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. Text from negative sleeve: Cochet, Henri. Tennis. Text from 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. (3) overhand roll which conceals the pace and direction of the shots [Los Angeles Times, October 7, 1928]
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_1770 ark:/21198/zz002dcn05
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Tennis players--California--Los Angeles Sports People Tennis--Tournaments--California--Los Angeles Cochet, Henri, 1901-1987 Pacific Southwest Tennis Championships Los Angeles Tennis Club (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection OpenUCLA Collections
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