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. Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds. Handwritten on note (see Item Ark: 21198/zz002cpjdj) in negative sleeve: Fleet tract [sic] me[...] Long Beach May 12 1922 An athlete participates in the Pacific Fleet track meet and is captured mid-jump during the broad jump competition. The camera sits at ground level. The landing pit extends across the foreground. At center, a jumper hovers in mid-air. His body is oriented in a horizontal, piked position, facing slightly right. Both of his arms fly back behind him. Beyond the far edge of the pit, a few spectators and meet officials watch. A structure's framing stands behind the spectators at right. A different photograph taken on the same occasion appears with the article, "CALIFORNIA'S ATHLETES CAPTURE THE FLEET TRACK AND FIELD TITLE: FLEET AIR FORCE IS SECOND IN CLOSE MEET; Native Sons Roll Up 38 Points as Aviators Are Collecting 36; Mississippi is Third Sea Dogs in Violent Action," Los Angeles Times, 13 May 1922: III1 A very similar photograph of an athlete participating in the broad jump at the same meet is captioned, "Exciting Moments in the Pacific Fleet Cinder Championships Sailor Flynn, shown above, collected a flock of points yesterday afternoon at Long Beach High for the Pacific Fleet Air Force in the broad jump. Palmer and Waldrop, both of the U.S.S. New York, are observed in the lower picture helping each other bust the tape at the finish of the 220. Spies[?] of the U.S.S. California is seen bounding in a close third," Los Angeles Times, 13 May 1922: III1 Text from negative sleeve: TRACK, NAVY MEET AT LONG BEACH, 1922
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_3851 ark:/21198/zz002cpj5x
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Track athletics--California--Long Beach Track and field athletes--California--Long Beach Jumping--California--Long Beach Military personnel--American--California--Long Beach United States. Navy. Pacific Fleet
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