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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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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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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

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Date: 1906

Subjects: Rancho Santa Anita-1975-1909; Baldwin Ranch

Physical Description: 7x10 b&w

ID: 907

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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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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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.

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Date: 1909

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Date: 1909

Subjects: Santa Anita Park-1907-1912; Railroads-Southern Pacific

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 1168

Collection: Photographs

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Elks barbecue (or Mason's) held at "Y" at Colorado Place and Huntington Drive. Man in middle is Leo Charles Bertolina. Donor wrote on back of original:"Note Baldwin caretaker in right background." (We do not see him.) Large roasting pits covered to keep heat in, are seen in the foreground.

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Date: 1910

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Date: 1910

Subjects: Bertolina, Leo

Physical Description: 3x5 b&w, 5x7 enlargement b&w

ID: 384

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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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.

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Date: 1914

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Date: 1914

Subjects: Rancho Santa Anita; Baldwin Ranch; San Gabriel Mountains

Physical Description: 3x15 b&w

ID: 124

Collection: Photographs

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View north toward mountains and Chantry Flats Road. From vicinity just east of Santa Anita, where present Orange Grove intersects, showing orange groves. An open field apparently planted to grain and having a large oak tree, would be present site of Highland Oaks School. Eucalyptus trees lining Santa Anita are on left in photo, this property belonged to Harry and Hattie Ainsworth.

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Date: 1916

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Date: 1916

Subjects: Ainsworth, Harry; Ainsworth, Hattie; Highland Oaks Elementary School

Physical Description: 7x10 b&w

ID: 366

Collection: Photographs

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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.

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Date: 1916

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Date: 1916

Subjects: Santa Anita Avenue; Agriculture

Physical Description: 8x11 b&w

ID: 580

Collection: Photographs

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A large group is pictured sitting or standing near entrance to Sturtevant Camp dining room. (Camp was one of many in San Gabriel Mountains; it was up Big Santa Anita Canyon.) In back row, on left, man in dark shirt and tie next to pillar, is John C. Juvinall of Monrovia.

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Date: July 3, 1916

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Date: July 3, 1916

Subjects: San Gabriel Mountains; Sturtevant Camp; Juvinall, John C

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 968

Collection: Photographs

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Page 49 of The Arcadian Observer, Official Publication of the United States Army Balloon School, Arcadia, California. September 1918 Supplement. Featuring Roster of Flying Cadet Company and photograph of The Flying Cadet Barracks. Negative and print were made for the grant funded Local History Digital Resources Project 2006-2007. A digital image of this photograph is file name: caarpl_122 on LHDRP 2006-2007 Disc 10 of 14. See black box labeled Arcadia History Room Media Box.

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Date: September 1918

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Date: September 1918

Subjects: Balloon School

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 1848

Collection: Photographs

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Page 35 of The Arcadian Observer, Official Publication of the United States Army Balloon School, Arcadia, California. September 1918 Supplement. Featuring photographs of the Observation Office, Hospital, and Interior Mess Hall. Negative and print were made for the grant funded Local History Digital Resources Project 2006-2007. A digital image of this photograph is file name: caarpl_121 on LHDRP 2006-2007 Disc 10 of 14. See black box labeled Arcadia History Room Media Box.

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Date: September 1918

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Date: September 1918

Subjects: Balloon School

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 1849

Collection: Photographs

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Page 21 of The Arcadian Observer, Official Publication of the United States Army Balloon School, Arcadia, California. September 1918 Supplement. Featuring photographs and description of Swimming Pool and Club House. Negative and print were made for the grant funded Local History Digital Resources Project 2006-2007. A digital image of this photograph is file name: caarpl_120 on LHDRP 2006-2007 Disc 10 of 14. See black box labeled Arcadia History Room Media Box.

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Date: September 1918

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Date: September 1918

Subjects: Balloon School

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 1850

Collection: Photographs

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Page 19 of The Arcadian Observer, Official Publication of the United States Army Balloon School, Arcadia, California. September 1918 Supplement. Featuring picture and description of The Observer. Negative and print were made for the grant funded Local History Digital Resources Project 2006-2007. A digital image of this photograph is file name: caarpl_119 on LHDRP 2006-2007 Disc 9 of 14. See black box labeled Arcadia History Room Media Box.

