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Title: Johnny Longden "The Pumper"
Alternative Title: Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued: 1950
Contributing Institution: Los Angeles Public Library
Collection: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information: Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description: Used in the Exhibit: Play by Play - A Century of L.A. Sports Photography, 1899-1989.
Johnny Longden, aboard Noor. Known as "The Pumper," Longden was the only person in throughbred history to win the Kentucky Derby as a trainer and jockey. His final ride came in 1966 at Santa Anita, when he steered George Royal to a photo-finish victory before 60,729 fans; the dramatic farewell, which gave Longden 6,032 career wins, has been voted the greatest moment in Santa Anita history. He died in 2003. Photograph dated July 24, 1950.
Type: image
Format: 1 photographic print :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier: 00049053
Herald Examiner Collection
HE box 1756
CARL0000052840
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/17272
Subject: Longden, Johnny,--1907-2003
Santa Anita Park (Arcadia, Calif.)
Horse racing--California--Arcadia
Race horses--United States
Jockeys--United States
Racetracks (Horse racing)--California--Arcadia
Arcadia (Calif.)
Los Angeles Evening Herald and Express photographs
Herald-Examiner Collection photographs

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