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  1. 12" 16mm Film Reel "D. Wayne WCAS 1/4 Horse", 1974 - Video

    12" 16mm Film Reel "D. Wayne WCAS 1/4 Horse", 1974. There are 3 film reels in metal canisters. The film reels may not be playable, and may have bad audio and visual quality. This film reel has not been transferred to DVD. The location is Bay Meadows collection, loose.

    Record Type: Archive

  2. $50,000 Bay Meadows Handicap, Dec. 6, '47 - Photograph, Black-and-White

    $50,000 Bay Meadows Handicap, Dec. 6, '47. Two black and white photographs show scenes from the Bay Meadows Handicap race held on December 6, 1947, won by the horse Artillery ridden by jockey H. Lindberg. The photograph at top shows a scene from the race with Artillery leading at far right and three horses following at left. The image below shows a scene from the winner's circle. Lindberg sits on Artillery at right holding a garland of flowers. T...

    Record Type: Photo

    $50,000 Bay Meadows Handicap, Dec. 6, '47
  3. Accepting Gift of $10,000 from the Fraternal Order of Eagles and California Jockey Club for Construction of a Swimming Pool at Log Cabin Ranch School, City and County of San Francisco Resolution, 1951 - Documents

    Accepting Gift of $10,000 from the Fraternal Order of Eagles and California Jockey Club for Construction of a Swimming Pool at Log Cabin Ranch School, City and County of San Francisco Resolution, 1951. The paper has a border with an intricate design. The resolution is accepting a gift of $10,000 from the Fraternal Order of Eagles and the California Jockey Club for construction of a swimming pool at Log Cabin Ranch School. The resolution is nu...

    Record Type: Archive

  4. Action Shots, circa 1940-2008 - Image, Digital

    Action Shots, circa 1940-2008. This digital folder contains images of races, horses coming out of the starting gate, the old-style starting gate, photo finishes and jockeys falling off horses. The photographs are mostly unidentified. There are approximately 101 items.

    Record Type: Photo

    Action Shots, circa 1940-2008
  5. Advertising and Miscellaneous, circa 1950-1997 - Print, Photographic

    Advertising and Miscellaneous, circa 1950-1997. Folder of photographs that were likely used for advertising. Includes photographs of events, the facility, trophy presentations and merchandise. Also includes a photograph of a building on fire; the building looks like a barn or stable. The photographs are primarily black and white. There are approximately 65 photographs in this folder. The location is Bay Meadows Racetrack collection box 7, folder ...

    Record Type: Photo

    Advertising and Miscellaneous, circa 1950-1997
  6. Aerial Veiw of Bay Meadows Racetrack and San Mateo County Fairgrounds, 1964 - Negative

    Black and white aerial photo negative looking southwest of Bay Meadows Racetrack on left center; San Mateo County Fairgrounds on right of racetrack, center. Fiesta Garden Subdivision in center foreground of photo. Part of a series. Description provided by the photographer, Norton Pearl, with assistance from project organizer Cynthia Schreurs.

    Record Type: Photo

    Aerial Veiw of Bay Meadows Racetrack and San Mateo County Fairgrounds, 1964
  7. Aerial Veiw of Bay Meadows Racetrack and San Mateo County Fairgrounds Looking East, 1964 - Negative

    Black and white aerial photo negative of Bay Meadows Racetrack and County Fair Grounds looking east. El Camino runs from left bottom of photo to right center. Part of a series. Description provided by the photographer, Norton Pearl, with assistance from project organizer Cynthia Schreurs.

    Record Type: Photo

    Aerial Veiw of Bay Meadows Racetrack and San Mateo County Fairgrounds Looki
  8. Aerial View of Bay Meadows Racetrack and San Mateo County Fairgrounds, 1964 - Negative

    Black and white aerial photo negative looking southwest of Bay Meadows Racetrack on left center; San Mateo County Fairgrounds on right of racetrack, center. Fiesta Garden Subdivision in center foreground of photo. Part of a series. Description provided by the photographer, Norton Pearl, with assistance from project organizer Cynthia Schreurs.

