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 her husband were hosts to lively parties at their estate on Foothill Blvd., and their establishment, “Clara Villa” in Arcadia, was known as the “swellest” place in the San Gabriel Valley. Note that all of Clara’s guests, but one, were well dressed for the races. Clara stands fourth from the left in the front row.
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Carol Libby and Karen Hou
Carol Libby & Karen Hou
Arcadia Historical Society