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History-Rancho Santa Anita (1838-1947)

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Start Date: 1838

End Date: 1947

Contents: 1. Chain of title. Three copies given to Arcadia Public Library on the Rancho's fiftieth anniversary. 2. "Santa Anita Rancho history told in book." News clip, circa 1956. 3. "Our community." Article from Arcadia Savings and Loan brochure. 4. "Arcadia, City of Arcadia." San Gabriel Valley Adver…

Start Date: 1838

End Date: 1947

Contents: 1. Chain of title. Three copies given to Arcadia Public Library on the Rancho's fiftieth anniversary.; 2. "Santa Anita Rancho history told in book." News clip, circa 1956.; 3. "Our community." Article from Arcadia Savings and Loan brochure.; 4. "Arcadia, City of Arcadia." San Gabriel Valley Advertiser, February 26, 1969 by I. Hope.; 5. "Arcadia gets publicity." News clip, 1927 copied from Alton Green's scrapbook.; 6. "The Romance of Rancho Santa Anita." Booklet by Rancho Santa Anita, circa 1948. Eight copies.; 7. Lasca Leaves, October 1967. Three copies.; 8. "The Romance of the Ranchos." Booklet by Palmer Conner, Title Insurance and Trust Company, 1941. Six copies. Insert of 1919 map of Old Spanish and Mexican Ranchos of Los Angeles County.; 9. "Rancho Santa Anita ... trials of ownership." Lasca Leaves, December 1975. Two copies.; 10. "The people of Rancho Santa Anita, Part II." Lasca Leaves, July 1956.; 11. "From romance to racehorses." Westways, February 1974.; 12. "Ranch Santa Anita." Section of the book, Brief Sketches of the History of the Ranchos San Pascual, Santa Anita ...etc. by J.M. Miller.; 13. Lasca Leaves, December 1975.; 14. a. "Historic Santa Anita: the development of the land." Brochure by the Arboretum, circa 1976. 14b. Historic Santa Anita the Development of the Land, undated. 14c. Historic Santa Anita the Development of the Land, originally printed by California Arboretum Foundation 1976, Revised and reprinted by Los Voluntarios 2006.; 15. "Expedients." Four pages detailing Reid's claim. Copied from the collection of Huntington Library.; 16. "Santa Anita Ranch, Rancho Santa Anita." Articles from The Westerner's Brand Book, published by Los Angeles Corral, 1956.; 17. "The old and new Santa Anita." Westways, January 1948.; 18. "Chain of horticulture." Lasca Leaves, July 1951.; 19. "The restorations at Rancho Santa Anita." Lasca Leaves, January 1961.; 20. "Background to Rancho Santa Anita." By Florence Slocum, circa 1969.; 21. "People say." Arcadia Tribune, February - April, 1941. A series of eight articles commemorating Rancho Santa Anita's 100th birthday.; 22. "Rancho Santa Anita 'Place of Many Waters.'" Lasca Leaves, October 1967 by Susanna Bryant Dakin.; 23. Historic calendar of events of Ranch Santa Anita. Peacock Call, September/October 1978.; 24. Manuscript of Mrs. C.W. (Emma Elinor Hines) Young. From the Bancroft Library at the University of California at Berkeley, October 1978. Photocopy of handwritten manuscript and typed copy.; 25. "Owners and cattle brands of the Rancho Santa Anita." The Branding Iron, June 1979 by Jack McCaskill.; 26. "The Baldwin legacy." Lasca Leaves, June 1976 by Sandy Snider.; 27. "Santa Anita Rancho - history told in book." Pasadena Independent, January 11, 1953. Pasadena Star News, September 23, 1956.; 28. "Pasadena the Crown of the Valley: a souvenir." Pasadena Board of Trade, 1893-1894 by E. Norman Baker. From the historical collection of William F. Salisbury.; 29. "Rancho Santa Anita - 'Place of Many Waters'." Junior League Community News, October 1957 by Susanna Bryant Dakin.; 30. "Rancho Santa Anita's colorful past." News clip, undated.; 31. "Rancho Santa Anita, chuck full of early California memories; one of the Southland's most beautiful spots." Arcadia Tribune, December 6, 1937, page 1.; 32. "Historic ranchos' sale recalls pioneer days." Los Angeles Times, April 5, 1936, Part V, page 1.; 33. "Two famous holdings to be subdivided soon. Santa Anita and La Cienega Ranch acreage purchased for vast residential development." Los Angeles Times, April 5, 1936, Part V.; 34. Town Rambler by Marjorie Hesse: description of Rancho Santa Anita and the arrangement of the rooms at the old adobe house as told by Miss Lena McCulley and second cousin of E.J. "Lucky" Baldwin, Mrs. H. H. Cross. Arcadia Tribune, June 22, 1938. Copied from Rancho Santa Anita Scrapbook #1, April 1936-Jan. 1, 1939. Arcadia Historical Society.; 35. "The Romance of California Land Titles" by Stuart O'Melveny. Title Insurance and Trust Company, 1928. (Rancho Santa Anita mentioned on page 13.); 36. Rancho Santa Anita and the development of San Marino and Sierra Madre. From pages 91, 93, 94, 100 of the book Pasadena Area History by Manuel Pineda and E. Caswell Perry (1972).

