Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds. Reported in: "SIR CHARLES HOBBLES HOME: Paddock Returns to Pasadena on Crutches; Champion Sprinter Cheerful Despite Injury; Charley Will Rest Up for Olympiad Trials The World's Fastest Human," Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 1923: III1 Charles W. Paddock arrives at the Pasadena train station. He is wearing an overcoat, a tuxedo shirt and bow tie and a hat. He is on crutches. A similar photograph of Charley Paddock arriving in Pasadena is captioned, "Charley Comes Home on Four Legs It's so close to Christmas, it might be well for Paddock to join [...]by taking a tin cup and going into business along Broadway," Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 1923: III1 Handwritten on negative: Charles Paddock Handwritten text from negative sleeve: Paddock, Charles 2 [handwritten on sticky note:] DAMAGED (try to scan)
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_7093 ark:/21198/zz002cxf64
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Railroad travel--California--Pasadena Arrivals & departures--American--California--Pasadena Railroad trains--American--California--Pasadena Track and field athletes--California--Pasadena Railroad stations--California--Pasadena Paddock, Charles W. (Charles William), 1900-1943
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection OpenUCLA Collections
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