California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960

Sheep grazing on E.J. "Lucky" Baldwin's Santa Anita Ranch, ca.1890

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Sheep grazing on E.J. "Lucky" Baldwin's Santa Anita Ranch, ca.1890

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Photograph of sheep grazing on E.J. "Lucky" Baldwin's Santa Anita Ranch, ca.1890. Over a hundred sheep graze or lounge on the rich pasture. The pasture is hilly and surrounded by trees. To the right is the shores of a lake (or stream?). Caption reads: "contented sheep on Baldwin'ranch , an afternoon in 1890".; "Santa Anita Race Track, Baldwin Hills, Baldwin Park, Baldwin Lake, Baldwin Avenue -- Elias Jackson Baldwin (1828-1909) left his mark on these Southern California landmarks, and much more. One of the great characters of Southern California history, he was described by writer Arthur M. Ellis in 1933: 'Lucky Baldwin's reputation must survive for generations to come as that of one of the greatest pioneers of the West, the greatest builders of California, the most spectacular of libertines, and the most contradictory of characters in our annals.' And Baldwin certainly earned his nickname 'Lucky.'" -- unknown author.; "Most historians agree that the big break that made his fortune, and earned him his nickname, came in 1867. Wealthy enough to take a world trip, before he left he instructed his broker to sell his stocks if they fell below a specific price. He then left to hunt elephants in India. His trip ended in New York where he became a vaudeville producer, representing a troop of Japanese entertainers he'd met in Tokyo. When he finally got back to San Francisco, Baldwin learned that his stock had fallen below the figure he specified, but his broker had been unable to sell because Baldwin had taken the key to his safe with him. But instead of a financial disaster, it was incredible good fortune. The value of his stock had rebounded spectacularly, leaving Baldwin with a multi-million dollar windfall. This was only the first of many stories that are credited as the source for his nickname, but Lucky Baldwin always insisted that his moneymaking ability was the result of shrewd investment. With his newfound riches he survived stock crashes and bank failures, built the Baldwin Theater and Baldwin Hotel ('the finest west of New York'), and became an American legend." -- unknown author.

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Title Sheep grazing on E.J. "Lucky" Baldwin's Santa Anita Ranch, ca.1890

Subject agricultural sites (adlf), Baldwin, Elias J. ("Lucky") (subject), Los Angeles County -- Rancho Santa Anita (file heading), Ranches (lcsh), Sheep (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), El Monte (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1890

Type images

Format 3 photographs : glass photonegative, photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm., 20 x 25 cm. (aacr2), glass plate negatives (format), negatives (photographic) (aat), photographic prints (aat), photographs (aat)

Source California Historical Society (contributing entity), California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 (collection), Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960 (subcollection)

Date Created 1890

Creator Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946 (photographer)

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Repository Email specol@lib.usc.edu

Repository Name USC Libraries Special Collections

Repository Location Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189

Rights Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library.

Copyright Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library.

Access Conditions Send requests to address or e-mail given

Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m6430

Identifier 5540 (accession number), CHS-5540 (call number), CHS-5540 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-6517 (legacy record id), chs-m6430 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-6545 (legacy record id), 1-64-10 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 6517

Unique identifier UC121166

Legacy Identifier CHS-5540.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 17.0 in × 13.6 in at 300dpi
43.1 cm × 34.5 cm at 300dpi

Inherited Values

Title Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960

Description The nearly 15,000 unique photographs of this collection contain the work of C.C. Pierce which cover the Los Angeles region city, street and architectural views, California Missions, Southwestern Native Americans, and turn-of-century Nevada, Arizona, and California. Pierce, active from 1886 to 1940, was one of the leading photographers of his day and amassed a collection of 15,000 images, including his own and those bought and copied from his contemporaries, George Wharton James and Charles Puck. The James collection contains over 2,000 images of portraits, customs, ceremonies, arts, and games of various groups of Southwestern Native Americans.

Date Created 1860/1960

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