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General information re Oakwood Hotel

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 23, 1950 p. 4; July 15, 1950 p. 3

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 23, 1950 p. 4; July 15, 1950 p. 3

Subjects: Oakwood Hotel

Item ID: 4031AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

View of Oakwood Hotel from across the railroad tracks. On the front of the photo is written, "Lucky Baldwin's Oakwood Hotel Arcadia - Calif. 1895." There are several people standing in front of the hotel. A carriage is to the left by the large oak tree.

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Date: c.1895

1 image

Date: c.1895

Subjects: Oakwood Hotel

Physical Description: 4x5 b&w

ID: 282

Collection: Photographs

Images

Three tally-hos are seen parked in front of the Oakwood Hotel. Sign on the front of the hotel reads BALDWIN'S HOTEL OAKWOOD. The middle tally-ho has a white horse. There are people sitting in the tally-hos and one man standing at the rear of the middle tally-ho.

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Date: unknown

1 image

Date: unknown

Subjects: Oakwood Hotel

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 1632

Collection: Photographs

Images

View of Oakwood Hotel, close enough to show its brick construction. There appears to be a bird cage on front terrace of Hotel.

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Date: 1890's

1 image

Date: 1890's

Subjects: Oakwood Hotel

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 281

Collection: Photographs

Images

Oakwood Hotel seen as just a brick shell immediately after the fire which destroyed it.

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Date: Nov. 11 or 12, 1911

1 image

Date: Nov. 11 or 12, 1911

Subjects: Oakwood Hotel

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 1078

Collection: Photographs

Images

Photo of a page from the 1907 Los Angeles Racing Association Souvenir Booklet showing "Large oak tree, Hotel Oakwood, Baldwin's Ranch." The Oakwood Hotel is just visible to the right of the photo. The large oak tree dominates the center of the photo.

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Date: 1907 season

1 image

Date: 1907 season

Subjects: Oakwood Hotel

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 1352

Collection: Photographs

Images

Side view photo of Oakwood Hotel with a Tally Ho stopped here with its full party. Hotel was built in 1889 and was situated about where parking lot of the Sportsrock Cafe is now.

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Date: c.1890's

1 image

Date: c.1890's

Subjects: Oakwood Hotel

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 285

Collection: Photographs

Images

View across dining room of Oakwood Hotel with tables set for service. There is a full-length mirror on a stand near left side of photo.

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Date: c.1895

1 image

Date: c.1895

Subjects: Oakwood Hotel

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 283

Collection: Photographs

Images

Huntington Bank on First Avenue between Wheeler and Santa Clara Streets. Former site of Oakwood Hotel.

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Date: 1979

1 image

Date: 1979

Subjects: Huntington Bank; Oakwood Hotel

Physical Description: 4x5 color

ID: 1228

Collection: Photographs

Images

One carriage and two tally hos are stopped in front of Oakwood Hotel. About 18 people are seated in the conveyances. White horses hitched to middle tally ho, have white plumes fixed to their harness. Sign above reads: Hotel Oakwood - Entrance to Fairyland. On the bottom of photo is printed: Baldwin's Ranch, Arcadia, Cal.

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Date: c.1905

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Date: c.1905

Subjects: Oakwood Hotel; Fairyland Park

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 928

Collection: Photographs

Images

Oakwood Hotel. On right edge of photo, Santa Fe steam engine is coming into view. There are four men seen standing near Hotel. There is a man in a buggy with two horses standing in shade of what appears to be an oak tree. One lady stands on second floor porch.

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Date: c.1890

1 image

Date: c.1890

Subjects: Oakwood Hotel

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 897

Collection: Photographs

Images

Photo of a portion of veranda around ground floor of Oakwood Hotel. One man is seen walking, two are sitting and one lady is seen at the far right. A horse is partly seen on the right.

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Date: c.1898

1 image

Date: c.1898

Subjects: Oakwood Hotel

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 939

Collection: Photographs

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Another view of Oakwood Hotel just after being destroyed by fire. Standing beside structure are an older and younger sister of Vesta Tucker Reeves. Their father was Lowen Tucker, ranch foreman for Elias J."Lucky" Baldwin.

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Date: Nov. 12, 1911

1 image

Date: Nov. 12, 1911

Subjects: Oakwood Hotel

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 1079

Collection: Photographs

Images

Photo reduction of p.13 pt. I of November 28, 1911 Los Angeles Times newspaper. Contains photo with caption describing fire which totally destroyed Oakwood Hotel on November 26, 1911, a Sunday night.

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Date: 1911

1 image

Date: 1911

Subjects: Oakwood Hotel

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 390

Collection: Photographs

Images

About 18 people are seen seated outdoors at tables under trees decorated with Japanese paper lanterns. A waiter stands by closest tree. Printed on photo are words: FAIRYLAND PARK BALDWIN'S RANCH.

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Date: c.1905

1 image

Date: c.1905

Subjects: Oakwood Hotel; Fairyland Park

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 927

Collection: Photographs

Images

City of Homes is rapidly becoming the city of hotel rooms with the Extended Stay Hotel under construction and two more hotels planned.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: April 16, 1998

Pages: p. 16

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: April 16, 1998

Pages: p. 16

Subjects: Hotels; Redevelopment

Item ID: 26505AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Flamingo Hotel/Motel at 130 W. Huntington, built about 1956 or 1957. Part of Ramada Inn chain. Before it was the Flamingo, the Pony Express Museum was at this address. The Flamingo Hotel (Ramada) stayed here 1955-c. 1984. It reopened as the Santa Anita Inn on February 8, 1986. On the same site, the Le Meridien Hotel, part of the Marriott chain, broke ground in June 2018 and opened in 2021.

