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View up one street in Santa Anita Gardens area just off Huntington Drive (to the north) with houses under construction on both sides of the street. Writing on the photo indicates that it is part of Tract 12506 "Y". This tract includes San Antonio Road. Cars of the workmen are parked nearby. The Chantry Flats Road is clearly seen on the mountains in background.

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Date: 1941

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Date: 1941

Subjects: Santa Anita Village; Arcadia (City)-History-1940-1949

Physical Description: 3x5 b&w

ID: 1138

Collection: Photographs

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View north toward mountains from Huntington Drive near Golden West at the time of the opening of Santa Anita Village Tract. Note on the large sign the price of $695 for a lot. Tract opened March 29, 1939. See also History Room Box A and History Room Box 2.

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Date: c.1940

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Date: c.1940

Subjects: Santa Anita Village; San Gabriel Mountains

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 874

Collection: Photographs

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There is no print of this negative. The negative is a Baldwin tract map for the Santa Anita Colony. The 800 acres of Santa Anita Colony were bounded by today's Duarte Road on the north, Live Oak Avenue on the south, El Monte Avenue on the west and Second Avenue on the east.

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Date: c.1891

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Date: c.1891

Subjects: Santa Anita Colony

Physical Description: 4x6 negative only

ID: 1431

Collection: Photographs

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View looking south down Santa Anita Ave. from a point just where road starts up toward Chantry Flats. Note that eucalyptus trees have been removed from Santa Anita and present plantings are still very small. As of 1980, houses fill land shown in foreground of the photo.

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Date: c.1960

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Date: c.1960

Subjects: Santa Anita Avenue

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 902

Collection: Photographs

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Looking east toward Boat House and two ladies standing by fountain at Baldwin's Ranch. There appear to be lilies in pond and calla lilies planted along walk. Ladies have not been identified. For more information on the boat house, see photo #878A.

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Date: c.1893

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Date: c.1893

Subjects: Rancho Santa Anita-1875-1909; Baldwin Ranch

Physical Description: 7x10 b&w

ID: 882

Collection: Photographs

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White Oak Service Station located on SW corner of Foothill Boulevard and Santa Anita Avenue. View probably is looking east across Santa Anita toward large barn that must have been on southeast corner. Owner Emil Bolz is pictured standing in front of his station. He not only sold auto products but ice cream, tobaccos, cold drinks, etc. The address listed in 1928 City Directory is 2 W. Foothill.

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Date: c.1925

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Date: c.1925

Subjects: City Council-1903-1970-Bolz, Emil; Gas stations; White Oak Service Station; Santa Anita Avenue

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 802

Collection: Photographs

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Man is riding bicycle on a path inside Rancho Santa Anita Park and Lake (later, the Arboretum), with many palm trees. Sign reads "Open to the Public Daily until 7PM, private property" and "Curves, drive slowly through park." The following information is from Sandy Snider: This is indeed, today’s Arboretum, but at the time the property was owned by a real estate syndicate named Rancho Santa Anita Inc. The enterprise was headed by the Chandler family (Harry until he died), and they bought the land from Anita Baldwin in 1936 for purposes of residential development. About 1939 they opened “the park” to visitors in hopes of encouraging land sales. About 30 acres surrounding the lake was sort of set aside as Santa Anita Park and Lake, that was roughly the area made available for movie location rentals and clearly for bicyclists, etc. 1939 is the circa date for this photograph, but it could have been anytime between 1936 and 1947 (when the land was sold to State and County for use as an Arboretum). The granite boulders lining roadways were typical Baldwin Ranch landscape features, and the pillars seen in the photo are also from Baldwin times. In the background you can see more boulders in a circular sort of shape – likely the old Baldwin Lily Pond.

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Date: c.1939

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Date: c.1939

Subjects: Arboretum; Rancho Santa Anita

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 2170

Collection: Photographs

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Looking east across Wilderness Park in Arcadia. The buildings seen are used for park activities.

