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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 check their betting sheet 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

Aerial view of the Santa Anita horse paddock, Arcadia, December 25, 1937

Description:: Aerial view of the Santa Anita horse paddock, likely taken on opening day of the track's fourth racing season.
Date:: [December 25, 1937]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Spectators watch a race 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 take a break 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 take a break 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 Derby Day at Santa Anita, February 22, 1937.

Description:: Crowd 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.

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

Race horse "Caliban."

Date:: 1935-1937?
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Race horse Enfilade in the Santa Anita Park stables, Arcadia, March 9, 1946

Description:: Race horse Enfilade with a bunch of hay in the Santa Anita Park stables. Enfilade is owned by C.V. Whitney
Date:: [March 9, 1946]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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

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

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

Two young women watch the races 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

Paddock at the Santa Anita racetrack on Derby Day, February 22, 1937.

Date:: February 22, 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Race horse "Valedictorian."

Date:: 1935-1937?
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Race horse War Knight and his trainer C.T. Leavitt pose for photographers, Arcadia, March 9, 1946

Description:: Race horse War Knight and his trainer, C.T. Leavitt pose for photographers after War Knight's victory in the $100,000 Santa Anita handicap. War Knight won in front of a crowd of 80,200 fans, the largest turnout yet to see a horse race in the west. Previous betting records were smashed.
Date:: March 9, 1946
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Jockey riding race horse Coast Invasion near the stables at Santa Anita Park, Arcadia, March 9, 1946

Description:: Jockey riding race horse Coast Invasion near the stables at Santa Anita Park.
Date:: [March 9, 1946]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Owner, Louis Bronstein, and trainer, Hack Ross, of race horse Holly Tree together at Santa Anita Park, Arcadia, March 1946

Description:: Louis Bronstein and Hack Ross, owner and trainer, respectively, of race horse Holly Tree who became a six time winner during the 1946 racing season at Santa Anita Park.
Date:: [March 1946]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Race horse War Knight after winning the $100,000 Santa Anita Handicap, Arcadia, March 9, 1946

Description:: Race horse War Knight by the Santa Anita Park stables after his victory in the $100,000 Santa Anita handicap. War Knight won in front of a crowd of 80,200 fans, the largest turnout yet to see a horse race in the west. Previous betting records were smashed.
Date:: March 9, 1946
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Race horse War Knight after winning the $100,000 Santa Anita Handicap, Arcadia, March 9, 1946

Description:: Race horse War Knight by the Santa Anita Park stables after his victory in the $100,000 Santa Anita handicap. War Knight won in front of a crowd of 80,200 fans, the largest turnout yet to see a horse race in the west. Previous betting records were smashed.
Date:: March 9, 1946
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Jockey riding race horse Coast Invasion near the stables at Santa Anita Park, Arcadia, March 9, 1946

Description:: Jockey rides race horse Coast Invasion by the Santa Anita Park stables.
Date:: [March 9, 1946]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Spectators on Derby Day at Santa Anita, 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

Race horse Holly Tree with owner Louis Bronstein and trainer Hack Ross at Santa Anita Park, Arcadia, March 1946

Description:: Race horse Holly Tree with owner Louis Bronstein and trainer Hack Ross at Santa Anita Park during the 1946 racing season.
Date:: [March 1946]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Race horse W.L. Sickle by the stables at Santa Anita Park, Arcadia, March 9, 1946

Description:: Race horse W.L. Sickle by the stables at Santa Anita Park. W.L. Sickle is owned by W-L Ranch
Date:: [March 9, 1946]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Jockey sits atop race horse Sea Image outside the Santa Anita Park stables, Arcadia, March 9, 1946

Description:: Jockey sits atop race horse Sea Image outside the Santa Anita Park stables.
Date:: [March 9, 1946]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Race horse Enfilade in the Santa Anita Park stables, Arcadia, March 9, 1946

Description:: Race horse Enfilade snacks on some hay in the Santa Anita Park stables. Enfilade is owned by C.V. Whitney.
Date:: [March 9, 1946]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Jockeys walk with horses at Whitney Stables in Santa Anita Park, Arcadia, 1930s

Description:: Jockeys walk with horses at Whitney Stables in Santa Anita Park.
Date:: 1930s
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Spectators watch a race 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 take a break 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

