Opening Hours
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108

Visual Materials
Image of an advertisement by the Western Turf Association for a horse race at Tanforan Park in San Francisco, California. Five horses ranging from brown, white, and black colors are shown racing, with two horses tied in the lead. Background includes a large red covered stadium with bleachers of people watching, as well as people watching from the ground, both on foot and seated in wagons. Bottom of print includes an inset map showing travel routes to Tanforan Park from San Francisco to San Mateo.
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Artist: Schile, H. (Henry). Printer: Geo. Schlegel (Firm), New York (N.Y.). Publisher: Schile, H. (Henry), New York (N.Y.).
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Image of horse-trotting race occurring near Turner's Hotel on Rope Ferry Road in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Image depicts a crowded scene of eighteen horse-drawn carriages passing by a large two-story colonial style roadhouse (Turner Hotel) as people in the background watch them pass by. The eighteen horses are all driven by fashionably dressed men, and the horses are individually numbered and identified below the image. Background also includes images of barns, trees, and shrubbery.
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Image of a horse race involving three horses and jockeys.
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A chariot race with numerous spectators, held at Tournament Park. Two chariots, each drawn by four horses, are coming down the track, towards a two story spectators' booth. On the left there are bleachers full of people, while on the right people are crowded at the railing or seated on horses, watching over the standing spectators.
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Image of a parade procession of race horses, elephants, chariots, camels, and a band pulled in a horse-drawn carriage put on by the Barnum & Bailey greatest show on earth.
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