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Title
Pole vaulter Ralph Smith, Los Angeles Coliseum, Los Angeles, [1928?]
Date Created and/or Issued
1928?
1928
Publication Information
Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution
UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection
Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information
US
UCLA Library Special Collections, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-4988
Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Possibly connected to Los Angeles Times article, June 11, 1928, Track Athletes Bear Down in Final Week of Practice Before Olympic Tryouts … Ralph Smith’s vault of 13 ft. 5 in. stamps that young man as a chap to keep track of in competition …
Pole vaulter Ralph Smith vaulting, just above the bar, with 2 judges in foreground, other vaulters, empty stands, and Los Angeles Coliseum peristyle in background
Text from nitrate negative sleeve: Smith, Ralph, track
At upper left corner of negative: 4
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
2949
uclamss_1429_2949
ark:/21198/zz002cm42p
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
People
Sports
Track and field athletes--California--Los Angeles
Vaulting--California--Los Angeles
Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Smith, Ralph C., 1906-1998
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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