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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.

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Date
March 4, 1887

  1 image

Date
March 4, 1887
Subjects
Baldwin family
Queen Anne Cottage
Physical Description
8x10 b&w 1 hard board professional original taken by Shaffner Studio, 500 Sixth Street, Los Angeles, CA, also 2 print copies
ID
109
Collection
Photographs
Images
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Elias J. "Lucky" Baldwin in buggy hitched to a dark horse. Baldwin is figure on left. Seated next to him is W. McClelland who was Baldwin's horse trainer at this time. Standing beside buggy is an unidentified young man. Other mounted horsemen, black as well as white, are shown on track. This was taken at Baldwin's training track which was adjacent to present Michillinda near Colorado Boulevard. Etched on photo is: "E.J. Baldwin and J. McClelland on the track - Santa Anieta." (Anieta is misspelled and should be Anita.)

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Date
March 4, 1887

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Date
March 4, 1887
Subjects
Baldwin, Elias J. "Lucky"
McClelland, W.
Baldwin, Elias J. "Lucky"-Horses and horse racing
Physical Description
8x10 b&w original hard board professional photograph, also 2 prints
ID
110
Collection
Photographs
Images
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Volume I no. 1 issue of first Arcadia newspaper, THE ARCADIA BULLETIN. Paper included an article on the opening of Clara Villa which opened May 3, 1904. The paper has photos of five members of the Board of Trustees (now City Council) and also one of Arcadia's first City Marshall, Elmer Anderson and his brother, Charles Anderson, City Treasurer.

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Date
May 7, 1904

  1 image

Date
May 7, 1904
Subjects
Newspapers-Arcadia Bulletin
Anderson, Elmer
Anderson, Charles
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
1084
Collection
Photographs
Images
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E.J."Lucky" Baldwin pictured in light buggy pulled by two horses. Baldwin is talking to a man who is shown with hand on his hip. Caption reads: "Lucky" Baldwin driving over his estate.

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Date
1906

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Date
1906
Subjects
Rancho Santa Anita-1875-1909
Baldwin Ranch
Baldwin, Elias J. "Lucky"
Physical Description
7x10 b&w
ID
908
Collection
Photographs
Images
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Four horses, three with riders, are seen being readied for morning workout. Each horse has a groom attending it. There is one man in business suit and hat standing in center of track. Stables are seen on right. Caption reads:Ready for the early morning gallop.

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Date
1906

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Date
1906
Subjects
Rancho Santa Anita-1875-1909
Baldwin, Elias J. "Lucky"-Horses and horse racing
Physical Description
7x10 b&w
ID
910
Collection
Photographs
Images
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Two young men playing cards at a table in a room. Man with cap is Richard Herman Shierske, who was a jockey for E.J."Lucky" Baldwin. He was licensed under the name of Richard Herman. Other young man is Charles McIver.

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Date
1909

  1 image

Date
1909
Subjects
Baldwin, Elias J. "Lucky"-Horses and horse racing
Shierske, Herman
McIver, Charles
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
407
Collection
Photographs
Images
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Cast of moving picture, THE HEART OF A RACE TOUT, the first moving picture made ENTIRELY in California. It was made by Selig Polyscope Co.of Chicago who had opened a studio in downtown Los Angeles. The movie was made to take advantage of the Racetrack built in Arcadia by E.J."Lucky" Baldwin which opened in 1907.

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Date
1909

  1 image

Date
1909
Subjects
Motion pictures
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
852
Collection
Photographs
Images
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Mrs. Anita Baldwin McClaughry's entry in the 1915 Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade, "Dove of Peace," was 26 feet long with a wing span of 11 feet. The dove was covered with roses, lilies-of-the-valley, maiden hair fern and stevia serulata. It held an olive branch in its bill. It was the most costly float entered in the parade.

