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Title
A happy gathering
Alternative Title
Valley Times Photo Collection;
Contributor
This project was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian
Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation and Photo Friends
Date Created and/or Issued
1963
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.
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/UND/1.0/
Description
The Streamline Moderne style Hollywood Park, built in 1937, was located at 1050 South Prairie Avenue in Inglewood. It was designed by architect Stiles O. Clements and landscape architect Edward Huntsman-Trout. Later additions to the park were designed by Fred Barlow, Jr. In 2012, the property was renamed Betfair Hollywood Park. The park closed in May, 2013 and development of a football stadium complex began in October, 2016.
Photograph caption dated October 24, 1963 reads "Valley Times Sports editor Claude Newman, fourth from left, presents winner's cup to Jim Camp, fifth from left, owner of Hondo Hanover who won the San Fernando Pace Wednesday at Hollywood Park. Hondo Hanover turned in an excellent time of 2:00 3/5 in winning the race and $5,000. Hanover's driver Eddie O'Brien, from left, O'Brien's wife, Eileen, and Jim Murray help celebrate the victory." The racetrack is in Inglewood.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm.
Identifier
00157960
Valley Times Collection;
HCNVT_d062_f30_i12
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/131111
Subject
Newman, Claude
Betfair Hollywood Park (Inglewood, Calif.)
Newspaper editors
Harness drivers
Men
Women
Harness racing
Harness racehorses
Horses
Award winners
Awards
Racetracks (Horse racing)
Grandstands
Inglewood (Calif.)
Portrait photographs
Group portraits
Time Period
1961-1970

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