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Two blind men training in the 100-yard dash for the Braille Institute Invitational Track Meet in Los Angeles, Calif., 1973

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Title: Two blind men training in the 100-yard dash for the Braille Institute Invitational Track Meet in Los Angeles, Calif., 1973
Contributor: Malmin, John
Date Created and/or Issued: May 11, 1973
Publication Information: Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information: US
UCLA Library Special Collections, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-4300
Description: WARMUP FOR BRAILLE MEET--Working for the first Braille invitational track meet set for May 12 are blind athletes Johnny Geltermair, 15, left, and Mike Zorick, 26. They guide themselves in 100-yard dash by holding onto plastic sleeves attached to ropes. Meet, co-sponsored by the Van Nuys Lions Club, will be at the Braille Institute Youth center at 3450 Cahuenga Blvd., one mile east of Lankershim.
Type: Image
Format: b&w negative
Identifier: uclalat_1429_b710_273760-2
ark:/21198/zz0002np0b
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Blind athletes--California--Los Angeles County
Sports
Braille Institute of America
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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