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Title
Date(s)
- 1932-1988 (predominant: 1960-1988) (Creation)
Extent
2.50 Linear Feet
Name of creator
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Photographer.
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Content and structure elements
Scope and content
Photographs and negatives of prominent horse owners and breeders, socialities and other personalities at events at Hialeah Park and other venues around Miami and Miami Beach during the winter social season.
The collection consists of 8x10 photographs, 110 mm negatives with corresponding contact prints and detailed captions on the envelopes and 4 x5 negatives. Most were shot in black and white, but there are a few color 110 mm negatives.
Views include; owners and guests at awards presentation ceremonies and black tie events at Hialeah Park and the Jockey, Palm Bay and Cricket clubs in Miami. Others show the horse racing fraternity at the track with trainers and horses.
Prominent owners, breeders and race track owners include: John Brunetti, John Wilmer Galbreath, Joseph Widener, Arthur Boyd Hancock II, Eugene Mori, John Brunetti, Samuel Riddick and Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney.
Jockeys include: Ronald Turcotte, Angel Cordero and Steve Cauthen. Trainers include Angel A. Penna, Sr. and Horatio Alger Luro.
The 2016 accural holds 4x5 negatives, contact prints and 8 x10 prints of events at Hialeah Park Race Track.
System of arrangement
Arranged in 3 series: 1. Photographs. 2. 4 x 5 negatives. 3. 110mm negatives.
Conditions of access and use elements
Conditions governing access
The collection is open for research.
Physical access
Technical access
Conditions governing reproduction
Permission from HistoryMiami staff required prior to reproduction of drawings and photographs in a publication. Please contact archives staff for more information.
Languages of the material
- English
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Finding aids
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Gift.
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Related archival materials
The Bert Morgan Archive consists of more than 500,000 negatives taken by Bert and Richard Morgan at parties, openings, charity balls, sporting events, home sittings, weddings and other functions attended by the rich and famous including several generations of America’s most prominent families - Vanderbilts, Whitneys, Dillons, Biddles, Phipps, Kennedys, Hearsts, Fords, Roosevelts, Astors, and Lauders - as well as European royalty and stars of the stage and screen. Visit the Archive at http://www.morganarchive.com/
Information about related materials is available at http://www.morganarchive.com/
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Accessions:
2010-431
2010-437
2016-248
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Archivist's note
Finding Aid Authors: Dawn Hugh.
Archivist's note
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Access points
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Place access points
Name access points
- Hialeah Park (Hialeah, Fla.) (Subject)