Postcard Grandstand For the Paddock, Miami Jockey Club

Beautiful linen card with just a tiny crease to tip of upperright corner. It's a gorgeous Florida day and the crowd is huge and well dressed. Look closely in the foreground and you will see a lady attireed in a slim skirt and red cloche hat -- VERY 20's. The Miami Jockey Club was relatively new in this picture shot by G.W. Romer, as it opened its door in 1925. But here's the odd part -- In 1927 a Florida Supreme Court banned on betting on horses which in the lurch for the 1928 season. In 1929 though, they came up woth a new system called the "buying option." To bet you bought a stock certificate (a postcard), and if the horse won you got a dividend. If the horse lost you were bankrupted. Betting became legal in 1931. Card is clean and unused and will arrive in a plastic sleeve.

Product Info

Publisher: Curt Teich Co.

Year: Unknown Circa 1920's

Type: Used

Binding: Softcover

Seller Info

GarrisonHouseBooks

Address: 329 Roshon Drive Medina, Ohio

Website: https://www.garrisonhouseephemera.com

Country: United States