Subject: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (Los Angeles, Calif.) / Genre: cellulose nitrate film / Language: No linguistic content / Location: Los Angeles (Calif.) / Names: University of Southern California - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Description:: Crowd watches the USC versus UCLA rugby game in the rain at the Coliseum.
Date:: March 9, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: The backs of spectators' heads line the bottom edge. Ahead of them, the track sits below camera-level as it stretches across the image. Three piles of hurdles sit on the field alongside the track. The field stretches across the mid-ground. Athletes and meet officials dot the near side of the field. On the far side of the field, several runners race at center, traveling to the left. The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum's stands stretch across the background.
Date:: [circa May 5, 1934]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: This image is described in Los Angeles Times article, June 15, 1934, Ten Thousand Gather fo U.S.C. Graduation, Class of 1593 Given Diplomas and Other Awards in Colorful Twilight Ceremony at Coliseum … There were dramatic moments, too, such as when Dr. Frank C. Touton, vice-president of the university, who awarded the diplomas, found his pretty young daughter, Herriette [Harriet] Louise Touton, in line and as soon as he had handed her a diploma he planted a resounding kiss on her cheek. …
Date:: June 14, 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: Jesse Owens of the Ohio State University track team competes against an unidentified member of the University of Southern California track team in a hurdle race at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. Spectators watch in the background.
Date:: June 15, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Jesse Owens for the Ohio State University track team competes in the long jump event.
Date:: June 15, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Jesse Owens from the Ohio State University track team competes in a race against unidentified members of the University of California track team.
Date:: June 15, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: At center, Lee Barnes, a U.S.C. vaulter, is captured falling through the air after he crosses over the bar during a record-setting vault attempt. His body is angled towards camera and facing the ground. He stretches an arm over his head as he passes behind the bar. In front of him, the bar stands at center. On the ground, another athlete stands near the left edge and watches Barnes' jump. Another man stands with his back to camera at center. In the distance, the field stretches back towards the stadium's seats, which line the background.
Date:: [February 27, 1926]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bell, Robert H., b. 1889
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Reported in “Nurmi thrill s 45,000 track fans; huge crowd sees Finn bust American record,” Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 1925: A1.
Date:: April 1925
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: Rufus B. Von Kleinsmid and two other faculty members standing at podium, other faculty members seated, all in academic gowns, under decorated pavilion, with Coliseum peristyle with scaffolding visible in background
Date:: 1932
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Rufus B. Von Kleinsmid and two other faculty members standing at podium, one holding academic hood, other faculty members seated, all in academic gowns, under decorated pavilion, with Coliseum peristyle with scaffolding visible in background
Date:: 1932
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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