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George Godfrey, heavyweight boxer with his brother [outside the KJH Radio studio?], [Los Angeles(?)], circa 1926-1927

Description:: Heavyweight boxer George Godfrey with his brother in a mock confrontation, both in crouching positions and with his brother holding up a beverage bottle by its neck, outside a brick building. Both wearing suits, hats and ties, and George's hat is a straw boater. Other photographs taken on this occasion show a sign reading "KHJ" over a doorway. The location may be the KHJ radio studio and towers atop the Los Angeles Times building at 1st and Broadway.
Date:: [circa 1926-1927]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Girls with their golf instructor at the Wilshire Country Club, Los Angeles, 1927

Description:: A similar image appeared in the Los Angeles Times article "Wilshire's latest crop of cup hunters: expert starts promising youngsters upon tee-and-greens career" on March 3-20-1927.
Date:: March 1927
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Mariechen M. Wehselau, future Olympic Gold Medal swimmer, Los Angeles, 1924

Description:: Mariechen Wehselau, standing on the roof of a building wearing her swimsuit. Wehselau was in Los Angeles for exhibition swims en route to the Olympic tryouts in New York on June 7-8.
Date:: May 17, 1924
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

John Powers, Occidental College student, running track at the Coliseum, Los Angeles, circa 1924

Description:: John Powers made the U.S.A. Olympic Trials in 1924 at 400 meters, was the Occidental College record holder in the 440 and was a member of the 1924 Championship Mile Relay at the Penn Relays. He graduated from Occidental College in 1924.
Date:: [circa 1924]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Henri Cochet, French tennis champion, playing at the Pacific Southwest Tennis Championships, Los Angeles, 1928

Description:: Henri Jean Cochet was a champion tennis player, one of the famous "Four Musketeers" from France who dominated tennis in the late 1920s and early 1930s.
Date:: October 1928
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Austin Clapp, Olympic medalist, at the Ambassador Hotel Plunge event, Los Angeles, 1928

Description:: Austin Clapp swimming at the Ambassador Hotel Plunge event. Clapp and several other athletes participated in the Plunge event en route to the senior national outdoor championships at Honolulu.
Date:: August 1928
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Austin Clapp, Olympic medalist, at the Ambassador Hotel Plunge event, Los Angeles, 1928

Description:: Austin Clapp was an American swimmer and water polo player who competed in the 1928 and 1932 Summer Olympics. In 1928 he won a gold medal in the 4x200 m freestyle relay event and in 1932 he was a member of American water polo team, which won a bronze medal.
Date:: August 1928
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Young men in homecoming "brawl," University of Southern California, Los Angeles, [1928?]

Description:: A similar photograph appears with Los Angeles Times article, October 18, 1928, Trojan Sophs Win Right to Rule, Freshmen Lose Liberties—and Shirts—in Annual Brawl
Date:: [1928?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Girls receiving golf lessons at the Wilshire Country Club, Los Angeles, 1927

Description:: This image appeared in the Los Angeles Times article "Wilshire's latest crop of cup hunters: expert starts promising youngsters upon tee-and-greens career" on March 3-20-1927.
Date:: March 1927
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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George Godfrey, heavyweight boxer, [outside the KJH Radio studio, Los Angeles(?)], circa 1926-1927

Description:: George Godfrey, "The Leiperville Shadow," was the ring name of Feab Smith Williams, a heavyweight boxer from the state of Alabama who fought from 1919-1937. Godfrey twice won the World Colored Heavyweight Championship. In 2003, Godfrey was named to the Ring Magazine's list of 100 greatest punchers of all time.
Date:: [circa 1926-1927]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Golfer Macdonald Smith and actor Harold Lloyd on golf course, Los Angeles, 1928

Description:: Macdonald Smith, in sweater and knickers with golf club, and Harold Lloyd, in suit and tie, on golf course with spectators and trees in background
Date:: 1928
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Bowling on the green at Exposition Park, Los Angeles, 1920-1939

Description:: Men in suits or vests and hats playing lawn bowls in Exposition Park
Date:: [between 1920-1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Young men in homecoming "brawl," University of Southern California, Los Angeles, 1928

Description:: This photograph, cropped, appears with Los Angeles Times article, October 18, 1928, Trojan Sophs Win Right to Rule, Freshmen Lose Liberties—and Shirts—in Annual Brawl
Date:: October 17, 1928
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Pole vaulter Ralph Smith, Los Angeles Coliseum, Los Angeles, [1928?]

Description:: Possibly connected to Los Angeles Times article, June 11, 1928, Track Athletes Bear Down in Final Week of Practice Before Olympic Tryouts … Ralph Smith’s vault of 13 ft. 5 in. stamps that young man as a chap to keep track of in competition …
Date:: 1928?
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Ed Shaw running track for U.S.C., Los Angeles, 1923

Description:: Ed Shaw running track for U.S.C. with a grandstand on the left
Date:: 1923
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Young men playing with large exercise ball at homecoming "brawl," University of Southern California, Los Angeles, [1928?]

Description:: Possibly related to Los Angeles Times article, October 18, 1928, Trojan Sophs Win Right to Rule, Freshmen Lose Liberties—and Shirts—in Annual Brawl
Date:: 1928
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Young men playing with large exercise ball at homecoming "brawl," University of Southern California, Los Angeles, [1928?]

Description:: Possibly related to Los Angeles Times article, October 18, 1928, Trojan Sophs Win Right to Rule, Freshmen Lose Liberties—and Shirts—in Annual Brawl
Date:: [1928?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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George Godfrey, heavyweight boxer with his brother [outside the KJH Radio studio?], [Los Angeles(?)], circa 1926-1927

Girls with their golf instructor at the Wilshire Country Club, Los Angeles, 1927

Mariechen M. Wehselau, future Olympic Gold Medal swimmer, Los Angeles, 1924

John Powers, Occidental College student, running track at the Coliseum, Los Angeles, circa 1924

Henri Cochet, French tennis champion, playing at the Pacific Southwest Tennis Championships, Los Angeles, 1928

Austin Clapp, Olympic medalist, at the Ambassador Hotel Plunge event, Los Angeles, 1928

Austin Clapp, Olympic medalist, at the Ambassador Hotel Plunge event, Los Angeles, 1928

Young men in homecoming "brawl," University of Southern California, Los Angeles, [1928?]

Girls receiving golf lessons at the Wilshire Country Club, Los Angeles, 1927

George Godfrey, heavyweight boxer, [outside the KJH Radio studio, Los Angeles(?)], circa 1926-1927

Golfer Macdonald Smith and actor Harold Lloyd on golf course, Los Angeles, 1928

Bowling on the green at Exposition Park, Los Angeles, 1920-1939

Young men in homecoming "brawl," University of Southern California, Los Angeles, 1928

Pole vaulter Ralph Smith, Los Angeles Coliseum, Los Angeles, [1928?]

Ed Shaw running track for U.S.C., Los Angeles, 1923

Young men playing with large exercise ball at homecoming "brawl," University of Southern California, Los Angeles, [1928?]

Young men playing with large exercise ball at homecoming "brawl," University of Southern California, Los Angeles, [1928?]

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