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Date: July 1981

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Date: July 1981

Subjects: Wilderness Park; Santa Anita Canyon

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 1109

Collection: Photographs

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Santa Anita Park race track sign at east entrance.

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Date: 1979

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Date: 1979

Subjects: Santa Anita Park-1945-1980

Physical Description: 4x5 color

ID: 1223

Collection: Photographs

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Santa Anita Park grandstands. Photo taken from Colorado Place looking across east parking lot.

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Date: 1979

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Date: 1979

Subjects: Santa Anita Park-1945-1980

Physical Description: 4x5 color

ID: 1221

Collection: Photographs

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Standard Oil drilling rig set up near Daines Dr. at Live Oak Park. Standard was given permission to drill in summer of 1970. Drilling went on for several months and when the well proved dry, the rig was dismantled (this probably is in Temple City).

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Date: 1970

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Date: 1970

Subjects: Arcadia(City)-History-1970-1979; Oil wells

Physical Description: 10x10 b&w

ID: 1045

Collection: Photographs

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View toward the east believed to be from a point about at corner of present Santa Anita and Elkins Drive in the Highland Oaks area. The large canyon opening to left side of photo would be at mouth of Big Santa Anita. Large oak on right, dirt road, white building near center of photo.

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Date: c.1930

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Date: c.1930

Subjects: Santa Anita Canyon; Arcadia-City-History-1930-1939

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 608

Collection: Photographs

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Street entrance to (with sign) the Arcadia Par 3 Golf Course at 620 E. Live Oak Avenue.

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Date: c. July 1996

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Date: c. July 1996

Subjects: Recreation Department Collection; Arcadia Par 3 Golf Course

Physical Description: 3 1/2 x 10 color

ID: 2053

Collection: Photographs

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Dark, tree-lined street completely bisecting photo from west to east just above, is Duarte Road. Santa Anita Park Race Track is at upper right edge of photo. Smaller oval nearby is a training track. The incomplete oval in upper left is the race track that Anita Baldwin and Joe Smoot attempted to build in 1933 but abandoned the project. Huntington Drive and Colorado Place form a "y" just east of Santa Anita Park Race Track. Note grove of olive trees on land where City Hall is located today (240 W. Huntington Drive, Arcadia). Baseball diamond in upper right corner of photo, just below the convergence of the "y" is at Arcadia County Park. Corrected description as of 11/04/2008.

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Date: June 5, 1938

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Date: June 5, 1938

Subjects: Aerial Photo Collection; Aerial views; Colorado Place; Duarte Road; Los Angeles Jockey Club; Santa Anita Park-1934-1942

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 617

Collection: Photographs

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View of small group of Japanese who have just arrived on Pacific Electric Railroad cars on right. On the left can be seen approximately eight helmeted military guards standing at ready in front of Barracks-like quarters people will live in at the Santa Anita Assembly Center for the Japanese.

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Date: April 1942

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Date: April 1942

Subjects: Santa Anita Assembly Center for the Japanese-Security measures; Santa Anita Park-1942-1945

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 660

Collection: Photographs

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View west on Huntington Drive from above intersection with Baldwin during rush hour race traffic coming to track. Note Pacific Electric Tracks have been removed but right-of-way has not been reworked.

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Date: c.1953

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Date: c.1953

Subjects: Huntington Drive; Santa Anita Park-1945-1980

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 602

Collection: Photographs

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Aerial view looking east into Arcadia from near intersection of Rosemead Boulevard and Colorado Boulevard. Eaton's Santa Anita Hotel and Restaurant is still seen at far end of curve on south side of Colorado Boulevard and Michillinda Avenue (this is present site of Coco's Restaurant and Oak Tree Banquet Room, formerly Reuben's Restaurant, address 1150 W. Colorado Boulevard). The Santa Fe Railroad Tracks are seen just north of Colorado Boulevard. Large clear area in upper right portion of photo is Santa Anita Park Race Track.

