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Title
Stanford vaulter lands after a pole-vault attempt during the S.C. and Stanford dual track meet, Los Angeles, 1934
Date Created and/or Issued
[circa May 5, 1934]
1934-05-05
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 Haynes Foundation funds.
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
At center, a Stanford vaulter is captured mid-air as he descends from his vault attempt and lands in the vaulting pit. He appears to right himself in the air with outstretched arms. The pit extends in front of him to the right. In the foreground at left, a meet official stands with his back to camera and looks up towards the vaulting bar. The bar sits high above and to the left of the vaulter at center. Beyond the vaulting event area, the field and stands at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum stretch across the background.
Photographs taken at the same dual track meet appear with the articles, “How Trojans Tripped Stanford,” Los Angeles Times, 06 May 1934: D3, and “Boys Outdo Themselves to Run Away with Meet Southern California Scores Easy 82 2-3 to 48 1-3 Win Over Rivals as Records Fall,” Los Angeles Times, 06 May 1934: D1
Photographs of different track events at the same meet appear with the captions, "The Start of a Major Upset Picture shows Sam Klopstock, figure in white, hitting the first hurdle in yesterday's high hurdle race at the Coliseum. Bob Lyon, No. 22, went on to win for the Trojans, Klopstock taking second. Clarence Berry, third, is No. 11, while Gene Culp, No. 5, finished under orders a couple of minutes after the race had ended. He hit a hurdle and ran thereafter with only one shoe one [sic]. The time of 14.7s. tied the meet record and the result, due to Klopstock's miscalculation, was a surprise. [Times photo by Fred Coffey]," Los Angeles Times, 06 May 1934: D1, and, "Leaping Right Down His Coach's Throat Here's Curtis McFadden of the Trojans making his winning jump of 24ft. 5in. in yesterday's meet with Stanford. McFadden had to fight his way into the event, his name not even appearing on the original entry list although he had the best competitive mark of the S.C. jumpers. Crawford and Olson of the Trojans made it a clean sweep by taking the other two places. [Times photo by Fred Coffey]," Los Angeles Times, 06 May 1934: D3
Text from negative sleeve: TRACK, S.C. VS. STANFORD, 1934
Handwritten on negative: 11
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_3882
ark:/21198/zz002cpk7f
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Track athletics--California--Los Angeles
Track and field athletes--California--Los Angeles
Vaulting--California--Los Angeles
Exposition Park (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Stanford University
University of Southern California--Track and field
Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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