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Spectators and sailors crowd the stands to watch the Pacific Fleet championship track meet, Long Beach, 1922

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Title: Spectators and sailors crowd the stands to watch the Pacific Fleet championship track meet, Long Beach, 1922
Date Created and/or Issued: [circa May 12, 1922]
1922-05-12
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.
Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds.
Different photographs taken on the same occasion appear 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
The crowded stands at Long Beach High School are viewed close-up. Sailors and other spectators fill the stands that face towards the left. A portion of the structure's roof is visible in the upper left corner.
Handwritten on note (see Item Ark: 21198/zz002cpjdj) in negative sleeve: Fleet tract [sic] me[...] Long Beach May 12 1922
Photographs of athletes participating in track and field events at the same meet are 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_3857
ark:/21198/zz002cpjc1
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Sailors--American--California--Long Beach
Military personnel--American--California--Long Beach
Track athletics--California--Long Beach
Spectators--California--Long Beach
United States. Navy. Pacific Fleet
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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