Opening Ceremony of the 1932 Summer Olympic Games, Los Angeles, 1932

Item Overview

Title

Opening Ceremony of the 1932 Summer Olympic Games, Los Angeles, 1932

Photographer

West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958

Date Created

[July 30, 1932]

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

West (H. H.) Collection

Notes

Description

Opening Ceremony of the 1932 Summer Olympic Games. Athletes walk into the stadium, some wearing suits. In the foreground, there is the edge of a parasol. Spectators wearing hats are also in the foreground, and a huge number of spectators fill the stadium in the distance.
The Summer Olympic Games took place in Los Angeles in 1932, not 1934 as the negative sleeve states.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 1940. Los Angeles, California. The Olympic Games, 1934 [sic]. 1. The participants are coming in through the tunnel on the Vermont Avenue side. 2. Athletes still coming in and forming in the center. 3. The last of the participants passing in front of us to form in the center. 4. Forming in the center; some are still out on the track at right. 5. The center about filled up. 6. Administering the oath to the Athletes. 6 large films.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs

Subjects

Sports spectators--California--Los Angeles
Stadiums--California--Los Angeles

Names

Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Olympic Games (10th : 1932 : Los Angeles, Calif.)

Location

California--Los Angeles

Longitude

34.014167

Latitude

-118.287778

Resource type

still image