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Jesse Owens competes in a broad jump event at a track meet, Los Angeles, 1930s

Description:

Jesse Owens competes in a broad jump event at a track meet. A crowd watches from stadium seats. James Cleveland "Jesse" Owens was an American track and field athlete. He participated in the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany, where he achieved international fame by winning four gold medals.

Date:

1930s

Resource Type:

still image

Collection:

Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Jesse Owens pictured in a broad jump midair, Los Angeles, 1930s

Description:

Jesse Owens pictured in a midair jump. A large crowd watches from stadium seats, possibly at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. James Cleveland "Jesse" Owens was an American track and field athlete. He participated in the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany, where he achieved international fame by winning four gold medals.

Date:

1930s

Resource Type:

still image

Collection:

Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Jesse Owens sprints through a crowd of spectators, Los Angeles, 1930s

Description:

Jesse Owens sprints through a crowd of spectators. James Cleveland "Jesse" Owens was an American track and field athlete. He participated in the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany, where he achieved international fame by winning four gold medals.

Date:

1930s

Resource Type:

still image

Collection:

Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Jesse Owens photographed from the back while running, Los Angeles, 1930s

Description:

Back view of Jesse Owens running. James Cleveland "Jesse" Owens was an American track and field athlete. He participated in the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany, where he achieved international fame by winning four gold medals.

Date:

1930s

Resource Type:

still image

Collection:

Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Track athletes pass batons in a relay event during the All-City High School track and field meet, Los Angeles, 1937

Description:

Track athletes pass batons in a relay event 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 support an injured teammate, Los Angeles, 1937

Description:

Track athletes support an injured teammate during the All-City High School track and field meet

Date:

June 12, 1937

Resource Type:

still image

Collection:

Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

USC track athlete lying on the Coliseum field while being examined, Los Angeles, 1937

Description:

A USC track athlete lying on the field while being examined by an unidentified man, possibly due to an injury. 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 field, Los Angeles, 1937

Description:

A USC track athlete taping his foot 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 taping his foot on the field, Los Angeles, 1937

Description:

A USC track athlete taping his foot 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 speaking to a coach on the Coliseum field, Los Angeles, 1937

Description:

A USC track athlete speaking to a coach 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

Jesse Owens surrounded by a crowd, Los Angeles, 1930s

Description:

Jesse Owens surrounded by a crowd of fans. James Cleveland "Jesse" Owens was an American track and field athlete. He participated in the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany, where he achieved international fame by winning four gold medals.

Date:

1930s

Resource Type:

still image

Collection:

Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Jesse Owens lands a jump during a track meet, Los Angeles, 1930s

Description:

Jesse Owens lands a jump during a track meet possibly held at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. James Cleveland "Jesse" Owens was an American track and field athlete. He participated in the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany, where he achieved international fame by winning four gold medals.

Date:

1930s

Resource Type:

still image

Collection:

Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Jesse Owens competes in a broad jump event at a track meet, Los Angeles, 1930s

Description:

Jesse Owens competes in the broad jump event during a track meet possibly at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. James Cleveland "Jesse" Owens was an American track and field athlete. He participated in the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany, where he achieved international fame by winning four gold medals.

Date:

1930s

Resource Type:

still image

Collection:

Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Jesse Owens jumps over a hurdle while spectators watch from the sideline, Los Angeles, 1930s

Description:

Jesse Owens jumps over a hurdle while spectators watch from the sideline. James Cleveland "Jesse" Owens was an American track and field athlete. He participated in the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany, where he achieved international fame by winning four gold medals.

Date:

1930s

Resource Type:

still image

Collection:

Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Track athletes pass batons in a relay event during the All-City High School track and field meet, Los Angeles, 1937

Description:

Track athletes pass batons in a relay event 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 pass batons in a relay event during the All-City High School track and field meet, Los Angeles, 1937

Description:

Track athletes pass batons in a relay event 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 pass batons during the All-City High School track and field meet, Los Angeles, 1937

Description:

Track athletes pass batons during the All-City High School track and field meet.

