Otto Peltzer, German track star, works out on the track at the Coliseum, Los Angeles, 1928

Item Overview

Title

Otto Peltzer, German track star, works out on the track at the Coliseum, Los Angeles, 1928

Date Created

January 11, 1928

Date

1928-01-11

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

Peltzer, the world record holder at the 880 at the time, was particularly interested in running on the Coliseum track, which he praised as a fast track. Two months after this photograph was taken he ran against local racers and set a new Southern California record. During World War II, Peltzer was imprisoned by the Germans because was gay.
Otto Peltzer, German track star and world record holder in the 880 meters, works out on the track at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: Von Pelzter, Otto Dr., 1928.
Text from newspaper caption: Coming and Going; two views of the famous German half-miler. Dr. Otto Von Peltzer, who holds the world's record for the distance and has defeated Edvin Wiae and Paavo Nurmi over the 1500-meter route. These photos were taken by F. M. Litchfield, Times staff photographer, at the Coliseum track yesterday while the foreign star was tuning up for a possible attempt on his 880-yard record next week. [Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 1928: B1.]
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Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Names

Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Peltzer, Otto, 1900-1970

Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Latitude

-118.287199

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Track athletics--California--Los Angeles