Bust portrait of Elias J. "Lucky" Baldwin in oval.

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Date
1875

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Date
1875
Subjects
Baldwin, Elias J. "Lucky"
Baldwin family
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
17
Collection
Photographs
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Photo of a painting by John Henry Lewis of two girls picking flowers by the lake with portion of Queen Anne Cottage and Hugo Reid Adobe shown. Painted in 1885.

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Date
1885

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Date
1885
Subjects
Rancho Santa Anita
Queen Anne Cottage
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
136
Collection
Photographs
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Elias J. "Lucky" Baldwin's daughter Anita sitting on grass beside lake with five mastiff dogs. What appears to be a workman stands at left. Anita would be age eleven in this photo.

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Date
March 3, 1887

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Date
March 3, 1887
Subjects
Baldwin, Anita
Physical Description
8x10 b&w hard board professional photo taken by Shaffner Studio, 500 Sixth St., Los Angeles, CA, also 2 prints
ID
112
Collection
Photographs
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Elias J."Lucky" Baldwin, standing in front of Queen Anne Cottage. There are three unidentified women seated and one standing figure second from right, who appears to be daughter Anita at age eleven. See photo #112 as basis for indentification.

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Date
March 4, 1887

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Date
March 4, 1887
Subjects
Baldwin family
Queen Anne Cottage
Physical Description
8x10 b&w 1 hard board professional original taken by Shaffner Studio, 500 Sixth Street, Los Angeles, CA, also 2 print copies
ID
109
Collection
Photographs
Images
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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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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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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

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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
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Cedar Walk on Ranch. Hugo Reid Adobe appears to be directly at the end of this walk. Note bell from San Gabriel Mission hanging in shelter made for it. Framed photos are of Baldwin's three hotels: Tallac at Lake Tahoe, Baldwin Hotel & Theater, San Francisco, and the Oakwood, Arcadia.

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Date
February 12, 1894

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Date
February 12, 1894
Subjects
Rancho Santa Anita
Baldwin Ranch
Physical Description
8x20 b&w
ID
128
Collection
Photographs
Images
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John McCoy in Spanish American War uniform.(He was a Rough Rider.) Identified for Library by his son, George McCoy, in 1978.

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Date
1898

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Date
1898
Subjects
McCoy, John
Physical Description
8x10 b&w vertical
ID
421
Collection
Photographs
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Arcadian Ken Nute sued the Velvet Turtle Restaurant after a meal he ate there gave him a case of food poisoning. The Los Angeles County Department of Health Services found 24 health code violations.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 2, 1898
Pages
p. A-2 photo
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 2, 1898
Pages
p. A-2 photo
Subjects
Restaurants, Bars, etc - Velvet Turtle
Item ID
2342AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Girl Scout Amy Nunn, 15, is the youngest recipient of the Gold Award, the highest achievement of the Sierra Madre Girl Scout Council. She collected almost $6000 at a canned food drive at Santa Anita Church for the Arcadia Welfare and Thrift Shop.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 9, 1898
Pages
p. B-1
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 9, 1898
Pages
p. B-1
Subjects
Nunn, Amy
Item ID
2025AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Four administrators from Taiwan's Ming Tao High School visited the Arcadia High School on November 3 as part of their tour of American schools. They praised the school's independent students, lack of fences and extensive computer system.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 12, 1898
Pages
p. A-1
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 12, 1898
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Schools - Arcadia High School
Item ID
2997AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Eight people standing or mounted on mule in front of large American flag which is hanging from a wire. Group apparently was on an excursion to Mt. Wilson. The three men on the right are all identified as McCoys across the face of the photo.

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Date
1902

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Date
1902
Subjects
McCoy, Arch
McCoy, Clyde
McCoy, John
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
402
Collection
Photographs
Images
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Hugo Reid Adobe as it appeared in 1903. This photo shows it to have been what appears to be wooden siding and shingle roof with wide porch as altered by E.J. "Lucky" Baldwin.

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Date
1903

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Date
1903
Subjects
Hugo Reid Adobe
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
288
Collection
Photographs
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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
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Handler standing at left, holds reins of Rey El Santa Anita on Baldwin's Ranch in Arcadia.

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Date
1903

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Date
1903
Subjects
Baldwin, Elias J. "Lucky"-Horses and horse racing
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
980
Collection
Photographs
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Handler standing on left, looking toward camera, holds reins of Emperor of Norfolk on Baldwin Ranch in Arcadia.

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Date
1903

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Date
1903
Subjects
Baldwin, Elias J. "Lucky"-Horses and horse racing
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
981
Collection
Photographs
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Volume I no. 1 issue of first Arcadia newspaper, THE ARCADIA BULLETIN. Paper included an article on the opening of Clara Villa which opened May 3, 1904. The paper has photos of five members of the Board of Trustees (now City Council) and also one of Arcadia's first City Marshall, Elmer Anderson and his brother, Charles Anderson, City Treasurer.

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Date
May 7, 1904

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Date
May 7, 1904
Subjects
Newspapers-Arcadia Bulletin
Anderson, Elmer
Anderson, Charles
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
1084
Collection
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Close up of an ad that appeared in first issue of Arcadia Bulletin. Ad is for Clara Villa. It is billed as the "swellest resort in the San Gabriel Valley".

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Date
May 7, 1904

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Date
May 7, 1904
Subjects
Clara Villa
Newspapers-Arcadia Bulletin
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
1085
Collection
Photographs
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