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Date
January 1915

  1 image

Date
January 1915
Subjects
Tournament of Roses-Floats-1915
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
1280
Collection
Photographs
Images
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Newspaper
Arcadia Journal
Date
December 15, 1917
Pages
p. 2
Announcement Type
Birth
Newspaper
Arcadia Journal
Date
December 15, 1917
Pages
p. 2
Announcement Type
Birth
Subjects
Perkins, Robert Stanley
Item ID
4548AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Three men in white walking with leashed dogs who are wearing white waist band with red star. Part of Rancho Santa Anita float entry in the Pasadena Rose Parade, designed by Anita Baldwin to reflect her involvement with the Red Star Society.

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Date
1918

  1 image

Date
1918
Subjects
Tournament of Roses-Floats-1918
Baldwin, Anita-Red Star Society
Physical Description
5x7 b&w
ID
1255
Collection
Photographs
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Newspaper
Arcadia Journal
Date
January 26, 1918
Pages
p. 1
Announcement Type
Birth
Newspaper
Arcadia Journal
Date
January 26, 1918
Pages
p. 1
Announcement Type
Birth
Subjects
Stoker, (Baby daughter)
Item ID
4543AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Newspaper
Arcadia Journal
Date
August 17. 1918
Pages
p. 1
Announcement Type
Birth
Newspaper
Arcadia Journal
Date
August 17. 1918
Pages
p. 1
Announcement Type
Birth
Subjects
Hensley, William Nicholas III
Item ID
4544AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Page 19 of The Arcadian Observer, Official Publication of the United States Army Balloon School, Arcadia, California. September 1918 Supplement. Featuring picture and description of The Observer. Negative and print were made for the grant funded Local History Digital Resources Project 2006-2007. A digital image of this photograph is file name: caarpl_119 on LHDRP 2006-2007 Disc 9 of 14. See black box labeled Arcadia History Room Media Box.

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Date
September 1918

  1 image

Date
September 1918
Subjects
Balloon School
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
1851
Collection
Photographs
Images
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Newspaper
Arcadia Journal
Date
September 21, 1918
Pages
p. 1
Announcement Type
Birth
Newspaper
Arcadia Journal
Date
September 21, 1918
Pages
p. 1
Announcement Type
Birth
Subjects
Gierlich, (Baby daughter)
Item ID
4545AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Newspaper
Arcadia Journal
Date
September 28, 1918
Pages
p. 1
Announcement Type
Birth
Newspaper
Arcadia Journal
Date
September 28, 1918
Pages
p. 1
Announcement Type
Birth
Subjects
Clare, (Baby son)
Item ID
4546AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Newspaper
Arcadia Journal
Date
September 28, 1918
Pages
p. 1
Announcement Type
Birth
Newspaper
Arcadia Journal
Date
September 28, 1918
Pages
p. 1
Announcement Type
Birth
Subjects
Chesney, (Baby son)
Item ID
4547AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Birth celebration (6 year)

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Newspaper
Arcadia Journal
Date
February 12, 1921
Pages
p. 2
Newspaper
Arcadia Journal
Date
February 12, 1921
Pages
p. 2
Subjects
McLaughlin, Robert Hann
Item ID
4550AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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The body of Glen Dyer, former Arcadia resident who was killed in France, has been returned to this country for burial in Arlington Cemetery.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Journal
Date
February 19 ,1921
Newspaper
Arcadia Journal
Date
February 19 ,1921
Subjects
Dyer, Glen
Item ID
4730AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Newspaper
Arcadia Journal
Date
March 26, 1921
Pages
p. 6
Announcement Type
Birth
Newspaper
Arcadia Journal
Date
March 26, 1921
Pages
p. 6
Announcement Type
Birth
Subjects
Roth, (Baby son)
Item ID
4551AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Newspaper
Arcadia Journal
Date
April 30, 1921
Pages
p. 1
Announcement Type
Birth
Newspaper
Arcadia Journal
Date
April 30, 1921
Pages
p. 1
Announcement Type
Birth
Subjects
Cathcart, Margaret Linwin
Item ID
4552AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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