Location: Los Angeles (Calif.) / Names: Olympic Auditorium (Los Angeles, Calif.) and Savoldi, Joe, 1908-1974 - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Description:: Wrestling match between Joseph “Jumping Joe” Savoldi and Mayes McLain. One wrestler is captured mid-motion with arms raised, while his opponent lies on the mat with head and shoulders off the mat. The match was part of Lou Daro's International Wrestling Tournament.
Date:: November 27, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Built in 1924 and located at 1801 S. Grand Ave., the Grand Olympic Auditorium became the Glory Church of Jesus Christ in 2005.
Date:: November 27, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Photograph of Joe Savoldi wrestling Vincent Lopez with one wrestler's feet off of the floor, probably at the Olympic Auditorium.
Date:: 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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