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, "Compton's Discus Sensation: Adrian Davis Enjoys Quick Jump to Fame: Compton Discus Thrower Confident He Will Some Day Toss Platter Beyond 160-Foot Mark," Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 1936: A9. Text from newspaper caption: Here's Adrian Davis, Compton Junior College discus thrower, who heaved the platter 157 ft. in the recent Long Beach Relays to take a short cut to fame. He hopes to improve this mark considerably. Handwritten on negative: Adrian Davis Text from negative sleeve: 4484- Adrian Davis. (Discus thrower, Compton Junior College) 3/15/36. [Stamped:] March 25 1936
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_13687 ark:/21198/zz002hnxp6
Subject
Discus throwing Track and field athletes Davis, Adrian
Source
OpenUCLA Collections Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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