Sportswriters Bryan Field, Bill Corum and Arthur Siegel at Santa Anita Racetrack, Arcadia, 1930s

Description:: Sportswriters Bryan Field from the New York Times, Bill Corum from the New York Evening Journal and Arthur Siegel from the Boston Traveler at Santa Anita Racetrack
Date:: [1930s]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Sportswriters Jack James, Bob Meyer and Howard Durham at Santa Anita Racetrack, Arcadia, 1930s

Description:: Sportswriters Jack James from the Los Angeles Examiner, Bob Meyer from the Associated Press and Howard Durham from the Los Angeles Evening News at Santa Anita Racetrack
Date:: [1930s]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Sportswriters Lee Owen, Bob Herbert and Oscar Otis at Santa Anita Racetrack, Arcadia, 1930s

Description:: Sportswriters Lee Owen, Bob Herbert from the Los Angeles Evening News and Oscar Otis from the Los Angeles Times at Santa Anita Racetrack
Date:: [1930s]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Clarence Fullbright, press box attendant at Santa Anita Racetrack, Arcadia, 1930s

Description:: Clarence Fullbright, press box attendant at Santa Anita Racetrack
Date:: [1930s]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Jockey covered in mud standing on scale at Santa Anita Race Track in Arcadia, Calif., 1948

Date:: 1948
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Crowd at Derby Day at the Santa Anita racetrack, February 22, 1937.

Description:: Crowd at Derby Day at the Santa Anita racetrack, February 22, 1937.
Date:: February 22, 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Horses race on Derby Day at Santa Anita, February 22, 1937.

Date:: February 22, 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Spectators between races 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 watch a race 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

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

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

Description:: Bugle player 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

Forrest Farrell fitting horseshoes on race horse W.L. Sickle, Arcadia, 1946

Description:: Forrest Farrell fits horseshoes on race horse W.L. Sickle, owned by W-L Ranch, at Santa Anita Park
Date:: [1946]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Forrest Farrell fitting horseshoes on race horse W.L. Sickle, Arcadia, 1946

Description:: Forrest Farrell fitting horseshoes on race horse W.L. Sickle, owned by W-L Ranch, at Santa Anita Park.
Date:: [1946]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Spectators watch a race 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 place their bets 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

Race horse Seabiscuit wearing a blanket after winning the Santa Anita Handicap mile and a quarter race in record time, Arcadia, March 2, 1940

Description:: Race horse Seabiscuit wearing a blanket after winning the $100,000 Santa Anita Handicap and setting a new track record for the mile and a quarter race. The Los Angeles Times called it “the most popular victory in the history of western racing.” Seabiscuit’s victory received a rousing ovation from the 74,000 spectators
Date:: March 2, 1940
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Race horse Seabiscuit after winning the Santa Anita Handicap mile and a quarter race in record time, Arcadia, March 2, 1940

Description:: Race horse Seabiscuit after winning the $100,000 Santa Anita Handicap and setting a new track record for the mile and a quarter race. The Los Angeles Times called it “the most popular victory in the history of western racing.” Seabiscuit’s victory received a rousing ovation from the 74,000 spectators
Date:: March 2, 1940
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Spectator taking a break between races at Santa Anita Park, Arcadia, March 2, 1940

Description:: Spectator taking a nap on a staircase at Santa Anita Park. On this day, race horse Seabiscuit won the $100,000 Santa Anita Handicap and set a new track record for the mile and a quarter race. The Los Angeles Times called it “the most popular victory in the history of western racing.” Seabiscuit’s victory received a rousing ovation from the 74,000 spectators
Date:: March 2, 1940
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Spectator taking a break between races at Santa Anita Park, Arcadia, March 2, 1940

Description:: Spectator taking a nap on a staircase at Santa Anita Park. On this day, race horse Seabiscuit won the $100,000 Santa Anita Handicap and set a new track record for the mile and a quarter race. The Los Angeles Times called it “the most popular victory in the history of western racing.” Seabiscuit’s victory received a rousing ovation from the 74,000 spectators
Date:: March 2, 1940
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Spectators on Derby Day at Santa Anita, 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.

Date:: February 22, 1937.
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Crowd at Derby Day at the Santa Anita racetrack, February 22, 1937.

