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Title: First discus throw over 200 feet
Alternative Title: Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued: 1962
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: Al Oerter breaks world record with 200 ft. 5 1/2 toss on his fourth attempt during Coliseum Relays. It was the first 200-foot toss in history. Photo dated: May 19, 1962.
Type: image
Format: 1 photograph :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier: 00052446
Herald Examiner Collection
HE box 3663.
CARL0000059195
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/21111
Subject: Oerter, Al
Track and field athletes
Discus throwing
Herald-Examiner Collection photographs

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