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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. 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/zz0027z5b4
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: People
Wrestling--California--Los Angeles
Sports
Source: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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