Paavo Nurmi racing against the Sherman School at the Coliseum, Los Angeles, 1925

Item Overview

Title

Paavo Nurmi racing against the Sherman School at the Coliseum, Los Angeles, 1925

Photographer

Watson, George R., 1892-1977

Date Created

April 25, 1925

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Notes

Description

Nurmi, running on the far right, begins his race against eight runners from the Sherman School’s track team, named the Indians. Some of the 45,000 spectators can be seen in the stands in the background.
This photograph appears with the article, “Nurmi Thrills 45,000 Track Fans,” Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr 1925: A1.

Caption

Handwritten on negative: Paavo Nurmi
Text from newspaper caption: World’s Champions; At the top right is seen Nurmi, finally surrounded by the photographers who chased him several miles at the Coliseum yesterday in their efforts to get pictures. In the middle, the Finn is leaving marks with the Sherman Indians. Lower left shows Paavo coasting across the finish line. At the lower right, Bud Houser is heaving the discus for a new world record. [Photos by George R. Watson, Times staff photographer]
Text from negative sleeve: Nurmi, Paavo

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Subjects

Stadiums--California--Los Angeles
Track and field athletes--California--Los Angeles

Names

Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Nurmi, Paavo, 1897-1973

Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Longitude

34.013795

Latitude

-118.288100

Resource type

still image