Elias J. "Lucky" Baldwin in buggy hitched to a dark horse. Baldwin is figure on left. Seated next to him is W. McClelland who was Baldwin's horse trainer at this time. Standing beside buggy is an unidentified young man. Other mounted horsemen, black as well as white, are shown on track. This was taken at Baldwin's training track which was adjacent to present Michillinda near Colorado Boulevard. Etched on photo is: "E.J. Baldwin and J. McClelland on the track - Santa Anieta." (Anieta is misspelled and should be Anita.)

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Date
March 4, 1887

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Date
March 4, 1887
Subjects
Baldwin, Elias J. "Lucky"
McClelland, W.
Baldwin, Elias J. "Lucky"-Horses and horse racing
Physical Description
8x10 b&w original hard board professional photograph, also 2 prints
ID
110
Collection
Photographs
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Elias J. "Lucky" Baldwin in carriage on his original track which was adjacent to Michillinda and near Colorado Blvd. With him is W. McClelland, Baldwin's horse trainer at this time. There are 16 other people in photo; some are mounted on horses, some standing. Etched on the photo is "On the track - Lucky Baldwins Place. S.G.V.R.R."

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Date
March 4, 1887

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Date
March 4, 1887
Subjects
McClelland, W.
San Gabriel Mountains
Baldwin, Elias J. "Lucky"-Horses and horse racing
Physical Description
8x10 b&w hardboard professional photo, also 2 prints
ID
111
Collection
Photographs
Images
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Portion of earliest seal of the City of Arcadia showing only one figure with sword in one hand and shield in another. It reads: CITY OF ARCADIA. INCORPORATED JULY 1903.

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Date
1903

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Date
1903
Subjects
Arcadia City Seal
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
574
Collection
Photographs
Images
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Photo ad for White City-Arcadia. Sign on wall calls it a resort. Photo shows lady and child in light carriage with fourteen people standing nearby. Beneath photo it reads: BALDWIN MUSIC HALL-THE BEST MUSICAL COMEDY AND VAUDEVILLE-EVERY EVENING. Banner between trees reads BIG BARBEQUE ----(not clear) BAND AND ORCHESTRA ----(not clear). (Barbecue?)

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Date
1906

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Date
1906
Subjects
Restaurants-White City
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
929
Collection
Photographs
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38 horse combine harvester working near Arcadia.

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Date
June 25, 1906

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Date
June 25, 1906
Subjects
Agriculture
Arcadia (City)-History-1903-1919
Physical Description
8x10 (1), 3x5 (1)
ID
1
Collection
Photographs
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Portrait of Francis Xavier Lourdou, architect for Arcadia's first City Hall.

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Date
1918

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Date
1918
Subjects
Architects-Lourdou, Francis Xavier
City Hall
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
1252
Collection
Photographs
Images
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Newspaper
Arcadia Journal
Date
April 13, 1918
Pages
p. 1
Newspaper
Arcadia Journal
Date
April 13, 1918
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
City employees - Grimes, Ethel
Item ID
3844AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Newspaper
Arcadia Journal
Date
April 20, 1918
Pages
p. 1
Newspaper
Arcadia Journal
Date
April 20, 1918
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
City Council, 1903 - 1969
Arthur, E. A.
Item ID
3775AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Newspaper
Arcadia Journal
Date
April 20, 1918
Pages
p. 1
Newspaper
Arcadia Journal
Date
April 20, 1918
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
City Council, 1903 - 1969
Harris, O. D.
Item ID
3793AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Newspaper
Arcadia Journal
Date
April 20, 1918
Pages
p. 1
Newspaper
Arcadia Journal
Date
April 20, 1918
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
City Council, 1903 - 1969
Millard, William
Item ID
3808AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Newspaper
Arcadia Journal
Date
April 20, 1918
Pages
p. 1
Newspaper
Arcadia Journal
Date
April 20, 1918
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
City Council, 1903 - 1969
Simms, D. W.
Item ID
3825AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Newspaper
Arcadia Journal
Date
April 20, 1918
Pages
p. 1
Newspaper
Arcadia Journal
Date
April 20, 1918
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
City employees - Dunn, W. F.
Item ID
3840AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Newspaper
Arcadia Journal
Date
April 20, 1918
Pages
p. 1
Newspaper
Arcadia Journal
Date
April 20, 1918
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
City employees - Gierlich, H. S.
Item ID
3842AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Water Department Superintendent

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Newspaper
Arcadia Journal
Date
April 20, 1918
Pages
p. 1
Newspaper
Arcadia Journal
Date
April 20, 1918
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
City employees - Lee, Scott
Item ID
3848AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Newspaper
Arcadia Journal
Date
April 20, 1918
Pages
p. 3
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
Newspaper
Arcadia Journal
Date
April 20, 1918
Pages
p. 3
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
Subjects
Dow, Lloyd H.
Item ID
4514AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Newspaper
Arcadia Journal
Date
June 1, 1918
Pages
p. 3
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
Newspaper
Arcadia Journal
Date
June 1, 1918
Pages
p. 3
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
Subjects
Carpenter, Dr. P. H.
Item ID
4515AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Newspaper
Arcadia Journal
Date
June 18, 1918
Pages
p. 4
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
Newspaper
Arcadia Journal
Date
June 18, 1918
Pages
p. 4
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
Subjects
Demarest, Homer H.
Item ID
4516AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Newspaper
Arcadia Journal
Date
August 1, 1918
Pages
p. 1
Newspaper
Arcadia Journal
Date
August 1, 1918
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Schools - Superintendent - Davis, S H
Item ID
4228AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Newspaper
Arcadia Journal
Date
August 31, 1918
Pages
p. 1
Announcement Type
Marriage
Newspaper
Arcadia Journal
Date
August 31, 1918
Pages
p. 1
Announcement Type
Marriage
Subjects
Seilreaux, Lile
Brant, Harry W.
Balloon School
Item ID
4557AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Page 17 of The Arcadian Observer, Official Publication of the United States Army Balloon School, Arcadia, California. September 1918 Supplement. Featuring photographs of U.S. Balloon School officers, all lieutenants. H.G. Verbeck, Joseph Sullivan, John Hahn (or Rahn?), Harry W. Warner, Harold K. Hine, Newton B. Drury, Milton E. Keyser, James A. Christie, Ed Welch, Hiram B. Lillie, F.C. Wiggins C.O., A.M. Lynch, Dunlap C. Clark, George Whistler, Lloyd Graybill, and Ed Burke. Negative and print were made for the grant funded Local History Digital Resources Project 2006-2007. A digital image of this photograph is file name: caarpl_118 on LHDRP 2006-2007 Disc 9 of 14. See black box labeled Arcadia History Room Media Box.

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Date
September 1918

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