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) 825-4988
Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. This photograph appears with the article, "When Boys From the Panhandle Mis-handled Riviera Poloists: TEXAS WINS GAME, 10-9 Smith Flashes Old-Time Form as Rangers Even Up Riviera Series SMITH STARS AS TEXAS WINS," Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar 1935: pg 12. Two members of the local Riviera polo team in the foreground with Texas polo star Cecil Smith gaining on them from the outside. Text from negative sleeve: Polo, Texas vs. Riviera, 1935 Text from newspaper: The Lone Star players became the "All Stars" yesterday at Riviera. The Texans won by a 10-to-9 score and evened up the series. Riviera won the opener last week, 13 to 8. In this photo Big Boy Williams (center) is about to execute a backhand shot. Aiden Roark, who scored five goals for Riviera, is on the river. Cecil Smith, who scored seven times for Texas, is the player on the left. (Times photo by George Sirock) Handwritten on negative: Texas vs. Riviera 3/22/35
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_11288 ark:/21198/zz002h99cc
Subject
Uplifter's Ranch (Los Angeles, Calif.) Rustic Canyon (Calif.) Polo--California--Los Angeles Williams, Big Boy, 1900-1962 Roark, Aiden, 1905-1984 Smith, Cecil, 1904-1999
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection OpenUCLA Collections
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