A REO truck with unknown driver standing in front of it. Painted on side of truck: Santa Anita Rancho and Anoakia Breeding Farm, Anita M. Baldwin, Prop. Truck is under large oak tree.
Anita Baldwin in long sleeved white blouse and long skirt holding bit of Mahruss-Arabian stallion. This information is across bottom of photo in Anita Baldwin's handwriting.
Private railroad car "Anoakia" belonging to Anita Baldwin. Built by American Car and Foundry in 1919. Rebuilt by Hotchkiss Blue Company for Anita M. Baldwin in 1919. Purchased by Union Pacific from Anita Baldwin estate in 1942 and still in use as of May 1968.
Anita Baldwin McClaughry, husband Hull McClaughry and son Baldwin taken at San Francisco's Panama Pacific Exposition, 1915. They are seated in a wicker carriage seat of some sort.
Elias J. "Lucky" Baldwin's daughter Anita sitting on grass beside lake with five mastiff dogs. What appears to be a workman stands at left. Anita would be age eleven in this photo.
Photo of painting by H.H. Cross showing Elias J. "Lucky" Baldwin, seated on bench by lake and daughter Anita standing by one of five mastiffs (dogs) in photo. Queen Anne Cottage is seen across lake.
Photographic reproduction of front cover of the July 1921 issue of The Western Humanitarian, published monthly by the Los Angeles Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. The cover features Anita Baldwin wearing a large hat with a flower in the middle.
Studio portrait of Anita Baldwin. She is wearing a dress which appears to be voile with coin-sized dots. Photographers name is on portrait but it is not legible.
Anita Baldwin and Joe Smoot, developer of Hilejea Park, Florida, prepare to turn ceremonial spadeful of soil for their projected race track. Anita has white hat and dress; Smoot is in double breasted suit.
Anita Baldwin congratulating jockey Richards and trainer Handlen probably in 1935 or 1936. Floral piece appears to be in the shape of a peacock. Note the Maltese cross on front of jockey's trousers.
Anita Baldwin seated on a camel in front of the Great Sphinx and one of the pyramids in Giza, near Cairo, Egypt. She is accompanied by Ray Knisley, her business manager, on another camel. They are assisted by three local camel handlers in native dress. Anita is dressed in black dress and black hat with veil.
Anita Baldwin statue to be unveiled at Le Méridien Hotel in Arcadia
The Anita May Baldwin statue at the Le Méridien Hotel will be unveiled on Monday, Oct. 25, 2021 at 11 a.m. Anita is the daughter of city founder, Elias Jackson "Lucky" Baldwin. The statue will be featured on the opposite end of the Huntington Drive islands’ hotel property.
“We are very excited to be bringing Anita back to Arcadia,” said Mayor Sho Tay in a statement released by the city. “I would like to thank the Shen, Liu and Chen Families, Jeff Lee, the Dextra Baldwin McGonagle Foundation, Heather D. Gibson and Margaux L. Gibson, and the Arcadia Historical Society, for their generous donations.”
“On behalf of the Baldwin family, I would like to express my deepest gratitude to the Arcadia City Council, the Arcadia Historical Society, the Le Méridien Hotel and all those who have supported this effort to pay homage to my great-great grandmother, Anita May Baldwin,” said Margaux Gibson. “This magnificent statue of Anita will showcase a strong woman who was ahead of her time. I am proud to call Anita May Baldwin my great-great grandmother, and I am truly proud to be a part of this historic project.”
The Anita statue was sculpted by local artist and southern California native Alfred Paredes — who created the Lucky Baldwin statue on the corner of Huntington Drive and Holly Avenue — and is aptly named, “A Legacy of Charity” in honor of Anita’s contributions to life in early Arcadia and throughout California.
A reality television show had an open casting call at Santa Anita Park. The show will air on the Game Show Network. Twelve contestants, all horse enthusiasts, vie for a $250,000 prize and a thoroughbred racehorse.