Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Spectators watching ahorse race from behind a metal fence at Santa Anita Park with 3 palm trees in the distance. racetrack in Southern California, opened on December 25, 1934. Text from negative sleeve: Racing Santa Anita. $100,000 handicap. 2/28/36. 3054. 2-21-36 Text from newspaper caption: Crowding The Rail To Watch The Ponies Flash By. So eager are fans to see that happens as the bangtails to into action that they all but climb over the fence to get closer to the thoroughbreds. Here's a typical scene from Santa Anita's fifty-eight-day program, showing a crowded section of terrace rooting for a long shot. [Photo standalone page: "Looking Back on Santa Anita's Sensational Meeting as Race Season Closes." Los Angeles Times, 1 Mar. 1936: I5.].
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image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_10813 ark:/21198/zz002h9x91
Subject
Horse racetracks Horse racing--California--Arcadia Santa Anita Park (Arcadia, Calif.) Santa Anita Handicap (Horse race)
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