Worm's eye view of a thundering field of harness horses
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Valley Times Photo Collection;
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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
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 22, 1962 reads "Western Harness Racing Association is in the midst of its autumn meeting at Hollywood Park." Hollywood Park is in Inglewood.
Betfair Hollywood Park (Inglewood, Calif.) Harness drivers Men Harness racing Harness racehorses Horses Racetracks (Horse racing) Grandstands Inglewood (Calif.)
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