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Heavyweight wrestler El Pulpo grappling with an opponent at the Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, 1937

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Title: Heavyweight wrestler El Pulpo grappling with an opponent at the Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, 1937
Date Created and/or Issued: [circa December 1937]
1937-12
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.
Heavyweight wrestler El Pulpo grappling with an opponent at the Olympic Auditorium. He became known as the "Octopus Man" due to his complicated moves.
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: ark:/21198/zz0027z55j
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: People
Sports
Wrestlers--California--Los Angeles
El Pulpo
Olympic Auditorium (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Source: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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