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| Title | Starting gate at Longacres Park, Renton, ca. 1985 |
| Photographer | Meglemre, Michael |
| Date | ca. 1985 |
| Caption | Longacres Park racetrack was located in the Green River Valley near Renton, Washington. For many years, the river flooded regularly, damaging homes and farms. Curiously, the periodic flooding produced a soil that was excellent for horse racing tracks. The thoroughbreds that raced at Longacres set numerous speed records because the track itself gave them an advantage. This photo, taken in the 1980s, shows the horses leaving the starting gate. |
| Notes | Caption by MOHAI staff. |
| Subjects | Racetracks (Horse racing)--Washington (State)--Renton; Horse racing--Washington (State)--Renton; Horses--Washington (State)--Renton |
| Places | United States--Washington (State)--Renton |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | 1991.1.144.1 |
| Ordering Information | To order a reproduction or to inquire about permissions contact photos@mohai.org or phone us at 206-324-1126. Please refer to the Image Number and provide a brief description of the photograph. |
| Credit Line | Michael Meglemre Collection, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved |
| Repository | Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI) |
| Repository Collection | Michael Meglemre Collection |
| Type | Image |
| Physical Description | 1 slide: color; 35 mm |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from original slide as a 3000 pixel TIFF image in 24-bit RGB color, resized to 640 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop 6.0 and its JPEG quality measurement 3. |