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Date: c.1959-1960

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Date: c.1959-1960

Subjects: Flamingo Motor Hotel

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 287

Collection: Photographs

Images

Articles regarding Eaton's Santa Anita Hotel and Restaurant.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: December 21, 1939 p. 1 (opening); April 14, 1941 p. 1; April 17, 1941 p. 1; June 19, 1941 p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: December 21, 1939 p. 1 (opening); April 14, 1941 p. 1; April 17, 1941 p. 1; June 19, 1941 p. 1

Subjects: Restaurants, Bars, etc.-Eaton's Santa Anita Hotel and Restaurant

Item ID: 3903AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

A statue to honor Anita M. Baldwin, daughter of Arcadia's founder Elias J. "Lucky" Baldwin, will be built at the new Le Meridien Hotel, a luxury hotel in Arcadia. The artist/sculptor is Alfred Paredes, who also created the Elias J. "Lucky" Baldwin statue.

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Newspaper: Pasadena Star News

Date: February 15, 2021

Pages: p. A3, A4

Newspaper: Pasadena Star News

Date: February 15, 2021

Pages: p. A3, A4

Subjects: Baldwin, Anita M.; Hotels, Motels, etc.; Le Meridien Hotel; Marriott Hotels; Marriott International; Public Art; Statuary

Collection: Newspaper Index

There was a groundbreaking ceremony on Tuesday for an Extended Stay America hotel on Santa Clarita just east of Second Avenue.

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Newspaper: Sierra Madre News

Date: October 2, 1997

Pages: p. 9

Newspaper: Sierra Madre News

Date: October 2, 1997

Pages: p. 9

Subjects: Business & Industry - Extended Stay America Hotel

Item ID: 10634AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

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General information re Oakwood Hotel

View of Oakwood Hotel from across the railroad tracks. On the front of the photo is written, "Lucky Baldwin's Oakwood Hotel Arcadia - Calif. 1895." There are several people standing in front of the hotel. A carriage is to the left by the large oak tree.

Images

Three tally-hos are seen parked in front of the Oakwood Hotel. Sign on the front of the hotel reads BALDWIN'S HOTEL OAKWOOD. The middle tally-ho has a white horse. There are people sitting in the tally-hos and one man standing at the rear of the middle tally-ho.

Images

View of Oakwood Hotel, close enough to show its brick construction. There appears to be a bird cage on front terrace of Hotel.

Images

Oakwood Hotel seen as just a brick shell immediately after the fire which destroyed it.

Images

Photo of a page from the 1907 Los Angeles Racing Association Souvenir Booklet showing "Large oak tree, Hotel Oakwood, Baldwin's Ranch." The Oakwood Hotel is just visible to the right of the photo. The large oak tree dominates the center of the photo.

Images

Side view photo of Oakwood Hotel with a Tally Ho stopped here with its full party. Hotel was built in 1889 and was situated about where parking lot of the Sportsrock Cafe is now.

Images

View across dining room of Oakwood Hotel with tables set for service. There is a full-length mirror on a stand near left side of photo.

Images

Huntington Bank on First Avenue between Wheeler and Santa Clara Streets. Former site of Oakwood Hotel.

Images

Images

Oakwood Hotel. On right edge of photo, Santa Fe steam engine is coming into view. There are four men seen standing near Hotel. There is a man in a buggy with two horses standing in shade of what appears to be an oak tree. One lady stands on second floor porch.

Images

Photo of a portion of veranda around ground floor of Oakwood Hotel. One man is seen walking, two are sitting and one lady is seen at the far right. A horse is partly seen on the right.

Images

Another view of Oakwood Hotel just after being destroyed by fire. Standing beside structure are an older and younger sister of Vesta Tucker Reeves. Their father was Lowen Tucker, ranch foreman for Elias J."Lucky" Baldwin.

Images

Photo reduction of p.13 pt. I of November 28, 1911 Los Angeles Times newspaper. Contains photo with caption describing fire which totally destroyed Oakwood Hotel on November 26, 1911, a Sunday night.

Images

About 18 people are seen seated outdoors at tables under trees decorated with Japanese paper lanterns. A waiter stands by closest tree. Printed on photo are words: FAIRYLAND PARK BALDWIN'S RANCH.

Images

City of Homes is rapidly becoming the city of hotel rooms with the Extended Stay Hotel under construction and two more hotels planned.

Images

Articles regarding Eaton's Santa Anita Hotel and Restaurant.

A statue to honor Anita M. Baldwin, daughter of Arcadia's founder Elias J. "Lucky" Baldwin, will be built at the new Le Meridien Hotel, a luxury hotel in Arcadia. The artist/sculptor is Alfred Paredes, who also created the Elias J. "Lucky" Baldwin statue.

There was a groundbreaking ceremony on Tuesday for an Extended Stay America hotel on Santa Clarita just east of Second Avenue.