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 Haynes Foundation funds. Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Spectators sit in the seats lining the interior perimeter of Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. The stands and spectators are below the sight line of the camera. The stands enter frame along the bottom edge, curving to the right and then back to the left. Dozens of spectators sit and mill about the stands at center. At far left, the stadium's grounds jut into view. Cars can be seen lining the inside arc of the track. The arched entrance to the stadium enters frame in the near distance at right and curves towards the left. The entrance and additional seats at left line the background. This photograph is related to the event described in the article, “Public Police Inspection Set for This Year,” Los Angeles Times, 27 Apr. 1927: A11 Text from negative sleeve: LOS ANGELES, POLICE DEPT, INSPECTION, 1927
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_6136 ark:/21198/zz002cw96r
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Inspections--California--Los Angeles Spectators--California--Los Angeles Exposition Park (Los Angeles, Calif.) Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (Los Angeles, Calif.) Los Angeles (Calif.). Police Department
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