Date:

June 1937

Resource Type:

still image

Collection:

Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Jesse Owens sprints in front of a few spectators, Los Angeles, 1930s

Description:

Jesse Owens demonstrates his sprint for a few spectators. James Cleveland "Jesse" Owens was an American track and field athlete. He participated in the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany, where he achieved international fame by winning four gold medals.

Date:

1930s

Resource Type:

still image

Collection:

Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Jesse Owens jumps over a hurdle while spectators watch from the sidelines, Los Angeles, 1930s

Description:

Jesse Owens jumps over a hurdle while spectators watch from the sidelines. James Cleveland "Jesse" Owens was an American track and field athlete. He participated in the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany, where he achieved international fame by winning four gold medals.

Date:

1930s

Resource Type:

still image

Collection:

Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

USC track athlete stretching on the field at the Coliseum, Los Angeles, 1937

Description:

A USC track athlete stretching. 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 stretching on the field at the Coliseum, Los Angeles, 1937

Description:

A USC track athlete stretching. 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

"Fastest Man Alive" and 100-meter gold medalist Charlie Paddock stands with A.A.U. chief Robert Weaver and revelers, 1920s.

Description:

Olympic gold medalist in the 100-meter and 200-meter races, Charlie Paddock, stands next to A.A.U Chief Robert Weaver, presumably after a race. From 1921 until 1956, Charles Paddock held the world record for the 100-meter dash, making him the "fastest man alive" for thirteen years after his death.

Date:

[between 1920-1928?]

Resource Type:

still image

Collection:

Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Jesse Owens pictured with a group of unidentified African American women, Los Angeles, 1930s

Description:

Jesse Owens pictured with a group of unidentified African American women wearing dresses and hats. James Cleveland "Jesse" Owens was an American track and field athlete. He participated in the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany, where he achieved international fame by winning four gold medals.

Date:

1930s

Resource Type:

still image

Collection:

Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Jesse Owens puts on running shoes while sitting on grass, Los Angeles, 1930s

Description:

Jesse Owens puts on sprinting spikes while sitting on the grass. James Cleveland "Jesse" Owens was an American track and field athlete. He participated in the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany, where he achieved international fame by winning four gold medals.

Date:

1930s

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

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

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

Ralph Hill at an Olympic Club track meet, Los Angeles, 1932

Description:

Ralph Anthony Hill was an American distance runner. He set an American record over the mile in 1930 and won a silver medal in the 5000 m event at the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics.

Date:

April 16, 1932

Resource Type:

still image

Collection:

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

USC track athlete in training on campus, Los Angeles, 1925

Description:

Athlete of the track team of the University of Southern California training on campus. other track athletes are visible in the background.

Date:

1925

Resource Type:

still image

Collection:

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Johnny Myrra throwing a javelin at the Coliseum, Los Angeles, circa 1925

Description:

John Myrra, member of the Olympic Club track team and world champion javelin thrower, holds a javelin, ready to throw, at the Colisuem during a practice session.

Date:

[circa 1925]

Resource Type:

still image

Collection:

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Newsmen beside a camera on a tripod during a Paavo Nurmi track event at the Coliseum, Los Angeles, 1925

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
OpenUCLA Collections

Jimmy Meeks running track at Occidental College, Los Angeles, circa 1932

Description:

Jimmy Meeks clears a hurdle on the track at Occidental College.

Date:

[circa 1932]

Resource Type:

still image

Collection:

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

USC and Stanford runners approach hurdles at the Coliseum, Los Angeles, 1932

Description:

Three runners in USC uniforms and one runner in a white Stanford uniform jump hurdles on the track at the Coliseum Officials officials in the background observe. Spectators are seated in the grandstand in the distance.

Date:

1932

Resource Type:

still image

Collection:

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Five women race at a UCLA track meet. Los Angeles, 1921

Description:

Women athletes race, wearing midis and skirts, at a track meet.

