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Title
German track star Otto Peltzer talks with some local boys during a training exercise at the Coliseum, Los Angeles, 1928
Date Created and/or Issued
January 11, 1928
1928-01-11
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.
Otto 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.
A different photograph of Otto Peltzer taken on the same occasion appears with the photo caption, "Coming and Going; two views of the famous German half-miler. Dr. Otto Von Peltzer, who holds the world's record for the distance and has defeated Edvin Wide and Paavo Nurmi over the 1500-meter route.," Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 1928: pg. B1.
German track star Otto Peltzer talks with some local boys during a training exercise at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.
Text from negative sleeve: Von Pelzter, Otto Dr., 1928
Handwritten on negative: Dr. von - Peltzer
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_4402
ark:/21198/zz002cq65j
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Track athletics--California--Los Angeles
Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Peltzer, Otto, 1900-1970
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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