Title supplied by cataloger. Elmer J. Boeseke Jr. was a one-time polo player; best remembered as one of the greatest polo players this nation ever developed. He began in his home town of Santa Barbara, playing on a team composed of himself, his father and two uncles. He competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics, and won the silver medal with the American team in the Olympic polo tournament. Later on in life, Boeseke became an oil developer and rancher. He died of a heart attack while passing through Salt Lake City, en-route to his Wyoming ranch on October 17, 1963. Photograph article dated October 18, 1963 reads, There they go! Intently watching the start of the big race, Mrs. Frank Wood and Mrs. Elmer Boeseke are shown with their husbands. It was a big, gay Handicap Day although Swaps didn't run in the Golden Gallop."
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1 photographic print :b&w ;28 x 35 cm. Photographic prints
Boeseke, Elmer J.,--Jr Santa Anita Park (Arcadia, Calif.) Horse racing--California--Arcadia Racetracks (Horse racing)--California--Arcadia Polo players--United States Socialites--United States Couples--California--Arcadia Arcadia (Calif.) Herald-Examiner Collection photographs
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