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History-Rancho Santa Anita (1838-1947)-Maps

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Contents
1. Kingsley map of Rancho, Section II. Surveyed March 1910. 2. Kingsley map of Rancho, Section III. Surveyed March 1910. 3. Boundaries of Hugo Reid's original 13,316 acre Rancho Santa Anita. Lasca Leaves, September 1975. 4. Rancho as sketch outlines by Lupe Cuellar. Copy received 1967. 5. Ranc…
Contents
1. Kingsley map of Rancho, Section II. Surveyed March 1910.
2. Kingsley map of Rancho, Section III. Surveyed March 1910.
3. Boundaries of Hugo Reid's original 13,316 acre Rancho Santa Anita. Lasca Leaves, September 1975.
4. Rancho as sketch outlines by Lupe Cuellar. Copy received 1967.
5. Rancho History - Map of Baldwin Rancho. Peacock Call, September/October 1978.
6. Rancho San Pasqual and the surrounding areas. From the map of the County of Los Angeles, 1877.
Subjects
History-Rancho Santa Anita (1838-1947)-Maps
Item ID
104AF
Collection
Subject Files
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Photo of chain of title and dates for Rancho Santa Anita

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Date
unknown

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Date
unknown
Subjects
Rancho Santa Anita
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
134
Collection
Photographs
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100th anniversary of first land grant

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Newspaper
Arcadia Bulletin
Date
April 14, 1941
Pages
p. 1
Newspaper
Arcadia Bulletin
Date
April 14, 1941
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Rancho Santa Anita - 1839-1947
Item ID
3949AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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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
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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
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History-Rancho Santa Anita (1839-1847)-Hugo Reid

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Contents
1. "Hugo Reid, Scotch adventurer." Arcadia Tribune, March 23, 1950. 2. "The homesite on Rancho Santa Anita." Lasca Leaves, April 1953. 3. "The historical buildings of Rancho Santa Anita." Lasca Leaves, October, 1950. 4. "Hugo Reid at the Rancho Santa Anita." From a drawing by Maynard Dixon. 5. …
Contents
1. "Hugo Reid, Scotch adventurer." Arcadia Tribune, March 23, 1950.
2. "The homesite on Rancho Santa Anita." Lasca Leaves, April 1953.
3. "The historical buildings of Rancho Santa Anita." Lasca Leaves, October, 1950.
4. "Hugo Reid at the Rancho Santa Anita." From a drawing by Maynard Dixon.
5. Don Hugo of Rancho Santa Anita. This is chapter VIII from History of Pasadena and the San Gabriel Valley California, Vol. 1 (1930) by Harold Carew.
Subjects
History-Rancho Santa Anita (1839-1847)-Hugo Reid
Item ID
105AF
Collection
Subject Files
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Section of map of the Ranchos, centered around San Gabriel Mission, showing about 20 Rancho boundaries in the area.

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Date
c. 1840

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Date
c. 1840
Subjects
San Gabriel Valley
Mission San Gabriel
Physical Description
8x10 color
ID
612
Collection
Photographs
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Iron gate and concrete posts of one entrance to Santa Anita Rancho with sign above showing only part of letters which read "Santa Anita Rancho." Entrance was on Huntington Drive.

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Date
1936

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Date
1936
Subjects
Rancho Santa Anita
Physical Description
6x10 b&w and 3x5 b&w
ID
127
Collection
Photographs
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Photo taken at Rancho Santa Anita with three oak trees in center and one man on either side looking toward camera. Same men appear to be in photos #1540 and 1542. Handwritten note, "Showing three pronged oak where road takes a turn to so. west."

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Date
c. 1943

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Date
c. 1943
Subjects
Rancho Santa Anita Inc.
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
1541
Collection
Photographs
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American Institute of Architects, Southern California Chapter, held their Annual Hi-Jinks on Rancho Santa Anita. Photo shows baseball game in progress.

