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History-Rancho Santa Anita (1875-1909)-Elias J. Baldwin

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Start Date: 1875

End Date: 1909

Contents: 1. " 'Lucky' Baldwin's retreat." Article by Susanna B. Dakin. 2. Article from Touring Topics, March 1929, page 41. 3. "One of many entrances to 'Lucky' Baldwin's ranch." Page from a Los Angeles Racing Association program, 1907. 4. "First street entrance to Fairyland Park, Baldwin's ranch." Page…

Start Date: 1875

End Date: 1909

Contents: 1. " 'Lucky' Baldwin's retreat." Article by Susanna B. Dakin.; 2. Article from Touring Topics, March 1929, page 41.; 3. "One of many entrances to 'Lucky' Baldwin's ranch." Page from a Los Angeles Racing Association program, 1907.; 4. "First street entrance to Fairyland Park, Baldwin's ranch." Page from a Los Angeles Racing Association program, 1907.; 5. "Large oak tree, Hotel Oakwood, Baldwin's ranch." Page from a Los Angeles Racing Association program, 1907.; 6. "Rancho Santa Anita."Lasca Leaves, March 1976, by Sandy Snider.; 7. "Pastoral - it's scenes like this that gave Arcadia its name." News photo mounted on gray paper, circa 1950.; 8. "This is Santa Anita." Arcadia Tribune, March 23, 1950. News photo of Baldwin store.; 9. "Baldwin's boat house." Arcadia Tribune, August 11, 1960. News photo of boat house.; 10. "List of ranches and acreage planted to various crops." Century Magazine, October 1883, Volume XXVI, Number 6. Compiled 1978.; 11. "Last remnant of the Rancho." Thoroughbred, November 1965 by Dick Nash. Six pages.; 12. "Days of yore - progress is wonderful, but ..." Arcadia Tribune, March 24, 1949. News photo of Baldwin cattle pastures.; 13. " 'Beast' Baldwin and his two great loves." Sports Illustrated, February 19, 1962 by Dolly Connelly.; 14. "1894 photo of the bell tower of Mission San Gabriel." Article confirming bell from Mission was at ranch.; 15. "History of Santa Anita." Westways, October 1955 by M. Richard Marx.; 16. "Life at Guenoc (breeding farm owned by Lily Langtree). Westways, August 1957 by Idwal Jones.; 17. "Mission-period Rancho." Arcadia Tribune, April 2, 1978.; 18. "About 1876 or 1877, Baldwin hired a distant relative, Julius A. Kelly." Los Angeles Herald Tribune, December 30, 1960. Typed notes.; 19. "Rancho was lucky for Baldwin." Arcadia Tribune, April 6, 1978.; 20. The Peacock Call, September/October 1978. Rancho area residents' newsletter with article and map on Ranch. Also: a chronology on Rancho by Joe Buck.; 21. "Life and death." Golden West, January 1966, pages 20-21+. Regarding Workman and Temple tragedy.; 22. Ad in Sierra Madre Vista for Baldwin store. March 16, 1889.; 23. February 1889 notice in Sierra Madre Vista telling of corn sale by Baldwin.; 24. Story of Blas Cuellar recalls days of Baldwin Reign; 40 descendants still live in Arcadia. Arcadia Tribune, March 24, 1949. Cuellar had come from Mexico.; 25. Letter relating to observation of the Ranch in 1883. Article in Western States Jewish Historical Quarterly, March 1979.; 26. "Baldwin large operator - acquired much land in Los Angeles County." Chapter 3 from the book _California Memories_ by Jackson A. Graves, published by Times Mirror Press, 1930. Copied at Huntington Library, 1979.; 27. "Lucky Baldwin's energy turning to the swamp lands of his great ranch." Valley Vista, March 31, 1900. Regarding lands in El Monte and Savanna areas.; 28. "Mr. E.J. Baldwin was presented with four Java oyster shells by a captain of a vessel from China." San Gabriel Valley News, March 28, 1878.; 29. "The Los Angeles Herald recently contained the following about E.J. Baldwin's Santa Anita Ranch: a long account of the ranch and its developing." Sierra Madre Vista, February 5, 1891.; 30. Boat house construction." Sierra Madre Vista, May 28, 1891.; 31. "Baldwin money for road up Mount Wilson." Sierra Madre Vista, May 3, 1889.; 32. "Brick manufacture at Santa Anita." Sierra Madre Vista, April 14, 1888.; 33. "Banana trees." Sierra Madre Vista, May 31, 1889.; 34. List of numbers of fruit trees, grape vines, and head of livestock. Sierra Madre Vista, January 15, 1891.; 35. "Acreage being sold for small ranches." Sierra Madre Vista, November 