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.)
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.
Leo Bertolina (on left) and Jim Newton standing under a clump of pine trees drinking from bottles. There is a horse standing beyond trees. Back of card says:"area is just north of Foothill near First Avenue."
Photo taken looking north from possibly Duarte Road, of 120 acres of tomatoes being grown on Baldwin Ranch land. In photo, highest mountain on right side of photo is Monrovia Peak. Big Santa Anita Canyon comes down to the left of it. Oversized.
Mrs. Anita Baldwin McClaughry's entry in the 1915 Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade, "Dove of Peace," was 26 feet long with a wing span of 11 feet. The dove was covered with roses, lilies-of-the-valley, maiden hair fern and stevia serulata. It held an olive branch in its bill. It was the most costly float entered in the parade.
Lightly poised upon a single branch of acacia, a yellow butterfly emerging from its chrysalis heralded the 1915 Pasadena Tournament of Roses float for the City of Arcadia. The entry was designed by Mrs. Anita Baldwin McClaughry. Formed of yellow roses, marigolds and pom pom chrysanthemums, the butterfly is emerging from a chrysalis of gray-green foliage nine feet in length. This was the first official City of Arcadia entry in the Rose Parade.
Clara Baldwin Stocker's home on the north side of Foothill Blvd. between Baldwin and Santa Anita. Two stone pillars with light fixtures on top are visible on either side of the driveway. Handwritten note on bottom left of photo reads, "Oaks 1915".
Interior of Clara Baldwin Stocker's home on Foothill Boulevard in Arcadia. There is an arrangement of flowers on the table and a large amount of flowers along the top of the photo. Handwriting along the bottom of the photo reads, "Oaks 1915 dinner table."
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.
Clara Baldwin Stocker's home on Foothill Blvd in Arcadia. There is a large oak tree with a circle of stones. Handwriting on bottom of photo reads, "May 1915."
View north up Santa Anita Avenue with mountains in background. This photo was taken about where present Orange Grove Avenue intersects with Santa Anita Avenue. Note orange groves all along west side of Santa Anita as far as the mountains. Street is not paved.
Clara Baldwin Stocker, wearing a hat, is seated in her motor car. Standing outside and leaning with one arm on the car, appears to Walter McGinley. There is a dog sitting on the running board. On the left is probably part of an oil well. Handwriting at bottom of photo reads, in part, "July 30th 1922 - in hole 2529 feet."
Close view of a school bus across which is painted: Arcadia City School. At the side near front of bus is a man in business suit adjusting louvered window. At left is a girl with a beret on her head about to get on the bus. She is Jean Hutchinson and picture was taken on Bonita Street near her home.
Arcadia's 1926 float entry in the Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade, "The Queen of the Foothills," and her court rode under a canopy of pink carnations. The background, signifying the foothill district, was typified by mountain oak and white and lavender heather.
Aerial view north up Santa Anita Avenue. Note Chantry Flats Road on mountain near right side of photo. This view was taken from just south of Huntington Drive. This image belongs to Arcadia Historical Society.
Seated in large military truck are, L-R: Bruno Bucher, Cacelie Bucher Mauch, and Master Sgt. William Bucher, step father of the two young people. Truck is parked just inside the fence of Ross Field Balloon School, and at SW corner of Huntington Drive and Santa Anita. Note: Community Presbyterian Church seen behind them (was later moved to First Ave and Alice Street). Note also, a sign, apparently giving name of base over entry and not readable from this angle.
Three young people standing at SW corner of Huntington Drive and Santa Anita Avenue just inside fence of Ross Field Balloon School. L-R: Bruno Bucher, his sister Cacilie Bucher Mauch and unidentified man. Note Community Presbyterian Church, then on NE corner of this intersection.
Portraits of five members of the Arcadia Fire Department, taken from a page of the "Arcadia Police and Firemen Relief Association Annual Souvenir" (see Arcadia VF-Police-Archives). Pictured are Frank Hinman, Walter Best, Leo C. Bertolina, A.A Mussachia, and Jim M. Nellis.
Portraits of eight members of the Arcadia Fire Department, taken from a page of the "Arcadia Police & Fireman Relief Association Annual Souvenir" (see Arcadia VF-Police-Archives). Pictured are Paul Armstrong, Frank Roush, P.J. Schumacher, A.P. VanWormer, John Market, Donald Ott, P. Weberg, and J.C. Hinman.