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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. A nearby referee watches closely. He became known as the "Octopus Man" due to his ability to entangle his adversaries.
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
ark:/21198/zz0027z583
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Wrestling--California--Los Angeles
Sports
El Pulpo
Olympic Auditorium (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Source
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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