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Ralph Hill and another Olympic Club team athlete at a track meet with USC, Los Angeles, 1932

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Title: Ralph Hill and another Olympic Club team athlete at a track meet with USC, Los Angeles, 1932
Date Created and/or Issued: April 16, 1932
1932-04-16
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.
The Olympic Club track meet was held at Patterson Field, Occidental College.
Ralph Anthony Hill was an American distance runner. He set an American record over the mile in 1930 and won a silver medal in the 5000 m event at the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics.
Detail of this photo with the face of Ralph Hill appears with the article, "Trojans in easy win over Olympic Club: Wykoff takes both dashes; Woessner victor," Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 1932: F1.
Ralph Hill (right) and another Olympic Club team athlete crouched and ready to sprint during the track meet with the University of Southern California. Spectators fill the stadium seating in the background.
Text from negative sleeve: Track, S.C. vs. Olympic Club, 1932
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_3859
ark:/21198/zz002cpjf2
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Track and field athletes--California--Los Angeles
Runners (Sports)--California--Los Angeles
University of Southern California
Hill, Ralph Anthony, 1908-1994
Occidental College
Olympic Club (San Francisco, Calif.)
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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