Two blind men training in the 100-yard dash for the Braille Institute Invitational Track Meet in Los Angeles, Calif., 1973

Item Overview

Title: Two blind men training in the 100-yard dash for the Braille Institute Invitational Track Meet in Los Angeles, Calif., 1973
Photographer: Malmin, John
Date Created: May 11, 1973
Date: 1973-05-11
Publisher: Los Angeles Times
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Caption: WARMUP FOR BRAILLE MEET--Working for the first Braille invitational track meet set for May 12 are blind athletes Johnny Geltermair, 15, left, and Mike Zorick, 26. They guide themselves in 100-yard dash by holding onto plastic sleeves attached to ropes. Meet, co-sponsored by the Van Nuys Lions Club, will be at the Braille Institute Youth center at 3450 Cahuenga Blvd., one mile east of Lankershim.

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Extent: 1 photograph
Dimensions: 35 mm.
Medium: b&w negative

Keywords

Genre: news photographs
Names: Braille Institute of America
Location: Los Angeles (Calif.)
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Sports
Blind athletes--California--Los Angeles County

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Local Identifier: uclalat_1429_b710_273760-2
ARK: ark:/21198/zz0002np0b
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