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Unprecedented Seabiscuit Associated Press Wire Photos (15)
It is, quite simply, the finest collection of Seabiscuit vintage photos ever offered. All are framed with provenance and original news clips on verso. Here's the rundown: ‘The Last Laugh’ Mar 2 1940 – Prior to Santa Anita Handicap, Seabiscuit on May 22, 1937 at Bay Meadows; ‘What a life!’ - Seabiscuit in his stall at Belmont Park on May 29, 1938; “For a Carrot I’ll Win That Match Race for You” - May 10, 1938; “Hurry Up There Mister…” - Belmont Park, April 28, 1938; “It’s Your Turn Now, Fella” – following a win in the Santa Anita Handicap on April 11, 1940, Seabiscuit rubs noses with his stable mate, kayak II; “Seabiscuit wins in sixth running of $100,000 Santa Anita Handicap”; Seabiscuit with Red Pollard up" winning Yonkers Handicap at Empire City Race Track on July 24, 1937; “Into the backstretch” Santa Anita Handicap, Mar 2 1940 wire photo; “Seabiscuit romps home winner,” Santa Anita Handicap, Feb 24, 1940; “Kiss for Seabiscuit” with Red Pollard at Belmont Park on May 1, 1938 and “Seabiscuit with George Woolf" (1939); “Top of the World” – Seabiscuit with Tom Smith (on occasion of Tom Smith’s death January 24th 1957); Seabiscuit in Winners Circle with Mrs. Charles Howard and Tom Smith on Jan 4, 1937, Santa Anita with Red Pollard up; and “At New York for Admiral Race,” shown leaving the box car in which he traveled 3,000 miles from California to Belmont Park for the match race (postponed). Frames and photo sizes respectfully- (4) 12 1/2" x 10 1/2" with 9 1/4" x 7 1/4" photos, (9) 10 1/8" x 11 7/8" with 8 1/2" x 6 3/4" photos, 11 1/2" x 11 1/4" with 8 1/4" x 8" photo and 16 5/8" x 13 1/2 with 12 3/4" x 9 3/4" photo.
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