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. 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. The Olympic Club track meet was held at Patterson Field, Occidental College. Portrait of track athlete Ralph Hill who had run track at the University of Oregon and represented the Olympic Club team at the track meet with the University of Southern California. Reported in "Hill sets new two-mile mark: ex-Oregon star runs race in 9m. 23 2-5s.," Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 1932: F1. Text from negative sleeve: Track, S.C. vs. Olympic Club, 1932
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_3868 ark:/21198/zz002cpjrq
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Runners (Sports)--California--Los Angeles Track and field athletes--California--Los Angeles Hill, Ralph Anthony, 1908-1994 Occidental College Olympic Club (San Francisco, Calif.)
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