Subjects: History-Rancho Santa Anita (1838-1947)

Physical Description: 2 folders

Item ID: 103AF

Collection: Subject Files

Articles regarding Rancho Santa Anita

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 17 thru March 31, 1938 p. 1 ("Romance of Santa Anita"); April 27 ,1939 p. 2 (25 acres donated)

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 17 thru March 31, 1938 p. 1 ("Romance of Santa Anita"); April 27 ,1939 p. 2 (25 acres donated)

Subjects: Rancho Santa Anita - 1909 - 1947; Baldwin, Anita

Item ID: 3951AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Birth. To Mr. and Mrs. Ernest J. Elias, Apr. 11.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Bulletin

Date: April 20, 1947

Pages: p. 5

Announcement Type: Birth

Newspaper: Arcadia Bulletin

Date: April 20, 1947

Pages: p. 5

Announcement Type: Birth

Subjects: Elias, daughter

Item ID: 8466AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Proposal for two schools on land set aside in Rancho Santa Anita

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: May 26, 1946 p. 1 (Rancho Santa Anita School); March 23, 1950 p. 13 (first school)

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: May 26, 1946 p. 1 (Rancho Santa Anita School); March 23, 1950 p. 13 (first school)

Subjects: Schools - History - 1880s-1950

Item ID: 4222AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

General information regarding history of Arcadia

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 3, 1934 p. A-1 (City history); August 15, 1940 p. 3; April 27, 1942 p. 8; March 23, 1950 p. 4 (early days); August 13, 1953 p. 18; August 17, 1969 p. 1 (history and growth); August 17, 1969 p. 1 (books on Arcadia history); August 16, 1970 p. 3; August 18, 1972 p. 8 (general history)

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 3, 1934 p. A-1 (City history); August 15, 1940 p. 3; April 27, 1942 p. 8; March 23, 1950 p. 4 (early days); August 13, 1953 p. 18; August 17, 1969 p. 1 (history and growth); August 17, 1969 p. 1 (books on Arcadia history); August 16, 1970 p. 3; August 18, 1972 p. 8 (general history)

Subjects: History

Item ID: 3948AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

General items

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 22, 1932 p. 1; August 3, 1934 p. A-1; March 23, 1950 p. 3; August 24, 1944, p. 1; June 5, 1952 Section 2, p. 2; October 9, 1968 p. 2; March 23, 1950 p. 3 (partial contents of will); April 23, 1956, p. 1 (reminiscences); September 19, 1957 p. 5 (heirlooms in posession of nephew Jack Fawcett in Alabama)

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 22, 1932 p. 1; August 3, 1934 p. A-1; March 23, 1950 p. 3; August 24, 1944, p. 1; June 5, 1952 Section 2, p. 2; October 9, 1968 p. 2; March 23, 1950 p. 3 (partial contents of will); April 23, 1956, p. 1 (reminiscences); September 19, 1957 p. 5 (heirlooms in posession of nephew Jack Fawcett in Alabama)

Subjects: Baldwin, Elias J (Lucky)

Item ID: 3641AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Horses and racing

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 4, 1938 p. 1 (first horse); December 5, 1960 p. 8 ("Thouroughbred History" film)

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 4, 1938 p. 1 (first horse); December 5, 1960 p. 8 ("Thouroughbred History" film)

Subjects: Baldwin, Elias J (Lucky)

Item ID: 3642AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Rancho Santa Anita asks zoning change for El Rancho shopping area.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 8, 1940 p. 1; April 18, 1940

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 8, 1940 p. 1; April 18, 1940

Subjects: El Rancho shopping district

Item ID: 3906AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Anita Baldwin

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 3, 1934 p. A-2 (home); September 28, 1934 p. 1 (ranch sale); October 26, 1939 p. 1 (death); November 16, 1947 Section 2, p. 1 (estate)