Date:

May 27, 1921

Resource Type:

still image

Collection:

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Track athlete at the finish line on the track at the Coliseum, Los Angeles, 1926

Description:

Track athlete from the University of California at Berkeley at the finish line on the Coliseum track, with officials observing on the right.

Date:

March 20, 1926

Resource Type:

still image

Collection:

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Athletes from Occidental College and U.C.L.A on a track, Los Angeles, 1932

Description:

Two University of California runners (uniform with dark top) and an Occidental College runner (in white uniform) on the track with spectators behind them on the U.C.L.A. campus.

Date:

1932

Resource Type:

still image

Collection:

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Charlie Paddock running, Los Angeles, circa 1926

Description:

Charley Paddock was a two time Olympic gold medal winner for the 100 meter race.

Date:

[circa 1926]

Resource Type:

still image

Collection:

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

U.S.C. track athletes finishing a race at the Coliseum, Los Angeles, 1926

Description:

Reported in "Long String of Bruin Victories Is Broken," Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar 1926: A1.

Date:

March 20, 1926

Resource Type:

still image

Collection:

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Dick Pomeroy and Jimmie Meeks compete in track at Occidental College, Los Angeles, ca. 1932

Description:

Dick Pomeroy (left) and Jimmie Meeks at the finish line of a race at Occidental College.

Date:

[circa 1932]

Resource Type:

still image

Collection:

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Charlie Paddock running, Los Angeles, circa 1926

Description:

Charley Paddock was a two time Olympic gold medal winner for the 100 meter race.

Date:

[circa 1926]

Resource Type:

still image

Collection:

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Louis Zamperini running on Bovard Field, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, 1938

Description:

Louis Zamperini ran track and field for Torrance High School and USC. He qualified in the 5000 meters race for the 1936 Olympics in Berlin. While attending USC in 1938, he set the national collegiate mile record.

Date:

[circa June 7, 1938]

Resource Type:

still image

Collection:

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Paavo Nurmi prepares for track meet at the Coliseum, Los Angeles, 1925

Description:

A similar photograph taken on the same occasion appears with the article, “Nurmi Thrills 45,000 Track Fans,” Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr 1925: A1.

Date:

April 25, 1925

Resource Type:

still image

Photographer:

Watson, George R., 1892-1977

Collection:

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Charlie Paddock, Bob Weaver and Dave Smith, Los Angeles, circa 1926

Description:

Left to right, Charlie Paddock, Bob Weaver and Dave Smith, wearing suits. Weaver has a plate-sized medallion with the message "Champion Liar."

Date:

circa 1926

Resource Type:

still image

Collection:

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Charlie Paddock in a stadium with other athletes, Los Angeles, circa 1926

Description:

Charlie Paddock stands in a stadium during practice of a race.

Date:

[circa 1926]

Resource Type:

still image

Collection:

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Paavo Nurmi runs toward finish line at Coliseum, Los Angeles, 1925

Description:

This photograph is likely related to the article, "Nurmi Thrills 45,000 Track Fans," Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr 1925: A1.

Date:

April 25, 1925

Resource Type:

still image

Collection:

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Juan Carlos Zabala holds an entry blank for the Los Angeles Times Marathon, Los Angeles, 1932

Description:

Juan Carlos Zabala was an Argentine long-distance runner, winner of the marathon race at the 1932 Summer Olympics.

Date:

June 1932

Resource Type:

still image

Collection:

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Lillian Copeland crossing the finish line in a race at the Coliseum, Los Angeles, circa 1924-1932

Description:

View of Lillian Copeland (center) and 2 other athletes crossing the finish line in a race at the Coliseum. Hurdles and the Coliseum grand stands ate in the background.

Date:

[circa 1924-1932]

Resource Type:

still image

Collection:

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Frank Lombardi at the Coliseum, Los Angeles, 1928

Description:

Runner Frank Lombardi crouched on the field, ready to sprint.

