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. German track star Otto Peltzer works out at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum after gaining permission from the German sports federation to run in three races while visited the United States. Peltzer, the world record holder at the 880 at the time, was particularly interested in running on the Coliseum track, which he praised as a fast track. Two months after this photograph was taken he ran against local racers and set a new Southern California record. . During World War II, Peltzer was imprisoned by the Germans because was gay. This photograph (cropped) appears with the article, "Dr. Peltzer Given Permission to Run Here; Colliseum Likely to be Scene of First Showing," Los Angeles Times, 20 Jan. 1928: 11. Text from negative sleeve: Von Pelzter, Otto Dr., 1928 Handwritten on negative: Dr. von - Peltzer Text from newspaper caption: Behold Dr. Otto von Peltzer, the German star who holds the world record of 1m. 51 2-3s for the 880. He has been granted permission by the German Federation to participate in three races in this country. One of these will be in Los Angeles and Peltzer probably will have as opponents in the half mile Nick Carter, Hank Lunney and Percy Neirabach.
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_4399 ark:/21198/zz002cq620
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Track athletics--California--Los Angeles Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (Los Angeles, Calif.) Peltzer, Otto, 1900-1970
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