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Photograph article dated June 21, 1965 partially reads, "The first art contest ever held by a U.S. racetrack was won last week by Bob Totten of Pasadena. And his wife's hunch played a part in the winning. The day her husband sketched the scene for the competition at Hollywood Park. Mrs. Totten bet on a horse named Destination which obliged by beating the others to the wire. When the canvas was finished it was titled "Destination," and it nosed out about 799 other works of art and collected the $1,000 first-place purse. About 90 of the best works of the contest are now on display at the Hollywood Park clubhouse." Pictured is winner Totten (left) and Holly Park's Gen. Manager James Stewart.
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1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
Betfair Hollywood Park (Inglewood, Calif.) Racetracks (Horse racing)--California--Inglewood Art--Competitions--California--Inglewood Artists--California--Inglewood Men--California--Inglewood Paintings Inglewood (Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
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