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Female wrestlers Clara Mortensen and Mrs. Dick Rutherford squaring off in the ring, Los Angeles, 1937

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Title: Female wrestlers Clara Mortensen and Mrs. Dick Rutherford squaring off in the ring, Los Angeles, 1937
Date Created and/or Issued: [circa June 13, 1937]
1937-06-13
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.
Female wrestlers Clara Mortensen and Mrs. Dick Rutherford battling in the ring. 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 (sic) vs. Betty Lee; Dean Detton vs. Vincent Lopez; Mrs. Dick Rutherford vs. Clara Mortensen.
Handwritten annotation from nitrate negative: Mrs. Dick Rutherford and Clara Mortensen
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: ark:/21198/zz00288pdv
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: People
Wrestling--California--Los Angeles
Sports
Rutherford, Dick, Mrs
Mortensen, Clara, 1916
Olympic Auditorium (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Source: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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