Genre: cellulose nitrate film / Collection: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives / Names: Olympic Auditorium (Los Angeles, Calif.) / Subject: Sports and People - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

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Wrestling match between Ernie "Dirty" Dusek and Vincent López, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: Wrestling match between Ernie "Dirty" Dusek and Vincent Lopez (born Daniel Vincent Lopez de Vinaspre). The match was part of Jack Daro's international championship wrestling tournament, Olympic Auditorium.
Date:: 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Wrestling match between Ernie "Dirty" Dusek and Vincent López, Los Angeles, 1935

Wrestler Daniel Boone Savage petting a hound in the ring before a match, Los Angeles, 1937

Description:: Wrestler Daniel Boone Savage petting a hound in the ring at the Olympic before a match against Jules Strongbow. "Whiskers" Savage was known for his rustic sensibility and untameable locks.
Date:: [circa May 16, 1937]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Wrestler Daniel Boone Savage petting a hound in the ring before a match, Los Angeles, 1937

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Finish of the boxing match between Lee Ramage and Bob Nestell at the Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, 1937

Description:: Bob Nestell raising his glove after defeating Lee Ramage in a boxing match at the Olympic Auditorium. Nestell and Ramage and their managers, Pop Foster and Gus Wilson respectively, were considered the "Big Four" of California boxing.
Date:: [circa April 11, 1937]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Finish of the boxing match between Lee Ramage and Bob Nestell at the Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, 1937

Wrestlers Vincent López and Gino Garibaldi take their fight into the stands at Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, 1937

Description:: Vincent Lopez and Gino Garibaldi wrestle in the stands during a match at the Olympic in downtown Los Angeles. July 21, 1937.
Date:: July 21, 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Wrestlers Vincent López and Gino Garibaldi take their fight into the stands at Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, 1937

Gino Garibaldi tackles La Verne Baxter during a wrestling match at Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, September 22, 1937

Description:: Gino Garibaldi tackles La Verne Baxter during a wrestling match at Olympic Auditorium. Garibaldi won the match in two straight falls
Date:: September 22, 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Gino Garibaldi tackles La Verne Baxter during a wrestling match at Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, September 22, 1937

Heavyweight wrestling champion Dean Detton grappling with his opponent Vincent López, Los Angeles, 1937

Description:: Heavyweight wrestling champion Dean Detton facing off against his regular opponent Vincent Lopez. Thousands of fans flocked to the Olympic Auditorium to watch the wrestling antics.
Date:: [circa April 24, 1937]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Heavyweight wrestling champion Dean Detton grappling with his opponent Vincent López, Los Angeles, 1937