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Title: Coliseum Olympics track meet
Alternative Title: Los Angeles Photographers Photo Collection;
Creator: Quillen, Harry
Date Created and/or Issued: 1932
Contributing Institution: Los Angeles Public Library
Collection: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information: Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description: Final results in the women's 100-meter dash at the 1932 Olympics are posted at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, with winners from Poland, Canada, and the United States. Stella Walsh of Poland made a new world record for women by running in 11 minutes and 9 seconds. Canadian Hilder Strike and American Wilhelmina Von Bremen were second and third. 80,000 persons faced the victory flags while the different national anthems were played. The torch on top of the peristyle burned night and day throughout the games.
Type: image
Format: 1 photograph :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier: 00057855
Harry Quillen Collection; Los Angeles Photographers Collection;
A-010-818 4x5; Sports-Olympic Games-1932-Track and field.
CARL0000061362
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/120073
Subject: Walsh, Stella
Strike, Hildre
Bremen, Wilhelmina Von
Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Track and field--California--Los Angeles
Olympics
Women--California--Los Angeles

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