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Date: c.1970

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Date: c.1970

Subjects: Aerial Photo Collection; Aerial views; Colorado Boulevard; Colorado Street; Eaton's Santa Anita Hotel and Restaurant (1939-1969); Michillinda Avenue; Railroads; Santa Anita Park-1945-1980

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 634

Collection: Photographs

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Elias J. "Lucky" Baldwin Ranch dairy buildings. These have been located for the library by Reid Greer as just west of Tallac Knoll and later were purchased and operated by Supreme Dairy.

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Date: unknown

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Date: unknown

Subjects: Rancho Santa Anita; Baldwin Ranch

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 115

Collection: Photographs

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Aerial view looking east along Huntington Drive taken over the Club House at Santa Anita Park Race Track. Pony Express Museum is just to right of the "y" intersection of Huntington Drive coming into Arcadia just below the wing of the plane. Theater that was opened in 1942 is almost directly opposite Museum. Santa Anita Motor Inn, two buildings east of theater, distinguished by tall tower, opened in 1938. (It was torn down in 1975.) The residential area directly north of there is known as Santa Anita Gardens. Santa Anita Avenue is just beyond Arcadia County Park on right.

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Date: c. 1957-58

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Date: c. 1957-58

Subjects: Aerial Photo Collection; Aerial views; Huntington Drive; Pony Express Museum; Santa Anita Avenue; Santa Anita Motor Inn

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 638

Collection: Photographs

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Eight civic minded men armed with shovels have apparently just installed sign reading: Give the Boys a Lift. This would have been during World War II when thousands of Army personnel were stationed in Arcadia and the sign designed to encourage residents to give the soldiers rides into Pasadena or other locations.

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Date: c.1942

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Date: c.1942

Subjects: Camp Santa Anita (U.S.Army Ordnance Center)

Physical Description: 6x10 b&w

ID: 951

Collection: Photographs

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View north toward mountains from Huntington Drive near Golden West at the time of the opening of Santa Anita Village Tract. Note on the large sign the price of $695 for a lot. Tract opened March 29, 1939. See also History Room Box A and History Room Box 2.

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There is no print of this negative. The negative is a Baldwin tract map for the Santa Anita Colony. The 800 acres of Santa Anita Colony were bounded by today's Duarte Road on the north, Live Oak Avenue on the south, El Monte Avenue on the west and Second Avenue on the east.

Images

View looking south down Santa Anita Ave. from a point just where road starts up toward Chantry Flats. Note that eucalyptus trees have been removed from Santa Anita and present plantings are still very small. As of 1980, houses fill land shown in foreground of the photo.

Images

Looking east toward Boat House and two ladies standing by fountain at Baldwin's Ranch. There appear to be lilies in pond and calla lilies planted along walk. Ladies have not been identified. For more information on the boat house, see photo #878A.

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Looking east across Wilderness Park in Arcadia. The buildings seen are used for park activities.

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Santa Anita Park race track sign at east entrance.

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Santa Anita Park grandstands. Photo taken from Colorado Place looking across east parking lot.

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Standard Oil drilling rig set up near Daines Dr. at Live Oak Park. Standard was given permission to drill in summer of 1970. Drilling went on for several months and when the well proved dry, the rig was dismantled (this probably is in Temple City).

Images

View toward the east believed to be from a point about at corner of present Santa Anita and Elkins Drive in the Highland Oaks area. The large canyon opening to left side of photo would be at mouth of Big Santa Anita. Large oak on right, dirt road, white building near center of photo.

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Street entrance to (with sign) the Arcadia Par 3 Golf Course at 620 E. Live Oak Avenue.

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View of small group of Japanese who have just arrived on Pacific Electric Railroad cars on right. On the left can be seen approximately eight helmeted military guards standing at ready in front of Barracks-like quarters people will live in at the Santa Anita Assembly Center for the Japanese.

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View west on Huntington Drive from above intersection with Baldwin during rush hour race traffic coming to track. Note Pacific Electric Tracks have been removed but right-of-way has not been reworked.

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Elias J. "Lucky" Baldwin Ranch dairy buildings. These have been located for the library by Reid Greer as just west of Tallac Knoll and later were purchased and operated by Supreme Dairy.

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