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Title: Elmer Gerken throws discus, Berkeley, 1927-1928
Date Created and/or Issued: [between 1927-1928]
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.
Portion of photograph appears with the article, "Bear Trackmen Out Today," Los Angeles Times, 21 Jan 1927: B1.
A close-up of Elmer's face is used in several other articles.
Elmer stands on the grass in a circle outlined in chalk, mid-throw. Three unidentified men watch him.
Text from newspaper caption: ELMER GERKIN.
Handwritten on negative: Elmer Gerkin
Text from negative sleeve: GERKIN, ELMER TRACK
Type: Image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_4829
ark:/21198/zz002ctr43
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Discus throwing--California--Berkeley
Stadiums--California--Berkeley
Athletes--American--California--Berkeley
Gerken, Elmer, b. 1908 or 08
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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