Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Henri Jean Cochet was a champion tennis player, one of the famous "Four Musketeers" from France who dominated tennis in the late 1920s and early 1930s. Henri Cochet, French tennis champion (R), shaking hands over the net with a competitor at the Pacific Southwest Tennis Championships. The grandstands are nearly empty. Other photographs of Henri Cochet at this tournament appear with the newspaper caption: As The Camera Catches Henri Cochet, The World's Champion, In Action, On The Tennis Courts: These photos were taken the past week on the courts of the Los Angeles Tennis Club where the world's singles king has been a featured performer and where he will play today in the final events of the second annual Pacific Southwest tourney [Los Angeles Times, October 7, 1928]
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Image
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b&w nitrate negative
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uclamss_1429_1765 ark:/21198/zz002dcmt3
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No linguistic content
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Tennis players--California--Los Angeles Tennis--Tournaments--California--Los Angeles People Sports Pacific Southwest Tennis Championships Los Angeles Tennis Club (Los Angeles, Calif.) Cochet, Henri, 1901-1987
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