U.S.C. vaulter knocks over the bar on his pole-vault attempt during the U.S.C. and Occidental dual track meet, Los Angeles, [1926]

Item Overview

Title

U.S.C. vaulter knocks over the bar on his pole-vault attempt during the U.S.C. and Occidental dual track meet, Los Angeles, [1926]

Date Created

[circa February 20, 1926]

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

At center, a U.S.C. vaulter is captured falling through the air after he knocks over the bar during a vault attempt. His body is angled away from camera and faces slightly right. He extends his right arm outward. Beneath him, the bar is visible falling to the ground. At center, the pole stands upright on an angle to the left. On the ground, two meet officials stand at left, beside the vaulting area, and watch the vaulter. The field sprawls into the distance. A few people at right face towards the vaulter. Empty stadium seats and the Coliseum's main entrance stretch across the background.
Photographs of different track events at the same meet appear with the caption, "TOO FAST FOR EVEN THE CAMERA'S EYE Ed House, Trojan sprint star, was credited with 10s. flat in the 100-yard dash at the Coliseum yesterday, the finish of which is shown below. One watch caught House at 9 7-10s., while another clocked him at 9 8-10s. He proved too speed for the camera, having passed the finish line when this photo was snapped. At the extreme right is Herschel Smith, who placed second. Bud Nash, third-place winner, is third from the left. Sauers of U.S.C. is second from the left while another Oxy man appears on the extreme left. Milton Nash is seen just behind Smith. In the lower photo Les Heilman is shown cracking the U.S.C. record in the mile, with Ralph Shawhan inches behind. [Photos by George Watson, Times staff photographer]," Los Angeles Times, 21 Feb. 1926: A1
Photographs of different events from the same track meet appear with the article, "TROJAN TRACK TEAM OVERWHELMS OXY, 107 TO 33: BUD HOUSER GRABS OFF TRIO OF FIRST PLACES U.S.C. Athletes Score Clean Sweep in Five Events; Les Heilman Breaks Trojan Record TROJAN TRACK OUTFIT WINS," Los Angeles Times, 21 Feb. 1926: A1

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: TRACK, U.S.C. VS. OXY

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Subjects

Vaulting--California--Los Angeles
Track and field athletes--California--Los Angeles
Exposition Park (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Track athletics--California--Los Angeles

Names

Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (Los Angeles, Calif.)
University of Southern California--Track and field
Occidental College

Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Longitude

34.013770

Latitude

-118.287451

Resource type

still image