Thoroughbred record photographs, 1910-1934.

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Thoroughbred record photographs, 1910-1934.

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The collection consists chiefly of photographic prints of racehorses from the files of the THOROUGHBRED RECORD. Included are photographs attributed to racing photographers L. S. Sutcliffe (158 images) and Charles C. Cook (66 images), along with various unattributed shots (294 images).

.3 cubic ft.

Kentucky Department of Libraries and Archives, Kentucky Guide Project Office

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SNAC Resource ID: 6960297

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Bay Meadows (Racetrack : San Mateo, Calif.)

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Sutcliffe, L. S. 1870-1937.

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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...

Saratoga Racecourse (Saratoga Springs, N.Y.)

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Washington Park (Homewood, Ill.)

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Empire City Track (Westchester County, N.Y.)

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