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Woodbine Park, King's Plate, The Finish, Toronto, Canada
Woodbine Park, King's Plate, The Finish, Toronto, Canada

Woodbine Park, King's Plate, The Finish, Toronto, Canada

Date1907 circa
Names
FormatPicture
Notes
From 1874 the race track was know as Woodbine Race Course. In 1963 it was renovated and renamed Greenwood Raceway, until its closure in 1993.
Subject
    GeographyCity, town, townshipToronto
    GeographyNeighbourhoodBeach
    GeographyProvince stateOntario
    GeographyCountryCanada
    Medium
    Postcards
    DimensionsImage size: 8.8 cm x 3.8 cm (3 7/16 in. x 1 1/2 in.)
    Language
      CollectionBaldwin Collection of Canadiana
      Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)
      Object NumberPC_636
      Picture of a racetrack and large grandstand. 
      Ontario Jockey Club Meet, Toronto. King's Plate. The finish
      International Stationery Co., Picton Canada
      Approximately 1912
      Picture of a racetrack. 
      The last turn, King's Plate, Woodbine, Toronto, Canada
      Living Picture Series
      1907
      George VI, visit to Toronto, 22 May 1939, at the King's Plate, Woodbine (now Greenwood) Race Track, Queen Street East
      George VI, visit to Toronto, 22 May 1939, at the King's Plate, Woodbine (now Greenwood) Race Track, Queen Street East
      Dundas Photograph Service (Toronto, Ont.)
      1939
      Seagram, Joseph E., winners of King's Plate, 1891-1905, shown at Woodbine (later Greenwood) Race Track. Toronto, Ontario
      Seagram, Joseph E., winners of King's Plate, 1891-1905, shown at Woodbine (later Greenwood) Race Track. Toronto, Ontario
      Hider, Arthur Henry, 1870-1952
      1905
      At Right Harry Giddings is shown presenting Lady Baillie with a cheque for the 50 guineas won by Ten To Ace in the King's Plate this year
      At Right Harry Giddings is shown presenting Lady Baillie with a cheque for the 50 guineas won by Ten To Ace in the King's Plate this year
      Bailor, Bob
      8/31/1942
      Opening Woobine Kings' Plate
      Opening Woobine Kings' Plate
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      5/1/1932
      Kingston Road, looking north from Queen Street East, opposite Woodbine Park race track, at the junction of the Toronto Railway Company's King Street line on Queen Street East and the Toronto & Scarboro Railway's line on Kingston Road, Toronto, Ont.
      Kingston Road, looking north from Queen Street East, opposite Woodbine Park race track, at the junction of the Toronto Railway Company's King Street line on Queen Street East and the Toronto & Scarboro Railway's line on Kingston Road, Toronto, Ont.
      Toronto and Scarboro' Electric Railway, Light and Power Company
      1894-01-13
      Krone...alone: Rider Julie Krone, the first female Plate jockey, collects her thoughts before yesterday's race. She rode No Malice to a fifth-place finish.
      Krone...alone: Rider Julie Krone, the first female Plate jockey, collects her thoughts before yesterday's race. She rode No Malice to a fifth-place finish.
      Krone, Julie
      7/10/1988
      And the winner is: Regal intention wasn't the Sam-Son Farm's horse that was supposed to win the Queen's Plate, but he left his favored stablemate Regal Classic (second) eating his dust at the finish
      And the winner is: Regal intention wasn't the Sam-Son Farm's horse that was supposed to win the Queen's Plate, but he left his favored stablemate Regal Classic (second) eating his dust at the finish
      Bull, Ron
      7/11/1988
      It's a romp: Pat Day raises his whip in triumph as he crosses the finish line aboard Dance Smartly to win the Queen's Plate by eight lengths
      It's a romp: Pat Day raises his whip in triumph as he crosses the finish line aboard Dance Smartly to win the Queen's Plate by eight lengths
      Eglinton, Rick
      7/7/1991
      King's College, Queen's Park, east side of Parliament Buildings
      King's College, Queen's Park, east side of Parliament Buildings
      University of King's College (Toronto, Ont.)
      1886
      King's College, Queen's Park, east side of Parliament Buildings
      King's College, Queen's Park, east side of Parliament Buildings
      University of King's College (Toronto, Ont.)
      1800