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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.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs1168
Date
c.1897
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Date
c.1897
Subjects
Baldwin Ranch-Blacks
African Americans
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
1159
Collection
Photographs
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Fisher family reunion celebrated during Monrovia Day. Forty-four descendants of Julian Fisher and Gladys Fisher are still around in this area. Julian Fisher was Monrovia's first African American police officer and his father was recruited to come work on Lucky Baldwin's race horses. Julian and Gladys Fisher had 11 children.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35514
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 23, 2019
Pages
p. 5
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 23, 2019
Pages
p. 5
Subjects
African Americans
Fisher, Gladys
Fisher, Julian
Fisher, Vivian
Thomas, Frederick
Vance, Jason
Collection
Newspaper Index
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