Subject: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (Los Angeles, Calif.) and Stadiums--California--Los Angeles / Genre: black-and-white photographs / Names: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (Los Angeles, Calif.) - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Description:: Athletes enter the stadium during the Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Games. Spectators watch as some athletes, who have already entered, stand in lines at the center of the stadiums, while others march in from the entrance at the left.
Date:: [July 30, 1932]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Description:: The Summer Olympic Games took place in Los Angeles in 1932, not 1934 as the negative sleeve states.
Date:: [July 30, 1932]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Description:: Athletes line up during the Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Games. They are at the center of the stadium in multiple rows. A huge crowd of spectators watch from all around the stadium.
Date:: [July 30, 1932]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Description:: Athletes line up during the Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Games. They are at the center of the stadium in multiple rows. A huge crowd of spectators watch from all around the stadium. A man wearing a hat and a white shirt is standing up in the freoground.
Date:: [July 30, 1932]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Description:: Athletes line up during the Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Games. They are at the center of the stadium in multiple rows. There are people holding flags standing in front of the lines of athletes. A huge crowd of spectators watch from all around the stadium.
Date:: [July 30, 1932]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Description:: The Summer Olympic Games took place in Los Angeles in 1932, not 1934 as the negative sleeve states.
Date:: [July 30-August 14, 1932]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Description:: Spectators at the Olympic Games. People wearing hats are visible in the foreground. The track is below and there are people standing by the track.
Date:: [July 30-August 14, 1932]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Description:: The Summer Olympic Games took place in Los Angeles in 1932, not 1934 as the negative sleeve states.
Date:: [July 30-August 14, 1932]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Description:: Crowd at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum watches the Olympic Games. There is a man in a hat and sunglasses in the foreground. There are Olympic flags and American flags in the background, as well as banners for previous Olympic Games. The surrounding area is visible at the right of the photograph, including trees and neighboring buildings. There is a vertical sculpture at the top of one of the columns that makes up the outer edge of the Coliseum.
Date:: [July 30-August 14, 1932]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Description:: Opening Ceremony of the 1932 Summer Olympic Games. Athletes walk on the field, some dressed in suits. A huge crowd fills the Coliseum, visible close to the camera as well as all around the arena. The center of the field is empty, as this seems to be the start of the ceremony.
Date:: [July 30, 1932]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

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