Date:: February 22, 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Start of a horse race at Santa Anita track, Los Angeles, 1934

Description:: Start of a horse race at Santa Anita track.
Date:: December 25, 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Opening gate at unknown horse race, Santa Anita track, Arcadia, circa 1935

Date:: [circa 1935]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Sportswriters Jack McDonald, Paul Lowry and Tom Laird at Santa Anita Racetrack, Arcadia, 1930s

Description:: Sportswriters Jack McDonald from the Herald Examiner and the San Francisco Call-Bulletin, Paul Lowry from the Los Angeles Times and Tom Laird from San Francisco News at Santa Anita Racetrack
Date:: [1930s]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Sportswriters J.J. Murphy, Maurice Bernard and Bill Amis at Santa Anita Racetrack, Arcadia, 1930s

Description:: Sportswriters J.J. Murphy, Maurice Bernard from the Los Angeles Examiner and Bil Amis from the Pasadena Star News at Santa Anita Racetrack
Date:: [1930s]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Sportswriters Duke Linderman and Daniel Lauder at Santa Anita Racetrack, Arcadia, 1930s

Description:: Sportswriters Duke Linderman and Daniel Lauder at Santa Anita Racetrack
Date:: [1930s]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Spectator reads the paper at the Santa Anita racetrack, February 22, 1937.

Description:: Man reading a newspaper 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

Two women on a rainy Derby Day at Santa Anita Park, Arcadia, February 22, 1940

Description:: Spectators holding umbrellas on a rainy Derby Day at Santa Anita Park. 33,000 spectators came out to watch California-bred Sweepida win the $50,000 Derby.
Date:: February 22, 1940
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Spectators on Derby Day at Santa Anita, February 22, 1937.

Description:: 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 in the stands on a rainy Derby Day at Santa Anita Park, Arcadia, February 22, 1940

Description:: Aerial view of spectators in the stands on a rainy Derby Day at Santa Anita Park. 33,000 spectators came out to watch California-bred Sweepida win the $50,000 Derby.
Date:: February 22, 1940
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Two men reading the race listings on a rainy Derby Day at Santa Anita Park, Arcadia, February 22, 1940

Description:: Two men crouched on the ground reading the race listings on a rainy Derby Day at Santa Anita Park. 33,000 spectators came out to watch California-bred Sweepida win the $50,000 Derby.
Date:: February 22, 1940
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Horses racing on a rainy Derby Day at Santa Anita Park, Arcadia, February 22, 1940

Description:: Horses racing on a rainy Derby Day at Santa Anita Park. 33,000 spectators came out to watch California-bred Sweepida win the $50,000 Derby.
Date:: February 22, 1940
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Spectators check their betting sheet 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 watch a race 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 place their bets 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

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

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

Description:: Bugle player 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

Race horse "He Did" who won the Christmas Handicap on opening day of Santa Anita's fourth horse racing season, Arcadia, December 25, 1937

Description:: Race horse "He Did" who won the Christmas Handicap by more than a length on opening day of Santa Anita's fourth horse racing season.
Date:: December 25, 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Spectators between races 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

Horses race on Derby Day at Santa Anita, February 22, 1937.

Description:: Horses race during 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

Finish line of unknown horse race, Santa Anita track, Arcadia, circa 1935

Date:: [circa 1935]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Spectators near the track on a rainy Derby Day at Santa Anita Park, Arcadia, February 22, 1940

Description:: Spectators near the track on a rainy Derby Day at Santa Anita Park. 33,000 spectators came out to watch California-bred Sweepida win the $50,000 Derby.
Date:: February 22, 1940
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Spectators in the stands on a rainy Derby Day at Santa Anita Park, Arcadia, February 22, 1940

Description:: Spectators in the stands on a rainy Derby Day at Santa Anita Park. 33,000 spectators came out to watch California-bred Sweepida win the $50,000 Derby.
Date:: February 22, 1940
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Two women under an umbrella on a rainy Derby Day at Santa Anita Park, Arcadia, February 22, 1940

Description:: Spectators holding umbrellas on a rainy Derby Day at Santa Anita Park. 33,000 spectators came out to watch California-bred Sweepida win the $50,000 Derby.
Date:: February 22, 1940
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Spectators in the stands on a rainy Derby Day at Santa Anita Park, Arcadia, February 22, 1940

Description:: Spectators in the stands on a rainy Derby Day at Santa Anita Park. 33,000 spectators came out to watch California-bred Sweepida win the $50,000 Derby.
Date:: February 22, 1940
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Derby day at the Santa Anita racetrack, February 22, 1937.

