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Title
View of a crowd watching a rowing competition in Long Beach, 1932
Date Created and/or Issued
1932
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
California Historical Society
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Rights Information
Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California
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Description
Photograph of a view of a crowd watching a rowing competition in Long Beach, 1932. A crowd of mostly men can be seen from behind across center watching several long boats in a race in a body of water spanning from left to right across center. Two of the boats appear to be tied, while two other boats trail behind to the right. A large crowd of people can be seen across the water. Oil wells are visible behind the crowd in the background.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photonegative, b&w
10 x 13 cm.
negatives (photographic)
photographs
Identifier
chs-m24388 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-48806
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m24388
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-48806.jpg
Subject
Rowing
Boats and boating
Olympic Games (10th : 1932 : Los Angeles, Calif.)
Oceans
Time Period
1932
Place
California
Long Beach
Los Angeles
USA
Source
48806 [Accession number]
CHS-48806 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m15009

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