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Two Occidental players fall on the ground and try to gain possession of the football during a game against Whittier College, Whittier, 1925

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Title: Two Occidental players fall on the ground and try to gain possession of the football during a game against Whittier College, Whittier, 1925
Date Created and/or Issued: October 31, 1925
1925-10-31
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
Description: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds.
A similar photograph taken during the same game is titled, "Why Football Players Don't Live Long," Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 1925: A3
Related to the article, "OXY HUMBLES POETS; BRUINS CRUSH SAGEHENS: WHITTIER BOWS TO TIGER CREW Bengals Bowl Over Quakers by 13-to-0 Score Mishkin, Godett Feature in Occidental's Win Eagle Rock Eleven Foozles Chances to Score. WHITTIER BOWS TO TIGER CREW," Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 1925: A1
The camera looks across Whittier College's football field during a game between the Poets and the Occidental Tigers. At center, 2 Oxy Tigers lie on the ground as they appear to grapple for possession of the football. Another Tiger runs towards them at left. Players from both teams run towards the play from the right. A referee stands in partial view along the right edge with his back to camera. Campus buildings rise in the background at left and fans fill the stands at right.
Handwritten on negative: Whittier - Oxy Oct 31 25
Text from negative sleeve: Football, Whittier vs. Oxy, 1925
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_4737
ark:/21198/zz002ctmzk
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Crowds--California--Whittier
Stadiums--California--Whittier
Football--California--Whittier
Football players--California--Whittier
Whittier College (Whittier, Calif.)
Occidental College
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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