Pole vaulter Ralph Smith, Los Angeles Coliseum, Los Angeles, [1928?]

Description: Possibly connected to Los Angeles Times article, June 11, 1928, Track Athletes Bear Down in Final Week of Practice Before Olympic Tryouts … Ralph Smith’s vault of 13 ft. 5 in. stamps that young man as a chap to keep track of in competition …
Pole vaulter Ralph Smith vaulting, just above the bar, with 2 judges in foreground, other vaulters, empty stands, and Los Angeles Coliseum peristyle in background
Caption: Text from nitrate negative sleeve: Smith, Ralph, track
At upper left corner of negative: 4

Genre: cellulose nitrate film
news photographs
Names: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Smith, Ralph C., 1906-1998
Location: Los Angeles (Calif.)
Longitude: 34.01384966394080
Latitude: -118.28779935836800
Resource type: still image
Subjects: People
Sports
Track and field athletes--California--Los Angeles
Vaulting--California--Los Angeles

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: 2949
uclamss_1429_2949
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002cm42p
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