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Title
Spectator reads the paper at the Santa Anita racetrack, February 22, 1937
Date Created and/or Issued
February 22, 1937
1937-02-22
Publication Information
Los Angeles Daily News
Contributing Institution
UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Rights Information
US
Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Man reading a newspaper at a $50,000 Derby day at the Santa Anita racetrack on February 22, 1937. The crowd in attendance was estimated at 45,000 spectators. Twenty-three horses raced that day, beating out the Kentucky Derby's record of twenty-two starting horses at that time. The $50,000 purse was won by the horse Fairy Hill.
Text from original nitrate sleeve: Animals - Race Horses - Tracks - Santa Anita - Around the Paddock.
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
ark:/21198/zz0025fp2p
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Entertainment
Horse racetracks
Sports
Lifestyle
Source
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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