Date:

April 28, 1928

Resource Type:

still image

Collection:

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Louis Zamperini standing on Bovard Field, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, 1938

Description:

Louis Zamperini stands on the track of Bovard Field, University of Southern California, photographed from the waist up. He is wearing a Torrance High School track uniform.

Date:

[circa June 7, 1938]

Resource Type:

still image

Collection:

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Paavo Nurmi racing against the Sherman School at the Coliseum, Los Angeles, 1925

Description:

Nurmi, running on the far right, begins his race against eight runners from the Sherman School’s track team, named the Indians. Some of the 45,000 spectators can be seen in the stands in the background.

Date:

April 25, 1925

Resource Type:

still image

Photographer:

Watson, George R., 1892-1977

Collection:

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Paavo Nurmi crosses the finish line at the Coliseum, Los Angeles, 1925

Description:

This photograph appears with the article, “Nurmi Thrills 45,000 Track Fans,” Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr 1925: A1.

Date:

April 25, 1925

Resource Type:

still image

Photographer:

Watson, George R., 1892-1977

Collection:

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Athlete Bud Houser throwing a discus at the Coliseum, Los Angeles, 1922-1926

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
OpenUCLA Collections

Paavo Nurmi before track meet at Coliseum, Los Angeles, 1925

Description:

This photograph is related to the article, “Nurmi Thrills 45,000 Track Fans,” Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr 1925: A1.

Date:

April 25, 1925

Resource Type:

still image

Photographer:

Watson, George R., 1892-1977

Collection:

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Two USC track team athletes on campus, Los Angeles, 1925

Description:

Two University of Southern California track team athletes pose for a portrait in front of a campus building.

Date:

1925

Resource Type:

still image

Collection:

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Charley Paddock leaping through finish line in USC shirt, Los Angeles, 1920s

Description:

Charley Paddock leaping through finish line in race with full crowd of onlookers. Charley Paddock was a two time Olympic gold medal winner for the 100 meter race.

Date:

[1920s]

Resource Type:

still image

Collection:

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Olympic Club and USC athletes at a track meet, Los Angeles, 1932

Description:

The Olympic Club track meet was held at Patterson Field, Occidental College.

Date:

April 16, 1932

Resource Type:

still image

Collection:

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

University of California athlete performing a long jump, Los Angeles, 1932

Description:

At a track meet with the Los Angeles Athletic Club, a University of California athlete executes a long jump at the athletic field of U.C.L.A. Officials and/or coaches are visible behind him.

Date:

1932

Resource Type:

still image

Collection:

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Dick Finley, Occidental College track athlete, poses at Patterson Field during a track meet, Los Angeles, 1932

Description:

A photograph of a race at the same meet appears under the title, "SURPRISE VICTOOR IN HALF MILE," and with the caption, "Here's Dick Pollard, left, as he hit the tape to win the 880 for Pomona in yesterday's meet with Occidental. The Sagehen sophomore has just nosed out Mel Caldwell of Oxy at the finish. Bob McKee is the man to the rear, while Nord, who finished third, is hidden by Caldwell. [photo by Fred Coffey, Times staff photographer]," Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 1932: E3

Date:

[circa March 12, 1932]

Resource Type:

still image

Collection:

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Runners race to the finish line during the S.C. and Stanford dual track meet, Los Angeles, 1934

Description:

Photographs taken at the same dual track meet appear with the articles, “How Trojans Tripped Stanford,” Los Angeles Times, 06 May 1934: D3, and “Boys Outdo Themselves to Run Away with Meet Southern California Scores Easy 82 2-3 to 48 1-3 Win Over Rivals as Records Fall,” Los Angeles Times, 06 May 1934: D1

Date:

[circa May 5, 1934]

Resource Type:

still image

Collection:

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Athlete at an Olympic Club track meet, Los Angeles, 1932

Description:

Portrait of a track athlete who represented the Olympic Club team at the track meet with the University of Southern California.

