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

Title: Louis Zamperini running 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: OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description: 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.
3/4 shot of Louis Zamperini running on the track of Bovard Field, University of Southern California. He is wearing a Torrance High School track uniform.
Caption: Handwritten on negative sleeve: 5608. Louie Zamperino [i.e. Zamperini]. U.S.C. runner. [stamped:] Jun 7 1938.

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

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclamss_1429_14327
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002j7wk6
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Rights Country: US
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