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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

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

Description:: Wrestlers (Ignatio?) Martinez and Jimmy Sanandos in a leg-lock during their wrestling match.
Date:: [between 1925-1945?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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

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

Description:: Prince Bhu Pinder pins Sandor Szabo against the ropes during a mud wrestling match at Olympic Auditorium. This type of wrestling was considered "Hindu style" and it has slightly different rules than regular wrestling, including prohibiting holds beneath the waist. During the match, the first three rows were roped off and the press and referees wore rubber wear to protect from mud splatter. Szabo eventually won the match in front of more than 8000 spectators
Date:: October 20, 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Men covered in mud after a mud fight at the Los Angeles Junior College gather around an unidentified woman.
Date:: 1930s
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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