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Description
Order Number
00081707
Title
Santa
Anita
Racetrack
,
view
4
Collection ID
Security Pacific National Bank Collection
Location/Accession
Sports-Horseracing-Arcadia-Santa
Anita
Racetrack.
;
N-002-416.4
4x5
Date
Circa
1936
Physical Description
1
photographic
print
:b&w
;11
x
14
cm
. on
sheet
21
x
26
cm
.
Notes
Title
supplied
by
cataloger
.
Historical Data
The '
first
'
Santa
Anita
Racetrack
was
built
on
Elias
Jackson
("Lucky")
Baldwin's
immense
estate
of "
Rancho
Santa
Anita
" and
opened
on
December
7
,
1907
, but
closed
just
two
years
later
after
horse
racing
was
banned
in
California
due
to an
anti-gambling
bill
that
became
law
. In
1933
,
Hollywood
director
Hal
Roach
and
San
Francisco
dentist
Dr
.
Charles
Strub
formed
the
Los
Angeles
Turf
Club
and
raised
funds
to
build
a
new
track
.
Designed
in an
Art
Deco
style
by
Gordon
B
.
Kaufman
, the "
new
"
Santa
Anita
Park
was
opened
on
Tuesday
,
December
25
,
1934
with an
attendance
of
30,077
visitors
paying
an
admission
price
of.15
cents
. This
famous
racetrack
has
seen
some
important
events
since
its
grand
re-opening
: In
February
1935
, the
first
Santa
Anita
Handicap
was
run
;
famous
racehorse
,
Seabiscuit
won
the
Santa
Anita
handicap
in
1940
; in
1942
,
racing
at
Santa
Anita
was
suspended
due
to the
Second
World
War
and from
1942
to
1944
,
Santa
Anita
was
used
as a
Japanese
American
internment
center
; the
racetrack
reopened
in
1945
; a
downhill
turf
course
was
added
in
1953
,
which
added
a
distinctly
European
flair
;
during
the
1960s
,
major
renovations
included
a
much-expanded
grandstand
as
well
as
major
seating
additions
; in
1974
, the
Westfield
Santa
Anita
Mall
was
built
on the
site
of the
old
barns
and
training
track
; was
host
to the
1984
Olympic
equestrian
events
; and in
1997
,
Santa
Anita
Park
was
acquired
by
Meditrust
Corp.
;
Meditrust
then
sold
the
track
to
Magna
Entertainment
Corp.
,
which
they
still
own
to
date
.
Santa
Anita
,
which
has a
turf
course
measuring
9/10
of a
mile
, also has a
one-mile
synthetic
"
cushion
"
main
track
. The
new
Cushion
Track
opened
for
training
on
September
4
,
2007
and
hosted
its
first
live
race
on
September
26
,
2007
. The
1,100-foot-long
grandstand
,
which
is
a
historic
landmark
,
can
accommodate
26,000
guests
and
is
the
original
facade
from the
1930s
. The
track
infield
area
can
accommodate
another
50,000
or
more
guests
. The
Park
also
contains
61
barns
,
which
house
more
than
2,000
horses
, and an
equine
hospital
.
Santa
Anita
Racetrack
is
the
oldest
racetrack
in
Southern
California
, and
is
located
at
285
W
.
Huntington
Drive
.
Description
View
4
of
Santa
Anita
Racetrack
and
parking
lot
.
Photograph
shows
only
a
partial
view
of the
enormous
parking
lot
that
is
completely
saturated
with
neatly
lined
automobiles
. The
Art
Deco
main
building
(with
white
roof)
and
clubhouse
(to
the
left)
are also
visible
farther
back
.
Subject
Santa Anita Park (Arcadia, Calif.).
Racetracks (Horse racing)--California--Arcadia.
Horse racing--California--Arcadia.
Parking lots--California--Arcadia.
Roach, Hal,1892-1992.
Strub, Charles.
Kaufmann, Gordon B.
Arcadia (Calif.).
Format
Photographic prints
Reproduction Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at
http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html
for additional information.
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Security Pacific National Bank Photo Collection
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