Date:

April 16, 1932

Resource Type:

still image

Collection:

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Coach Dean Cromwell and a USC track team athlete on campus, Los Angeles, 1925

Description:

Coach Dean Cromwell and a USC track team athlete pose for a portrait in front of a campus building.

Date:

1925

Resource Type:

still image

Collection:

OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Louis Zamperini running on Bovard Field, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, 1938

Description:

Louis Zamperini ran track and field for Torrance High School and USC. He qualified in the 5000 meters race for the 1936 Olympics in Berlin. While attending USC in 1938, he set the national collegiate mile record.

Date:

[circa June 7, 1938]

Resource Type:

still image

Collection:

OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

U.C.L.A athletes run on the track on campus, Los Angeles, 1932

Description:

A crowd of spectators watches University of California runners on the track at U.C.L.A.

Date:

1932

Resource Type:

still image

Collection:

OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Ken Grumbles and Bud Houser, USC track athletes, Los Angeles, 1925

Description:

Ken Grumbles (left) and Bud Houser in University of Southern California track uniforms, probably standing in front of a building at USC.

Date:

1925

Resource Type:

still image

Collection:

OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Marguerite Caswell running, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:

Text from newspaper caption: Marguerite Caswelll, comely Los Angeles Junior College miss, was snapped by the “MiracleEye” cameraman during a recent spring workout. Miss Caswell has revealed dazzling speed under the expert tutelage of Coach Harry Campbell. The latter believes that the young lady has an excellent chance to quaify for the American Olympic Games team. She has approached record-breaking time in practice. Miss Caswell holds victories over her male opponents. Times Miracle Eye photos by J. H. McCrory. ("L.A.J.C. Girl Hopes to Make Sprint Team," Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar 1936: 17)

Date:

March 29, 1936

Resource Type:

still image

Photographer:

McCrory, John H. (John Howard), 1901-1946

Collection:

OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Lillian Copeland at the Coliseum, Los Angeles, circa 1924-1932

Description:

Lillian Copeland at a track athletics event at the Coliseum in Los Angeles

Date:

[circa 1924-1932]

Resource Type:

still image

Collection:

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Dave Foore and Dick Wehner, USC track athletes, at an Olympic Club track meet, Los Angeles, 1932

Description:

Photo appears with the article, "Fore, Wehner display speed: Trojan half-milers show rapid improvement," Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 1932:A11.

Date:

April 16, 1932

Resource Type:

still image

Collection:

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Glenn Graham, pole vaulter, at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, 1924

Description:

Glenn Graham, pole vaulter, at the Colisuem. Glenn qualified to participate in the 1924 Olympic games at the June trials in Cambridge, MA, and won a silver medal in the mens' pole vault in Paris that summer.

Date:

1924

Resource Type:

still image

Collection:

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Occidental high jumper knocks over the bar on his jump attempt during the U.S.C. and Occidental dual track meet, Los Angeles, [1926]

Description:

Photographs of different events from the same track meet appear with the article, "TROJAN TRACK TEAM OVERWHELMS OXY, 107 TO 33: BUD HOUSER GRABS OFF TRIO OF FIRST PLACES U.S.C. Athletes Score Clean Sweep in Five Events; Les Heilman Breaks Trojan Record TROJAN TRACK OUTFIT WINS," Los Angeles Times, 21 Feb. 1926: A1

Date:

[circa February 20, 1926]

Resource Type:

still image

Collection:

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

University of California athlete performing a long jump, Los Angeles, 1932

Description:

At a track meet with the Los Angeles Athletic Club, a University of California athlete executes a long jump at the athletic field of U.C.L.A. Officials and/or coaches are visible on the right.

