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

Los Angeles Times Photographs 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

Text from negative sleeve: Copeland, Lillian. Track
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.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

news photographs
cellulose nitrate film

Subjects

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

Names

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

Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Resource type

still image