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Jesse Owens competes in a broad jump event at a track meet, Los Angeles, 1930s

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Title: Jesse Owens competes in a broad jump event at a track meet, Los Angeles, 1930s
Date Created and/or Issued: 1930s
1930/1939
Publication Information: Los Angeles Daily News
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Rights Information: US
Description: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Jesse Owens competes in the broad jump event during a track meet possibly at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. James Cleveland "Jesse" Owens was an American track and field athlete. He participated in the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany, where he achieved international fame by winning four gold medals.
Text from original nitrate sleeve: Owens, Jesse. In pencil: Sports - Track. James Cleveland "Jesse" Owens
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: ark:/21198/zz00254k1p
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Track athletics--California--Los Angeles
People
Track and field athletes--California--Los Angeles
Sports
Broad jump--California--Los Angeles
Owens, Jesse, 1913-1980
Source: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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