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Description:: Heavyweight wrestler Vincent Lopez grappling with newcomer El Pulpo at the Olympic Auditorium (1801 S. Grand Ave.).
Date:: [circa November 1937]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Heavyweight wrestling champion Dean Detton grappling with an opponent at the Olympic Auditorium.
Date:: [circa November 1937]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Heavyweight wrestler Vincent Lopez grappling with newcomer El Pulpo at the Olympic Auditorium.
Date:: [circa November 1937]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Heavyweight wrestling champion Dean Detton grappling with an opponent at the Olympic Auditorium.
Date:: [circa November 1937]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Heavyweight wrestler Vincent Lopez grappling with newcomer El Pulpo at the Olympic Auditorium ( 1801 S. Grand Ave).
Date:: [circa November 1937]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Heavyweight wrestler Vincent Lopez grappling with newcomer El Pulpo at the Olympic Auditorium (1801 S. Grand Ave.).
Date:: [circa November 1937]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Sandor Szabo and Prince Bhu Pinder shaking hands in the ring after their mud wrestling match at Olympic Auditorium. This type of wrestling is 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 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:: Kentuckian "Daniel Boone" Savage, left, and German Hans Steinke, right, wrestle in a summer match at the Grand Olympic Auditorium in downtown Los Angeles. June 16, 1937.
Date:: June 16, 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Kentuckian "Daniel Boone" Savage, right, and German Hans Steinke, left, wrestle in a summer match at the Grand Olympic Auditorium in downtown Los Angeles. June 16, 1937.
Date:: June 16, 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Kentuckian "Daniel Boone" Savage, left, and German Hans Steinke, right, wrestle in a summer match at the Grand Olympic Auditorium in downtown Los Angeles. June 16, 1937.
Date:: June 16, 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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