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View across Santa Anita Rancho lands toward San Gabriel Mountains, looking north, slightly to the west.

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Date: probably 1935

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Date: probably 1935

Subjects: San Gabriel Mountains; Agriculture; Arcadia(City)-History-1930-1939

Physical Description: one 3x5, one 8x10 b&w

ID: 16

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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Hundreds of Arcadians attended the reception held at historic Anoakia where they toured the house and grounds and picked up their copies of the new history book ARCADIA: WHERE RANCH AND CITY MEET.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: November 22, 1981

Pages: p. A-6 photos

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: November 22, 1981

Pages: p. A-6 photos

Subjects: Arcadia (City) - History

Item ID: 1720AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The history book, ARCADIA, WHERE RANCH AND CITY MEET, is finished and available.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: November 15, 1981

Pages: p. A-4 photo

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: November 15, 1981

Pages: p. A-4 photo

Subjects: Arcadia (City) - History

Item ID: 1719AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

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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Roy H. Pike on his chicken ranch at 641 West Lemon. Man with glasses and hat with white chickens.

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Date: 1928-1930

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Date: 1928-1930

Subjects: Agriculture; Arcadia(City)-History-1920-1929; Houses; Pike, Roy; Poultry

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 6

Collection: Photographs

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Strawberry patch. Looking northeast between First Avenue and Second Avenue. Houses and mountains in view.

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Date: c.1910-1915

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Date: c.1910-1915

Subjects: Houses; San Gabriel Mountains; Agriculture; Arcadia(City)-History-1903-1919

Physical Description: 2x3 b&w (top left corner torn)

ID: 13

Collection: Photographs

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The pictorial history book "Arcadia: Where Ranch and City Meet" is in the final stages of layout. Delivery of the book is expected in the fall.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 13, 1981

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 13, 1981

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Arcadia (City) - History

Item ID: 1718AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Spring plowing on Baldwin Ranch. Shows 6 men, 8 mules or horses, ploughs. Same as Photo ID 125.

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Date: unknown

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Date: unknown

Subjects: Rancho Santa Anita-1875-1909; Agriculture

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 11

Collection: Photographs

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Looking SW from mountains north of Arcadia. Major tree-lined street running from mountains south is Santa Anita Avenue. Southernmost tree-lined street cutting across entire middle of photo is Duarte Road. Barracks at the Balloon School can be seen just below Huntington Drive. Notice that Huntington Drive stops just west of the Balloon School, at the Baldwin Ranch. Much of Foothill area was planted to citrus.

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Date: c.1927

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Date: c.1927

Subjects: Aerial views; Arcadia(City)-History-1920-1929; Balloon School; Santa Anita Avenue; Santa Anita Highlands

Physical Description: 10 x 14 b&w

ID: 1105

Collection: Photographs

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Intersection of Santa Anita Avenue and Duarte Road. There is a large orchard of some kind on the southeast corner. Enlargement of a section of photo ID 618.

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Date: 1938

1 image

Date: 1938

Subjects: Aerial Photo Collection; Aerial views; Agriculture; Duarte Road; Santa Anita Avenue

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 618B

Collection: Photographs

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Arcadia's new city government first formed in 1903 and its first meeting took place at Elias J. "Lucky" Baldwin's Oakwood Hotel, located at First Avenue and Santa Clara Road. Baldwin's hotel featured gambling and fine dining along with city government. The Oakwood Hotel burned down in 1911, and the city government moved to the McCoy Building at First Avenue and St. Joseph Street. Two years later, City Hall moved across the street to the Hibbard Building. In 1917, the first building was constructed as a City Hall at Huntington Drive and Second Avenue (?). A two-story colonial building was built for $18,000. This City Hall opened on July 13, 1918. City Hall moved in 1949 to a 13-acre parcel between Huntington Drive and the Pacific Electric railroad tracks.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: July 17, 2003

Pages: p. 1, 18

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: July 17, 2003

Pages: p. 1, 18

Subjects: Arcadia civic buildings; Arcadia City Hall - history - 1903-2003

Item ID: 31946AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Woman's Club of Arcadia, located at 324 S. First Avenue.

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Date: July 8, 1987

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Date: July 8, 1987

Subjects: Arcadia(City)-History-1980-1989; Organizations -Woman's Club; Women's clubs

Physical Description: 4x6 color

ID: 1193

Collection: Photographs

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Arcadia Public Library, 20 W. Duarte Road. View is toward front/eastern side of building. The lawn, trees and roses are in the background.

