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James Jeffries, well known boxer is shown in defensive stance. He is known to have visited Arcadia as reported in a 1904 newspaper -- and possible to have fought here.

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Date: c.1900

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Date: c.1900

Subjects: Sports figures; Jeffries, James

Physical Description: 7x10 b&w

ID: 1091

Collection: Photographs

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Scene from a Broadway play showing Barney Oldfield (played by an actor) arriving in his famous race car called the Green Dragon. It is known from a 1904 newspaper that Barney Oldfield did drive out to the Clara Villa in his Green Dragon.

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Date: c.1903

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Date: c.1903

Subjects: Sports figures; Oldfield, Barney

Physical Description: 7x10 b&w

ID: 1092

Collection: Photographs

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Page of figures comparing land prices in the San Gabriel Valley areas as of January 1, 1938.

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Date: January 1, 1938

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Date: January 1, 1938

Subjects: Real estate

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 529

Collection: Photographs

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First group of Tom Tom girls from Arcadia High School. They often marched and did drills at parades and sports events.

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Date: October 1, 1953

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Date: October 1, 1953

Subjects: Arcadia High School

Physical Description: 6x10 b&w

ID: 1137

Collection: Photographs

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"King of Sports," Arcadia's float entry in the 1936 Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade, featured three horses at the starting gate with children riding them.

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Date: January 1936

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Date: January 1936

Subjects: Tournament of Roses-Floats-1936

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 1288

Collection: Photographs

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Collection of eight store-front figures grouped around door into Pony Express Museum. Also shown on left: large watch advertising Ingersoll watches and on right one advertising Sherrar clocks.

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Date: c.1940s

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Date: c.1940s

Subjects: Pony Express Museum

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 462

Collection: Photographs

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View looking north across Huntington Drive at El Rancho building containing the following businesses: DAVIDSON SPORTING GOODS, EL RANCHO HARDWARE, THE MARBERRY SHOP and others.

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Date: c.1939 or 1940

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Date: c.1939 or 1940

Subjects: El Rancho Hardware; Davidson Sporting Goods; Marberry Shop; El Rancho Shopping District

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 205

Collection: Photographs

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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.

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Date: December 8, 1907

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Date: December 8, 1907

Subjects: Baldwin, Elias J. "Lucky"-Horses and horse racing; Santa Anita Park-1907-1912

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 551

Collection: Photographs

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Indoor entrance to bar in Pony Express Museum. Over the entrance is a sign reading: Butte City Saloon and on other side of entrance are signs reading: Hollenbeck Hotel Bar. There are typical store-front carved figures standing on either side of door, which has double swinging doors.

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Date: c.1940s

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Date: c.1940s

Subjects: Pony Express Museum

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 471

Collection: Photographs

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Winners (two boys and two girls) of a ping pong tournament receive trophy awards from a man, pictured one end of a ping pong table.

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Date: c. 1950s

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Date: c. 1950s

Subjects: Recreation Department Collection; Awards; Children; Competitions; Contests; Ping pong or table tennis; Sports

Physical Description: 4 1/2 x 5 1/2 b&w

ID: 1902

Collection: Photographs

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One boy representing each of the following schools in a group picture: Highland Oarks, Hugo Reid, Camino Grove, Baldwin Stocker, Santa Anita, Longley Way, Bonita Park, Holly Avenue. Each boy is wearing a sports team tee-shirt with school's name and number imprinted. Four boys stand in the back row and four boys kneel in the front.

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Date: 1969

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Date: 1969

Subjects: Recreation Department Collection

Physical Description: 8x10 color

ID: 1883

Collection: Photographs

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Aerial looking west from a position just east of First Avenue and just north of Wheeler Avenue. Large white barn-like roof is San Gabriel Valley Lumber Co. building. This later became the Sawmill Restaurant and in the early 1990's became Sports Rock Cafe. Directly opposite, is cleared land where Arcadia Public Library, Fire and Police were previously located. Today there is a Medical Building on the site (65 N. First Avenue). Santa Anita Park and parking lot are seen in the distance.

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Date: c.1977

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Date: c.1977

Subjects: Aerial Photo Collection; Aerial views; First Avenue; Wheeler Avenue

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 992

Collection: Photographs

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Exterior of mansion, showing relief sculpture of three standing figures, on the south side of the house, possibly a covered side porch. Former home of Prince Erik of Denmark in 1920s at 2607 S. Santa Anita Avenue. Built in 1924. Property now owned by Arcadia Congregational Church. Photograph by Terry Miller. See also ID 2190 and 2191. Note: Per Jolene Cadenbach, a fire destroyed Prince Erik Hall in June 2021, tear down started around end of 2021, and was completely torn down in 2022.

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Date: April 2001

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Date: April 2001

Subjects: Erik, Prince of Denmark; Arcadia Congregational Church; Historic houses

Physical Description: 4x6 b&w

ID: 2189

Collection: Photographs

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Exterior of mansion, showing relief sculpture of three standing figures, on the south side of the house, possibly a covered side porch. Former home of Prince Erik of Denmark in 1920s at 2607 S. Santa Anita Avenue. Built in 1924. Property now owned by Arcadia Congregational Church. Photograph by Terry Miller. See also ID 2189 and 2191. Note: Per Jolene Cadenbach, a fire destroyed Prince Erik Hall in June 2021, tear down started around end of 2021, and was completely torn down in 2022.

