Spectators watch the preparations for a track event at the Olympic Games, Los Angeles, 1932

Item Overview

Title

Spectators watch the preparations for a track event at the Olympic Games, Los Angeles, 1932

Photographer

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

Date Created

1932-07-30/1932-08-14
[July 30-August 14, 1932]

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

West (H. H.) Collection

Notes

Description

Spectators watch the preparations for a track event at the Olympic Games. There are people on the field near the track. There are spectators scattered throughout the stands, including a man in a hat who is in the foreground of the photograph.
The Summer Olympic Games took place in Los Angeles in 1932, not 1934 as the negative sleeve states.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 1941. Los Angeles, California. The Olympic Games, 1934 [sic]. 1. 2. Looking down on the track over the heads of the spectators. A foot race. 2 small films. 3. A foot race is starting, or rather the runners are jumping a hurdle. 4. The Judges stand across the track from us. 5. Horizontal film; the swimming pool. 6. Vertical film. The business end of the swimming pool. The judges are in those little square looking booths on the other side of the pool near the jumping off places. 6 films.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs

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

Subjects

Track athletics--California--Los Angeles
Sports spectators--California--Los Angeles