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Date
June 11, 1939

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Date
June 11, 1939
Subjects
Rancho Santa Anita
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
1715
Collection
Photographs
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Photo of Rancho Santa Anita with one man standing near an oak tree on left and another man standing to the right. Houses are visible in the background. The men appear to be the same as in photos #1541 and 1542. Handwritten note on back reads, "Showing where proposed road turns from so. slope knoll towards south."

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Date
probably March 24, 1943 (see photo #1541)

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Date
probably March 24, 1943 (see photo #1541)
Subjects
Rancho Santa Anita Inc.
Tallac Knoll
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
1540
Collection
Photographs
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 19, 1957
Pages
p. 30, 31
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 19, 1957
Pages
p. 30, 31
Subjects
Maps - 1950-
Item ID
4005AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Contents
1. "Tour of Arcadia - Past and Present." Map prepared by Arcadia schools and given to the Library by Roberta Ramsell, August 1980. 2. Map of the San Pascual Plantation. Published 1870 in San Francisco.
Contents
1. "Tour of Arcadia - Past and Present." Map prepared by Arcadia schools and given to the Library by Roberta Ramsell, August 1980.
2. Map of the San Pascual Plantation. Published 1870 in San Francisco.
Subjects
Maps
Item ID
148AF
Collection
Subject Files
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Photo and text of an L.A. Times newspaper article titled "Historic Santa Anita Tract Deed Delivered to County," describing the transfer of deed for 111-acre tract from Rancho Santa Anita, Inc. to the Los Angeles County Supervisors. The article states that the property will be converted into an arboretum.

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Date
March 27, 1947

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Date
March 27, 1947
Subjects
Arboretum
Rancho Santa Anita, Inc.
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
1506
Collection
Photographs
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Photo of boat landing built at southwest end of lake. This is another of the Baldwin playing cards. It bears the title along the bottom: the boar landing. One person is in the boat, one is seated on the landing.

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Date
c.1880's

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Date
c.1880's
Subjects
Rancho Santa Anita
Baldwin, Elias J. "Lucky"-Playing cards
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
133
Collection
Photographs
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Three dignitaries present when plaque was placed commemorating 100th anniversary of the granting of Rancho Santa Anita to Hugo Reid. L-R: Palmer Conner, author of Romance of the Ranchos, Marshall Stimson, authority on Southern California history, and Don Smith, President of Los Angeles Junior Chamber of Commerce.

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Date
April 19, 1941

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Date
April 19, 1941
Subjects
Rancho Santa Anita
Hugo Reid Adobe
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
965
Collection
Photographs
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The library does not have a print of this negative. This oversized negative is marked 1923 Official Map of the City of Arcadia. It appears to have been produced by the City Engineer.

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Date
1923

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Date
1923
Subjects
Maps
Physical Description
8 1/2 x 11 negative
ID
1387
Collection
Photographs
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Sheep grazing beneath trees and apparently alongside a body of water (note extreme lower right section of photo). Believed to be on Rancho Santa Anita. Caption beneath one copy reads: "A pastoral scene on Santa Anita Rancho in 1890, just north of present Colorado Place."

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Date
1890

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Date
1890
Subjects
Rancho Santa Anita
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
120
Collection
Photographs
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Photo of plaque placed on the grounds in 1941 commemorating the 100 years since granting Rancho Santa Anita to Hugo Reid.

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Date
1941

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Date
1941
Subjects
Rancho Santa Anita
Reid, Hugo
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
151
Collection
Photographs
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Grass-sheathed homes of Indians on Rancho. Patron Reid Greer identifies this hill as just above east parking area. He points out that the tree showing in photo #628 is same as large one in flat area. Sandy Snider at Arboretum read in early newspaper that Baldwin found on the property when he bought it, "an old adobe house and Indians living in native-made homes." This photograph belongs to the Huntington Library. It is shown here for research only.

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Date
c.1878-79

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Date
c.1878-79
Subjects
Rancho Santa Anita-1875-1909
Native-Americans
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
727
Collection
Photographs
Images
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