Resource Type: still image / Names: Pyle, Charles C., 1882-1939 - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Description:: Charles C. "C.C." Pyle (March 25, 1882 – February 3, 1939), also known as "Cash and Carry" Pyle, poses for a candid photograph with crowd while holding a football under each arm. C. C. Pyle was a famous sports agent and sporting events promoter.
Date:: [between 1925-1939?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: C. C. Pyle, an early sports promoter, in the office of Lloyd S. Nix, the Los Angeles city prosecutor, addressing charges of not paying athletes with whom he had contracts. Seated from left: C. C. Pyle (sports promoter), James M. Stevens (Pyle's attorney), Lloyd S. Nix (City Prosecutor). Standing: Eugene T. McGann (an attorney), William Krowl (Assistant City Prosecutor). Reported in "Nix Postpones Action in Case Against Pyle,: Los Angeles Times, 07 Aug. 1929: A1.
Date:: August 1929
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: C. C. Pyle was promoting the "Bunion Derby" a 3400 mile transcontinental run from the Ascot Speedway in Los Angeles to Yankee Stadium in New York.
Date:: 1928
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: Harold "Red" Grange, in Chicago Bears sweatshirt and athletic shoes, and C.C. Pyle, in suit and tie, holding hat and cigarette, both on one knee on Coliseum field, looking toward each other, with empty seats in background and another man partially visible at right
Date:: January 15, 1926
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Snyder, William Earl, 1896-1956
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: Harold "Red" Grange, in Chicago Bears sweatshirt and athletic shoes, and C.C. Pyle, in suit and tie, holding hat and cigarette, both on one knee on Coliseum field, with empty seats in background and another man partially visible at right
Date:: January 15, 1926
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Snyder, William Earl, 1896-1956
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: Harold "Red" Grange, in Chicago Bears sweatshirt and athletic shoes, with C.C.Pyle, in suit, tie, and hat, holding cigarette, arm around Grange's shoulder, both standing on Coliseum field, with about 6 other men, some in athletic clothing, and empty seats in background
Date:: January 15, 1926
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Snyder, William Earl, 1896-1956
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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