20, 1890.; 36. "Estimated worth of ranch, 1891. Sierra Madre Vista, August 13, 1891.; 37. Description of ranch from newspaper. Sierra Madre Vista, January 8, 1890.; 38. "E.J. Baldwin's Santa Anita ranch is undoubtedly the most beautiful." Los Angeles Daily Herald, March 30, 1887. Copied from the Los Angeles Public Library by Sandy Snider of the Los Angeles County Arboretum.; 39. "Water." San Gabriel Valley News, February 28, 1878. Regarding Baldwin building flumes to carry water from Big Santa Anita Canyon.; 40. "The Santa Anita Ranch." Two pages from California of the South, by Walter Lindley, publisher, 1888.; 41. "The Builders. VI Where Ranch and City Meet." Outing, October 1906 by Ralph D. Paine.; 42. "In 1880, 'Lucky' Baldwin orange grove of 75 acres at Sierra Madre was planted to navels." Historical Society of Southern California Bulletin, December 1943, page 152.; 43. "A large number of fine varieties of plants received for Mr. Baldwin." San Gabriel Valley News, February 28, 1878. From the Huntington Library.; 44. Map showing irrigated lands, canals, pipe lines and pumping plants in the Pasadena Quadrangle, 1907. Original owned by Mrs. Robert Pitzer.; 45. Letter from H. Unruh to Richard Garvey on E.J. Baldwin office letterhead featuring Bird's Eye Map. Original owned by Jack Donnelly. Obtained March 3, 1981.; 46. "Notice of claim to water." Legal notice filed by E.J. Baldwin on August 23, 1883 in Court in Los Angeles. Regarding his right to water from Santa Anita Canyon. Original at County Hall of Records.; 47. "Santa Anita Store." Ad in Sierra Madre Vista, circa late 1880's.; 48. The Land of Sunshine: a magazine of California and the Southwest, February 1898, edited by Chas. F. Lummis. Photos and mentions of Arcadia on marked pages.; 49. "Typical views of California." Los Angeles Times. Large photographic prints. (NOTE: OVERSIZE! See bottom drawer of photo file cabinet with oversize photos.); 50. "Childhood visit to Baldwin home recalled by former Los Angeles mayor." Arcadia Tribune, April 23, 1956, page 1. Article and photo.; 51. "Rancho Santa Anita once vast Baldwin empire of more than 54,000 acres." News clip, circa April 1948.; 52. "Lucky Baldwin's Rancho Santa Anita." by Percy L. Bonebrake. From the Westerners Brand Book, Los Angeles Corral. Book six, Los Angeles Westerners, 1956, page 83-85.; 53. "Elias Jackson 'Lucky' Baldwin and his Santa Anita Ranch." by Carey S. Bliss. From the Westerners Brand Book, Los Angeles Corral. Book six, Los Angeles Westerners, 1956, page 79-82.; 54. "20 cents an acre! - The Santa Anita Rancho story." The Realty Scene, Pasadena (Ca.) Independent, January 11, 1953 by Independent Real Estate Editor, Jack Cressman.; 55. Ad in the Monrovia Planet, January 15, 1887, page 2. For the sale of 5-20 acre lots (out of 2,000 for sale) by E.J. Baldwin.; 56. Arcadia Notes in the Monrovia Planet, May 21, 1887, page 2. Regarding buildings and road work, etc. for Arcadia at that time.; 57. Article in the Monrovia Planet, March 15, 1887, page 3. Regarding the sale of two lots by E.J. Baldwin to the two Studebaker brothers.; 58. Articles regarding the orange trees E.J. Baldwin will set out. Monrovia Messenger, March 27, 1890 and November 13, 1890.; 59. Article regarding the placing of several thousand acres of land on the Santa Anita Ranch by E.J. Baldwin. Monrovia Messenger, January 8, 1891.; 60. Lucky Baldwin's Ranch: a Southern California paradise of sixteen thousand acres. (Description of the ranch). The Daily Constitution, March 22, 1877.; 61. It was too much. (Description of the ranch). Chicago Daily Tribune, May 25, 1877.; 62. Lucky Baldwin's Ranch. Chicago Daily Tribune, June 17, 1879. Description of the acreage, trees, fruits, etc.; 63. Lucky Baldwin's 'Arcadia': establishes sporting city on Santa Anita Ranch in defiance of strenuous opposition. New York Times, June 23, 1903. Arcadia is incorporated, and it promises to be the "sportiest" place in the country, despite opposition from the State Anti-Saloon League. The town is located on Baldwin's ranch of 18,000 acres.; 64. "A Corner in Arcady," a chapter copied from History of Pasadena and the San Gabriel Valley California, Vol. 1 (1930) by Harold Carew.

