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Man Mountain Dean and Vincent Lopez wrestling for the world's heavyweight title, Los Angeles, 1935

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Title: Man Mountain Dean and Vincent Lopez wrestling for the world's heavyweight title, Los Angeles, 1935
Date Created and/or Issued: July 24, 1935
1935-07-24
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.
Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds.
Vincent Lopez and Man Mountain Dean wrestled for the world's heavyweight championship during the Daros' international tournament at the Olympic on July 24, 1935. Vincent Lopez won the title.
Vincent Lopez is getting ready to strike Man Mountain Dean with his right forearm in the Olympic wrestling ring. Lopez's left hand is over Dean's face. Dean is backed into a corner of the ring. A photographer, two men in suits, and a man with a cigarette stand below the left side of the ring.
Handwritten on negative: Vincent Lopez. Daro Championship July | 1935 Man Mountain Dean
Handwritten on negative sleeve: 1421. Man Mountain Dean. Vincent Lopez. Dan Doro Wrestling Championship. July | 1935 [stamped:] Aug [illegible] 1935
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_7940
ark:/21198/zz002dfqnv
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Wrestlers--United States
Wrestling--California--Los Angeles
Entertainment events--United States
Man Mountain Dean, 1891-1953
Lopez, Vincent, 1908-1980
Olympic Auditorium (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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