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Wrestling heavyweights Gus Sonnenberg and Baptiste Paul grappling at the Olympic, Los Angeles, 1937

Description:: Wrestling heavyweights "Dynamite" Gus Sonnenberg and "Thunder Bird Indian Chief" Baptiste Paul grappling with one another at the Olympic Auditorium.
Date:: [circa May 16, 1937]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

USC track athletes stretching on the field, Los Angeles, 1937

Description:: USC track athletes stretching on the field. UCLA and USC varsity and freshmen track teams both held events at the Coliseum, providing for a twin bill.
Date:: [circa April 24, 1937]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

USC track athlete clapping on the sidelines at a meet, Los Angeles, 1937

Description:: USC track athlete clapping on the sidelines at a meet. UCLA and USC varsity and freshmen track teams both held events at the Coliseum, providing for a twin bill.
Date:: [circa April 24, 1937]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

USC track athlete taping his foot on the sidelines at a meet, Los Angeles, 1937

Description:: A USC track athlete taping his foot on the sidelines at a meet. UCLA and USC varsity and freshmen track teams both held events at the Coliseum, providing for a twin bill.
Date:: [circa April 24, 1937]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Wrestling match between Italian newcomer Vincent Austeri and Salt Lake City native Del Kunkel at Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, 1938

Description:: Wrestling match between Italian newcomer Vincent Austeri and Salt Lake City native Del Kunkel at Olympic Auditorium. It Austeri's first time at the Auditorium and he was victorious.
Date:: March 16, 1938
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Wrestling match between Italian newcomer Vincent Austeri and Salt Lake City native Del Kunkel at Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, 1938

Description:: Wrestling match between Italian newcomer Vincent Austeri and Salt Lake City native Del Kunkel at Olympic Auditorium. It Austeri's first time at the Auditorium and he was victorious.
Date:: March 16, 1938
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Wrestling match between Italian newcomer Vincent Austeri and Salt Lake City native Del Kunkel at Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, 1938

Description:: Wrestling match between Italian newcomer Vincent Austeri and Salt Lake City native Del Kunkel at Olympic Auditorium. It Austeri's first time at the Auditorium and he was victorious.
Date:: March 16, 1938
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Two girls take a drink of water from a hose during a soap box derby race, Los Angeles, 1946

Description:: Two young girls pause for a drink of water from a hose during a soap box derby race in which Al Pedrosa was one of the contestants. The race was at least partially sponsored by Chevrolet
Date:: 1946
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

UCLA football team runs across Spaulding Field during practice, Los Angeles, 1930s

Description:: UCLA football team runs across field during practice.
Date:: 1930s
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

College football practice at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, circa 1935

Description:: Possibly practice before UCLA vs. Loyola game
Date:: [1935?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Mrs. Kenneth Holmes and Mrs. Gwynn Fielding with tennis rackets by an automobile, Los Angeles, circa 1940

Description:: Mrs. Kenneth Holmes (chairman of the athletic devision of the Los Feliz Woman's Club, circa 1936) and Mrs. Gwynn Fielding holding tennis rackets by an open automobile trunk
Date:: [circa 1940]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Mrs. Paul S. Sweeny and Bess Marcus playing golf, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: Mrs. Paul S. Sweeney and Bess Marcus playing golf with a tennis court in the background. One woman is measuring her shot as the other looks on. Photographer's shadow is visible. The women are members of the Los Feliz Woman's club
Date:: [1940s]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Mrs. Frances Hjelte and Mrs. Virginia Petticord shaking hands on the tennis court, Los Angeles

Description:: Mrs. Frances Hjelte (possibly the wife of George Hjelte, superintendent of the Los Angeles playground and recreation dept. 1930s and 40s) and Mrs. Virginia Petticord (1901-1990?) smiling and shaking hands across the net on a tennis court
Date:: [between 1925-1945?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Wrestlers Gino Garibaldi and Ernie Dusek falling out of the ring during at match a Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, October 6, 1937

Description:: Wrestlers Gino Garibaldi and Ernie Dusek falling out of the ring during a match at Olympic Auditorium. Garibaldi was the match winner.
Date:: October 6, 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Play between USC and UCLA at the Coliseum, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: From the first half of the game. Cal beat the at home UCLA Bruins, 14-2
Date:: November 2, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Football game between the Los Angeles Bulldogs and the Rochester Tigers at Gilmore Stadium, Los Angeles, November 14, 1937

Description:: American Pro Football League game between the Los Angeles Bulldogs and the Rochester Tigers at Gilmore Stadium. The exciting game kept the 17,000 fans on their toes and ended with a victory for the Bulldogs, who defeated the Tigers 48-21
Date:: November 14, 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Heavyweight wrestler Vincent López grappling with newcomer El Pulpo at the Olympic, Los Angeles, 1937

Description:: Heavyweight wrestler Vincent Lopez grappling with newcomer El Pulpo at the Olympic Auditorium (1801 S. Grand Ave.).
Date:: [circa November 1937]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Heavyweight wrestler Vincent López grappling with newcomer El Pulpo at the Olympic, Los Angeles, 1937

