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Race Track, Hollywood Park, Inglewood, Calif.
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Identifier
clloy_037
Title
Race
Track
,
Hollywood
Park
,
Inglewood
,
Calif
.
Creator
Unknown
Date Published
circa
1956
Subject (Topic)
Racetracks
(Horse
racing)--California--Inglewood
;
Horse
racing--California--Inglewood
;
Subject (Name)
Hollywood
Park
(Inglewood
,
Calif.)
;
Subject (Place)
Inglewood
(Calif.)
;
Type
image
Form/Genre
Postcards
Physical Description
1
postcard
:
Color
;
9
x
14
cm
.
Institution
Department
of
Archives
and
Special
Collections
,
William
H
.
Hannon
Library
,
Loyola
Marymount
University
Country of Creation
US
Copyright Status
public
domain
Copyright Statement
http://library.lmu.edu/generalinformation/departments/digitallibraryprogram/copyrightandreproductionpolicy/
Publisher
Longshaw
Card
Co
.
Place of Publication
Los
Angeles
,
Calif
.
Language
eng
Description
A
birds-eye
view
of the
race
track
and
grandstand
at
Hollywood
Park
in
Inglewood
,
California
.
Beside
the
dirt
track
is
the
turf
course
with
grass
and
waterways
. An
inset
illustration
shows
two
racers
in
action
.
Letters
on the
grass
to the
south
of the
grandstand
reads
: "
Hollywood
Park.
"
Historical Background
The
Hollywood
Park
Turf
Club
opened
to the
public
in
June
1938
. The
original
building
was
designed
by
Los
Angeles
architect
Stiles
O
.
Clements
(1883-1966)
and the
landscape
was
designed
by
Edward
Huntsman-Trout
.
Later
additions
were
made
by
Frederick
Barlow
Jr
. The
shareholders
of the
original
Hollywood
Park
Turf
Club
included
many
celebrities
and
big
names
of the
time
including
Walt
Disney
,
Sam
Goldwyn
,
Al
Jolson
, and
Bing
Crosby
,
among
others
. A
fire
destroyed
much
of the
clubhouse
and
grandstand
in
1949
and they were
rebuilt
by
architect
Arthur
Froehlich
. The
club
reopened
in
1950
. The
Lakeside
Turf
Course
in the
center
of the
outer
race
track
was
opened
in
1967
. A
major
expansion
of the
clubhouse
and
stables
was
made
in
1972
,
doubling
the
size
of the
Turf
Club
. By
1973
, the
club
introduced
Sunday
racing
,
allowed
under
new
legislation
created
by
Governor
Ronald
Regan
. A
20-million
dollar
renovation
and
reconstruction
project
began
in
1991
which
included
adding
a
Garden
Paddock
, a
Player's
Club
and
Study
Hall
, and a
general
refurbishment
of the
existing
buildings
. The
second
part
of the
project
also
added
a
new
Hollywood
Bar
and an
area
for
families
called
North
Park
. A
casino
was
added
in
1994
.
Publisher's Identifier
Series number: 600
Additional Notes
Approximate
date
from
postmark
;
Printed
on
linen-textured
paper
.
Source
Werner
von
Boltenstern
Postcard
Collection
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