Frank Lombardi, Dave Zaun, Franny Kilfoil, Marzetta West, and Frank Wykoff run across the finish line, Los Angeles, 1928

Item Overview

Title

Frank Lombardi, Dave Zaun, Franny Kilfoil, Marzetta West, and Frank Wykoff run across the finish line, Los Angeles, 1928

Date Created

April 28, 1928

Date

1928-04-28

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

The details of Lombardi and Wykoff's races at the Coliseum.
Wykoff and Lombardi run parallel across the finishing line, West, Zaun, Kilfoil, and other runners several feet behind them as spectators watch from the sidelines.
Photograph appears with the article, "Cops Furlong From Wykoff," Los Angeles Times, 29 Apr 1928: A1.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: LOMBARDI, FRANK TRACK
Text from newspaper caption: WHEN TURN ABOUT WAS FAIR PLAY---FOR THE ROMANS The two famous Franks, Wykoff and Lombardi, split even in their sprint duel at the Coliseum yesterday. Top photo shows the black-haired L.A. High star copping the furlong, his feat shutting Glendale out of first place. In the lower photo Wykoff is seen scoring a decisive victory in the century. It will be seen that Lombardi took the tape with his hand in the furlong.
Handwritten on negative: Wykoff Lombardi So Cal prep - 4-28-28 Coliseum

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

news photographs
cellulose nitrate film

Names

Lombardi, Frank, b. 1909 or 10
Zaun, David, b. 1909 or 10-12
Wykoff, Frank C. (Frank Clifford), 1909-1980
Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (Los Angeles, Calif.)
West, Marzetta
Kilfoil, Franny, b. 1912 or 13

Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Longitude

34.013659

Latitude

-118.287729

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Track athletics--California--Los Angeles