Date:

1932

Resource Type:

still image

Collection:

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

U.S.C. vaulter knocks over the bar on his pole-vault attempt during the U.S.C. and Occidental dual track meet, Los Angeles, [1926]

Description:

Photographs of different events from the same track meet appear with the article, "TROJAN TRACK TEAM OVERWHELMS OXY, 107 TO 33: BUD HOUSER GRABS OFF TRIO OF FIRST PLACES U.S.C. Athletes Score Clean Sweep in Five Events; Les Heilman Breaks Trojan Record TROJAN TRACK OUTFIT WINS," Los Angeles Times, 21 Feb. 1926: A1

Date:

[circa February 20, 1926]

Resource Type:

still image

Collection:

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Clarence Berry, Bob Lyon, Sam Klopstock and Gene Culp start the high hurdles race during the S.C. and Stanford dual track meet, Los Angeles, 1934

Description:

The high hurdles race at the S.C. and Stanford dual track meet is seen from a bird's-eye view at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. The track, off-center to the left, sits below camera-level and stretches straight back. The hurdlers are captured mid-leap as they cross the first set of hurdles near the bottom edge. From left to right, the runners are: Clarence Berry (S.C.), Bob Lyon (S.C.), Sam Klopstock (Stanford) and Gene Culp (S.C.). Klopstock appears in the lead, but knocks over his hurdle. Along the inside edge of the track at left, meet officials line the straight-away. Other meet officials and participants mill about the field. In the distance at right, spectators fill a few sections of the stands near the race's finish line. Empty stadium seats stretch across the background at center and left.

Date:

[May 5, 1934]

Resource Type:

still image

Photographer:

Coffey, Fred Everett, 1891-1947

Collection:

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Don Plumb of Pomona College sprints across the finish line during a dual track meet against Occidental College, Los Angeles, 1932

Description:

Possibly related to the article, "OXY TRACKMEN DEFEAT POMONA: Tigers Vanquish Old Rivals 97 2-3 to 42 1-3 Pollard Springs Surprise to Capture Half-Mile Four Bengal Athletes Score Double Victories OXY TRACKMEN DEFEAT POMONA," Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 1932: E1

Date:

[circa March 12, 1932]

Resource Type:

still image

Collection:

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

USC Trojan track and field athlete Bob Hall throwing discus, Los Angeles, 1929-1932

Description:

Bob Hall was a USC Trojan track and football star between 1929 and 1932.

Date:

[between 1929-1932]

Resource Type:

still image

Collection:

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Charley Paddock warming up, Los Angeles, 1920s

Description:

Charley Paddock about to run on track.

Date:

[1920s]

Resource Type:

still image

Collection:

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Elmer Boyden's spectacular triumph over Percy Niersbach at the Coliseum, Los Angeles, 1926

Description:

Elmer Boyden's (University of California at Berkeley track team member) wins a half-mile race with Percy Niersbach (University of Southern California track team member) coming up on the right, in the Coliseum, with track officials watching.

Date:

March 20, 1926

Resource Type:

still image

Photographer:

Watson, George R., 1892-1977
Anderson, H. C.

Collection:

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Les Heilman breaks the U.S.C. mile record while Ralph Shawhan trails behind during a dual track meet versus Occidental, Los Angeles, 1926

Description:

This photograph appears with the article, "TROJAN TRACK TEAM OVERWHELMS OXY, 107 TO 33: BUD HOUSER GRABS OFF TRIO OF FIRST PLACES U.S.C. Athletes Score Clean Sweep in Five Events; Les Heilman Breaks Trojan Record TROJAN TRACK OUTFIT WINS," Los Angeles Times, 21 Feb. 1926: A1

Date:

[February 20, 1926]

Resource Type:

still image

Photographer:

Watson, George R., 1892-1977

Collection:

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Two USC track team athletes on campus, Los Angeles, 1925

Description:

Two University of Southern California track team athletes pose for a portrait in front of a campus building.

