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Title
Olympic Torch at L.A. City Hall
Alternative Title
Valley Times Photo Collection;
Creator
Brich, George
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.
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/UND/1.0/
Description
Photograph was edited for publication purposes.; Title supplied by cataloger.
Re-enactment of a 10-mile cross country race to Beverly Hills City Hall from Los Angeles City Hall. Dave Jackson is pictured at forefront holding the Olympic Torch, and Mayor Sam Yorty can be seen in the background standing behind the microphone. The men standing on either side of the Mayor have not been identified. Photograph date stamped June 30, 1964.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print : b&w ; 26 x 21 cm.
Identifier
00159947
Valley Times Collection;
HCNVT_ d063_ f21_ i34
http://cdm16703.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/131416
Subject
Yorty, Sam,--1909-1998
Los Angeles City Hall (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Track and field athletes
City halls
Mayors
Torches
Men
Microphones
Los Angeles (Calif.)
Portrait photographs
Group portraits
Time Period
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970

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