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Peacock with its feathers spread is seen on what is thought to be Pig Hill, part of Tallac Knoll where Anita Baldwin kept her pigs. There is a fence behind the peacock and a number of pigs visible.

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unknown
Subjects
Arboretum
Tallac Knoll
Pig Hill
Peacocks
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8x10 b&w
ID
1543
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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."

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 13, 1996
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 13, 1996
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Arboretum
Item ID
5905AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Photographic reproduction of full two-page spread appearing in the February 28, 1938 issue of Life Magazine. Photo shows men on horses with swords, appearing to be fighting a battle. Caption indicates it was taken during filming of the movie OF HUMAN HEARTS. Information found with the original indicates that the filming took place at the Arboretum.

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Date
c. February, 1938
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Date
c. February, 1938
Subjects
Motion pictures
Arboretum
Santa Anita Rancho, Inc.
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ID
1532
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Suzanne Gilstrap, who was paralyzed for life when a 20-foot-long tree limb fell on her at the Los Angeles County Arboretum on July 25, 1977, has won a $1,625,000 settlement from the County. Miss Gilstrap, now 16, has appeared as a paraplegic in a recent television movie, "Skyward," with Bette Davis.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 1, 1982
Pages
p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 1, 1982
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Arboretum
Item ID
458AN
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Newspaper Index
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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.

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Date
c.1939
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Date
c.1939
Subjects
Arboretum
Rancho Santa Anita
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ID
2170
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