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Heavyweight wrestling champion Dean Detton grappling with his opponent Vincent López, Los Angeles, 1937

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Title: Heavyweight wrestling champion Dean Detton grappling with his opponent Vincent López, Los Angeles, 1937
Date Created and/or Issued: [circa April 24, 1937]
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 wrestling champion Dean Detton facing off against his regular opponent Vincent Lopez. Thousands of fans flocked to the Olympic Auditorium to watch the wrestling antics.
Text from original nitrate sleeve: Wrestling - Dr. Len Hall vs. Dean Detton; Clara Mortenseon vs. Betty Lee; Dean Detton vs. Vincent Lopez; Mrs. Dick Rutherford vs. Clara Mortensen.
Handwritten annotation from nitrate negative: Denton vs Lopez
Type: Image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1387_14747-01
14747
ark:/21198/zz00288pcb
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: People
Wrestling--California--Los Angeles
Sports
Detton, Dean Henry, 1908-1958
López, Vincent, b. 1908
Olympic Auditorium (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Source: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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