Location: Los Angeles (Calif.) / Names: University of Southern California and Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (Los Angeles, Calif.) / Subject: Track athletics--California--Los Angeles and Exposition Park (Los Angeles, Calif.) - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

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Description:: At center, Lee Barnes, a U.S.C. vaulter, is captured falling through the air after he crosses over the bar during a record-setting vault attempt. His body is angled towards camera and facing the ground. He stretches an arm over his head as he passes behind the bar. In front of him, the bar stands at center. On the ground, another athlete stands near the left edge and watches Barnes' jump. Another man stands with his back to camera at center. In the distance, the field stretches back towards the stadium's seats, which line the background.
Date:: [February 27, 1926]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bell, Robert H., b. 1889
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: The backs of spectators' heads line the bottom edge. Ahead of them, the track sits below camera-level as it stretches across the image. Three piles of hurdles sit on the field alongside the track. The field stretches across the mid-ground. Athletes and meet officials dot the near side of the field. On the far side of the field, several runners race at center, traveling to the left. The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum's stands stretch across the background.
Date:: [circa May 5, 1934]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection