Following E.J. “Lucky” Baldwin’s death in 1909, his younger daughter Anita continued to raise pure-bred livestock on the Santa Anita...

On January 1, 1914, the Baldwin Ranch (Anita Baldwin) entered a float in the Tournament of Roses Parade. The Rose Parade program...

The center of town – Huntington Drive to First Avenue – was decorated for the December Holiday Season. In 1936, the American Legion...

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....

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...

Angelenos discovered mountain recreation in the 1890s; the first two decades of the twentieth century were called “The Great Hiking Era.”...

On November 20, 1954, the West Arcadia Business Association and the Baldwin Avenue merchants introduced the “West Arcadia Christmas...

Redondo Beach became Southern California’s premier ocean resort destination in the 1890s. The Hotel Redondo with its 225 luxurious rooms,...

This farm, established in 1925, was located in El Monte and was considered a most unique tourist attraction. It covered 5 acres of ground...

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...

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...

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...

In 1903 the first Pacific Electric cars made the trip east from Los Angeles to Pasadena into Arcadia through Monrovia to Glendora. This...

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...

The Arcadia Lumber Company came to Arcadia in 1937 and was located at 214 North Santa Anita Avenue. It originally consisted of two small...

The Westerner, located at 161 Colorado Place on historic Route 66, was owned by Walter Muller, and opened in 1947. This was a popular...

Charles Eaton and his wife opened Eaton’s Santa Anita Restaurant in December 1939 at the southeast corner of Colorado Blvd. and...

The first “motel” in Arcadia was the Santa Anita Motor Inn built in 1937, and located on the northwest corner of Huntington Drive and...

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...

A gala affair started years of activities for the Woman’s Club of Arcadia, when on Thursday, July 30, 1931, their new Clubhouse was...