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 3, 1934 p. A-2 (home); September 28, 1934 p. 1 (ranch sale); October 26, 1939 p. 1 (death); November 16, 1947 Section 2, p. 1 (estate)

Subjects: Baldwin, Anita

Item ID: 3637AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

A description and history of businesses near the intersection of Baldwin Avenue and Duarte Road.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 25, 1943

Pages: p. 8

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 25, 1943

Pages: p. 8

Subjects: Baldwin Avenue; Duarte Road; Business & Industry - West Arcadia; Wetmore, Bruce

Item ID: 7267AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Dr. and Mrs. J. S. Barbee describe their property at 2006 S. Santa Anita Ave.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 19, 1943

Pages: p. 4

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 19, 1943

Pages: p. 4

Subjects: Barbee, J. S.

Item ID: 7271AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

History of Baldwin-Duarte Business Center

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 25, 1943

Pages: p. 8

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 25, 1943

Pages: p. 8

Subjects: Business and Industry

Item ID: 3702AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Mary Ellen Morin, sister of Elias Jackson "Lucky" Baldwin dies in Freeport, Illinois.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 7, 1940

Pages: p. 2

Announcement Type: Obituary or death notice

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 7, 1940

Pages: p. 2

Announcement Type: Obituary or death notice

Subjects: Morin, Mary Ellen

Collection: Newspaper Index

General items regarding Santa Anita Park

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 8, 1942 p. 1 (closed to racing for duration); September 11, 1944 p. 1 (released by Army); September 14, 1944 p. 1 (racing resumes); November 21, 1946 p. 1 (admission tax); December 29, 1946 p. 3 (picture); March 23, 1950 p. 12 (first track); February 21, 1955 p. 1 (historical park museum has lumber from Lucky Baldwins race track buildings); December 22, 1955 p. 10 (aerial drawing of tracks0; April 11, 1960 p. 1 (battle for control); April 28, 1960 p. 1 ( " ); May 2, 1960 p. 1 ( " ); December 8, 1960 p. 1 (helicopter landing studied); June 14, 1964 p. 1 (assessed valuation increased); March 29, 1973 p. 1 (behind the scenes); August 16, 1973 p. C-2 (Grandstand improvement)

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 8, 1942 p. 1 (closed to racing for duration); September 11, 1944 p. 1 (released by Army); September 14, 1944 p. 1 (racing resumes); November 21, 1946 p. 1 (admission tax); December 29, 1946 p. 3 (picture); March 23, 1950 p. 12 (first track); February 21, 1955 p. 1 (historical park museum has lumber from Lucky Baldwins race track buildings); December 22, 1955 p. 10 (aerial drawing of tracks0; April 11, 1960 p. 1 (battle for control); April 28, 1960 p. 1 ( " ); May 2, 1960 p. 1 ( " ); December 8, 1960 p. 1 (helicopter landing studied); June 14, 1964 p. 1 (assessed valuation increased); March 29, 1973 p. 1 (behind the scenes); August 16, 1973 p. C-2 (Grandstand improvement)

Subjects: Santa Anita Park

Item ID: 4177AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

General information regarding beginning of Santa Anita Park

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 24, 1932 p. 1 (rezoning for); July 1, 1932 p. 1; July 8, 1932 p. 1; July 15, 1932 p. 1; July 22, 1932 p. 1 (action postponed); July 29, 1932 p. 1 (endorsed by voters); August 5, 1932 p. 1 (rezoning ordered); August 12, 1932 p. 1 (contracts let); August 19, 1932 p. 1 (ground breaking); August 26, 1932 p. 1 (ceremonies); November 11, 1932 p. 1 (building permit issued); December 9, 1932 p. 1 (clubhouse); April 14, 1933, p. 1 (parimutual bill); June 30, 1933 p. 1 (racing votedby residents); September 29, 1933 p. 1 (racing permit applied for); January 12, 1934 p. 1 (permit granted); January 19, 1934 p. 1 (rezoning ordered); February 2, 1934 p. 1 (contract); March 16, 1934 p. 1 (title to property); March 23, 1934 p. 1 (taxes paid); May 11, 1934 p. 1 (progress); June 1, 1934 p. 7 (picture); June 15, 1934 p. 1 (plans for opening); July 13, 1934 p. 1 (progress); August 3, 1934 p. 1 ( " ); August 17, 1934 p. 1 (license fee ordinance); October 3 1934 p. 1 (plans); October 19, 1934 p. 1 ( " ); December 7, 1934 p. 1 (license fee set); December 21, 1934 p. 1 (opening); December 28, 1934 p. 1 (first racing day); March 8, 1935 p. 1 (first season ends)

