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. View of Lincoln High School student Max Luna sailing over the bamboo bar during a pole vault. At this time Luna and cleared 11 ft. 6 in. (the current Mexican record was 11 ft. 4 in.). Text from negative sleeve: Luna, Max, Track Text from newspaper caption: They're not bothered by high altitude: Everything's on the uppity-up with these boys. On the left Alfred Castillo of Garfield High, snapped in the act of high jumping. Center photo shows Fernando Ramos, former Times Junior Pentathlon champion and Southern California prep broad jump king showing his spikes. On the right, Max Luna, Lincoln pole vaulter, reaching for the sky. Insets on the left, Ray Sanches, manager, and Art Flores, trainer. The three youths and three coaches leave Sunday for Tampico to compete in the Mexican national track and field championships [Los Angeles Times, 8/30/1933]. Handwritten on negative: Max Luna
Type
Image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_6020 ark:/21198/zz002cw56t
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Track and field athletes--California--Los Angeles Vaulting--California--Los Angeles Sports Luna, Max, 1915-1994
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