Date:

1925

Resource Type:

still image

Collection:

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Pasadena Athletic Club's women's relay team poses at the Coliseum, Los Angeles, circa 1925

Description:

This image appears in the photo spread, "Sportographs," Los Angeles Times, 17 May 1925: I2

Date:

[circa May 16, 1925]

Resource Type:

still image

Photographer:

Watson, George R., 1892-1977

Collection:

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

USC runner approaches the finish line at the Coliseum, Los Angeles, 1932

Description:

Runner in a USC uniform is about to cross the finish line on the track at the Coliseum Three officials on the left hold stop watches and a long line of officials on the right observe.

Date:

1932

Resource Type:

still image

Collection:

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Athlete at a track meet for Occidental College and Pomona College, Los Angeles, 1932

Description:

Portrait of an athlete at a track meet for Occidental College and Pomona College, held at Occidental.

Date:

[1932]

Resource Type:

still image

Collection:

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Stanford vaulter leaps over the bar during a pole-vault attempt during the S.C. and Stanford dual track meet, Los Angeles, 1934

Description:

Photographs taken at the same dual track meet appear with the articles, “How Trojans Tripped Stanford,” Los Angeles Times, 06 May 1934: D3, and “Boys Outdo Themselves to Run Away with Meet Southern California Scores Easy 82 2-3 to 48 1-3 Win Over Rivals as Records Fall,” Los Angeles Times, 06 May 1934: D1

Date:

[circa May 5, 1934]

Resource Type:

still image

Collection:

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Lee Barnes pole vaulting at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, 1924

Description:

Lee Stratford Barnes was an American athlete who competed at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris in the men's pole vault and won the gold medal.

Date:

1924

Resource Type:

still image

Collection:

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Joe Forbes, Occidental College track athlete, poses at Patterson Field during a track meet, Los Angeles, 1932

Description:

Possibly related to the article, "OXY TRACKMEN DEFEAT POMONA: Tigers Vanquish Old Rivals 97 2-3 to 42 1-3 Pollard Springs Surprise to Capture Half-Mile Four Bengal Athletes Score Double Victories OXY TRACKMEN DEFEAT POMONA," Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 1932: E1

Date:

[circa March 12, 1932]

Resource Type:

still image

Collection:

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Don Plumb, Pomona College sprinter, relaxes on Patterson Field during a track meet, Los Angeles, 1932

Description:

Possibly related to the article, "OXY TRACKMEN DEFEAT POMONA: Tigers Vanquish Old Rivals 97 2-3 to 42 1-3 Pollard Springs Surprise to Capture Half-Mile Four Bengal Athletes Score Double Victories OXY TRACKMEN DEFEAT POMONA," Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 1932: E1

Date:

[circa March 12, 1932]

Resource Type:

still image

Collection:

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

John Powers, Occidental College student, running a race, Los Angeles[?], circa 1924

Description:

John Powers made the U.S.A. Olympic Trials in 1924 at 400 meters, was the Occidental College record holder in the 440 and was a member of the 1924 Championship Mile Relay at the Penn Relays. He graduated from Occidental College in 1924.

Date:

[circa 1924]

Resource Type:

still image

Collection:

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

University of California athlete performing a long jump, Los Angeles, 1932

Description:

At a track meet with the Los Angeles Athletic Club, a University of California athlete executes a long jump at the athletic field of U.C.L.A. Officials and/or coaches are visible on the right.

Date:

1932

Resource Type:

still image

Collection:

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Charley Paddock on the track, Los Angeles, 1920s

Description:

Charley Paddock warming up on track.

Date:

[1920s]

Resource Type:

still image

Collection:

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Pentathlon champions Jesse Humber and Clarence Mackey, Los Angeles, 1934

Description:

Photograph of young athletes Jesse Humber (right) and Clarence Mackey, Senior and Junior champions, respectively, of The Times Zone Junior Pentathlon. The youngsters pose with medals and trophies they won in the juvenile competition. The large cup in front is the Fred Thompson Trophy, which goes annually to the two champions who each hold it for six months. Humber and Mackey also lead The Times twam at the International Finals in Mexico City, Mexico.

