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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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Elias J. "Lucky" Baldwin in carriage on his original track which was adjacent to Michillinda and near Colorado Blvd. With him is W. McClelland, Baldwin's horse trainer at this time. There are 16 other people in photo; some are mounted on horses, some standing. Etched on the photo is "On the track - Lucky Baldwins Place. S.G.V.R.R."

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Date
March 4, 1887

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Date
March 4, 1887
Subjects
McClelland, W.
San Gabriel Mountains
Baldwin, Elias J. "Lucky"-Horses and horse racing
Physical Description
8x10 b&w hardboard professional photo, also 2 prints
ID
111
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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John McCoy in Spanish American War uniform.(He was a Rough Rider.) Identified for Library by his son, George McCoy, in 1978.

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Date
1898

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Date
1898
Subjects
McCoy, John
Physical Description
8x10 b&w vertical
ID
421
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
Images
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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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Six men seen gathering grapes; others are seen in background. There are many heavy wooden boxes around. A row of eucalyptus are seen on the left. Caption (partially cut off) reads: Japanese gathering grapes in a vineyard planted by Spanish Fathers.

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Date
1906

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Date
1906
Subjects
Rancho Santa Anita-1875-1909
Baldwin Ranch-Japanese workers
Physical Description
7x10 b&w
ID
909
Collection
Photographs
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Part of Hugo Reid Adobe seen between two palms and foliage. Caption reads:The home of "Lucky" Baldwin, the walls of which were a Spanish fort. (THIS INFO IS NOT CORRECT.)

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Date
1906

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Date
1906
Subjects
Rancho Santa Anita-1875-1909
Hugo Reid Adobe
Physical Description
7x10 b&w
ID
911
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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Elias J. "Lucky" Baldwin on left and Richard F. Carman Sr., one of America's early horsemen. Photo was taken probably about 1907 and printed in newspaper of March 1937 at the time of Carman's death. Carman's horses won four races and placed second in two others on opening day of Baldwin's Santa Anita Race Track.

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Date
1907

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Date
1907
Subjects
Baldwin, Elias J. "Lucky"
Carman, Richard F., Sr.
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
933
Collection
Photographs
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Photo enlargement of a postcard of about 1909 advertising Tally-Ho trips to Baldwin's Ranch. Printing on card begins: the home of Strathmead at Lucky Baldwin's famous ranch.

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Date
1909

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Date
1909
Subjects
Rancho Santa Anita
Baldwin Ranch
Physical Description
8x10 color
ID
135
Collection
Photographs
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Cast of moving picture, THE HEART OF A RACE TOUT, the first moving picture made ENTIRELY in California. It was made by Selig Polyscope Co.of Chicago who had opened a studio in downtown Los Angeles. The movie was made to take advantage of the Racetrack built in Arcadia by E.J."Lucky" Baldwin which opened in 1907.

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Date
1909

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Date
1909
Subjects
Motion pictures
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
852
Collection
Photographs
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Three people are standing in front of stable area of Elias J."Lucky" Baldwin's Santa Anita Race Track. L-R: Mrs. John (Ella) Ott; eldest son, Donald; and City Marshall, John Ott. (Their daughter told us in 1980 that everyone called her father Jack.) Mrs. Ott is wearing a lavishly feathered hat and a tailored suit. Marshall Ott is wearing a dark double-breasted suit with his badge.

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Date
March 31, 1909

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Date
March 31, 1909
Subjects
Ott, John
Ott, Ella
Ott, Donald
Santa Anita Park-1907-1912
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
1054
Collection
Photographs
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Photo of front page of the Los Angeles Times of April 3, 1909 with picture of Lily Bennett Baldwin and article about estate she inherited on death of Elias J."Lucky" Baldwin.

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Date
April 3, 1909

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Date
April 3, 1909
Subjects
Howard, Lily Baldwin
Baldwin, Elias J. "Lucky"
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
506
Collection
Photographs
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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

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Date
1911
Subjects
Oakwood Hotel
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
390
Collection
Photographs
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Students at Arcadia Grammar School, where present First Avenue Middle School is now. Built in 1907, this building replaced the packing shed school provided earlier by E.J. Baldwin. This school was located at the southwest corner of First Avenue and California Street. No identification of teachers or students.

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Date
Feb. 1911

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Date
Feb. 1911
Subjects
Schools-History-1880s-1950
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
563
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

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Date
Nov. 12, 1911
Subjects
Oakwood Hotel
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
1079
Collection
Photographs
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Home of Mr. and Mrs. Leo Bertolina. It was originally located on California (a street which at this time was 3 blocks south of Duarte Road). It washed off its foundation and was then moved to NW corner of 2nd and Alta. There are broad front steps and stone foundation seen in photo.

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Date
1912

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Date
1912
Subjects
Houses
Bertolina, Leo
Physical Description
4x6 b&w
ID
274
Collection
Photographs
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"Ye Fairy of Ye Oak," 1915 Pasadena Tournament of Roses float entered by Mrs. Anita Baldwin McClaughry. Dextra McClaughry (age 13) and Baldwin McClaughry (age 10), children of Anita, rode on the float. Dextra, the Queen of Fairyland, stood beneath a spreading oak while the floor of the carriage was converted into a meadowland of softest green upon which shell pink roses, lilies-of-the-valley and hyacinths grew.

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Date
January 1915

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Date
January 1915
Subjects
Tournament of Roses-Floats-1915
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
1282
Collection
Photographs
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