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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.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30531
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
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Photo of portion of two story Baldwin Ranch boarding house (built 1919 by Anita Baldwin). Was east of gate house on present day Old Ranch Road. Reid Greer remembers it as deserted and he and his friends used to explore it c. 1932. note: see Arcadia VF Arcadia-History-Rancho Santa Anita-1909-1939(Anita Baldwin) item #22 for description of boarding house.

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Date
unknown

  1 image

Date
unknown
Subjects
Rancho Santa Anita
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
116
Collection
Photographs
Images
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Historical information on Baldwin Lake, the four-acre body of water that adjoins the Queen Anne Cottage in the historical section of the Los Angeles County Arboretum, is presented. The history of lake extends from time of the Native Americans (they called their village Aleupkigna), to Elias J. "Lucky" Baldwin's ranch in 1873, to the movies and television shows in which it has appeared. Baldwin Lake played host to movie stars Johnny Weismuller, Bob Hope, Bing Crosby and Dorothy Lamour. The lake has appeared in Safari, Roots, and Fantasy Island. See also VF "Arboretum" for hard copy of article.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30529
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 8, 2002
Pages
p. 8

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.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs973
Date
April 19, 1941

  1 image

Date
April 19, 1941
Subjects
Rancho Santa Anita
Hugo Reid Adobe
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
965
Collection
Photographs
Images
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Olive trees (orchard). Located about where City Hall is today (1976).

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs3
Date
1947

  1 image

Date
1947
Subjects
Rancho Santa Anita
Agriculture
Arcadia(City)-History-1940-1949
Physical Description
8x10 b&w 2 prints 2 slides
ID
3
Collection
Photographs
Images
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Writer Charles Cooper recounts the history of the Los Angeles County Arboretum, including previous landowners Hugo Reid and Elias J. ("Lucky") Baldwin.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31039
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 13, 2003
Pages
p. 16
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 13, 2003
Pages
p. 16
Subjects
Baldwin, Elias J. ("Lucky")
Los Angeles County Arboretum - history
Rancho Santa Anita - history
Reid, Hugo
Item ID
31234AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Spring 1935. Santa Anita Rancho field crops of many varieties were grown. View is toward the north. San Gabriel mountains completely across the photo. Chantry Flats Road visible at right side. White barn prominent in center of photo.

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Date
Spring 1935

  1 image

Date
Spring 1935
Subjects
Agriculture
Arcadia(City)-History-1930-1939
Rancho Santa Anita
San Gabriel Mountains
Physical Description
6x10 b&w 2 prints
ID
15
Collection
Photographs
Images
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Proposal for two schools on land set aside in Rancho Santa Anita

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper4346
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 26, 1946 p. 1 (Rancho Santa Anita School)
March 23, 1950 p. 13 (first school)
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 26, 1946 p. 1 (Rancho Santa Anita School)
March 23, 1950 p. 13 (first school)
Subjects
Schools - History - 1880s-1950
Item ID
4222AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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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

  1 image

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
Images
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Group attending dedication ceremonies beside Hugo Reid Adobe at time plaque was placed, marking 100th year since Rancho was granted to Reid. Grey haired man on speakers platform is Marshall Stimson, authority on Southern California history.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs974
Date
April 19, 1941

  1 image

Date
April 19, 1941
Subjects
Rancho Santa Anita
Hugo Reid Adobe
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
966
Collection
Photographs
Images
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View across land near Colorado and Colorado Place looking southeast. Has large billboard reading: 500 yards to Dewey Butler's famous corn and melons grown on Rancho Santa Anita.

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Date
c.1939

  1 image

Date
c.1939
Subjects
Colorado Blvd
Colorado Place
Restaurants-Carpenter's Drive-in
Arcadia(City)-History-1930-1939
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
8
Collection
Photographs
Images
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Rowing on the lake in a boat named CLARA are Clara Baldwin Stocker (second from right), Lucky Baldwin's elder daughter; Clara's fourth husband, Harold Stocker (rowing); and several friends. A copy of this photo appears in the March 2, 1909 Los Angeles Daily Times pt.II p.8 with the following identification: FAMILY GROUP ON THE LAKE AT SANTA ANITA. Left to right, in boat - Mr. Mathews, Mrs. F.D. Black, Mr. Stocker ("Lucky's son-in-law), Mrs. H.C. Wyatt, in white; Mrs. Stocker (Lucky's daughter) and Mrs. Scott. There are seven people seated in the boat, but only six names are identified in the newspaper article. Article is in Arcadia History file Baldwin, Elias J. "Lucky", number 58 ("His greatest race run, 'Lucky' loses.)

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Date
1894

  1 image

Date
1894
Subjects
Baldwin, Clara
Stocker, Harold
Rancho Santa Anita-1875-1909
Mathews, Mr.
Black, Mrs. F.D.
Wyatt, Mrs. H.C.
Scott, Mrs.
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
1162
Collection
Photographs
Images
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