Genre: cellulose nitrate film / Language: No linguistic content / Resource Type: still image / Names: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (Los Angeles, Calif.) - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Description:: Related to Los Angeles Times article, June 5, 1929, Great Circus Maximus Gives Mammoth Coliseum Throng Afternoon of Thrills, Fifty Thousand See Spectacle, Rare Acts Dazzle Crowd at Opening Matinee, Aerial Performances Amaze Attending Throngs, Clowns and Large Band Help Make Show Complete …
Date:: 1929
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: Probably related to Los Angeles Times article, November 8, 1931, Minute of Memory Caps Armistice Day Program, All City to Pause in Silent Token of Respect to Fallen Heroes of War at 11 a.m. … Presentation of stand of colors to Legion of Valor … by Senator Shortridge. … unit will be commanded by Frank J. Irwin, a D.S.C. man and former National Commander of the Disabled American Veterans …
Date:: 1931
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: Bud Houser was an American athlete who participated in the 1924 Olympics where he won gold medals for shot put and discus, and the 1928 Olympics where he retained his title in the discus throw.
Date:: [Between 1922 and 1926]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: This is a photograph of Bud Houser in the throwing event of discus. He is wearing a track uniform of the University of Southern California, where he was a student from 1922 to 1926. In this photograph, Houser has just released his discus in his characteristic style. In the background, other athletes and onlookers watch the discus [not in frame] as it travels.
Date:: [Between 1922 and 1926]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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

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