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1. The Oakwood resort hotel. ("The View from Arcadia," August 10, 1972)

2. Arcadia's Oakwood Hotel. news The from T.V.Facts October-November 1973?

3. Oakwood Hotel - site. Information sheet.

4. Popular name. Handwritten information sheet on popular name.

5. The Oakwood Hotel was built. news The, n.d.

6. Arcadia's birth place. Daily News Post March 20, 1962.

7. Fifty years ago today - March 1912. news clip, March ? 1962 about subsequent owner of Oakwood.

8. Baldwin's Oakwood Hotel. photocopy of letterhead December 17, 1890.

9. Pacific Coast hotel and apartment record - 1916. copied form original at Huntington Library.

10. Oakwood Hotel closes in spring...handwritten note taken from news clip March 2, 1908.

11. Lucky's lavish hotel put Arcadia on the road to respectability. news clip February 16, 1978

12. Hotel used as boxing training camp. news clip February 1, 1979 and February 9, 1979.

13. Fairyland Park - Baldwin's Ranch. photocopy photo from L.A. Racing Association Souvenir Program, 1907.

14. Advertisement in Sierra Madre Vista paper. January 26, 1889.

15. The Hotel Oakwood at Arcadia opened for the season recently. Copied from original news clips of November 20 and December 25, 1890 at the Huntington Library.

16. Bill of Fare Fair. news clip Arcadia Tribune c. 1950.

17. Notes on Oakwood taken from Monrovia Messenger December 26, 1889. Information provided by Sandy Snider, Los Angeles County Arboretum, 1979.

18. Copy of letter dated May 20, 1890 from H. Unruh to R. Garvey on Oakwood Hotel stationary. Copied from original owned by Jack Donnelly March 3, 1981.

19. First wheels, then ponies go round near City Hall. Daily News Post January 30, 1972.

20. A monster hotel (a $500,000 four story building for Arcadia). Monrovia Planet April 2, 1887 p.2.

21. The Baldwin Tallac Oakwood - E.J. Baldwin Proprietor. Copy of promotional brochure of Baldwin's Hotel Oakwood, n.d.

Subjects

Oakwood Hotel

Item ID

157AF

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1. "Work on apartment hotel starts June 1." Arcadia Bulletin, April 21, 1941.

2. "Eaton's opened December 29, 1939." Two copies of a hand written fact sheet.

3. Eaton's menu. Photograph of early menu, which contains a good sketch of Eaton's.

4. "History of Eaton property." One page from an environmental impact report.

5. Map showing location of Eaton's Santa Anita in relation to points of interest at Rancho Santa Anita. Photocopy, undated.

6. Cut-off top of Eaton's Santa Anita Hotel stationery. Two copies.

7. "Charles Eaton, entrepreneur of restaurants." The Gryphon (United Pacific Insurance Company), June 1947. Original and one acid-free copy.

8. Original menu of Eaton's Steak and Chop House. Five locations, including Arcadia. Two copies.

9. Eaton's Steak and Chop House menu from Beverly Hills location. Lists Eaton's Santa Anita among other locations.

10. Eaton's Santa Anita Hotel, Key to Room 84 with key fob.

11. Pictorial annual recap shows "The end of an era." Photo and caption: Bungalows that used to be part of Eaton's Restaurant and Motel were levelled to make way for a new residential development. The restaurant is being refurbished. Arcadia Tribune, p. 1, December 26, 1974.

12. Brochure of Eaton's Santa Anita Hotel and Restaurant, undated. Two copies with turquoise covers.

13. Brochure of Eaton's Santa Anita Hotel and Restaurant, undated. Two copies with maroon covers.

14. Brochure of Eaton's Santa Anita Hotel and Restaurant, undated. Two copies with grey and green covers.

15. Postcard of Eaton's Santa Anita Restaurant, 1150 West Colorado Boulevard, Arcadia, California, undated, showing drawings of exteriors, printed with "Dining rooms, coffee house, banquet rooms, featuring Hammond organ music. Postcard of Eaton's swimming pool and people lounging by the pool, undated.

16. Double picture postcard of Eaton's Santa Anita Hotel , undated.

17. Stationery and envelope from Eaton's Santa Anita Hotel , undated.

18. Clipping For Sale California Landmark, Eaton's Restaurant and Hotel property on 7.8 acres, $2,150,000, description of property. Los Angeles Times, January 3, 1971. Orange and black brochure of Eaton's Santa Anita Hotel, a perfect motorist's hotel, c. 1944.

Subjects

Eaton's Santa Anita Hotel and Restaurant

Item ID

81AF

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1. "Arcadia's guide to dining and lodging." Chamber of Commerce brochure, undated.

2. "Time and vandalism." Daily News Post, August 28, 1974.

3. "Fun's gone." Arcadia Tribune, October 6, 1975.

4. An advertisement for beer traded at Bonita Hotel. Sierra Madre Vista, June 21, 1889.

5. Photocopy of Baldwin Hotel token for grill and bar. Used from 1900 to late 1920's.

6 to 11. These items moved to subject file Eaton's Santa Anita Hotel & Restaurant on June 21, 2021.

12. Postcard of Round Up Motel, 412 East Huntington Drive, Arcadia, California, undated.

13. Postcard of Ramada Inn, 130 West Huntington Drive, Arcadia, California, undated.

14. Brochure of Ramada Inn, undated.

15. National chain Grier Motor Inns, Inc. to start here with motor inn scheduled to rise near Arcadia. (February 27) Copied from Rancho Santa Anita Scrapbook #1, April 1936-Jan. 1, 1939. Arcadia Historical Society.

16. Autoist-housing project will contain sixteen units. Auto courts will be at 101 West Huntington Drive opposite Santa Anita Recreation Park and will be known as Santa Anita Motor Inn. Sunday Times, May 22. Copied from Rancho Santa Anita Scrapbook #1, April 1936-Jan. 1, 1939. Arcadia Historical Society.

17. Santa Anita Motor Inn is highly lauded. Arcadia Daily Tribune, August 25. Copied from Rancho Santa Anita Scrapbook #1, April 1936-Jan. 1, 1939. Arcadia Historical Society.

18. Text only ad for Westerner Hotel-Southern California's finest new motor hotel, rooms and suites, swimming pool, horseback riding, golf within walking distance. On Highway 66 across from Santa Anita Race Track. 15 miiles from L.A. 4 miles from Pasadena. Arcadia, California. Los Angeles Times, December 7, 1947.

19. Round Up Motel, 412 E. Huntington Dr. Room key fob #18.

20. Sale of Westerner Inn reported (161 Colorado Place). Source unknown, January 8, 1984.

21. Massive Arcadia project, 'Le Meridien-One Gallop Way,' to break ground next week. Marriott brand Le Meridien on the site of the former Santa Anita Inn will be a hotel and mixed use development. By Terry Miller. Arcadia Weekly, June 21, 2018.

Subjects

Hotels and Motels

Item ID

128AF

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