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Title
Patrons at the entrance to the Santa Anita Racetrack, ca.1950
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1950
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
California Historical Society
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Rights Information
Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California
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Description
Photograph of the entrance of Santa Anita Racetrack, ca.1950. In the foreground, a group of people appear to be walking towards the steps visible in the right. Behind them, a patio can be seen with two lines of additional people sitting on benches while looking at some kind of reading material (newspapers?). The side view of a large building is visible in the right
imprints(?) of drawings of horses are seen on its side and a flag of the United States hanging from a pole above its roof. Trees and other vegetation surround the area.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
18 x 23 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m11494
USC-2-1-1-11644 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-42795
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m11494
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-42795.jpg
Subject
Racetracks (Horse-racing)
Horse-racing
Recreation--Horse racing
Santa Anita Racetrack
Buildings
Time Period
circa 1950
Place
Arcadia
California
Los Angeles
USA
Source
42795 [Accession number]
84-1-869 [Microfiche number]
CHS-42795 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection, 1890-1960
USC
chs-m825

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