Lillian Copeland crossing the finish line in a race at the Coliseum, Los Angeles, circa 1924-1932

Item Overview

Title

Lillian Copeland crossing the finish line in a race at the Coliseum, Los Angeles, circa 1924-1932

Date Created

[circa 1924-1932]

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

View of Lillian Copeland (center) and 2 other athletes crossing the finish line in a race at the Coliseum. Hurdles and the Coliseum grand stands ate in the background.
Lillian Copeland was an American athlete, who excelled in weight throwing. She has been called "the most successful female discus thrower in U.S. history," and held multiple titles in shot put and javelin throwing as well. In the 1928 Olympics she won the silver medal for the discus throw and in 1932 she won the gold medal in this event.

Caption

A note with the negative may possibly describe the event in the photograph: Lillian Copeland of the Pasadena Athletic & Country Club winning [illegible] place in 50 yard dash for women time 6.5/10 sec.
Text from negative sleeve: Copeland, Lillian. Track

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Subjects

People
Sports
Track and field athletes--California--Los Angeles
Women athletes--California--Los Angeles

Names

Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Copeland, Lillian, 1904-1964

Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Longitude

34.014028

Latitude

-118.287992

Resource type

still image