Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. This is a photograph of Bud Houser in the throwing event of discus. He is wearing a track uniform of the University of Southern California, where he was a student from 1922 to 1926. In this photograph, Houser has just released his discus in his characteristic style. In the background, other athletes and onlookers watch the discus [not in frame] as it travels. Bud Houser was an American athlete who participated in the 1924 Olympics where he won gold medals for shot put and discus, and the 1928 Olympics where he retained his title in the discus throw. Text on negative sleeve: Houben, Hubert [incorrect identification] Handwritten on negative: [at bottom left] Bud Houser
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_9639 ark:/21198/zz002dhr71
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Track athletics--California--Los Angeles Track and field athletes--California--Los Angeles Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (Los Angeles, Calif.) Houser, Bud Lemuel Clarence, 1901-1994
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