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Runners in a hurdle race at the Olympic Games, Los Angeles, 1932

Description:
Runners in a hurdle race at the Olympic Games. One man is jumping over the hurdle. Another runner is behind him, another in front. There are people to the side of the track, including some who are sitting on a bench. Spectators are visible in the background, and the hats of spectators are visible in the foreground.
Date:
[July 30-August 14, 1932]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Runners in a hurdle race at the Olympic Games, Los Angeles, 1932

Crowd at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum watches the Olympic Games, Los Angeles, 1932

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
Crowd at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum watches the Olympic Games, Los Angeles, 1932

Frank C. Touton awarding diploma to his daughter, Harriet Louise Touton, University of Southern California graduation, Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, 1934

Description:
This image is described in Los Angeles Times article, June 15, 1934, Ten Thousand Gather fo U.S.C. Graduation, Class of 1593 Given Diplomas and Other Awards in Colorful Twilight Ceremony at Coliseum … There were dramatic moments, too, such as when Dr. Frank C. Touton, vice-president of the university, who awarded the diplomas, found his pretty young daughter, Herriette [Harriet] Louise Touton, in line and as soon as he had handed her a diploma he planted a resounding kiss on her cheek. …
Date:
June 14, 1934
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Frank C. Touton awarding diploma to his daughter, Harriet Louise Touton, University of Southern California graduation, Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, 1934

Two USC Trojans try to tackle Utah's No. 45 as he runs with the ball during the USC and Utah football game, Los Angeles, 1932

Description:
The camera looks across the Coliseum's field during a 1932 football game between USC and Utah. A play occurs in the near distance at right. In the middle of the melee, No. 45 of Utah carries the ball and attempts push through USC's defense. On the ground behind him, are from front to back, USC players No. 27 And 6[?]. USC Trojan No. 6[?] grabs the Utah runner's legs from behind in an attempt to tackle him. To the left of Utah Ute No. 45, another USC player runs towards him and reaches his hands out to stop him. Behind the immediate play, a few players from each team either approach or look towards the play. Another USC player and a referee are in partial view as they run across the field at far left. The Coliseum's standsoccupy the background.
Date:
[circa September 24, 1932]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Two USC Trojans try to tackle Utah's No. 45 as he runs with the ball during the USC and Utah football game, Los Angeles, 1932

Bird's-eye view of the USC and Stanford football game at the Coliseum, Los Angeles, 1931

Description:
The camera looks east and pans down at the Coliseum's field during the USC and Stanford football game of 1931. Along the bottom edge, crowds fill stands that descend towards the field. The field sits in the near distance at center. Players on the field line up for a play at right, just beyond the near end zone. Crowds fill the stands as they wrap around the long sides of the field. The main entrance to the Coliseum rises at the far end of the field in the distance at center.
Date:
[circa November 7, 1931]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Bird's-eye view of the USC and Stanford football game at the Coliseum, Los Angeles, 1931

Armistice Day observance, Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, 1931

Description:
Probably related to Los Angeles Times article, November 8, 1931, Minute of Memory Caps Armistice Day Program, All City to Pause in Silent Token of Respect to Fallen Heroes of War at 11 a.m. … Presentation of stand of colors to Legion of Valor … by Senator Shortridge. … unit will be commanded by Frank J. Irwin, a D.S.C. man and former National Commander of the Disabled American Veterans …
Date:
1931
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Armistice Day observance, Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, 1931

Players jostle for position near the 55-yard-line during a football game between UCLA and St. Mary's, Los Angeles, 1934

Description:
The camera looks across the Coliseum's field during a football game between UCLA and St. Mary's. At center, a UCLA player (white jersey) and a St. Mary's player (dark jersey) both appear to await a pass. Behind and to the right of them, a football sails in the air towards them. Players from both teams and a referee stand spread across the field behind them. Crowds fill the Coliseum's stands, which stretch across the background.
Date:
[circa November 12, 1934]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Players jostle for position near the 55-yard-line during a football game between UCLA and St. Mary's, Los Angeles, 1934

St. Mary's player leaps for and misses a passing during a football game against UCLA, Los Angeles, 1934

Description:
At center, a St. Mary's player leaps into the air and tries to receive a pass during a football game between UCLA and St. Mary's at the Coliseum. He faces towards camera and reaches his hands up, but the football sails over him. Two UCLA Bruins, No. 55 (left) and No. 33 (right) cover him. Players from both teams are spread across the field behind the play on the ball. In the background, spectators fill the stands.
Date:
[circa November 12, 1934]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
St. Mary's player leaps for and misses a passing during a football game against UCLA, Los Angeles, 1934

USC Trojan No. 18 dodges a Utah defender near the 50-yard-line in the USC and Utah football game, Los Angeles, 1932

Description:
The camera looks across the Coliseum's field during the 1932 football game between USC and Utah. In the near distance at left, USC's No. 18 runs with the ball and with his back towards camera. He dodges an attempted tackle by a Utah player to the right of him. Other players continue to play away from the ball at left and center. The Coliseum's stands stretch across the background.
Date:
[circa September 24, 1932]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
USC Trojan No. 18 dodges a Utah defender near the 50-yard-line in the USC and Utah football game, Los Angeles, 1932

S.C. Trojan relay runner sprints through the finish line during the dual track meet against Stanford, Los Angeles, 1934

