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Title: Roller Derby girls battle it out
Alternative Title: Valley Times Photo Collection
Creator: Martin, Bob
Contributor: This project was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian
Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation and Photo Friends
Date Created and/or Issued: 1964
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: Title supplied by cataloger. Used in the Exhibit: Play by Play - A Century of L.A. Sports Photography, 1889-1989.
Located at 1801 S. Grand Avenue, the Olympic Auditorium was built in 1924.
Photograph cation dated July 21, 1964 reads, "Rough and Tough - The Los Angeles Braves' Coco Graves, right, is shown having a hassle with Anne Cavalle of the Philadelphia Panthers as referee Tex Orb tries to intercede. The girls are part of the Roller Derby which appears every Thursday night at the Valley Garden Arena."
Type: image
Format: 1 photographic print : b&w ; 26 x 21 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier: 00048838
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d064_f15_i15
CARL0000052987
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/41707
Subject: Valley Garden Arena (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Roller derby
Roller skaters
Roller skates
Roller skating
Referees
Women roller skaters
Men
Los Angeles (Calif.)
Time Period: 1961-1970

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