    Record Type: Photo

    Aerial View of Bay Meadows Racetrack and San Mateo County Fairgrounds, 1964
  9. Aerial View of Bay Meadows Racetrack Looking Northeast, 1964 - Negative

    Black and white aerial photo negative of Bay Meadows Racetrack and County Fair Grounds looking northeast. El Camino runs from left to Right of lower center with SP railroad tracks and Delaware St running parallel to El Camino in upper center of photo. Description provided by the photographer, Norton Pearl, with assistance from project organizer Cynthia Schreurs.

    Record Type: Photo

    Aerial View of Bay Meadows Racetrack Looking Northeast, 1964
  10. Aerial View of Bay Meadows Racetrack Looking Northwest, 1964 - Negative

    Black and white aerial photo negative of Bay Meadows Racetrack looking northwest. El Camino runs from lower left through center of photo. San Mateo County Fairgrounds above Racetrack in center of photo. Part of a series. Description provided by the photographer, Norton Pearl, with assistance from project organizer Cynthia Schreurs.

    Record Type: Photo

    Aerial View of Bay Meadows Racetrack Looking Northwest, 1964
  11. Aerial View of San Mateo County Fairgrounds Looking Northeast, 1964 - Negative

    Black and white aerial pohoto negative of San Mateo County Fairgrounds looking east with Marina Lagoon slough in upper background. Part of a series. Description provided by the photographer, Norton Pearl, with assistance from project organizer Cynthia Schreurs.

    Record Type: Photo

    Aerial View of San Mateo County Fairgrounds Looking Northeast, 1964
  12. Aerial View of San Mateo from 20th Avenue Looking Southeast, 1964 - Negative

    Black and white aerial photo negative of City of San Mateo aerial From 20th Avenue Looking Southeast 1964. Through fare on right is El Camino Real heading south with Hillsdale Shopping Center center right of El Camino Real. To left and paralleling El Camino is South Pacific railway. Delaware Street, starting at Fiesta Gardens is to left of train tracks and leads to San Mateo County Fairgrounds, then Bay Meadows Race Track. Bayshore Freeway ( US 1...

    Record Type: Photo

    Aerial View of San Mateo from 20th Avenue Looking Southeast, 1964
  13. Aerial View of the City of San Mateo, 1961 - Negative

    Aerial View of the City of San Mateo, 1961. Black and white negative shows an aerial view of eastern San Mateo, California, looking north. Bay Meadows racetrack can be seen at center. Highway 92 and the 1929 San Mateo-Hayward Drawbridge appear at upper right in the photograph. Hillsdale Shopping Center is in the lower left of the image. In the upper left corner of the image is Coyote Point.

    Record Type: Photo

    Aerial View of the City of San Mateo, California, 1961
  14. American Legion Resolution to William P. Kyne, February 8, 1944 - Documents

    American Legion Resolution to William P. Kyne, February 8, 1944. The resolution is to William Kyne as, "An appreciation of meritorious service". The border is red, yellow and blue flowers. At the bottom left corner is the seal of the American Legion. The location is Bay Meadows collection box 6, item 7.

    Record Type: Archive

  15. American Veterans of World War II Citation to William P. Kyne, circa 1941-1946 - Documents

    American Veterans of World War II Citation to William P. Kyne, circa 1941-1946. This certificate is awarded to William Kyne "In Recognition of Distinguished and Cooperative Service Rendered the Community and Veterans of World War II". It has the signatures of the Post Commander and the California State Department Commander. The emblem of the American Veterans of World War II is on the lower left corner in red. The certificate is mounted on ca...

    Record Type: Archive

  16. American Veterans of World War Two, AMVETS Recognition of Distinguished and Cooperative Service Citation for William P. Kyne, circa 1941-1957 - Documents

    American Veterans of World War Two, AMVETS Recognition of Distinguished and Cooperative Service Citation for William P. Kyne, circa 1941-1957. It has an intricate scrollwork border, with designs at the corners and the middle of each line. The top of the border reads, "United States of America" with the shield and figure of Lady Liberty. To either side of this there are griffins. Inside the border the paper is blue-green and the AMVETS seal is...