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Date: April 2001

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Date: April 2001

Subjects: Erik, Prince of Denmark; Arcadia Congregational Church; Historic houses

Physical Description: 4x6 b&w

ID: 2190

Collection: Photographs

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Exterior of mansion, showing close-up of relief sculpture of three standing figures, on the south side of the house. Former home of Prince Erik of Denmark in 1920s at 2607 S. Santa Anita Avenue. Built in 1924. Property now owned by Arcadia Congregational Church. Photograph by Terry Miller. See also ID 2189 and 2190. Note: Per Jolene Cadenbach, a fire destroyed Prince Erik Hall in June 2021, tear down started around end of 2021, and was completely torn down in 2022.

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Date: April 2001

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Date: April 2001

Subjects: Erik, Prince of Denmark; Arcadia Congregational Church; Historic houses

Physical Description: 4x6 b&w

ID: 2191

Collection: Photographs

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Portion of earliest seal of the City of Arcadia showing only one figure with sword in one hand and shield in another. It reads: CITY OF ARCADIA. INCORPORATED JULY 1903.

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Date: 1903

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Date: 1903

Subjects: Arcadia City Seal

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 574

Collection: Photographs

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Appears to have been taken just a few minutes after photo #167. Large balloon with a target-like figure painted on its side is down on the ground and being secured by men. Overcast day.

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Date: c.1917-1918

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Date: c.1917-1918

Subjects: Balloon School

Physical Description: 3x5 b&w

ID: 168

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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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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Apparently another view taken on visitors' day at Ross Field (as in photo #176). In this photo, balloon is on the ground with basket. Military truck shows on right side of photo with a sign marked "4" in front of truck. Group of people on left; small girl in checkered blouse is closest figure.

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Date: c.1917-1918

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Date: c.1917-1918

Subjects: Balloon School

Physical Description: 3x5 b&w

ID: 177

Collection: Photographs

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Large group of people seated at tables outdoors. Overhead are paper lanterns. Group is at Japanese "community" in Arcadia which apparently was near Holly Avenue below Huntington, for a performance of the MIKADO. Man directly in front (center, no hat) is Ed Ryan, caretaker at Baldwin racetrack. On his lap is his daughter, whom Vesta Tucker Reeves and her sister did not like so they scratched over her photo with a pin. Girl seen over his left shoulder, is Vesta Tucker. The lady next to her is not identified. The girl with the long necklace sitting on the lap of the unidentified lady near Mr. Ryan, is Dextra Baldwin. Small boy on left on Japanese man's lap, is Baldwin M. Baldwin. The man, three figures away from camera in row Dextra is in, is her grandfather, Elias J."Lucky" Baldwin. Large man in light suit just to right of Mr. Ryan, is Mr. Johnson, who owned Johnson's Inn. Seen on extreme right, man with mustache and white hair, is Blas Cuellar, the wine maker.

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Date: c.1907 or 1908

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Date: c.1907 or 1908

Subjects: Japanese; Baldwin, Elias J. "Lucky"; Tucker, George Lowen; Tucker, Mrs. George Lowen; Reeves, Vesta Tucker; Ryan, Edward; Kamioka, Mr.; Cuellar, Blas; Johnson, Mr.; Baldwin, Dextra; Baldwin, Baldwin M.

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 1077

Collection: Photographs

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James Jeffries, well known boxer is shown in defensive stance. He is known to have visited Arcadia as reported in a 1904 newspaper -- and possible to have fought here.

Images

Scene from a Broadway play showing Barney Oldfield (played by an actor) arriving in his famous race car called the Green Dragon. It is known from a 1904 newspaper that Barney Oldfield did drive out to the Clara Villa in his Green Dragon.

Images

Page of figures comparing land prices in the San Gabriel Valley areas as of January 1, 1938.

Images

First group of Tom Tom girls from Arcadia High School. They often marched and did drills at parades and sports events.

Images

"King of Sports," Arcadia's float entry in the 1936 Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade, featured three horses at the starting gate with children riding them.

Images

Collection of eight store-front figures grouped around door into Pony Express Museum. Also shown on left: large watch advertising Ingersoll watches and on right one advertising Sherrar clocks.

Images

View looking north across Huntington Drive at El Rancho building containing the following businesses: DAVIDSON SPORTING GOODS, EL RANCHO HARDWARE, THE MARBERRY SHOP and others.

Images

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.

Images

Indoor entrance to bar in Pony Express Museum. Over the entrance is a sign reading: Butte City Saloon and on other side of entrance are signs reading: Hollenbeck Hotel Bar. There are typical store-front carved figures standing on either side of door, which has double swinging doors.

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Winners (two boys and two girls) of a ping pong tournament receive trophy awards from a man, pictured one end of a ping pong table.

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Portion of earliest seal of the City of Arcadia showing only one figure with sword in one hand and shield in another. It reads: CITY OF ARCADIA. INCORPORATED JULY 1903.

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Appears to have been taken just a few minutes after photo #167. Large balloon with a target-like figure painted on its side is down on the ground and being secured by men. Overcast day.

Images

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.

Images

Apparently another view taken on visitors' day at Ross Field (as in photo #176). In this photo, balloon is on the ground with basket. Military truck shows on right side of photo with a sign marked "4" in front of truck. Group of people on left; small girl in checkered blouse is closest figure.

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