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. Photograph depicts Glenn Hartranft participating in the discus throw with track officials or referees in the background. In the distant background, runners can be seen on the track. 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. Text on negative sleeve: Hartrouft[sic], Tiny Track Handwritten on negative: Hartrouft[sic]
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_5169 ark:/21198/zz002cv4vq
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Track and field athletes--California--Los Angeles Discus throwing--California--Los Angeles Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (Los Angeles, Calif.) Hartranft, Glenn, 1901-1970
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection OpenUCLA Collections
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