Joseph Blackburn Bass and Eddie Tolan at the California Eagle offices, Los Angeles, 1932

Item Overview

Title

Joseph Blackburn Bass and Eddie Tolan at the California Eagle offices, Los Angeles, 1932

Alternative title

Joseph Blackburn Bass, husband of Charlotta, and newspaper editor

Date Created

1932

Date

1932

Collection

Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Notes

Description

Joseph Blackburn Bass (left) standing in front of the offices of the California Eagle newspaper with the athlete Eddie Tolan, who is holding a trophy, and two unidentified women.
Eddie Tolan won two Olympic Gold Medals in the 100 and 200 meter dashes during the 10th Olympic Games held in 1932 in Los Angeles. Joseph Blackburn Bass, the husband of Charlotta Bass, was editor of the Eagle.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Keywords

Genre

photographs

Names

Tolan, Eddie, 1908-1967
Bass, J. B. (Joseph Blackburn), 1867-1934
Olympic Games (10th : 1932 : Los Angeles, Calif.)

Subject Geographic

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Track and field athletes
African American civil rights workers
African American newspaper editors
Olympic athletes