Description:: Heavyweight wrestler Vincent Lopez grappling with newcomer El Pulpo at the Olympic Auditorium (1801 S. Grand Ave).
Date:: [circa November 1937]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Heavyweight wrestler Vincent López grappling with newcomer El Pulpo at the Olympic, Los Angeles, 1937

Description:: Heavyweight wrestler Vincent Lopez grappling with newcomer El Pulpo at the Olympic Auditorium (1801 S. Grand Ave.).
Date:: [circa November 1937]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Heavyweight wrestler Vincent López grappling with newcomer El Pulpo at the Olympic, Los Angeles, 1937

Description:: Heavyweight wrestler Vincent Lopez grappling with newcomer El Pulpo at the Olympic Auditorium (1801 S. Grand Ave.).
Date:: [circa November 1937]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Janice Lipking, a Zeta Tau Alpha sorority sister at UCLA, playing badminton at a summer rush party, Los Angeles, July 29, 1937

Description:: Janice Lipking, a Zeta Tau Alpha sorority sister at UCLA, playing badminton at a summer rush party.
Date:: July 29, 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Bob Winslow, pitcher for the USC Trojans baseball team, warming up his arm on the sidelines, Los Angeles, 1940

Description:: University of Southern California senior and pitcher for the Trojans baseball team, Bob Winslow, warming up his arm on the sidelines during the spring of 1940
Date:: 1940
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Spectators at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum concession stand, circa 1935

Date:: [1935?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Pat "Popeye" O'Brien, wrestler and referee, Los Angeles, between 1936 and 1945

Description:: Pat "Popeye" O'Brien, former wrestler and later referee, sitting at a desk looking at a piece of paper. Popeye nickname comes from his physical likeness to the cartoon character Popeye the Sailor Man
Date:: [between 1936 and 1945?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Capt. Leopold McLagle, American Jiu-Jitsu instructor and actor, in court, November 18, 1937

Description:: Capt. Leopold McLaglen, self-styled Jiu-Jitsu champion of the world, appears in court over charges that he attempted to blackmail and extort his former employer, millionaire Philip M. Chancellor. McLaglen was accused of threatening to implicate Chancellor in a robbery, unless Chancellor paid McLaglen $20,000. McLaglen is accompanied in court by his lawyer, Harry F. Sewell, at left. November 18, 1937.
Date:: November 18, 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Heavyweight wrestler Vincent López grappling with newcomer El Pulpo at the Olympic, Los Angeles, 1937

Description:: Heavyweight wrestler Vincent Lopez grappling with newcomer El Pulpo at the Olympic Auditorium.
Date:: [circa November 1937]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Heavyweight wrestler Vincent López grappling with newcomer El Pulpo at the Olympic, Los Angeles, 1937

Description:: Heavyweight wrestler Vincent Lopez grappling with newcomer El Pulpo at the Olympic Auditorium (1801 S. Grand Ave.).
Date:: [circa November 1937]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Wrestler and football player Bronko Nagurski in the ring before his match against Vincent López at Wrigley Field, Los Angeles, 1937

Description:: Wrestler and Chicago Bears fullback Bronko Nagurski in the wrestling ring before his match against Vincent Lopez at Wrigley Field. Nagurski won the match in front of 20,000 fans to defend his title as world heavyweight champion
Date:: August 11, 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Wrestler and football player Bronko Nagurski poses with a group of women in the wrestling ring at Wrigley Field, Los Angeles, August 11, 1937

Description:: Wrestler and Chicago Bears fullback Bronko Nagurski poses with a group of women before his match against Vincent Lopez at Wrigley Field. Nagurski won the match in front of 20,000 fans to defend his title as world heavyweight champion
Date:: August 11, 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Norman W. Church being questioned by the Senate's race track investigating committee, Los Angeles, March 5, 1940

Description:: Sportsman Norman W. Church (right) being questioned by the Sentate's race track investigating committee. Pictured here are (from left to right around the table) Claude Parker, Harold J. Powers, R.W. Kenny, chairman Daniel J. Metzger, and Frank J. Gordon. Church was accused of contributing $80,000 to Governor Olson's campaign fund to become the "sole boss of California horse racing." During the investigation, Church asserted that the claim was not true.
Date:: March 5, 1940
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Al Pedrosa smiling in his soap box derby car while a crowd gathers for the race, Los Angeles, 1946

Description:: Al Pedrosa smiling in his soap box derby racing car while the crowd gathers for the race. The race was at least partially sponsored by Chevrolet
Date:: 1946
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Former Racing Commissioner Claude Parker testifying on political corruption in the horse racing community, Los Angeles, March 5, 1940

Description:: Claude Parker, former Racing Commissioner, smoking a cigarette and preparing to testify during an investigation of political corruption in the horse racing community. Parker announced that he resigned from his position as commissioner when he found out Hollywood Park was promised winter racing dates after making a $150,000 donation to the Democratic State Central Committee
Date:: March 5, 1940
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Players collide during an NFL football game between the Green Bay Packers and the Chicago Bears at Gilmore Stadium, Los Angeles, 1937

