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Title
They're off and racing
Alternative Title
Valley Times Photo Collection;
Creator
Dean, Gordon
Contributor
This project was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian
Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation and Photo Friends
Date Created and/or Issued
1963
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/UND/1.0/
Description
Original photograph has a vertical crease on the left side of the picture.
The Streamline Moderne style Hollywood Park, built in 1937, was located at 1050 South Prairie Avenue in Inglewood. It was designed by architect Stiles O. Clements and landscape architect Edward Huntsman-Trout. Later additions to the park were designed by Fred Barlow, Jr. In 2012, the property was renamed Betfair Hollywood Park. The park closed in May, 2013 and development of a football stadium complex began in October, 2016.
Photograph caption dated October 2, 1963 reads "The wheels are turning at Hollywood Park where the Western Harness Racing Association opened its annual fall meeting in Inglewood Tuesday. The starter is Mac McDowell with 18 years in the starting car at both Hollypark and Santa Anita. To get this dramatic opening day photo, Valley Times photographer Gordon Dean rode right behind Mac, clicking pictures over his shoulder."
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print : b&w ; 20 x 34 cm.
Identifier
00157959
Valley Times Collection;
HCNVT_d062_f30_i11
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/131110
Subject
Betfair Hollywood Park (Inglewood, Calif.)
Harness drivers
Men
Harness racing
Harness racehorses
Horses
Racetracks (Horse racing)
Grandstands
Automobiles
Gates
Inglewood (Calif.)
Time Period
1961-1970

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