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Date: July 8, 1987

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Date: July 8, 1987

Subjects: Arcadia(City)-History-1980-1989; Arcadia Public Library-1960-1989

Physical Description: 4x6 color

ID: 1205

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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Seaquist's Drug Store. Pictured in front are three people: younger man in light suit, woman seated, and older man in dark suit. Among other signs in the window is one for polo at Midwick Country Club which was between Alhambra and Monterey Park. On side of building is painted ad for Wrigley's P.K. chewing gum. Located about 200 block of N. First Avenue.

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Date: c.1913

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Date: c.1913

Subjects: Seaquist's Pharmacy; Arcadia(City)-History-1903-1919; Stores

Physical Description: 3 1/2 x 5 1/2 b&w

ID: 189

Collection: Photographs

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View east of the front of Santa Anita School, probably shortly after its opening, as shrubbery is small. This school was located at 1900 S. Santa Anita Avenue from about the late 1940s until June 1981. Santa Anita School was built on the site of the second school building built by the City, a two-room red brick building, built in 1913 to house grades 1 and 2. In 1982, Arcadia Christian School moved into this location.

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Date: c.1948

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Date: c.1948

Subjects: Schools-History-1880s-1950; Santa Anita School

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 572

Collection: Photographs

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The history of the peafowl from Indian and Java that live in Arcadia is presented. Elias J. "Lucky" Baldwin imported three pairs from India in the 1880s. His daughter Anita Baldwin added some birds from Java. The peacock is official bird of Arcadia, is protected, and should not be fed. See also VF "Peacocks" for copy of article.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: August 8, 2002

Pages: p. 9

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: August 8, 2002

Pages: p. 9

Subjects: Arcadia History - Rancho Santa Anita - 1875-1909; Peacocks; Peafowl

Item ID: 30719AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Nichols Egg Ranch, located at 900 S. Santa Anita. Photo taken from corner of Santa Anita Ave. and Campus Drive. (Business began in 1960.)

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Date: July 8, 1987

1 image

Date: July 8, 1987

Subjects: Arcadia(City)-History-1980-1989; Nichols Egg Ranch

Physical Description: 4x6 color

ID: 1198

Collection: Photographs

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U.S. Post Office, Arcadia branch. Located at 41 E. Wheeler Avenue. Photo taken from parking lot in front of Post Office. This was taken before it was damaged in the Sierra Madre earthquake and subsequently remodeled.

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Date: July 8, 1987

1 image

Date: July 8, 1987

Subjects: Arcadia(City)-History-1980-1989; Postal Service

Physical Description: 4x6 color

ID: 1199

Collection: Photographs

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View across Santa Anita Rancho lands toward San Gabriel Mountains, looking north, slightly to the west.

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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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Hundreds of Arcadians attended the reception held at historic Anoakia where they toured the house and grounds and picked up their copies of the new history book ARCADIA: WHERE RANCH AND CITY MEET.

The history book, ARCADIA, WHERE RANCH AND CITY MEET, is finished and available.

Images

Roy H. Pike on his chicken ranch at 641 West Lemon. Man with glasses and hat with white chickens.

Images

Strawberry patch. Looking northeast between First Avenue and Second Avenue. Houses and mountains in view.

Images

The pictorial history book "Arcadia: Where Ranch and City Meet" is in the final stages of layout. Delivery of the book is expected in the fall.

Spring plowing on Baldwin Ranch. Shows 6 men, 8 mules or horses, ploughs. Same as Photo ID 125.

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Intersection of Santa Anita Avenue and Duarte Road. There is a large orchard of some kind on the southeast corner. Enlargement of a section of photo ID 618.

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Woman's Club of Arcadia, located at 324 S. First Avenue.

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Arcadia Public Library, 20 W. Duarte Road. View is toward front/eastern side of building. The lawn, trees and roses are in the background.

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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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Nichols Egg Ranch, located at 900 S. Santa Anita. Photo taken from corner of Santa Anita Ave. and Campus Drive. (Business began in 1960.)

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U.S. Post Office, Arcadia branch. Located at 41 E. Wheeler Avenue. Photo taken from parking lot in front of Post Office. This was taken before it was damaged in the Sierra Madre earthquake and subsequently remodeled.

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