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Elias J."Lucky" Baldwin, standing in front of Queen Anne Cottage. There are three unidentified women seated and one standing figure second from right, who appears to be daughter Anita at age eleven. See photo #112 as basis for indentification.

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Date
March 4, 1887

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Date
March 4, 1887
Subjects
Baldwin family
Queen Anne Cottage
Physical Description
8x10 b&w 1 hard board professional original taken by Shaffner Studio, 500 Sixth Street, Los Angeles, CA, also 2 print copies
ID
109
Collection
Photographs
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Elias J. "Lucky" Baldwin in buggy hitched to a dark horse. Baldwin is figure on left. Seated next to him is W. McClelland who was Baldwin's horse trainer at this time. Standing beside buggy is an unidentified young man. Other mounted horsemen, black as well as white, are shown on track. This was taken at Baldwin's training track which was adjacent to present Michillinda near Colorado Boulevard. Etched on photo is: "E.J. Baldwin and J. McClelland on the track - Santa Anieta." (Anieta is misspelled and should be Anita.)

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Date
March 4, 1887

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Date
March 4, 1887
Subjects
Baldwin, Elias J. "Lucky"
McClelland, W.
Baldwin, Elias J. "Lucky"-Horses and horse racing
Physical Description
8x10 b&w original hard board professional photograph, also 2 prints
ID
110
Collection
Photographs
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Sheep grazing beneath trees and apparently alongside a body of water (note extreme lower right section of photo). Believed to be on Rancho Santa Anita. Caption beneath one copy reads: "A pastoral scene on Santa Anita Rancho in 1890, just north of present Colorado Place."

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Date
1890

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Date
1890
Subjects
Rancho Santa Anita
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
120
Collection
Photographs
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Rowing on the lake in a boat named CLARA are Clara Baldwin Stocker (second from right), Lucky Baldwin's elder daughter; Clara's fourth husband, Harold Stocker (rowing); and several friends. A copy of this photo appears in the March 2, 1909 Los Angeles Daily Times pt.II p.8 with the following identification: FAMILY GROUP ON THE LAKE AT SANTA ANITA. Left to right, in boat - Mr. Mathews, Mrs. F.D. Black, Mr. Stocker ("Lucky's son-in-law), Mrs. H.C. Wyatt, in white; Mrs. Stocker (Lucky's daughter) and Mrs. Scott. There are seven people seated in the boat, but only six names are identified in the newspaper article. Article is in Arcadia History file Baldwin, Elias J. "Lucky", number 58 ("His greatest race run, 'Lucky' loses.)

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Date
1894

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Date
1894
Subjects
Baldwin, Clara
Stocker, Harold
Rancho Santa Anita-1875-1909
Mathews, Mr.
Black, Mrs. F.D.
Wyatt, Mrs. H.C.
Scott, Mrs.
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
1162
Collection
Photographs
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Cedar Walk on Ranch. Hugo Reid Adobe appears to be directly at the end of this walk. Note bell from San Gabriel Mission hanging in shelter made for it. Framed photos are of Baldwin's three hotels: Tallac at Lake Tahoe, Baldwin Hotel & Theater, San Francisco, and the Oakwood, Arcadia.

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Date
February 12, 1894

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Date
February 12, 1894
Subjects
Rancho Santa Anita
Baldwin Ranch
Physical Description
8x20 b&w
ID
128
Collection
Photographs
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Eight people standing or mounted on mule in front of large American flag which is hanging from a wire. Group apparently was on an excursion to Mt. Wilson. The three men on the right are all identified as McCoys across the face of the photo.

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Date
1902

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Date
1902
Subjects
McCoy, Arch
McCoy, Clyde
McCoy, John
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
402
Collection
Photographs
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Portion of earliest seal of the City of Arcadia showing only one figure with sword in one hand and shield in another. It reads: CITY OF ARCADIA. INCORPORATED JULY 1903.

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Date
1903

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Date
1903
Subjects
Arcadia City Seal
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
574
Collection
Photographs
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Handler standing on left, looking toward camera, holds reins of Emperor of Norfolk on Baldwin Ranch in Arcadia.

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Date
1903

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Date
1903
Subjects
Baldwin, Elias J. "Lucky"-Horses and horse racing
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
981
Collection
Photographs
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Volume I no. 1 issue of first Arcadia newspaper, THE ARCADIA BULLETIN. Paper included an article on the opening of Clara Villa which opened May 3, 1904. The paper has photos of five members of the Board of Trustees (now City Council) and also one of Arcadia's first City Marshall, Elmer Anderson and his brother, Charles Anderson, City Treasurer.