Subjects: History-Rancho Santa Anita (1875-1909)-Elias J. Baldwin

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Item ID: 111AF

Collection: Subject Files

Michael De Pietro, 8 years old, was injured when he was struck by a car driven by Earl Hummell of Glendora, in the crosswalk at Huntington Drive and Baldwin Avenue. See hard copy of newspaper in Box 51.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune,

Date: February 2, 1964

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune,

Date: February 2, 1964

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: DePietro, Michael; Hummell, Earl

Item ID: 34149AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Birth. To Mr. and Mrs. Raymond J. Dubrowski, Mar. 21.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: April 3, 1966

Pages: p. 16

Announcement Type: Birth

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: April 3, 1966

Pages: p. 16

Announcement Type: Birth

Subjects: Dubrowski, Mary Joanna

Item ID: 20663AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Obituary/death notice. See VF "Deaths" for a hard copy.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: September 2, 1965

Pages: p. 1

Announcement Type: Obituary or death notice

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: September 2, 1965

Pages: p. 1

Announcement Type: Obituary or death notice

Subjects: Solner, Annie

Item ID: 20355AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Obituary/death notice. See hard copy in VF "Deaths."

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: December 1, 1966

Pages: p. 3

Announcement Type: Obituary or death notice

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: December 1, 1966

Pages: p. 3

Announcement Type: Obituary or death notice

Subjects: Kennedy, William E. (Bill) Pfc.

Item ID: 21008AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Items regarding Baldwin Stocker

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 6, 1964 p. 1 (article and architectural drawing); October 15, 1964 p. 1 (Valley Forge Freedom Award); March 1, 1970 p. 1 ( " )

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 6, 1964 p. 1 (article and architectural drawing); October 15, 1964 p. 1 (Valley Forge Freedom Award); March 1, 1970 p. 1 ( " )

Subjects: Schools - Baldwin Stocker Elementary

Item ID: 4204AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Obituary/death notice. See copy in VF - Deaths, item #8)

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Newspaper: Los Angeles Times

Date: January 5, 1968

Pages: p. SG9

Announcement Type: Obituary or death notice

Newspaper: Los Angeles Times

Date: January 5, 1968

Pages: p. SG9

Announcement Type: Obituary or death notice

Subjects: Balser, Jesse

Item ID: 30344AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Bullets stop car after chase: 17-year-old mental patient at the wheel. Arcadia police cars joined a sheriff's unit in a high speed chase that ended when the car spun out of control on Colorado Place. See hard copy of newspaper in Box 51.

