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Title
Runner Glenn Cunningham and his coach H.W. "Bill" Hargiss unboarding the Chief, Los Angeles, 1934
Contributor
Coffey, Fred Everett, 1891-1947
Date Created and/or Issued
[June 19, 1934]
1934-06-19
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) 825-4940
Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds.
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
This photograph is very similar to another one of Glenn Cunningham taken by Fred Coffey and captioned "Mile Marauder Arrives," Los Angeles Times, 20 Jun. 1934: A9.
American middle-distance runner Glenn Cunningham stepping off the passenger train the Chief while his coach H.W. "Bill" Hargiss stands with his hand in his pocket. This photograph was taken on June 19, 1934 when Cunningham and Hargiss arrived in Los Angeles by train.
Related to the article, "Cunningham to Run Mile and 880 Here," Los Angeles Times, 18 Jun. 1934: A9.
Text from negative sleeve: Cunningham, Glen
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_1777
ark:/21198/zz002dcn7s
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Arrivals & departures--American--California--Los Angeles
Track and field athletes--United States
Railroad trains--American--California--Los Angeles
Track and field coaches--United States
Cunningham, Glenn
Hargiss, H. W. (Homer Woodson), 1887-1978
Source
OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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