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Seller: qualitypaper ✉️ (7,366) 100%, Location: Brooklyn, New York, US, Ships to: WORLDWIDE & many other countries, Item: 153892033795 Coral Gables, FLORIDA - Tropical Park Racetrack - 1936. Coral Gables, FLORIDA - Tropical Park Racetrack - 1936: Tropical Park Race Track was a horse racing facility built on 245 acres (0.99 km2) at the current intersection of Bird Road and the Palmetto Expressway in metropolitan Miami, Florida, in what is now Olympia Heights. The racetrack was built by Bill Dwyer, a prohibition era bootlegger, and Frank Bruen with backing from Canadian distilling tycoon, Samuel Bronfman. It opened on December 26, 1931, and closed in 1972. The track hosted meets for both for Thoroughbred and Standardbred horses. Tropical Park introduced the first synthetic racetrack surface for horse racing in the 1966-67 season. Known as "Tartan Turf, " it was a rubberized surface manufactured by the 3M company. Built inside the regular dirt track, one race per day was contested on the Tartan track but for safety reasons the majority of horse trainers and owners refused to run their horses on the track. Tropical Park was closed after the 1972 racing season. In 1979, the Miami-Dade County Parks and Recreation service converted the facility into a public park they named Tropical Park. The park offers a number of sports activities including Tropical Park Stadium used for track and field athletics. The old racetrack's stables were used as part of the park's equestrian center. This Linen Era postcard, mailed in 1936 with a "BUY US SAVINGS BONDS" postal cancellation, is in good condition. C.T. Art Colortone" Curteich Co., Chicago. No. 5A-H905. Thomas R. West. Miami, Fla. M-106.
  • Condition: Used
  • Condition: This Linen Era postcard, mailed in 1936 with a "BUY US SAVINGS BONDS" postal cancellation, is in good condition.
  • Unit of Sale: Single Unit
  • City/Region: Coral Gables
  • Featured Person: Bill Dwyer, Frank Bruen, Samuel Bronfman
  • Size: Standard (5.5 x 3.5 in)
  • Year Manufactured: 1936
  • Material: Paper
  • City: Coral Gables
  • Original/Licensed Reprint: Original
  • Racetrack: Tropical Park Racetrack
  • County: Miami-Dade
  • Brand/Publisher: Curt Teich
  • Subject: Tropical Park Racetrack
  • Type: Printed (Lithograph)
  • Horse Racing: Park
  • Continent: North America
  • Era: Linen (c. 1930-1945)
  • Region: Florida
  • Country: United States
  • Theme: Animals, Architecture, Cities & Towns, Landscapes, Sports, Horse Racing, Horses, Race Track, Olympia Heights
  • Features: Panoramic
  • Time Period Manufactured: 1930-1939
  • Coral Gables: FL
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
  • Postage Condition: Posted

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