Description:
In the near distance at center, the S.C. Trojans 4 x 440 yard relay team anchor, John McCarthy, crosses the finish line. He strides through the tape facing right and carries the relay baton in his right hand. In the foreground, two meet officials stand along the left edge with their backs to the camera and another stands in partial view at right. The track stretches across the image ahead of them. Behind and to the left of McCarthy, several officials stand in a cluster at the finish line. Another official stands on a riser behind and to the left of them. The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum stands stretch across the background.
Date:
[circa May 5, 1934]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
S.C. Trojan relay runner sprints through the finish line during the dual track meet against Stanford, Los Angeles, 1934

Runners race to the finish line during the S.C. and Stanford dual track meet, Los Angeles, 1934

Description:
Photographs taken at the same dual track meet appear with the articles, “How Trojans Tripped Stanford,” Los Angeles Times, 06 May 1934: D3, and “Boys Outdo Themselves to Run Away with Meet Southern California Scores Easy 82 2-3 to 48 1-3 Win Over Rivals as Records Fall,” Los Angeles Times, 06 May 1934: D1
Date:
[circa May 5, 1934]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Runners race to the finish line during the S.C. and Stanford dual track meet, Los Angeles, 1934

St. Mary's player catches a pass during a football game between UCLA and St. Mary's, Los Angeles, 1934

Description:
At center, No. 50 of the St. Mary's Gaels catches a football during a game between UCLA and St. Mary's at the Coliseum. No. 50 runs with his back to camera and reaches up to his right to catch the football. Nearer to camera at left, a teammate, No. 75, runs towards the right. Another St. Mary's player stands farther down the field at right and faces towards camera. Behind and between No. 75 and 50, UCLA Bruin No. 14 runs away from camera. Spectators fill the stands in the background.
Date:
[circa November 12, 1934]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
St. Mary's player catches a pass during a football game between UCLA and St. Mary's, Los Angeles, 1934

UCLA Bruin runs with the ball during the football game between UCLA and St. Mary's, Los Angeles, 1934

Description:
The camera looks across the Coliseum's field during the football game between UCLA and St. Mary's. In the near distance at center, a UCLA player (white jersey) runs towards camera with the ball. He tries to push through the St. Mary's defenders. St. Mary's No. 50 stands with his back to camera as he waits to tackle UCLA's ball carrier. A couple players lie on the ground immediately to the left of the runner. About 5 UCLA players on the ground in the backfield at left. A couple of St. Mary's Gaels and a Bruin run up field at right. A referee stands behind the play at center. An empty section of the Coliseum's curves across the background.
Date:
[circa November 12, 1934]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
UCLA Bruin runs with the ball during the football game between UCLA and St. Mary's, Los Angeles, 1934

Clarence Berry, Bob Lyon, Sam Klopstock and Gene Culp start the high hurdles race during the S.C. and Stanford dual track meet, Los Angeles, 1934

Description:
The high hurdles race at the S.C. and Stanford dual track meet is seen from a bird's-eye view at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. The track, off-center to the left, sits below camera-level and stretches straight back. The hurdlers are captured mid-leap as they cross the first set of hurdles near the bottom edge. From left to right, the runners are: Clarence Berry (S.C.), Bob Lyon (S.C.), Sam Klopstock (Stanford) and Gene Culp (S.C.). Klopstock appears in the lead, but knocks over his hurdle. Along the inside edge of the track at left, meet officials line the straight-away. Other meet officials and participants mill about the field. In the distance at right, spectators fill a few sections of the stands near the race's finish line. Empty stadium seats stretch across the background at center and left.
Date:
[May 5, 1934]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Coffey, Fred Everett, 1891-1947
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Clarence Berry, Bob Lyon, Sam Klopstock and Gene Culp start the high hurdles race during the S.C. and Stanford dual track meet, Los Angeles, 1934

Stanford vaulter leaps over the bar during a pole-vault attempt during the S.C. and Stanford dual track meet, Los Angeles, 1934

Description:
Photographs taken at the same dual track meet appear with the articles, “How Trojans Tripped Stanford,” Los Angeles Times, 06 May 1934: D3, and “Boys Outdo Themselves to Run Away with Meet Southern California Scores Easy 82 2-3 to 48 1-3 Win Over Rivals as Records Fall,” Los Angeles Times, 06 May 1934: D1
Date:
[circa May 5, 1934]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Stanford vaulter leaps over the bar during a pole-vault attempt during the S.C. and Stanford dual track meet, Los Angeles, 1934

Governor Frank Merriam, Seth Howard, and William Jennings Bryan Jr. display patriotism, Los Angeles, 1934

Description:
This photograph appears with the article, “Impressive Exercises Mark Los Angeles’ Observance of Armistice Day: Battle Just Beginning, Armistice Crowd Told Merriam Urges Renewal of Fight for American Principles in Speech to 20,000 at Coliseum,” Los Angeles Times, 13 Nov. 1934: A1.
Date:
November 13, 1934
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Governor Frank Merriam, Seth Howard, and William Jennings Bryan Jr. display patriotism, Los Angeles, 1934

John Kuck competing in shot put at the Coliseum, Los Angeles, circa 1928-1930

Description:
John Henry Kuck was an American athlete who won a gold medal in the shot put at the 1928 Summer Olympics setting a new world record at 15.87 m. Before the Olympics, as a student at Kansas State Teachers College (Emporia State University) he was the 1926 national collegiate champion and world record holder in both the shot put and javelin.
Date:
[circa 1928-1930]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
John Kuck competing in shot put at the Coliseum, Los Angeles, circa 1928-1930