Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Five men lean against a rail at a horse race track. Fred Alger Jr., left, wears binoculars around his neck. “Azacar” from negative sleeve is a misspelling of Alger’s race horse named Azucar. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Alger Jr. owned a race horse named Azucar that raced frequently in the 1930s, winning the Santa Anita Handicap race in 1935. Hugh Blue, on the far right, was the secretary of Santa Anita race track from its founding in 1934 to his death in 1965. Text from note included in negative sleeve: Fred Alger Jr. of Detroit (1st figure) Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt in center, and Hugh Blue at right end at Santa Anita during racing season. Alger is the owner of Azucar (picture ran in roto) Text from negative sleeve: ALGER, FRED JR. & MRS. OWNER OF AZACAR [handwritten] From Detroit Son of Sec’y of War
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image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_11090 ark:/21198/zz002h926d
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Subject
Racetracks--California--Santa Anita Horse racing--California--Arcadia Alger, Frederick M. (Frederick Moulton), 1907-1967 Santa Anita Park (Arcadia, Calif.) Blue, Hugh, 1886-1965 Vanderbilt, Alfred Gwynne, 1912-1999
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