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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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Personal reminiscences of Mrs. Reeves, who was born on Rancho Santa Anita in 1898.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 4, 1977
Pages
p. B-1
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 4, 1977
Pages
p. B-1
Subjects
Reeves, Vesta Tucker
Item ID
2316AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Three youngsters from Lowen Tucker family stand by trees near a fence. This was along Poplar Lane (so called because it had many Lombardy Poplars along it) on Elias J."Lucky" Baldwin Ranch. Lane led from center of ranch west to training track. L-R: Irna Tucker, Bud Doble, and Vesta Tucker.

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Date
c.1903

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Date
c.1903
Subjects
Reeves, Vesta Tucker
Tucker, Bud Doble
Rohlf, Irna Tucker
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
1081
Collection
Photographs
Images
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