Chuck Eaton and Johnny Myrra, javelin athletes, at the Coliseum, Los Angeles, circa 1925

Title: Chuck Eaton and Johnny Myrra, javelin athletes, at the Coliseum, Los Angeles, circa 1925
Architect: Myrra, John, b. 1885 or 86
Date Created: [circa 1925]
Date: 1923/1927
Publisher: Los Angeles Times
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description: Chuck Eaton (left), of Pomona College, and Johnny Myrra, of the Olympic Club Track Team, stand arm in arm at the empty Coliseum during a practice session. Both athletes specialized in the javelin.
Caption: Handwritten on negative: Johnny Myrra / Chuck Eaton
Text from negative sleeve: Myrra, John. Track.

Genre: cellulose nitrate film
news photographs
Names: Eaton, Chuck (Track athlete)
Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Location: Los Angeles (Calif.)
Longitude: 34.013955
Latitude: -118.287785
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Javelin throwing
Track and field athletes--California--Los Angeles

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclamss_1429_6461
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002cwpd5
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Rights Country: US
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