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Jan 7, 20191 min read
Anoakia Breeding Farm on the Santa Anita Ranch
Following E.J. “Lucky” Baldwin’s death in 1909, his younger daughter Anita continued to raise pure-bred livestock on the Santa Anita...
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Jan 1, 20191 min read
Rose Parade Float 1914
On January 1, 1914, the Baldwin Ranch (Anita Baldwin) entered a float in the Tournament of Roses Parade. The Rose Parade program...
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Jan 1, 20191 min read
Holiday Lights on Huntington Dr.
The center of town – Huntington Drive to First Avenue – was decorated for the December Holiday Season. In 1936, the American Legion...
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Dec 17, 20181 min read
Map of Racetrack 1940
This map of 1940 caught our attention, and gives us a good idea of what the center of Arcadia looked like about seventy years ago....
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Dec 12, 20181 min read
Santa Anita Racetrack 1907
Clara Baldwin Stocker and her friends pose for a photo at her father’s Santa Anita Racetrack in 1907. Clara loved to entertain. She and...
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desseinall
Dec 4, 20181 min read
Hiking the San Gabriels & Its Trail Races
Angelenos discovered mountain recreation in the 1890s; the first two decades of the twentieth century were called “The Great Hiking Era.”...
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Dec 2, 20181 min read
Arcadia Band Review
On November 20, 1954, the West Arcadia Business Association and the Baldwin Avenue merchants introduced the “West Arcadia Christmas...
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desseinall
Nov 23, 20181 min read
Redondo Beach
Redondo Beach became Southern California’s premier ocean resort destination in the 1890s. The Hotel Redondo with its 225 luxurious rooms,...
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desseinall
Nov 13, 20181 min read
Gay’s Lion Farm
This farm, established in 1925, was located in El Monte and was considered a most unique tourist attraction. It covered 5 acres of ground...
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desseinall
Nov 5, 20181 min read
Avalon at Santa Catalina Island
The trip to Catalina Island “The Magic Isle,” by steamer was touted as a “Wonder Trip on a Ferryship to Fairyland” in the 1920s and...
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desseinall
Nov 4, 20181 min read
Cawston’s Ostrich Farm
Cawston’s Ostrich Farm was the oldest farm of its kind in the United States, established in 1886. It was located on 9 acres in South...
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desseinall
Nov 4, 20181 min read
Mt. Lowe Railway (1893 -1938)
A trip to the Mt. Lowe Railway on the Red Car started in Los Angeles. You were deposited in Rubio Canyon (Altadena) at the foot of the...
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desseinall
Oct 17, 20181 min read
Pacific Electric Railroad, The “Red Car”
In 1903 the first Pacific Electric cars made the trip east from Los Angeles to Pasadena into Arcadia through Monrovia to Glendora. This...
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Oct 1, 20181 min read
Arcadia: A “Riding” Community
If you were a child living in Arcadia in the late 1920s you probably had horseback riding lessons in addition to piano lessons. And, you...
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desseinall
Sep 17, 20181 min read
Arcadia Lumber
The Arcadia Lumber Company came to Arcadia in 1937 and was located at 214 North Santa Anita Avenue. It originally consisted of two small...
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Sep 9, 20181 min read
The Westerner
The Westerner, located at 161 Colorado Place on historic Route 66, was owned by Walter Muller, and opened in 1947. This was a popular...
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Aug 31, 20181 min read
Eaton’s Santa Anita Hotel and Restaurant
Charles Eaton and his wife opened Eaton’s Santa Anita Restaurant in December 1939 at the southeast corner of Colorado Blvd. and...
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Aug 21, 20181 min read
Santa Anita Motor Inn
The first “motel” in Arcadia was the Santa Anita Motor Inn built in 1937, and located on the northwest corner of Huntington Drive and...
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Aug 15, 20181 min read
The “Flamingo”
In 1952, when Parker Lyon’s Pony Express Museum was sold and its contents moved to Reno, Nevada, the site was cleared for development. A...
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Aug 1, 20181 min read
A Celebration on July 30, 1931
A gala affair started years of activities for the Woman’s Club of Arcadia, when on Thursday, July 30, 1931, their new Clubhouse was...
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