Names: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (Los Angeles, Calif.) - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Description:: The Summer Olympic Games took place in Los Angeles in 1932, not 1934 as the negative sleeve states.
Date:: [July 30-August 14, 1932]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Description:: Crowd at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum watches the Olympic Games. There is a man in a hat and sunglasses in the foreground. There are Olympic flags and American flags in the background, as well as banners for previous Olympic Games. The surrounding area is visible at the right of the photograph, including trees and neighboring buildings. There is a vertical sculpture at the top of one of the columns that makes up the outer edge of the Coliseum.
Date:: [July 30-August 14, 1932]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Description:: Opening Ceremony of the 1932 Summer Olympic Games. Athletes walk on the field, some dressed in suits. A huge crowd fills the Coliseum, visible close to the camera as well as all around the arena. The center of the field is empty, as this seems to be the start of the ceremony.
Date:: [July 30, 1932]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Description:: Opening Ceremony of the 1932 Summer Olympic Games. Athletes walk into the stadium, some wearing suits. In the foreground, there is the edge of a parasol. Spectators wearing hats are also in the foreground, and a huge number of spectators fill the stadium in the distance.
Date:: [July 30, 1932]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Description:: Jesse Owens from the Ohio State University track team competes in a race against unidentified members of the University of California track team.
Date:: June 15, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Jesse Owens for the Ohio State University track team competes in the long jump event.
Date:: June 15, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Track team members from Ohio State University and the University of Southern California compete in a race at the Coliseum.
Date:: June 15, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: USC Bruins punt during a football game against the Ohio State Buckeyes Buckeyes at the Coliseum.
Date:: October 9, 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: The Santa Clara Broncos and the Loyola Lions clash during a regular season game in Los Angeles. Pictured is Loyola Head Coach Tom Lieb with an unidentified Loyola player. The Broncos were as-yet undefeated in the 1937 season and prevailed against Loyola, eventually finishing the 1937 season 9-0 and winning the Sugar Bowl against #8 team LSU. October 24, 1937.
Date:: October 24, 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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