An infield view of Hollywood Park Racetrack showing the grand stand and a pond, ca.1930

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Photograph of an infield view of Hollywood Park Racetrack showing the grand stand and a pond, ca.1930. A small lake covers the foreground, while two swans are observable swimming by a small vegetated island. Towards the back, a man holding a water hose is standing on a grassy area, which runs along a fence, while water sprinklers are splashing water into the air. A large building exposing a spectators' stand is visible in the background.; The back of the photograph reads: "View of stand at Hollywood Park showing pond with island for ducks on infield of track".

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Title An infield view of Hollywood Park Racetrack showing the grand stand and a pond, ca.1930

Subject Hollywood Park Racetrack (subject), Horse-racing (lcsh), Ponds (lcsh), Racetracks (Horse-racing) (lcsh), Recreation -- Horse racing (file heading), sports facilities (adlf), Swans (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Inglewood (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1930

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm. (aacr2), photographic prints (aat), photographs (aat)

Source California Historical Society (contributing entity), California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 (collection), Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection, 1890-1960 (subcollection)

Date Created 1930

Creator Carroll Photo Service (photographer)

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Repository Email specol@lib.usc.edu

Repository Name USC Libraries Special Collections

Repository Location Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189

Rights Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library.

Copyright Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library.

Access Conditions Send requests to address or e-mail given

Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m11491

Identifier 42792 (accession number), CHS-42792 (call number), CHS-42792 (filename), chs-m825 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-10911 (legacy record id), chs-m11491 (legacy record id), USC-2-1-1-11641 (legacy record id), 84-1-870 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 10911

Unique identifier UC118186

Legacy Identifier CHS-42792.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 20.7 in × 16.8 in at 300dpi
52.7 cm × 42.6 cm at 300dpi

Inherited Values

Title Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960

Description The more than 3,600 unique photographs of this collection document the Chamber's promotional efforts during the city's early years. In addition to stock photographs, there are pictures of the elaborate booths and displays that the Chamber prepared for use at state fairs and international trade shows. The photographic collection contains images showing the growth of important municipal enterprises, such as ground transportation systems, aviation, and shipping. In addition there are about 1,000 lantern slides in this collection -- not yet fully digitized.

Date Created 1860/1960

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