Date:

[June, 1934]

Resource Type:

still image

Collection:

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

U.S.C. high jumper attempts a jump during the U.S.C. and Occidental dual track meet, Los Angeles, [1926]

Description:

Photographs of different events at the same track meet appear with the article, "TROJAN TRACK TEAM OVERWHELMS OXY, 107 TO 33: BUD HOUSER GRABS OFF TRIO OF FIRST PLACES U.S.C. Athletes Score Clean Sweep in Five Events; Les Heilman Breaks Trojan Record TROJAN TRACK OUTFIT WINS," Los Angeles Times, 21 Feb. 1926: A1

Date:

[circa February 20, 1926]

Resource Type:

still image

Collection:

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Max Luna pole vaulting, before leaving for the national Mexican track and field championships, Los Angeles, 1933

Description:

View of Lincoln High School student Max Luna sailing over the bamboo bar during a pole vault. At this time Luna and cleared 11 ft. 6 in. (the current Mexican record was 11 ft. 4 in.).

Date:

1933

Resource Type:

still image

Collection:

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

U.S.C. high jumper leaps over the bar during the U.S.C. and Occidental dual track meet, Los Angeles, [1926]

Description:

Photographs of different events from the same track meet appear with the article, "TROJAN TRACK TEAM OVERWHELMS OXY, 107 TO 33: BUD HOUSER GRABS OFF TRIO OF FIRST PLACES U.S.C. Athletes Score Clean Sweep in Five Events; Les Heilman Breaks Trojan Record TROJAN TRACK OUTFIT WINS," Los Angeles Times, 21 Feb. 1926: A1

Date:

[circa February 20, 1926]

Resource Type:

still image

Collection:

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

John Kuck competing in shot put at the Coliseum, Los Angeles, circa 1928-1930

Description:

John Henry Kuck was an American athlete who won a gold medal in the shot put at the 1928 Summer Olympics setting a new world record at 15.87 m. Before the Olympics, as a student at Kansas State Teachers College (Emporia State University) he was the 1926 national collegiate champion and world record holder in both the shot put and javelin.

Date:

[circa 1928-1930]

Resource Type:

still image

Collection:

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Paul de Bruyn and Juan Carlos Zabala, Olympic track athletes, shake hands, Los Angeles, 1932

Description:

Long distance runners Paul de Bruyn (Germany) and Juan Carlos Zabala (Argentina) shake hands. In Los Angeles for the 1932 Summer Olympics, Zabala won the marathon and De Bryun finished 15th.

Date:

August 1932

Resource Type:

still image

Collection:

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Glenn "Tiny" Hartranft participating in the discus throw at the Coliseum, Los Angeles, 1922-1927

Description:

Photograph depicts Glenn Hartranft participating in the discus throw with track officials or referees in the background. In the distant background, runners can be seen on the track.

Date:

[between 1922-1927]

Resource Type:

still image

Collection:

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Lillian Copeland making world record shot put at the Coliseum, Los Angeles,circa 1924-1932

Description:

Picture of handwritten note: #3 Lillian Copeland making world record shot put for women throwing 8 pound shot 33 ft.81/4"

Date:

[circa 1924-1932]

Resource Type:

still image

Collection:

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

S.C. sprinter crosses the finish line during a race at the S.C. and Stanford dual track meet, Los Angeles, 1934

Description:

Photographs taken at the same dual track meet appear with the articles, “How Trojans Tripped Stanford,” Los Angeles Times, 06 May 1934: D3, and “Boys Outdo Themselves to Run Away with Meet Southern California Scores Easy 82 2-3 to 48 1-3 Win Over Rivals as Records Fall,” Los Angeles Times, 06 May 1934: D1

Date:

[circa May 5, 1934]

Resource Type:

still image

Collection:

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Ralph Hill and another Olympic Club team athlete at a track meet with USC, Los Angeles, 1932

Description:

The Olympic Club track meet was held at Patterson Field, Occidental College.

Date:

April 16, 1932

Resource Type:

still image

Collection:

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection