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 appears with the article, "Cops Furlong From Wykoff," Los Angeles Times, 29 Apr 1928: A1. The details of Lombardi and Wykoff's races at the Coliseum. Wykoff and Lombardi run parallel across the finishing line, West, Zaun, Kilfoil, and other runners several feet behind them as spectators watch from the sidelines. Handwritten on negative: Wykoff Lombardi So Cal prep - 4-28-28 Coliseum Text from negative sleeve: LOMBARDI, FRANK TRACK Text from newspaper caption: WHEN TURN ABOUT WAS FAIR PLAY---FOR THE ROMANS The two famous Franks, Wykoff and Lombardi, split even in their sprint duel at the Coliseum yesterday. Top photo shows the black-haired L.A. High star copping the furlong, his feat shutting Glendale out of first place. In the lower photo Wykoff is seen scoring a decisive victory in the century. It will be seen that Lombardi took the tape with his hand in the furlong.
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_5739 ark:/21198/zz002cvth6
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Track athletics--California--Los Angeles Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (Los Angeles, Calif.) Zaun, David, b. 1909 or 10-12 West, Marzetta Wykoff, Frank C. (Frank Clifford), 1909-1980 Kilfoil, Franny, b. 1912 or 13 Lombardi, Frank, b. 1909 or 10
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