Image / Horses racing at Santa Anita Park the month it opened, Arcadia, 1934

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Title: Horses racing at Santa Anita Park the month it opened, Arcadia, 1934
Date Created and/or Issued: December 1934
1934-12
Publication Information: Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information: US
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 of 2 pairs of horses in a race on the main track as they pass the tote board (totalisator) at Santa Anita Park, with horse number 8 in the front pair. The San Gabriel Mountains are visible in the distance. A few people watch from behind the rail.
Text from negative sleeve: Racing - Santa Anita. 1934. 3054. [box 8].
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_10311
ark:/21198/zz002hb82p
Subject: Race horses
Horse racetracks
Horse racing--California--Arcadia
Santa Anita Park (Arcadia, Calif.)
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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