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Heavyweight wrestling champion Bronko Nagurski prepares to take on challenger Vincent López, Los Angeles, 1937

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Title: Heavyweight wrestling champion Bronko Nagurski prepares to take on challenger Vincent López, Los Angeles, 1937
Date Created and/or Issued: [circa August 11, 1937]
1937-08-11
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 world champ Bronko Nagurski, pictured, prepares to take on challenger Vincent Lopez. The two met in a much-touted match before a crowd of 20,000 at Los Angeles' Wrigley Field. Nagurski won the match after 30 minutes of grappling with his opponent.
Text from original nitrate sleeve: Nagurski, Bronko; Lopez, Vincent
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: ark:/21198/zz00288t13
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: People
Wrestling--California--Los Angeles
Sports
Wrestlers--California--Los Angeles
Nagurski, Bronko, 1908-1990
Source: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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