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| Title | Aerial of Longacres Park looking southeast, Renton, August 29, 1939 |
| Photographer | Laidlaw, Charles |
| Date | 1939 |
| 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. |
| Notes | Handwritten on sleeve: 8-29-39 Longacres Race Track.
Caption by MOHAI staff. |
| Subjects | Racetracks (Horse racing)--Washington (State)--Renton; Aerial photographs--Washington (State)--Renton |
| Places | United States--Washington (State)--Renton |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | 1983.10.17928 |
| 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 | PEMCO Webster & Stevens Collection, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved |
| Repository | Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI) |
| Repository Collection | PEMCO Webster & Stevens Collection |
| Type | Image |
| Physical Description | 1 safety film negative: b&w; 5 x 7 in.; sulfiding |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from print made from original negative as a 3000 pixel TIFF image in 8-bit grayscale, resized to 640 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop 6.0 and its JPEG quality measurement 3. |
| Photographer's Reference Number | T-987 |