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Date
May 7, 1904

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Date
May 7, 1904
Subjects
Newspapers-Arcadia Bulletin
Anderson, Elmer
Anderson, Charles
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
1084
Collection
Photographs
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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
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Close up of five Board of Trustees for City of Arcadia (now, City Council). Upper left, Hiram Unruh; upper right, Melville Lawrence (manager of Oakwood Hotel). Lower left, Harold Stocker; lower right, George Lowen Tucker; center, E.J.Baldwin. This was from first issue of Arcadia Bulletin.

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Date
May 7, 1904

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Date
May 7, 1904
Subjects
Baldwin, Elias J. "Lucky"
Lawrence, Melville
Stocker, Harold
Tucker, George Lowen
Unruh, Hiram Augustus
Newspapers-Arcadia Bulletin
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
1087
Collection
Photographs
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Eleven head of cattle photographed beneath oak trees and in front of barn. San Gabriel Mountains show in the background. Caption beneath reads: Pastoral corner of the ancient ranch.

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Date
1906

  1 image

Date
1906
Subjects
Rancho Santa Anita-1975-1909
Baldwin Ranch
Physical Description
7x10 b&w
ID
907
Collection
Photographs
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E.J."Lucky" Baldwin pictured in light buggy pulled by two horses. Baldwin is talking to a man who is shown with hand on his hip. Caption reads: "Lucky" Baldwin driving over his estate.

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Date
1906

  1 image

Date
1906
Subjects
Rancho Santa Anita-1875-1909
Baldwin Ranch
Baldwin, Elias J. "Lucky"
Physical Description
7x10 b&w
ID
908
Collection
Photographs
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Four horses, three with riders, are seen being readied for morning workout. Each horse has a groom attending it. There is one man in business suit and hat standing in center of track. Stables are seen on right. Caption reads:Ready for the early morning gallop.

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Date
1906

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Date
1906
Subjects
Rancho Santa Anita-1875-1909
Baldwin, Elias J. "Lucky"-Horses and horse racing
Physical Description
7x10 b&w
ID
910
Collection
Photographs
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Man with a beard and carrying a staff is seen with three dogs near him. They are watching a flock of sheep in a field near a large clump of trees. Caption reads: Mexican sheep herder and his flock.

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Date
1906

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Date
1906
Subjects
Rancho Santa Anita-1875-1909
Physical Description
7x10 b&w
ID
912
Collection
Photographs
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Lovely lane lined on both sides with tall Lombardy Poplars. Man in light buggy is seen driving on the lane, away from camera. From the magazine Outing. According to Sandy Snider from the Arboretum, this lane was to the east of Old Ranch Road in early days of Ranch under Baldwin ownership.

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Date
1906

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Date
1906
Subjects
Rancho Santa Anita-1875-1909
Baldwin Ranch
Physical Description
7x10 b&w
ID
913
Collection
Photographs
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Ten horses seen grazing in meadow beneath San Gabriel Mountains. Just to right of center (in trees) appears to be row of Lombardy Poplar trees seen in photo #913. Caption reads: Thoroughbreds in their pasture by Sierra Madre Mountains.

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Date
1906

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Date
1906
Subjects
Rancho Santa Anita-1875-1909
Physical Description
7x10 b&w
ID
915
Collection
Photographs
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Child seen standing in driveway entrance with man on extreme right watching. Caption beneath reads: Driveway, "Lucky" Baldwin's Home. It is not known which entrance to ranch this was.

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Date
1906

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Date
1906
Subjects
Rancho Santa Anita-1975-1909
Baldwin Ranch
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
925
Collection
Photographs
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Formal portrait of Elias J."Lucky"Baldwin. He is shown in black hat and facing to the right. Portions of photo look touched up.

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Date
1907

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Date
1907
Subjects
Baldwin, Elias J. "Lucky"
Baldwin family
Physical Description
5x7 b&w
ID
505
Collection
Photographs
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Photo of REY EL SANTA ANITA. Standing in front holding reins is unidentified man. According to Sandy Snider at the Arboretum, this unidentified man is Lucky Baldwin's trainer Thomas Cook. Caption beneath reads: Rey El Santa Anita-B.H. foaled 1891. By Imp. Cheviot *Alaho.

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Date
1907

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Date
1907
Subjects
Baldwin, Elias J. "Lucky"-Horses and horse racing
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
924
Collection
Photographs
Images
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