Louis Zamperini standing on Bovard Field, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, 1938

Title: Louis Zamperini standing on Bovard Field, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, 1938
Date Created: [circa June 7, 1938]
Date: 1938-06-07
Publisher: Los Angeles Times
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description: Louis Zamperini stands on the track of Bovard Field, University of Southern California, photographed from the waist up. He is wearing a Torrance High School track uniform.
Louis Zamperini ran track and field for Torrance High School and USC. He qualified in the 5000 meters race for the 1936 Olympics in Berlin. While attending USC in 1938, he set the national collegiate mile record.
Caption: Handwritten on negative sleeve: 5608. Louie Zamperino [i.e. Zamperini]. U.S.C. runner. [stamped:] Jun 7 1938.

Genre: news photographs
cellulose nitrate film
Names: University of Southern California
Zamperini, Louis, 1917-2014
Location: Los Angeles (Calif.)
Longitude: 34.022779
Latitude: -118.287868
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Track and field athletes--California--Los Angeles
Olympic athletes

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclamss_1429_14326
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002j7wjp
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Rights Country: US
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