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Close up of an ad that appeared in first issue of Arcadia Bulletin. Ad is for Clara Villa. It is billed as the "swellest resort in the San Gabriel Valley".

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Date: May 7, 1904

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Date: May 7, 1904

Subjects: Clara Villa; Newspapers-Arcadia Bulletin

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 1085

Collection: Photographs

Images

Dalco Emblem and Lettering Co. at 303 N. First Ave. (NW corner at St. Joseph) Former site of Clara Villa.

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Date: 1979

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Date: 1979

Subjects: Dalco Emblem and Lettering Company; Clara Villa

Physical Description: 4x5 color

ID: 1212

Collection: Photographs

Images

Santa Anita Racetrack back in the day. A stroll down memory lane courtesy of Arcadia Historical Society and Arcadia's Best. Photo shown of Clara Baldwin Stocker and her friends at her father's Santa Anita Racetrack in 1907. Clara Baldwin Stocker had a house on Foothill Boulevard and an establishment called "Clara Villa."

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Newspaper: Mountain Views News

Date: December 22, 2018

Pages: p. 6

Newspaper: Mountain Views News

Date: December 22, 2018

Pages: p. 6

Subjects: Baldwin, Clara; Baldwin Stocker, Clara; Clara Villa; Santa Anita Racetrack

Item ID: 35544AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Baldwin, Clara. Clara Villa

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Artist: Justine Wishek

Description: Clara Villa -- Located on the northwest corner of First Ave and St. Joseph Street. It was owned and operated by Clara Baldwin.

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Artist: Justine Wishek

Description: Clara Villa -- Located on the northwest corner of First Ave and St. Joseph Street. It was owned and operated by Clara Baldwin.

Item ID: 94W

Collection: Paintings

Images

A traffic light is in the center of the photo. A street sign at the far left corner identifies the intersection as E. Villa St. and El Molino Avenue.

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Date: c. early 1950s

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Date: c. early 1950s

Subjects: Streets - Villa Street; Streets - El Molino Avenue; Traffic Lights

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 1642

Collection: Photographs

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Baldwin, Clara

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Contents: 1. "The late Clara Baldwin Stocker." News photo, April 1934. Original and a copy. 2. "Mrs. Stocker in Buick little 6," Monrovia Messenger, March 17, 1916. 3. "Court decision ruled in Clara Baldwin's favor." Pacific Coast Hotel and Apartment Record, 1916. 4. "Says Mrs. Stocker in incompetent." …

Contents: 1. "The late Clara Baldwin Stocker." News photo, April 1934. Original and a copy.; 2. "Mrs. Stocker in Buick little 6," Monrovia Messenger, March 17, 1916.; 3. "Court decision ruled in Clara Baldwin's favor." Pacific Coast Hotel and Apartment Record, 1916.; 4. "Says Mrs. Stocker in incompetent." Arcadia Journal, November 30, 1918.; 5. "Stuart Harold, who will take this part of Count Di Luna in 'Il Trovatore'. " (Harold Stocker - Clara's husband) The Valley Vista, February 24, 1900, p. 2.5; 6. "Clara Baldwin." Summary of life of Clara Baldwin prepared by Sandy Snider, received April 1980.; 7. Inventory of personal property, estate of Clara Baldwin. Transcribed by Sandy Snider from the Anita McClaughry Baldwin's manuscript collection at the Huntington Library. Received April 1980.; 8. "Lucky Baldwin heiress passes." Los Angeles Times, February 28, 1929.; 9. 1978 real estate ad on sale of home. Arcadia Tribune, October 29, 1978.; 10. "Clara's cottage is seeking new owners." Pasadena Star News, December 9, 1984.; 11. "50 years ago today - February 1913." Los Angeles Times, February 1963.; 12. Studio shot of Clara Baldwin found by local history expert. Photo of Clara Baldwin and article concerning Baldwin and Jack McCaskill. Arcadia Tribune, March 22, 1987, page A1.; 13. Clara's home built in 1907 by Colonel Northum.; 14. Coldwell Banker advertising brochure for Clara Baldwin Stocker's "Twin Oaks" estate at 291 W. Foothill Boulevard. 1984.; 15. Copies of photographs of Clara Baldwin housed in the Arboretum Historical files. Acquired 1995.; 16. Information from the MCLS Reference Service on Walter McGinley, manager of the Baldwin-Stocker estates until Clara's death in 1929. (1) Los Angeles Times, September 19, 1932, p. 14. (2) California in the South by John Steven McGroarty, Volume V, Biographies, p. 285-288, c. 1935.; 17. Manuscript "My Inheritance" by Rosebudd Doble Mullender with cover letter to Baldwin M. Baldwin. Original given to Arboretum by Hugh and Anne Baldwin Purcell. Anne received the manuscript from her father, Baldwin M. Baldwin. The manuscript describes Rosebudd's relationship with her mother Clara Baldwin Stocker. circa 1938-1939.; 18. "DAR chapter to visit Clara Baldwin's home." Arcadia Tribune, January 13, 1985, p. A-7.; 19. Coldwell Banker advertisements for the sale of Clara Baldwin Stocker's home "Twin Oaks" located at 291 Foothill Blvd. Includes description of all rooms in the house. Kim Atkinson-Melin, realtor. c1984 (6 items); 20. Letter to Kim Atkinson at Coldwell Banker Realty from J. Lyle Cunningham, President of the Arcadia Historical Society stating the $1,400,000 asking price for the Clara Baldwin property was greater than the City of Arcadia could afford to pay. July 9, 1984.; 21. Information on Colonel Robert Northam who originally built the Clara Baldwin Stocker house at 291 West Foothill Boulevard. History of Hollywood by Edwin O. Palmer, pages 106-107, 132-133.; 22. "Simple service marks obsequies of Mrs. Stocker." Los Angeles Times, March 3, 1929.; 23. Who was Clara Baldwin Stocker? By Galen Patterson, Arcadia Weekly, April 11, 2019.