Baldwin, Anita May, 1876-1939
Variant namesDaughter of Elias Jackson "Lucky" Baldwin (1828-1909). Baldwin had made fortune by getting key holdings in Comstock Mines at two dollars per share (1870) then selling out (1872) at $1,800 per share. He invested some of his money in Rancho Santa Anita development in San Gabriel Valley. There he planted substantial vineyards and created largest racing stable in U.S. Anita Baldwin's letter written at Santa Anita to San Francisco friend. Content focuses on upcoming Rose Parade (1914).
From the description of Anita Baldwin correspondence, 1914. (University of the Pacific). WorldCat record id: 34911638
Anita M. Baldwin was the daughter of Elias Jackson "Lucky" Baldwin (1828-1909), millionaire investor in Comstock mining stocks and later developer of the Santa Anita Rancho, which he bought from Harris Newmark in 1875. After Baldwin's death, Anita Baldwin inherited the ranch (including vineyards, orchards, livestock, and race horses), which she continued to run until selling several acres to the Los Angeles Turf Club in 1933 and most of the remaining acreage for subdivision in 1936.
From the description of Papers of Anita May Baldwin, 1876-1936. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 122386349
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| referencedIn | Christopher A. Reynolds Collection of Women's Song, circa 1800-1985 | University of California, Davis. General Library. . Dept. of Special Collections | |
| referencedIn | Lange, Dorothea. Dorothea Lange : the making of a documentary photographer. | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| creatorOf | Braun Research Library (Los Angeles, Calif.). Sheet Music Collection, 1898-1970 [manuscript materials] : at the Autry National Center. | The Autry Museum of the American West, Autry Library and Braun Research Library | |
| referencedIn | Sheet Music Collection, 1898-1970 | Autry National Center. Institute for the Study of the American West | |
| creatorOf | Baldwin, Anita. Anita Baldwin correspondence, 1914. | University of the Pacific, William Knox Holt Memorial Library | |
| creatorOf | Baldwin, Anita May, 1876-1939. Papers of Anita May Baldwin, 1876-1936. | Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens |
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| associatedWith | Baldwin, Elias Jackson, 1828-1909 | person |
| associatedWith | Braun Research Library | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Braun Research Library (Los Angeles, Calif.) | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Lange, Dorothea. | person |
| associatedWith | Los Angeles Racing Association. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Reynolds, Christopher A. | person |
| associatedWith | Santa Anita Rancho (Los Angeles County, Calif.) | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Southwest Museum of the American Indian | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Stocker, Clara Baldwin. | person |
| associatedWith | Veiller, Genevieve. | person |
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| Pasadena (Calif.) |
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| Tournament of Roses, Pasadena, Calif |
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Birth 1876
Death 1939
