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Phil Barber, Charles Borah, an unidentified athlete and Russell Sweet race at an Olympic Club track team event at the Coliseum, Los Angeles, 1928

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Title: Phil Barber, Charles Borah, an unidentified athlete and Russell Sweet race at an Olympic Club track team event at the Coliseum, Los Angeles, 1928
Contributor: Watson, George R., 1892-1977
Date Created and/or Issued: March 17, 1928
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
Description: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Charles Borah was an American athlete, winner of gold medal in 4x100 m relay at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam.
Russell Sweet (right) wins a race with Phil Barber 2nd (left) and Charles Borah 3rd (2nd from right) at an Olympic Club track team event at the Coliseum.
Reported in the article, "Trojans Picked To Defeat Olympic Club Track Team Here Tomorrow Afternoon," 16 Mar. 1928: B1.
Handwritten on negative: Sweet (1). Borah (3), Barber (2). 3-17-28. Coliseum. Olympic USC.
Text from newspaper caption: Amsterdam! Charles Borah of the University of Southern California is expected to place high in both sprints. "Times" Photo by George R. Watson [Los Angeles Times 27 May 1928: I4].
Text from negative sleeve: Borah, Charles. Track, 1928.
Type: Image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_1079
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Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Track and field athletes--California--Los Angeles
Sweet, Russell, 1904-1944
Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Barber, Phil, 1904-1987
Borah, Charles, 1906-1980
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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