Juan Bandini
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Juan Lorenzo Bruno Bandini was a Peruvian-born Californio public figure, politician, and ranchero. He is best known for his role in the development of San Diego in the mid-19th century.
Juan Bandini portrait
The Casa de Bandini, now the Cosmopolitan Hotel in San Diego
His home on Mason and Calhoun Streets, San Diego.
Arcadia Bandini de Stearns Baker was a wealthy Californio landowner and socialite of Los Angeles. She played an important role in the elite society of early Los Angeles and, later, Santa Monica. She w
Juan Bandini
…married Marie de los Dolores Estudillo on November 20, 1822. She was born c. 1808, daughter of Captain José María Estudillo. They had three daughters, Arcadia, Ysidora, and Josefa, and two sons, Juanito and one who died in childhood. Bandini's second wife was Refugia Argüello, daughter of Santiago Argüello…
Arcadia Bandini de Stearns Baker
El Palacio, the adobe home where Arcadia and Abel lived
Portrait of Abel Stearns
Portrait of Colonel Robert S. Baker