Photo of REY EL SANTA ANITA. Standing in front holding reins is unidentified man. According to Sandy Snider at the Arboretum, this unidentified man is Lucky Baldwin's trainer Thomas Cook. Caption beneath reads: Rey El Santa Anita-B.H. foaled 1891. By Imp. Cheviot *Alaho.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs931
Date
1907

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Date
1907
Subjects
Baldwin, Elias J. "Lucky"-Horses and horse racing
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
924
Collection
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Horse, with just hand of handler showing. Horse is NAVARRO. Caption underneath reads: Navarro B.H. foaled 1904. By Emperor Norfolk - La Plata.

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Date
1907

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Date
1907
Subjects
Baldwin, Elias J. "Lucky"-Horses and horse racing
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
926
Collection
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Elias J. "Lucky" Baldwin on left and Richard F. Carman Sr., one of America's early horsemen. Photo was taken probably about 1907 and printed in newspaper of March 1937 at the time of Carman's death. Carman's horses won four races and placed second in two others on opening day of Baldwin's Santa Anita Race Track.

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Date
1907

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Date
1907
Subjects
Baldwin, Elias J. "Lucky"
Carman, Richard F., Sr.
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
933
Collection
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E.J."Lucky" Baldwin with hand at back of hat. This is a close-up of photo #933.

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Date
1907

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Date
1907
Subjects
Baldwin, Elias J. "Lucky"
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
935
Collection
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E.J."Lucky" Baldwin pictured in light buggy pulled by two horses. Baldwin is talking to a man who is shown with hand on his hip. Caption reads: "Lucky" Baldwin driving over his estate.

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Date
1906

  1 image

Date
1906
Subjects
Rancho Santa Anita-1875-1909
Baldwin Ranch
Baldwin, Elias J. "Lucky"
Physical Description
7x10 b&w
ID
908
Collection
Photographs
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Four horses, three with riders, are seen being readied for morning workout. Each horse has a groom attending it. There is one man in business suit and hat standing in center of track. Stables are seen on right. Caption reads:Ready for the early morning gallop.

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Date
1906

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Date
1906
Subjects
Rancho Santa Anita-1875-1909
Baldwin, Elias J. "Lucky"-Horses and horse racing
Physical Description
7x10 b&w
ID
910
Collection
Photographs
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Close up of five Board of Trustees for City of Arcadia (now, City Council). Upper left, Hiram Unruh; upper right, Melville Lawrence (manager of Oakwood Hotel). Lower left, Harold Stocker; lower right, George Lowen Tucker; center, E.J.Baldwin. This was from first issue of Arcadia Bulletin.

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Date
May 7, 1904

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Date
May 7, 1904
Subjects
Baldwin, Elias J. "Lucky"
Lawrence, Melville
Stocker, Harold
Tucker, George Lowen
Unruh, Hiram Augustus
Newspapers-Arcadia Bulletin
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
1087
Collection
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Photo taken from Arcadia Tribune issue of August 3, 1950 that shows Elias J."Lucky" Baldwin standing in front of Queen Anne Cottage with H.H. Cross, an artist who painted a number of important pictures of the Baldwin Ranch. Hal Roach, editor of Arcadia Tribune at this time, does not remember who brought original photo to them.

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Date
c.1885-88

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Date
c.1885-88
Subjects
Baldwin, Elias J. "Lucky"
Cross, H.H.
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
1051
Collection
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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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Baldwin thoroughbred mares and their colts seen on the Baldwin Ranch.

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Date
c.1905

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Date
c.1905
Subjects
Baldwin, Elias J. "Lucky"-Horses and horse racing
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
1083
Collection
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The library does not have a print of this negative. A print appears on p.35 of WHERE RANCH AND CITY MEET. The negative was reproduced from a deck of Baldwin playing cards. This one portrays the Baldwin Winery. Printed along the bottom are the words THE WINERY.

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Date
original print c.1890

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Date
original print c.1890
Subjects
Baldwin, Elias J. "Lucky"-Wines and winemaking
Baldwin, Elias J. "Lucky"-Playing cards
Physical Description
2x3 b&w negative
ID
1133
Collection
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Six men standing in front of a tent. One is holding a shotgun. E.J.Baldwin (in black hat and suit) is pictured in center of photo. The tall man in the far left is Hiram Augustus Unruh, Baldwin's business manager and, later, executor of the Baldwin estate. The other men are unidentified.

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Date
c.1905

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Date
c.1905
Subjects
Baldwin, Elias J. "Lucky"
Unruh, Hiram Augustus
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
1163
Collection
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List with the title "Baldwin's Famous Old Prize Wines and Brandies" includes prices per case. Copied from pamphlet "Baldwin's Ranch Winery and Price List."

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Date
c.1900

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Date
c.1900
Subjects
Baldwin, Elias J. "Lucky"-Wines and winemaking
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
1171
Collection
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Display of 14 bottles of Baldwin's wines and brandies.

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Date
c.1900

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Date
c.1900
Subjects
Baldwin, Elias J. "Lucky"-Wines and winemaking
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
1172
Collection
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One bottle of Baldwin's sherry.

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Date
c.1900

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Date
c.1900
Subjects
Baldwin, Elias J. "Lucky"-Wines and winemaking
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
1173
Collection
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