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Elmer Boyden's spectacular triumph over Percy Niersbach at the Coliseum, Los Angeles, 1926

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Title: Elmer Boyden's spectacular triumph over Percy Niersbach at the Coliseum, Los Angeles, 1926
Contributor: Watson, George R., 1892-1977
Anderson, H. C.
Date Created and/or Issued: March 20, 1926
1926-03-20
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.
Elmer Boyden's (University of California at Berkeley track team member) wins a half-mile race with Percy Niersbach (University of Southern California track team member) coming up on the right, in the Coliseum, with track officials watching.
Reported in "Long String of Bruin Victories Is Broken," Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar 1926: A1.
Caption for similar photograph taken at the same event: At the bottom is the finish of the half-mile, displaying Elmer Boyden's spectacular triumph over Percy Niersbach. [Photos by George Watson and H. C. Anderson, Times staff photographers]
Text from negative sleeve: Track, U. S. C. vs. California
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_3875
ark:/21198/zz002cpk0t
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Track and field athletes--California--Los Angeles
Boyden, Elmer Everett, 1902-1961
Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Niersbach, Percy, 1905-1992
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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