Description:: Players collide during a football game between reigning National Football League Champions the Green Bay Packers and the Chicago Bears at Gilmore Stadium. The game ended in a 20-20 tie after a rough battle (3 Packers and 1 Bear injured and taken out of the game) between the rival teams.
Date:: January 24, 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Golfers compete at the 12th annual Los Angeles Open golf tournament, Los Angeles, 1937

Description:: Unidentified golfers compete in the 12th Los Angeles Open golf tournament. A crowd watches the players compete. The tournament was held at the Harding and Wilson golf courses in Griffith Park. 128 golfers competed in the four day tournament.
Date:: January 8, 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Members of the Olympic Team standing on the platform between two trains, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: Members of the Olympic Team standing on the platform between two trains. This is probably the team for the 1936 summer games, which were held in Berlin.
Date:: [1936]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Track athlete finishes relay race during the All-City High School track and field meet, Los Angeles, 1937

Description:: Track athlete finishes relay race during the All-City High School track and field meet.
Date:: June 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Track athletes race during the All-City High School track and field meet, Los Angeles, 1937

Description:: Track athletes race during the All-City High School track and field meet.
Date:: June 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Track athletes race during the All-City High School track and field meet, Los Angeles, 1937

Description:: Track athletes race during the All-City High School track and field meet.
Date:: June 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Military personnel practicing on the water during the Army-Navy maneuvers that took place off the coast of Southern California in late 1946

Description:: Military personnel in a boat practicing on the water during the Army-Navy Maneuvers that took place off the coast of Southern California at the end of 1946. The goal of the war games was to practice two maneuvers: Operation Mountain Goat, an amphibious landing designed to dislodge "enemy" troops, and Operation Oilskin, a landing to cut off "enemy" communications. The Army, Navy, and Marine Corps aircrafts participated in the exercise.
Date:: November and December 1946
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Female wrestlers Clara Mortensen and Mrs. Dick Rutherford squaring off in the ring, Los Angeles, 1937

Description:: Female wrestlers Clara Mortensen and Mrs. Dick Rutherford battling in the ring. Thousands of fans flocked to the Olympic Auditorium to watch the wrestling antics.
Date:: [circa June 13, 1937]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Female wrestlers Clara Mortensen and Mrs. Dick Rutherford squaring off in the ring, Los Angeles, 1937

Description:: Female wrestlers Clara Mortensen and Mrs. Dick Rutherford battling in the ring. Thousands of fans flocked to the Olympic Auditorium to watch the wrestling antics.
Date:: [circa June 13, 1937]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Washington Huskies stretch before a game against the UCLA Bruins at the Coliseum, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: Washington Huskies stretch before a game against the UCLA Bruins. The game took place at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.
Date:: October 10, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Washington Huskies practice before a game at the Coliseum, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:: Washington Huskies practice before a game against the UCLA Bruins. The game took place at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.
Date:: October 10, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Track athlete participates in the high jump event during the All-City High School track and field meet, Los Angeles, 1937

Description:: Track athlete participates in the high jump event during the All-City High School track and field meet.
Date:: June 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Golfer Jimmy Demaret receiving winner's check from Norman Chandler, Los Angeles Open Golf Tournament, Los Angeles, 1938

Description:: Chandler wears a ribbon reading: 14th Annual Los Angeles Open Golf Tournament, Griffith Park, January 6-7-8-9, 1939. Sponsor, Los Angeles Times, Norman Chandler
Date:: 1938
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Herod, Jack, b. ca. 1916
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Girls with their golf instructor at the Wilshire Country Club, Los Angeles, 1927

Description:: Girls in a golf class at the Wilshire Country Club with their instructor Howard Beall. the girls are, L to R: Betty Gray, Ellinore Franklin, Kathryn Gray, Mary Pike, Lucia Raymond, Florence Raymond, Margaret Durkee, Jane Woolacott, Wanda Pike, Jean Popall.
Date:: March 1927
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Football player Red Grange and 3 other men, Los Angeles Coliseum, Los Angeles, 1926

Description:: Related to the article “Red Grange and George Wilson Collide Today, All-American Stars in Great Coliseum Game, Expect More Than 75,000 Fans to Watch Athletes in Action; Bears Doped to Win,” Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 1926: 9
Date:: January 15, 1926
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Snyder, William Earl, 1896-1956
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Actress Ruby Keeler golfing at the midwinter invitation tournament of the los Angeles Country Club, California, 1939

Description:: Actress Ruby Keeler about to put a golf ball
Date:: February 1939
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Mariechen M. Wehselau, future Olympic Gold Medal swimmer, Los Angeles, 1924

Description:: Mariechen M. Wehselau (later Jackson) was an American swimmer who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics, where she won a gold medal in the 4×100 m freestyle relay event and silver medal in the 100 m freestyle event.
Date:: May 17, 1924
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Henri Cochet, French tennis champion, playing at the Pacific Southwest Tennis Championships, Los Angeles, 1928

Description:: Henri Jean Cochet was a champion tennis player, one of the famous "Four Musketeers" from France who dominated tennis in the late 1920s and early 1930s.
Date:: October 1928
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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