Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. This photograph appears with the article, "Recruit in Training Early: Grid Star Loses Trophy to Insistent Daughter," Los Angeles Times, 23 Sept. 1935: A3. Betty Hale Coughlin's full name was Laura Elizabeth Hale Coughlin. Text from negative sleeve: 2286. Mr and Mrs Alvie Coughlin and 2 months old daughter Sharon. Football athlete. 9/19/35. [Stamped: Sep 26 1935] Text from newspaper caption: In the approved training-room fashion yesterday Sharon Coughlin, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alvie Coughlin of campus fame, was weighed in and tipped the scales at 10 pounds 3 ounces. Her 230-pound father, Trojan football star for three years, insists that Sharon be weighed every day, said the baby's mother, nee Betty Hale, alumna of the Marlborough School for Girls. Handwritten on negative: Sharon
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_8717 ark:/21198/zz002dgnf7
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Families--California--Los Angeles Football players--California--Los Angeles Infants--California--Los Angeles Coughlin, Alvie, 1912-2007 Coughlin, Betty Hale, 1912-1995 McGahan, Sharon Patricia Coughlin, b. 1935
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