Negative collection, [1901?-1952?].

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Negative collection, [1901?-1952?].

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/191915747

The collection consists of more than 18,000 glass and acetate negatives of horse racing, racetrack scenes, and other subjects taken by Charles Christian Cook.

26.2 cubic ft.

Kentucky Department of Libraries and Archives, Kentucky Guide Project Office

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SNAC Resource ID: 6960291

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Hialeah Park (Hialeah, Fla.)

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Ringling Brothers

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Cook, Charles Christian, 1873-1957.

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Biographical note: Charles Christian Cook was one of the first photographers in the United States to specialize in race photography. He began taking photographs of thoroughbred racing in the early 1900s. When racing was banned in his native Illinois, he relocated to New York. During his career he was employed as a photographer for the MORNING STAR, served as an aerial photographer during World War I, and was track photographer at Hialeah Park in Florida in 1942. Cook was actively engaged in comm...