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Santa Anita Race Track, Arcadia, Cal
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Santa Anita Race Track, Arcadia, Cal
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Image of the Santa Anita Race Track showing a scoreboard in the center of the track behind the guide rails and dirt racetrack with a viewing stand and benches in the foreground in Arcadia, California. The San Gabriel Mountains are seen in the distance.
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Paddock, Santa Anita Race Track, Arcadia, Cal
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Image of the horse paddock and surrounding benches and trees in front of the grandstand building Santa Anita Race Track in Arcadia, California.
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Horse Racing, Santa Anita
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Correspondence to/from Harry Chandler and L. D. Hotchkiss regarding allowing horse races at Santa Anita racetrack. File of L. D. Hotchkiss.
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Motor road race, Santa Monica, Cal. May 4, 1912
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Image of crowds of spectators watching race cars at the finish line of the Santa Monica Road Race in Santa Monica, California, on May 4, 1912. With streetcar tracks, trash, people climbing poles, a sign that reads "Start and Finish" and crowded grandstands visible.
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Thompson Railroad, Arcadia Hotel, Santa Monica
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Image of the Thompson Gravity Switchback Railroad, which traveled across the ravine between the Arcadia Hotel (not pictured) and the north side of the Southern Pacific Railroad tracks. The Santa Monica Hotel is seen at center left of image across the bridge and a railroad track and train are seen at right.
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Grandstands and race track, Southern California Fair, Riverside. 1930
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A panoramic view of grandstands and a race track at the Southern California Fair in Riverside. The seats are filled with onlookers, with more on the far side of the track lining the railing. Men mounted on horses are on the left in the infield. A note in the lower right corner reads "Photo by 'Dick' Whittington ; Los Angeles ; 1930".
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