Location: Los Angeles (Calif.) / Names: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (Los Angeles, Calif.) / Date: 1926 - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

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
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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

Description:: View of the band, the temporary stage with the graduating class, and the crowd in the stands.
Date:: June 1926
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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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
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Description:: Charley Paddock leaping through finish line at Los Angeles Coliseum.
Date:: [1920s]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: This photograph may be associated with the article, “Seen CLOSE to HOME,” Los Angeles Times, 13 Jun. 1926: H2.
Date:: June 13, 1926
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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

Description:: Chuck Eaton (left), of Pomona College, and Johnny Myrra, of the Olympic Club Track Team, stand arm in arm at the empty Coliseum during a practice session. Both athletes specialized in the javelin.
Date:: [circa 1925]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Howard Jones was the celebrated head coach for USC's football team from 1925 to 1940.
Date:: [between 1925-1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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