Names: Man Mountain Dean, 1891-1953 - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Description:: Vincent Lopez, center, is slumped over the rope while Man Mountain Dean (Frank Simmons Leavitt), right, stands over him in the ring. An unidentified man in the foreground has his arm outstretched. The wrestling match took place at the Grand Olympic Auditorium.
Date:: March 31, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Man Mountain Dean (Frank Simmons Leavitt), left, leans against ring after Vincent Lopez, right, delivers a blow. The wrestling match took place in the Grand Olympic Auditorium.
Date:: March 31, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: This photograph is likely related to the article, “Lopez Faces Giant Rival,” Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr 1936: A15.
Date:: March 31, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Man Mountain Dean (Frank Simmons Leavitt), center, and his ring-side team.
Date:: April 20, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: This photograph is likely related to the article, “Lopez Faces Giant Rival,” Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr 1936: A15.
Date:: March 31, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Vincent Lopez and Man Mountain Dean wrestled for the world's heavyweight championship during the Daros' international tournament at the Olympic on July 24, 1935. Vincent Lopez won the title.
Date:: July 24, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: The artist Wolo, was born in Berlin, Germany on July 24, 1902 of noble birth, Baron Wolf Erhardt Anton George Trutzschiler von Falkenstein. He came to the U.S. in 1922 as an exchange student at the University of Wisconsin. In 1927 he moved to Los Angeles and, as a self-taught artist, established a studio on Olvera Street. In 1932, he assisted respected Mexican artist David Siqueiros (1896-1974) with the Olvera Street controversial mural America Tropical. Wolo was also a puppeteer and the author of five childrens books.
Date:: 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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