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Dickey Dell Doheny sits in a reserved box at Santa Anita Park on opening day, Arcadia, 1935

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Title: Dickey Dell Doheny sits in a reserved box at Santa Anita Park on opening day, Arcadia, 1935
Date Created and/or Issued: December 25, 1935
1935-12-25
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.
Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds.
A cropped version of this image appears in the photo spread titled, "Smart Set of Southland Turns Out for Opening Day of Races at Santa Anita," Los Angeles Times, 26 Dec. 1935: A13
Related to the articles, "GAY PARTIES FILL BOXES: Cheeriness Pervades at Turf Club's Christmas Day Opening Program," and, "Society Turns Out En Masse for Santa Anita's Second Inagural Meeting: MOVIE STARS ALSO GATHER Turf Fashions on Parade Style Spectacle Furnishes High Light Spot on Race Program," Los Angeles Times, 26 Dec. 1935: A10
Dickey Dell Doheny turns towards camera while sitting in her reserved box at Santa Anita Park. The camera looks down towards her and the rest of the crowd. Dickey Dell Doheny sits at center and appears to be caught off-guard as she looks towards camera. Fellow spectators sit in the box with her. Below them, the track's full grandstand stretches across the image. The track is visible beyond the grandstand.
Handwritten on negative: Dickey Dell Doheny
Text from newspaper caption: Look Who's Home Again Miss Dicky Dell Doheny met a candid cameraman, among others, at Santa Anita yesterday--meeting place of Los Angeles' elite. Times photo [Los Angeles Times, 26 Dec. 1935: A13]
Handwritten text on negative sleeve: 4274-- [stamped:] DEC 31 1935 [end stamped] Dickey Dell Doheny Santa Anita Races Society 12-25-35
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_13322
ark:/21198/zz002hnh23
Subject: Crowds--California--Arcadia
Upper class--California--Arcadia
Horse racing--California--Arcadia
Christmas
Washington, Lucy Estelle, 1915-2009
Santa Anita Park (Arcadia, Calif.)
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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