Ralph Hill and another Olympic Club team athlete at a track meet with USC, Los Angeles, 1932

Item Overview

Title

Ralph Hill and another Olympic Club team athlete at a track meet with USC, Los Angeles, 1932

Date Created

April 16, 1932

Date

1932-04-16

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Summary

Reported in "Hill sets new two-mile mark: ex-Oregon star runs race in 9m. 23 2-5s.," Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 1932: F1.

Description

The Olympic Club track meet was held at Patterson Field, Occidental College.
Ralph Anthony Hill was an American distance runner. He set an American record over the mile in 1930 and won a silver medal in the 5000 m event at the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics.
Detail of this photo with the face of Ralph Hill appears with the article, "Trojans in easy win over Olympic Club: Wykoff takes both dashes; Woessner victor," Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 1932: F1.
Ralph Hill (right) and another Olympic Club team athlete crouched and ready to sprint during the track meet with the University of Southern California. Spectators fill the stadium seating in the background.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: Track, S.C. vs. Olympic Club, 1932

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Names

University of Southern California
Hill, Ralph Anthony, 1908-1994
Occidental College
Olympic Club (San Francisco, Calif.)

Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Longitude

34.127637

Latitude

-118.213389

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Track and field athletes--California--Los Angeles
Runners (Sports)--California--Los Angeles