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Aerial view taken from about over what became Campus Drive and Arcadia High School, and looking toward (NW) Pasadena and Sierra Madre at foot of San Gabriel Mountains. Photo shows Santa Anita Park Race Track possibly just a few years after opening.

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Date
c.1936

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Date
c.1936
Subjects
Aerial Photo Collection
Aerial views
Arcadia High School
Campus Drive
San Gabriel Mountains
Santa Anita Park-1934-1942
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
629
Collection
Photographs
Images
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Grandstand and portion of track at Ascot Park, a racetrack built near the center of Los Angeles that offered racing from 1903-1907. It was closed due to a city ordinance forbidding gambling. Baldwin's track, Santa Anita Park, which opened in December 1907 was designed and built by the same architect that built Ascot Park: A.M. Allen. The two tracks are similar in style and are occasionally mistaken for each other. In this photo the stands are full and there are eight horses with jockeys on the track.

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Date
c.1905

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Date
c.1905
Subjects
Ascot Park
Horse racing
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
547
Collection
Photographs
Images
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