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Race Track, Hollywood Park, Inglewood, Calif.

 
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Title
Race Track, Hollywood Park, Inglewood, Calif.
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."
Physical description
1 postcard : Color ; 9 x 14 cm.
Subject
Racetracks (Horse racing)--California--Inglewood; Horse racing--California--Inglewood;
Note
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.
Collection Location
Werner von Boltenstern Postcard Collection
Type
Geographic Location
Inglewood (Calif.)
Language
eng
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