Search

Browse items

–

Current results range from 1920 to 1939

View distribution

Search Constraints

You searched for: Genre news photographs ✖Remove constraint Genre: news photographs Genre cellulose nitrate film ✖Remove constraint Genre: cellulose nitrate film Language No linguistic content ✖Remove constraint Language: No linguistic content Location Los Angeles (Calif.) ✖Remove constraint Location: Los Angeles (Calif.) Names Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (Los Angeles, Calif.) ✖Remove constraint Names: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Start Over

396 Catalog Results

Number of results to display per page
View results as:
List Created with Sketch. List View List Gallery Created with Sketch. Gallery View Gallery

Search Results

Animal performers in Shrine Circus, Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, 1929

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
OpenUCLA Collections
Animal performers in Shrine Circus, Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, 1929

Armistice Day observance, Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, 1931

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
OpenUCLA Collections
Armistice Day observance, Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, 1931

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

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

Audience gathered at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum to hear President Franklin D. Roosevelt speak, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:
Audience gathered at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum to hear President Franklin D. Roosevelt speak. Eleanor and her husband President Franklin D. Roosevelt visited Los Angeles for a day before visiting San Diego. During their time in Los Angeles, the President gave a speech at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum and Mrs. Roosevelt gave a speech at the Hollywood Bowl.
Date:
October 01, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Audience gathered at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum to hear President Franklin D. Roosevelt speak, Los Angeles, 1935

Berendo Junior High School students in costume on float depicting California history, Shriners' parade, Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, 1925

Description:
Float decorated as sailing ship The Golden Hind, with about seven students riding costumed as Sir Francis Drake and crew, with sign reading Golden Hind, Drake's Ship, Berendo Junior High, on coliseum track with audience in background
Date:
June 5, 1925
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Berendo Junior High School students in costume on float depicting California history, Shriners' parade, Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, 1925

Chief Davis and Commissioner Birnbaum inspect police at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, 1927

Description:
From left to right, Chief James E. Davis and Commissioner Birnbaum walk on the field of Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum and towards camera during an inspection. They are viewed from a slight worm's-eye view. The two men walk between 2 rows of police officers in the near distance at center. A few other officers follow behind them. Chief Davis looks down as he inspects an officer's pistol. The officers under inspection stand in 2 rows that stretch back towards center. They stand at attention, facing right, and holding their pistols in front of them. Additional rows of officers under inspection are visible at far left. The stadium's seats stretch across the background.
Date:
May 2, 1927
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Chief Davis and Commissioner Birnbaum inspect police at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, 1927

Chief Davis handles a firearm during the annual police inspection at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, 1927

Description:
Chief James E. Davis stands in the near distance at center, on the Coliseum's field. He faces towards the left as he handles a rifle during inspection. Officers under inspection stand in a row to the left of Chief Davis. They face towards the right as the line extends back towards center. A second row of police officers is visible standing behind them at left. In the foreground at right, a few other officers stand with their backs to the camera. The stadium's seating lines the background.
Date:
May 2, 1927
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Chief Davis handles a firearm during the annual police inspection at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, 1927

Chorus sings in the stands at the Pageant of Liberty at the Coliseum, Los Angeles, 1926

Description:
Chorus sings in the stands at the Pageant of Liberty. The conductor stands on a platform in front of the singers. Most of the female singers wear white dresses and hats. The men wear jackets and ties. On either side of the chorus, a crowd looks on from the stands. A band is in a pit at ground level.
Date:
July 5, 1926
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Chorus sings in the stands at the Pageant of Liberty at the Coliseum, Los Angeles, 1926

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
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

Costumed shriners, stage, and spectators at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, 1935

Description:
A stage with a white tent is lit by stadium lights. The stage is set at an end of the arena field at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. Dozens of people in stylized costumes of ancient Arabia sit upon the stage and in front of the stage. Hundreds or possibly thousands of spectators can be seen sitting in the stadium. The photograph was taken at night. The Al Malaikah Shrine Temple of Los Angeles hosted a pageant, of which the theme was One Thousand and One Nights, or Arabian Nights.
Date:
October 20, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Costumed shriners, stage, and spectators at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, 1935

Costumed women in shriner Arabian Nights' pageant, Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, 1935

Description:
Seven women, in ancient Arabian-style wear, pose against a similarly-styled backdrop with a vase. The women were part of a pageant hosted by shriners of the Al Malaikah Shrine Temple in Los Angeles. The pageant's theme was One Thousand and One Nights. The photo was most likely taken at the Coliseum.
Date:
October 20, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Costumed women in shriner Arabian Nights' pageant, Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, 1935

Crowd at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum listen to President Franklin D. Roosevelt, October 1, 1935

Description:
President Roosevelt speaks to the crowd from his car at the end of his motorcade through the city. during his one day visit. Tens of thousands of people greeted Roosevelt along with other dignitaries, including his wife Eleanor Roosevelt and Los Angeles Mayor Frank L. Shaw, during the motorcade.
Date:
October 1, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Crowd at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum listen to President Franklin D. Roosevelt, October 1, 1935

Curtis McFadden broad jumps during the S.C. and Stanford dual track meet, Los Angeles, 1934

Description:
The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum track stretches across the foreground. Just beyond it, U.S.C. Trojan, Curtis McFadden, appears to hover in mid-air at center as he broad jumps. He is viewed from the side and faces right. His legs extend straight in front of him as he leans his chest towards his legs. His arms fly back behind him. On the far side of the landing pit, several meet officials stand in a row alongside the pit and face towards camera. A marker behind and to the left of McFadden reads, "23 6." The stadium's seats stretch across the background.
Date:
[May 5, 1934]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Coffey, Fred Everett, 1891-1947
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Curtis McFadden broad jumps during the S.C. and Stanford dual track meet, Los Angeles, 1934