Track star Otto Anderson in U.S.C. track tank top, Los Angeles, 1922-1926

Item Overview

Title

Track star Otto Anderson in U.S.C. track tank top, Los Angeles, 1922-1926

Date Created

[between 1922-1926]

Date

1922/1926

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

Otto Anderson began his athletics career as a hurdler while at Pomona High School. In 1920, he qualified for the Antwerp Olympics. He attended U.S.C beginning in 1922, playing football and adding more track and field events to his repertoire. He qualified for and traveled to Paris for the 1924 Olympics, but injured himself there practicing for the pole vault event. Upon his return he acted as track team captain at U.S.C. Reported on in "An Intimate Impression of Otto Anderson," Los Angeles Times, 14 Mar. 1922: III1; "Otto Anderson Hurt; Daggs Is a Sure Winner," Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 1923: III1; and "Otto Anderson Is Back from Paris," Los Angeles Times, 1 Aug. 1924: B3.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: Anderson, Otto Sports.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w glass negative

Keywords

Genre

Portrait photographs
glass plate negatives
news photographs

Names

Anderson, Otto, 1901-1963

Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Athletes--American--California--Los Angeles