Names: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (Los Angeles, Calif.) / Subject: Track and field athletes--California--Los Angeles - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

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:: The camera captures Charley Paddock and Charley Borah leaping to the tape in a photo finish of a record-setting 100 yd race in the Coliseum. At center, Charley Paddock lifts his arms and takes the tape with him as he leaps across the line. In this race, he set a world record of 9.5 seconds. To the right of him, Charley Borah also reaches the tape and finishes a very close second. "1929" is scrolled across the front of his jersey. Behind and to the left of Charley Paddock, Murray Schultz of Caltech runs towards the tape and ultimately takes 4th place. A few more sprinters follow behind the leaders. Along the right side of the track, meet officials and hurdles line the infield. The Coliseum's empty stands stretch across the background.
Date:: [May 15, 1926]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Watson, George R., 1892-1977
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: Reported in the article, "Trojans Picked To Defeat Olympic Club Track Team Here Tomorrow Afternoon," 16 Mar. 1928: B1.
Date:: March 17, 1928
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Watson, George R., 1892-1977
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Reported in the article, "Trojans Picked To Defeat Olympic Club Track Team Here Tomorrow Afternoon," 16 Mar. 1928: B1.
Date:: March 17, 1928
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Watson, George R., 1892-1977
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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

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