Description:: Text from original nitrate sleeve: Animals - Race Horses - Tracks - Santa Anita - Around the Paddock.
Date:: February 22, 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Spectators on Derby Day at Santa Anita, 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

Construction on the grandstand at Santa Anita Park which would enlarge the capacity by 3000 to 5000 seats, Arcadia, 1930s

Description:: Construction on the grandstand at Santa Anita Park. This addition was built at the west end of grandstand and would enlarge the capacity by 3000-5000 seats. The construction was part of a $150,000 plan to improve the park, which also included tunnels built under the track, infield landscaping, and installation of new betting facilities. The improvement plan was announced by Dr. Charles H. Strub, general manager of the Los Angeles Jockey Club on March 5, 1935.
Date:: between 1935-1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Spectators between races 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

Crowds viewing race at Santa Anita, Arcadia, circa 1935

Date:: [circa 1935]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Spectators place their bets 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 place their bets 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 watch a race 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

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 between races 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

Horses race out of the gate on Derby Day at Santa Anita, February 22, 1937.

Description:: Horses race out of the gate 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 on Derby Day at Santa Anita, 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

The crowd at Derby Day at the Santa Anita racetrack, February 22, 1937.

Description:: Crowd 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

Horses race on Derby Day at Santa Anita, February 22, 1937.

Description:: Horses race at Santa Anita on Derby Day, February 22, 1937.
Date:: February 22, 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Race horse "Indian Brown."

Date:: 1935-1937?
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Race horse "Valiant Fox."

Date:: 1935-1937?
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Sportswriters Chuck Egan, Abe Kemp and Moody Karper at Santa Anita Racetrack, Arcadia, 1930s

Description:: Sportswriters Chuck Egan from the Washington Star, Abe Kemp from the San Francisco Examiner and Moody Karper from the Pacific Coast Daily Racing Form at Santa Anita Racetrack.
Date:: [1930s]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Tom Gwynee, sportswriter for Copley Press Newspapers, at Santa Anita Racetrack, Arcadia, 1930s

Description:: Tom Gwynee, sports writer for Copley Press Newspapers. Copley Press was a privately held newspaper business based in La Jolla, California.
Date:: [1930s]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

#46 Rancho La Puente

Description:: Cadastral map showing landowners.; Blue line print.; Some sheets are plastic treated cloth.
Date:: 1944
Resource Type:: cartographic
Collection:: Henry J. Bruman Map Collection

#44 Santa Anita Rancho

Description:: Cadastral map showing landowners.; Blue line print.; Some sheets are plastic treated cloth.
Date:: 1946
Resource Type:: cartographic
Collection:: Henry J. Bruman Map Collection

Hugo Reid Adobe and old mission bell at Rancho Santa Anita, Arcadia, circa 1900-1903

Description:: At the time the photograph was taken, the adoabe was the residence of Elias J. ("Lucky") Baldwin. Originally a ranch of the Mission San Gabriel Archangel, founded in 1771, the Rancho Santa Anita had many owners after the secularization of the the missions in 1833. The photograph shows a view of a walkway bordered by Eucalyptus trees that were planted by owner William Wolfskill in 1865. To the left a wall of the 1839 adobe house of first post 1833 owner, Hugo Reid, can be seen, with the wood framed wing added by owner Elias Jackson Baldwin in 1879 visible in the background. Also visible is a "mission" bell hanging from a small, wooden structure at the end of the walkway.
Date:: [circa 1900-1903]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Pierce, C. C. (Charles C.), $d1861-1946
Collection:: C.C. Pierce Photographic Collection, circa 1898-1934

People in a carriage at the Pony Express Museum, Arcadia, 1930s

Date:: [1930s]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Tote board at Santa Anita Park, Arcadia, 1936

Description:: View towards the tote board (totalisator) fronted by flower beds at Santa Anita Park. The San Gabriel Mountains are in the background on the right.
Date:: January 3, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

View from grand stands of crowd watching close finish at Santa Anita racetrack with mountains in background, Arcadia, 1935

Date:: December 26, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Snyder, Bill
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

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