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Photograph was edited for publication purposes The Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena, located at 3939 S. Figueroa Street, was officially opened on July 4, 1959 by then Vice President Richard M. Nixon and was designed by Welton Becket; general contractor was L.E. Dixon Company. The last event at the arena was a Bruce Springsteen concert. The arena was closed on March 19, 2016 and demolished to make room for a new soccer stadium. Photograph caption dated June 12, 1965 reads "Home show queen Janice Johnson is helped out of a model of the Apollo spacecraft by Hap Hazard, space engineer, wearing the very latest design in suits for moon crawling. Cutaway model of Apollo is now on exhibit in Sports Arena, along with other aerospace features, 12:30 to 11 p.m. daily through June 20."; See images #00142786 through #00142788 for all photos in this series.
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1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm. Photographic prints
Hazard, Allyn B.,--1924-1979 Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena (Los Angeles, Calif.) Apollo 1 (Spacecraft)--Models Men--California--Los Angeles Women--California--Los Angeles Engineers--California--Los Angeles Beauty contestants--California--Los Angeles Lunar surface vehicles--California--Los Angeles Space suits--California--Los Angeles Exhibitions--California--Los Angeles Arenas--California--Los Angeles Lost architecture--California--Los Angeles Valley Times Collection photographs
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