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Title: Starting up the rope
Alternative Title: Valley Times Photo Collection;
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: 1954
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.
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Description: Photograph was edited for publication purposes.
Photograph caption dated April 28, 1954 reads "Don Perry, world's greatest rope climber, testing San Fernando High School rope in preparation for the national AAU gym Friday and Saturday evenings at San Fernando. Perry holds the world's record at 2.8 for the 20-foot climb. He attends UCLA."
Type: image
Format: 1 photographic print : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm.
Identifier: 00159064
Valley Times Collection;
HCNVT_d063_f29_i29
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/131245
Subject: Perry, Don
University of California, Los Angeles--Students
Athletes
Men
Climbing
Rope
San Fernando (Calif.)
Time Period: 1951-1960

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