Genre: glass plate negatives / Subject: Track and field athletes--California--Los Angeles - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Description:: Lillian Copeland was an American athlete who excelled in weight throwing. She has been called "the most successful female discus thrower in U.S. history," and held multiple titles in shot put and javelin throwing as well. In the 1928 Olympics she won the silver medal for the discus throw and in 1932 she won the gold medal in this event.
Date:: 1928
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: Photograph appears with the articles "Highlights In a Day of Thrills At the Southwestern Olympic Finals," Los Angeles Times, 17 June 1928: , and "PLAYED PROMINENT ROLES IN 1928 JUNIOR OLYMPICS," Los Angeles Times, 03 Feb. 1929: A3.
Date:: June 1928
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: Photo appears with the article "Junior Olympic Champion for 1927 Shows Benefits of His Training," Los Angeles Times, 05 Feb. 1928: A1. Junior Olympic Champion Tony Galasso flexes his muscles.
Date:: [circa February 5, 1928]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: Photo appears with the article "WINNING SPIRIT MAKES CHAMP: Coach Tells Requirements of Winner," Burns, Ted, Los Angeles Times, 12 Feb. 1928: A5.
Date:: [circa February 12, 1928]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: Lee Barnes was a part of the track team at University of Southern California from 1924 to 1928. He won gold in pole vaulting at the Paris Olympics in 1924.
Date:: [between 1924-1928]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: Junior olympian Jerry Deal standing in front a white screen, looking down and holding a medal that is pinned on his chest. This photograph may be related to the article, "Jerry Deal," Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 1928: A3.
Date:: April 21, 1928
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Vic Conde was a student athlete at Occidental College. He is wearing a track uniform and in mid throw.
Date:: [between 1925-1927]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: John Powers (left), Occidental College student, and another athlete running a race at Occidental College, with four standing spectators. The outspread arms of the racers suggest that they may be approaching the finish line. 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

Description:: Lee Barnes was a part of the track team at University of Southern California from 1924 to 1928. He won gold in pole vaulting at the Paris Olympics in 1924.
Date:: [between 1924-1928]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Occidental College track and field athlete Phil Buckman. He is in a running pose on the track.
Date:: 1925
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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