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Glenn "Tiny" Hartranft competing in a track-and-field meet at the Coliseum, Los Angeles, 1922-1927

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Title: Glenn "Tiny" Hartranft competing in a track-and-field meet at the Coliseum, Los Angeles, 1922-1927
Date Created and/or Issued: [between 1922-1927]
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.
Glenn "Tiny" Hartranft was a well-known college track star for Stanford University, and from 1925 to 1928 held the world record distance in the discus throw. He participated in multiple track and field meets, primarily from 1922 to 1927.
Photograph of Glen Hartranft engaged in shot putting at the Coliseum with a few spectators in the stands.
Handwritten on negative: Tiny Hartrauft [sic]
Text on negative sleeve: Hartrouft[sic], Tiny Track
Type: Image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_5168
ark:/21198/zz002cv4t6
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Track and field athletes--California--Los Angeles
Shot putting--California--Los Angeles
Hartranft, Glenn, 1901-1970
Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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