Debutantes at Arlington Downs races

Creator

Preview

Identifier

10004803

Description

Debutantes at Arlington Downs races (back row, left to right) Josephine Orr, Mary Louise Rhodes, Virginia Kingsberry, Margaret Day Trigg, (front row, left to right) Adelaide Polk, Lydia Burgess, Nancy Nixon and Gwendolin Vernon. Arlington Downs was an American horse-racing track located in Arlington, Texas in Tarrant County, about 20 miles (32 km) from downtown Fort Worth, Texas. The $3 million facility, a 1¼-mile track with a 6,000-seat grandstand, was constructed on W.T. Waggoner's Three D's Stock Farm, and opened in November 1929.

Archival Date

1935-11-25

Collection Name

Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection

Collection Number

AR406-6 11/25/1935 C739

Original Format

Negatives, Black & White

File Format

JPG

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Subjects

Debutantes; Crowds