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Date: September 1918

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Date: September 1918

Subjects: Balloon School

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 1851

Collection: Photographs

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Page 17 of The Arcadian Observer, Official Publication of the United States Army Balloon School, Arcadia, California. September 1918 Supplement. Featuring photographs of U.S. Balloon School officers, all lieutenants. H.G. Verbeck, Joseph Sullivan, John Hahn (or Rahn?), Harry W. Warner, Harold K. Hine, Newton B. Drury, Milton E. Keyser, James A. Christie, Ed Welch, Hiram B. Lillie, F.C. Wiggins C.O., A.M. Lynch, Dunlap C. Clark, George Whistler, Lloyd Graybill, and Ed Burke. Negative and print were made for the grant funded Local History Digital Resources Project 2006-2007. A digital image of this photograph is file name: caarpl_118 on LHDRP 2006-2007 Disc 9 of 14. See black box labeled Arcadia History Room Media Box.

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Date: September 1918

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Date: September 1918

Subjects: Balloon School; Burke, Ed; Christie, James A.; Clark, Dunlap C.; Drury, Newton B.; Graybill, Lloyd; Hahn, John or Rahn, John; Hine, Harold K.; Keyser, Milton E.; Lillie, Hiram B.; Lynch, A.M.; Sullivan, Joseph; Verbeck, H.G.; Warner, Harry W.; Welch, Ed; Whistler, George; Wiggins, F.C.

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 1852

Collection: Photographs

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Page 15 of The Arcadian Observer, Official Publication of the United States Army Balloon School, Arcadia, California. September 1918 Supplement. Featuring photographs of U.S. Balloon School officers, all lieutenants. L. Heath, J.J. Fitzgerald, H.C. Hahlbeck, Stanley W. Hahn, George K. Barnes, Robert Drake, Rolla W. Wybrant, William D. Geiger, Harry R. Rafferty, Wayne Burbank, T.N. Wrenn, George Parish, William Barnard, Charles N. White, William B. Gemmill, and William Simpson. Negative and print were made for the grant funded Local History Digital Resources Project 2006-2007. A digital image of this photograph is file name: caarpl_117 on LHDRP 2006-2007 Disc 9 of 14. See black box labeled Arcadia History Room Media Box.

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Date: September 1918

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Date: September 1918

Subjects: Balloon School; Barnard, William; Barnes, George K; Burbank, Wayne; Drake, Robert; Fitzgerald, J. J.; Geiger, William D.; Gemmill, William B.; Hahlbeck, H.C.; Hahn, Stanley W.; Heath, L.; Parish, George; Rafferty, Harry R; Simpson, William; White, Charles N.; Wrenn, T. N.; Wybrant, Rolla W.

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 1853

Collection: Photographs

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Page 13 of The Arcadian Observer, Official Publication of the United States Army Balloon School, Arcadia, California. September 1918 Supplement. Featuring photographs of U.S. Balloon School officers, all lieutenants: N.C. Farnum, Joseph Raymond Williams, R. Lauch Benson, Carleton T. Olds, Clarence Lober, Richard Lewis, Charles Irwin, W.S. Brown, Larkin O'Neill, N. Roman, N.J. Van Valkenberg, Roy Parker, and Carl McCarthy. Negative and print were made for the grant funded Local History Digital Resources Project 2006-2007. A digital image of this photograph is file name: caarpl_116 on LHDRP 2006-2007 Disc 9 of 14. See black box labeled Arcadia History Room Media Box.

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Date: September 1918

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Date: September 1918

Subjects: Balloon School; Benson, R. Lauch; Brown, W. S.; Farnum, N. C.; Irwin, Charles; Lewis, Richard; Lober, Clarence; McCarthy, Carl; Olds, Carleton T.; O'Neill, Larkin; Parker, Roy; Roman, N.; Van Valkenberg, N. J.; Williams, Joseph Raymond

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 1854

Collection: Photographs

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Page 10 of The Arcadian Observer, Official Publication of the United States Army Balloon School, Arcadia, California. September 1918 Supplement. Featuring list of YMCA Staff Personnel, article about American Red Cross and photograph of Captain Henry C. Deknatel, A.R.C. Negative and print were made for the grant funded Local History Digital Resources Project 2006-2007. A digital image of this photograph is file name: caarpl_115 on LHDRP 2006-2007 Disc 9 of 14. See black box labeled Arcadia History Room Media Box.

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Date: September 1918

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Date: September 1918

Subjects: Balloon School; Deknatel, Henry C.

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 1855

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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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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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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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.

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Elks barbecue (or Mason's) held at "Y" at Colorado Place and Huntington Drive. Man in middle is Leo Charles Bertolina. Donor wrote on back of original:"Note Baldwin caretaker in right background." (We do not see him.) Large roasting pits covered to keep heat in, are seen in the foreground.

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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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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.

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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.

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A large group is pictured sitting or standing near entrance to Sturtevant Camp dining room. (Camp was one of many in San Gabriel Mountains; it was up Big Santa Anita Canyon.) In back row, on left, man in dark shirt and tie next to pillar, is John C. Juvinall of Monrovia.

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