Elmer Boyden's spectacular triumph over Percy Niersbach in the half mile event, Los Angeles, 1926

Item Overview

Title

Elmer Boyden's spectacular triumph over Percy Niersbach in the half mile event, Los Angeles, 1926

Photographer

Anderson, H.C.
Watson, George

Date Created

20 March 1926

Date

1926-03-20

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

Elmer Boyden, University of California at Berkeley track team member, running over the finish line with his hands up at the Coliseum. Behind him on the right is Percy Niersbach, University of Southern California track team member. Track officials watch from the sides of the track. Photo appears with the article, "Long String of Bruin Victories is Broke," Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 1926: A1.

Caption

Handwritten on negative: Elmer Boyden / Mersbach / Coliseum - 1926
Text from negative sleeve: Boyden, Elmer. Track. 1926

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w glass negative

Keywords

Genre

glass plate negatives
news photographs

Names

Niersbach, Percy, 1905-1992
Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Boyden, Elmer Everett, 1902-1961

Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Longitude

-118.288047

Latitude

34.013823

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Track athletics--California--Los Angeles