    Record Type: Archive

  17. Archival newspaper, circa 1934-1996 - Print, Photographic

    Archival newspaper, circa 1934-1996. This digital folder contains images of every page of the clipping scrapbooks and clippings files. There are approximately 1620 items.

    Record Type: Photo

    Archival newspaper, circa 1934-1996
  18. Archival newspaper, circa 1934-1996 - Print, Photographic

    Archival newspaper, circa 1934-1996. This folder contains images of every page of the clipping scrapbooks and clippings files. There are approximately 1620 items.

    Record Type: Photo

    Archival newspaper, circa 1934-1996
  19. Ascot Day, 1974 - Print, Photographic

    Ascot Day, 1975. Photographs of unidentified people at Bay Meadows for Ascot Day. Ascot Days were race days where the spectators dressed up in Victorian-era costumes, and many arrived in horse carriages or in luxury British cars and had picnics and festivites on the lawn. The word "preview" is stamped on the front across all the photographs. On the back is stamped, "Bill McNabb, JR holds copyright." with his address and telephone number. The...

    Record Type: Photo

    Ascot Day, 1974
  20. Ascot Day, 1974 - Print, Photographic

    Ascot Day, 1974. Photographs of unidentified people at Bay Meadows for Ascot Day. Ascot Days were race days where the spectators dressed up in Victorian-era costumes, and many arrived in horse carriages or in luxury British cars and had picnics and festivites on the lawn. The photographs are in color and include negatives. There are approximately 12 photographs in this folder. The location is Bay Meadows Racetrack collection box 7, folder 16...

    Record Type: Photo

    Ascot Day, 1974
  21. Ascot Day, 1975 - Print, Photographic

    Ascot Day, 1975. Large photograph of four people sitting in a golf cart. They are all dressed in fancy vintage clothes. The man sitting in the front right seat is possibly Robert Gunderson's son. There is one photograph in this folder. The location is Bay Meadows Racetrack collection box 15, folder 1.

    Record Type: Photo

  22. Ascot Day, 1976 (part 1 of 2) - Print, Photographic

    Ascot Day, 1976 (part 1 of 2). Photographs of unidentified people at Bay Meadows for Ascot Day. Ascot Days were race days where the spectators dressed up in Victorian-era costumes, and many arrived in horse carriages or in luxury British cars and had picnics and festivites on the lawn. There are approximately 92 photographs in this folder. The location is Bay Meadows Racetrack collection box 7, folder 18.

    Record Type: Photo

    Ascot Day, 1976 (part 1 of 2)
  23. Ascot Day, 1976 (part 2 of 2) - Print, Photographic

    Ascot Day, 1976 (part 2 of 2). Photographs of unidentified people at Bay Meadows for Ascot Day. Ascot Days were race days where the spectators dressed up in Victorian-era costumes, and many arrived in horse carriages or in luxury British cars and had picnics and festivites on the lawn. There are approximately 92 photographs in this folder. The location is Bay Meadows Racetrack collection box 7, folder 19.

    Record Type: Photo

    Ascot Day, 1976 (part 2 of 2)
  24. Ascot Day, circa 1980-2008 - Print, Photographic

    Ascot Day, circa 1980-2008. The digital folder has images of Ascot Day, including participants dressed in period costumes and with luxury cars. It also includes images of caterers and entertainers. The photographs are mostly unidentified. There are approximately 38 items.

    Record Type: Photo

    Ascot2 (2)
  25. Ascot Day, circa 1980-2008 - Print, Photographic

    Ascot Day, circa 1980-2008. Photographs of unidentified people at Bay Meadows for Ascot Day. Ascot Days were race days where the spectators dressed up in Victorian-era costumes, and many arrived in horse carriages or in luxury British cars and had picnics and festivites on the lawn. There are approximately 32 photographs in this folder. The location is Bay Meadows Racetrack collection box 7, folder 20.

    Record Type: Photo

    Ascot Day, circa 1980-2008

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