US UCLA Library Special Collections, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-4988
Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Santa Anita Park, the oldest thoroughbred racetrack in Southern California, opened on December 25, 1934. View from the grandstand box seating toward horses leaving the starting gate at Santa Anita Park. A stand of trees is in the background. Text from negative sleeve: Race Crowd. 2-8-36. 3054 - 2/11/36. [stamped:] Feb 28 1936 [box 8]. Handwritten on negative: Race crown. 2-3-36.
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_10309 ark:/21198/zz002hb80n
Subject
Horse racetracks Horse racing--California--Arcadia Spectators--California--Arcadia Santa Anita Park (Arcadia, Calif.)
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection OpenUCLA Collections
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