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Title: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, 105,000 seating
Creator: Plunkett, Bob
Date Created and/or Issued: 1947
Contributing Institution: Huntington Library
Collection: Photographs
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Description: Image of the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum filled with a crowd of attendees at the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Rodeo Event in Los Angeles, California. The scoreboard reads "Next Event Here Football, L.A Rams vs. Wasn. Redskins Sept 5."
"Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, 105,000 seating." "P-36" and "Bob Plunkett photo"--text, on negative. Title transcribed from negative; date devised by cataloger based on date of football advertised on scoreboard ("Football fans in Southern California will receive an eye-opener for a season opener on the night of September 5 when the Los Angeles Rams clash with the Washington Redskins in the annual Los Angeles Times Charities, Inc. contest at Los Angeles Coliseum" ["Times Charities Set Date for Annual Grid Game Sept. 5," Los Angeles Times, July 3, 1947, page 22]).
Type: image
Format: image/jpeg
Extent: 1 photograph : film negative ; sheet 12.4 x 17.5 cm
Identifier: photCL_555
488064
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll2/id/17805
Subject: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Los Angeles Sheriff's Rodeo (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Arenas
Crowds
Rodeos
Stadiums
Photographs. (aat)
Place: Los Angeles (Calif.)
Source: Photographs, Huntington Digital Library

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