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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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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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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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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.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: April 2, 1898

Pages: p. A-2 photo

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: April 2, 1898

Pages: p. A-2 photo

Subjects: Restaurants, Bars, etc - Velvet Turtle

Item ID: 2342AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

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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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

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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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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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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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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 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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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.

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Date: 1909

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Date: 1909

Subjects: Baldwin, Elias J. "Lucky"-Horses and horse racing; Shierske, Herman; McIver, Charles

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 407

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 Louis Paulhan flying his Farman plane on its return to Aviation Park after setting an air distance record by flying to circle the Baldwin Ranch and returning to Dominguez Hills. This photograph belongs to the Huntington Library. It is shown here for research only.

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Date: January 1910

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Date: January 1910

Subjects: Aeronautics; Paulhan, Louis

Physical Description: 7x9 b&w

ID: 1131

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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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".

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Date: 1915

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Date: 1915

Subjects: Baldwin Stocker, Clara; Historic houses

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 1549

Collection: Photographs

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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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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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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.

Images

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.

Images

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.)

Images

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.

Images

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.

Images

Formal portrait of Elias J."Lucky"Baldwin. He is shown in black hat and facing to the right. Portions of photo look touched up.

Images

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.

Images

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.

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Photo of Louis Paulhan flying his Farman plane on its return to Aviation Park after setting an air distance record by flying to circle the Baldwin Ranch and returning to Dominguez Hills. This photograph belongs to the Huntington Library. It is shown here for research only.

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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.

Images

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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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".

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