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Spectators read the paper at the Santa Anita racetrack, February 22, 1937.

Description:
Spectators at a $50,000 Derby day at the Santa Anita racetrack on February 22, 1937. The crowd in attendance was estimated at 45,000 spectators. Twenty-three horses raced that day, beating out the Kentucky Derby's record of twenty-two starting horses at that time. The $50,000 purse was won by the horse Fairy Hill.
Date:
February 22, 1937
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Spectators read the paper at the Santa Anita racetrack, February 22, 1937.

Elsie the Borden Cow, star of the 1940 film "Little Men," looking over a fence, Los Angeles, 1940

Description:
Elsie the Borden Cow, the unofficial mascott for Borden dairy products, looking over a fence. After appearing at the New York World's Fair, Elsie was chosen by R.K.O. producer Gene Towne to star in the 1940 film "Little Men," based on the novel by Louisa May Alcott. Elsie arrived in Los Angeles on July 12, 1940
Date:
1940
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Elsie the Borden Cow, star of the 1940 film "Little Men," looking over a fence, Los Angeles, 1940

Elsie the Borden Cow, star of the 1940 film "Little Men," looking over a fence, Los Angeles, 1940

Description:
Close-up of Elsie the Borden Cow, the unofficial mascott for Borden dairy products, looking over a fence. After appearing at the New York World's Fair, Elsie was chosen by R.K.O. producer Gene Towne to star in the 1940 film "Little Men," based on the novel by Louisa May Alcott. Elsie arrived in Los Angeles on July 12, 1940
Date:
1940
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Elsie the Borden Cow, star of the 1940 film "Little Men," looking over a fence, Los Angeles, 1940

Crowd on opening day of Santa Anita's fourth horse racing season, Arcadia, December 25, 1937

Description:
Spectators on opening day of Santa Anita's fourth horse racing season. On this day, over 50,000 spectators wagered a total of $789,159 on the eight races held, toppling the previous records of 40,000 people and $599,009 wagered. Big winners of the day were horse He Did, who won the feature race by more than a length and Bing Crosby's horse High Strike, who won his sixth straight race.
Date:
December 25, 1937
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Crowd on opening day of Santa Anita's fourth horse racing season, Arcadia, December 25, 1937

Spectators on opening day of Santa Anita's fourth horse racing season, Arcadia, December 25, 1937

Description:
Spectators on opening day of Santa Anita's fourth horse racing season. On this day, over 50,000 spectators wagered a total of $789,159 on the eight races held, toppling the previous records of 40,000 people and $599,009 wagered. Big winners of the day were horse He Did, who won the feature race by more than a length and Bing Crosby's horse High Strike, who won his sixth straight race.
Date:
December 25, 1937
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Spectators on opening day of Santa Anita's fourth horse racing season, Arcadia, December 25, 1937