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Newspaper: Arcadia News Post

Date: August 21, 1967

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia News Post

Date: August 21, 1967

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Tulleners, Paul

Item ID: 34144AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

"Unique Alumni Group Welcomes Former Baldwin Era Residents" by Helen Schrader. Ernest Schultz and his twin sisters Freda Schultz and Hilda Schultz, who were residents of early Arcadia and former students of the little school at the corner of Huntington Drive and Santa Anita, reunite and talk about life and schools in the early 1900s, including Arcadia's first school in the old packing house on the Baldwin Ranch. They recalled that the eighth grade teacher Miss Jeanette Said taught in English and Spanish since many students only spoke Spanish. News clipping. See also: Arcadia file "People," item number 2 clipping which includes a photo.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 2, 1964

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 2, 1964

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Arcadia schools - history; Schultz, Ernest; Schutlz, Freda; Schultz, Hilda; Baldwin Ranch; Said, Jeanette

Item ID: 29788AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Articles regarding night racing

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 23, 1966 p. 1 (Strub opposes proposal by state legislature on night racing); February 13, 1966 p. 1 (City Council is opposed); February 17, 1966 p. 1 (Council acts to ban); February 20, 1966 p. 1 (Harness racing assn. blasts Council and Strub); April 3,1966 p. 1 (Night racing law seen by state legislator in 1967); February 16, 1967 p. 1 (study of ban); March 16, 1967 p. 1 ( " ); April 16, 1967 p. 1 ( " ); May 4, 1967 p. 1 ( " ); May 11, 1967 p. 1 ( " ); June 8, 1967 p. 1 ( " ); July 9, 1967 p. 1 (Council block night racing; ok's added days of racing)

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 23, 1966 p. 1 (Strub opposes proposal by state legislature on night racing); February 13, 1966 p. 1 (City Council is opposed); February 17, 1966 p. 1 (Council acts to ban); February 20, 1966 p. 1 (Harness racing assn. blasts Council and Strub); April 3,1966 p. 1 (Night racing law seen by state legislator in 1967); February 16, 1967 p. 1 (study of ban); March 16, 1967 p. 1 ( " ); April 16, 1967 p. 1 ( " ); May 4, 1967 p. 1 ( " ); May 11, 1967 p. 1 ( " ); June 8, 1967 p. 1 ( " ); July 9, 1967 p. 1 (Council block night racing; ok's added days of racing)

Subjects: Santa Anita Park

Item ID: 4178AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Peddler ban

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 8, 1962 p. 2; July 26, 1962 p. 1; July 29, 1962 p. 1; August 12, 1962 p. 1; September 6,1962 p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 8, 1962 p. 2; July 26, 1962 p. 1; July 29, 1962 p. 1; August 12, 1962 p. 1; September 6,1962 p. 1

Subjects: Ordinances, Municipal

Item ID: 4050AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Egner Construction Company of Gardena will starting building second apartment in the city on West Huntington Drive. Earlier in January, the Egner Company took out a permit for a 21-unit apartment on Fairview Avenue. See hard copy of newspaper in Box 51.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune,

Date: February 2, 1964

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune,

Date: February 2, 1964

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Apartment buildings; Egner Construction Company

Item ID: 34151AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Ban on Skill games [pin ball].

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: September 25, 1961 p. 1 (ban cosidered); November 23, 1961 p. 1 (application for 2 games); July 26, 1962 p. 1 (City Council considers referring decision to voters); July 29, 1994 p. 1 (discussion on proposed ban)

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: September 25, 1961 p. 1 (ban cosidered); November 23, 1961 p. 1 (application for 2 games); July 26, 1962 p. 1 (City Council considers referring decision to voters); July 29, 1994 p. 1 (discussion on proposed ban)