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 24, 1932 p. 1 (rezoning for); July 1, 1932 p. 1; July 8, 1932 p. 1; July 15, 1932 p. 1; July 22, 1932 p. 1 (action postponed); July 29, 1932 p. 1 (endorsed by voters); August 5, 1932 p. 1 (rezoning ordered); August 12, 1932 p. 1 (contracts let); August 19, 1932 p. 1 (ground breaking); August 26, 1932 p. 1 (ceremonies); November 11, 1932 p. 1 (building permit issued); December 9, 1932 p. 1 (clubhouse); April 14, 1933, p. 1 (parimutual bill); June 30, 1933 p. 1 (racing votedby residents); September 29, 1933 p. 1 (racing permit applied for); January 12, 1934 p. 1 (permit granted); January 19, 1934 p. 1 (rezoning ordered); February 2, 1934 p. 1 (contract); March 16, 1934 p. 1 (title to property); March 23, 1934 p. 1 (taxes paid); May 11, 1934 p. 1 (progress); June 1, 1934 p. 7 (picture); June 15, 1934 p. 1 (plans for opening); July 13, 1934 p. 1 (progress); August 3, 1934 p. 1 ( " ); August 17, 1934 p. 1 (license fee ordinance); October 3 1934 p. 1 (plans); October 19, 1934 p. 1 ( " ); December 7, 1934 p. 1 (license fee set); December 21, 1934 p. 1 (opening); December 28, 1934 p. 1 (first racing day); March 8, 1935 p. 1 (first season ends)

Subjects: Santa Anita Park

Item ID: 4175AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Manager of Rancho Santa Anita.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 3, 1934 p. A-2; March 23, 1950 pp. 6, 14

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 3, 1934 p. A-2; March 23, 1950 pp. 6, 14

Subjects: Unruh, Hiram Augustus

Item ID: 4315AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

General information regarding Santa Anita Railroad Station

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 28, 1938 p. 1; July 5, 1952 Section II, p. 2; April 6, 1967 p. 1 (historic site); May 11, 1967 p. 1 (move to Arboretum); September 28, 1967 p. 1 ( " ); February 11, 1968 p. 1 ( " ); February 25, 1968 p. 1 ( " ); February 28, 1968 p. 1 ( " ); April 4, 1968 p. 1 ( " ); April 11, 1968 p. 1 ( " ); April 14, 1968 p. 1 ( " ); April 18, 1968 p. 1 ( " ); April 21, 1968 p. 1 ( " ); May 2, 1968 p. 1 ( " ); May 23, 1968 p. 1 ( " ); June 13, 1968 p. 1 ( " ); July 7, 1968 p. 1 ( " ); July 14, 1968 p. 1 ( " ); August 28, 1968 p. 1 ( " ); September 11, 1968 p. 1 ( " ); September 15, 1968 p. 1 (removal); February 23, 1969 p. 1 (ground breaking at new site); September 17, 1969 p. 1 (restoration and removal to Arboretum); March 8, 1970 p. 2 ( " ); August 5, 1970 p. 1 ( " ); August 11, 1971 p. 25 (history); October 8, 1972 ( " )

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 28, 1938 p. 1; July 5, 1952 Section II, p. 2; April 6, 1967 p. 1 (historic site); May 11, 1967 p. 1 (move to Arboretum); September 28, 1967 p. 1 ( " ); February 11, 1968 p. 1 ( " ); February 25, 1968 p. 1 ( " ); February 28, 1968 p. 1 ( " ); April 4, 1968 p. 1 ( " ); April 11, 1968 p. 1 ( " ); April 14, 1968 p. 1 ( " ); April 18, 1968 p. 1 ( " ); April 21, 1968 p. 1 ( " ); May 2, 1968 p. 1 ( " ); May 23, 1968 p. 1 ( " ); June 13, 1968 p. 1 ( " ); July 7, 1968 p. 1 ( " ); July 14, 1968 p. 1 ( " ); August 28, 1968 p. 1 ( " ); September 11, 1968 p. 1 ( " ); September 15, 1968 p. 1 (removal); February 23, 1969 p. 1 (ground breaking at new site); September 17, 1969 p. 1 (restoration and removal to Arboretum); March 8, 1970 p. 2 ( " ); August 5, 1970 p. 1 ( " ); August 11, 1971 p. 25 (history); October 8, 1972 ( " )