Spectators fill the stands of the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum during an annual police inspection, Los Angeles, 1927

Title: Spectators fill the stands of the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum during an annual police inspection, Los Angeles, 1927
Date Created: [May 2, 1927]
Date: 1927-05-02
Publisher: Los Angeles Times
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description: Spectators sit in the seats lining the interior perimeter of Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. The stands and spectators are below the sight line of the camera. The stands enter frame along the bottom edge, curving to the right and then back to the left. Dozens of spectators sit and mill about the stands at center. At far left, the stadium's grounds jut into view. Cars can be seen lining the inside arc of the track. The arched entrance to the stadium enters frame in the near distance at right and curves towards the left. The entrance and additional seats at left line the background.
This photograph is related to the event described in the article, “Public Police Inspection Set for This Year,” Los Angeles Times, 27 Apr. 1927: A11
Caption: Text from negative sleeve: LOS ANGELES, POLICE DEPT, INSPECTION, 1927

Genre: cellulose nitrate film
news photographs
Names: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Los Angeles (Calif.). Police Department
Location: Los Angeles (Calif.)
Longitude: 34.013563
Latitude: -118.286775
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Inspections--California--Los Angeles
Spectators--California--Los Angeles
Exposition Park (Los Angeles, Calif.)

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclamss_1429_6136
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002cw96r
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Rights Country: US
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