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Title: Paavo Nurmi before his track meet at the Coliseum, Los Angeles, 1925
Contributor: Watson, George R., 1892-1977
Date Created and/or Issued: April 25, 1925
1925-04-25
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.
Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds.
Finnish track star Paavo Nurmi poses for a photograph with an unidentified man at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.
This photograph is related to the article, “Nurmi Thrills 45,000 Track Fans,” Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr 1925: A1.
Text from negative sleeve: Nurmi, Paavo
Handwritten on negative: Paavo Nurmi
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_6717
ark:/21198/zz002cx07c
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Track and field athletes--California--Los Angeles
Stadiums--California--Los Angeles
Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Nurmi, Paavo, 1897-1973
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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