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.)
Arcadian Ken Nute sued the Velvet Turtle Restaurant after a meal he ate there gave him a case of food poisoning. The Los Angeles County Department of Health Services found 24 health code violations.
Four administrators from Taiwan's Ming Tao High School visited the Arcadia High School on November 3 as part of their tour of American schools. They praised the school's independent students, lack of fences and extensive computer system.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Neatly white washed trunks of trees alongside a wall, with row of trees opposite is seen in this photo. Caption beneath reads: First Street Entrance To Fairyland Park, Baldwin's Ranch. This photo is an enlarged view of Photo #1353.
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.
Newspaper page from sports section of L.A. Sunday Times reporting opening of Santa Anita Park, built by "Lucky" Baldwin and opened December 1907. See more legible hard copy in VF Baldwin, Elias J.-Horses and horse racing.
E.J."Lucky" Baldwin thoroughbred horse, LOS ANGELES is shown being held by a black trainer while a man in top hat watches. There is another horse seen at left. Caption underneath reads: Los Angeles, with additional info on Santa Anita Handicap.
Two young men playing cards at a table in a room. Man with cap is Richard Herman Shierske, who was a jockey for E.J."Lucky" Baldwin. He was licensed under the name of Richard Herman. Other young man is Charles McIver.
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.
Copy of pages for part of first and second races from racing program for Santa Anita Park, April 13, 1909. Left hand page includes an ad for the Southern Pacific Railway.
Page from Los Angeles Times of March 21, 1909 telling of the coming end of racing at Santa Anita Park when State of California will close it with the ban on horse racing, April 20, 1909. See legible copy in VF Baldwin, Elias J. "Lucky"-Horses and Horse Racing.