this location.

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Date
c.1938

  1 image

Date
c.1938
Subjects
Smoot Hole
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
376
Collection
Photographs
Images
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Village street scene from set of "On the Road to Singapore," filmed at the Arboretum in 1940. Film starred Bing Crosby and Bob Hope.

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Date
c.1940

  1 image

Date
c.1940
Subjects
Arboretum
Film industry
Motion pictures
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
1361
Collection
Photographs
Images
Less detail

There is no print of this negative. The negative is of newspaper clippings announcing the opening of new housing developments, including Rancho Santa Anita and Santa Anita Village.

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Date
c.1940

  1 image

Date
c.1940
Subjects
Houses
Physical Description
6x8 1/2 negative only
ID
1430
Collection
Photographs
Images
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Newspaper page from sports section of L.A. Sunday Times reporting opening of Santa Anita Park, built by "Lucky" Baldwin and opened December 1907. See more legible hard copy in VF Baldwin, Elias J.-Horses and horse racing.

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Date
December 8, 1907

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Date
December 8, 1907
Subjects
Baldwin, Elias J. "Lucky"-Horses and horse racing
Santa Anita Park-1907-1912
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
551
Collection
Photographs
Images
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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

  1 image

Date
c.1940
Subjects
Santa Anita Village
San Gabriel Mountains
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
874
Collection
Photographs
Images
Less detail

California - San Marino. El Molino Viejo

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Artist
Edna Lenz
Description
Old Mill (El Molino Viejo) -- This, San Marino's oldest (circa 1812) and most historic building, was the first grist mill in California. It was soon abandoned because water spiraling up the shaft dampened the grain and the meal could not be stored there.

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Artist
Edna Lenz
Description
Old Mill (El Molino Viejo) -- This, San Marino's oldest (circa 1812) and most historic building, was the first grist mill in California. It was soon abandoned because water spiraling up the shaft dampened the grain and the meal could not be stored there.
Item ID
7L
Collection
Paintings
Images
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Photo taken by TABER (studio) shows 31 of Elias J. Baldwin's African-American employees. Elias J. Baldwin hired them from the south in 1886 to come work on the Baldwin Ranch. There seems to be only one man in photo. All others are women and children. They are standing next to a building with a long porch; doors and windows open off of it. San Gabriel Mountains are seen in background.

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Date
c.1897

  1 image

Date
c.1897
Subjects
Baldwin Ranch-Blacks
African Americans
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
1159
Collection
Photographs
Images
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View of the San Gabriel Mountains from Wilderness Park, Arcadia, CA.

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Date
2001

  1 image

Date
2001
Subjects
Landscapes
Nature
Trees
Wilderness Park
Physical Description
4x6 b&w
ID
2254D
Collection
Photographs
Images
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Fire station across which is painted ENGINE #2. Parked in front is one fire truck with 2 firemen. Standing to left of engine are 3 firemen. Car parked at rear of station appears to be late 1930's model. Address 1420 S. Baldwin Avenue.

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Date
1948 (City Directory)

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Date
1948 (City Directory)
Subjects
Fire Department
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
244
Collection
Photographs
Images
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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

  1 image

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
Images
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Mission bell from San Gabriel Mission hanging in rustic shelter built for it. Just how Baldwin acquired this bell is unclear. It was returned to the Mission in the 1930's. This is another of the Baldwin playing cards.

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Date
c.1880's

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Date
c.1880's
Subjects
Rancho Santa Anita
Baldwin, Elias J. "Lucky"-Playing cards
Physical Description
8x10 b&w vertical
ID
132
Collection
Photographs
Images
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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.

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Date
February 12, 1894

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Date
February 12, 1894
Subjects
Rancho Santa Anita
Baldwin Ranch
Physical Description
8x20 b&w
ID
128
Collection
Photographs
Images
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Front view of "Twin Oaks" showing the driveway and entry from right to left. Home of Clara Baldwin Stocker located at 291 W. Foothill Blvd.

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Date
1984

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Date
1984
Subjects
Historic houses
Baldwin, Clara
Physical Description
5x4 b&w
ID
1709
Collection
Photographs
Images
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Front view of "Twin Oaks" showing the driveway and entry from left to right. Home of Clara Baldwin Stocker located at 291 W. Foothill Blvd.

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Date
1984

  1 image

Date
1984
Subjects
Historic houses
Baldwin, Clara
Physical Description
5x4 b&w
ID
1710
Collection
Photographs
Images
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The "Smoot Hole" and dump before cleaning began in 1938 just prior to subdivision of El Rancho Village.

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Date
c.1938

  1 image

Date
c.1938
Subjects
Smoot Hole
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
375
Collection
Photographs
Images
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View of front of house and especially front door taken about 20 feet from front stairs of Clara Baldwin home, at 291 W. Foothill Boulevard.

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Date
August 1976

  1 image

Date
August 1976
Subjects
Historic houses
Baldwin, Clara
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
252
Collection
Photographs
Images
Less detail

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