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Title
Spectators watch the preparations for a track event at the Olympic Games, Los Angeles, 1932
Contributor
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Date Created and/or Issued
1932-07-30/1932-08-14
[July 30-August 14, 1932]
Contributing Institution
UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection
West (H. H.) Collection
Rights Information
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Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Spectators watch the preparations for a track event at the Olympic Games. There are people on the field near the track. There are spectators scattered throughout the stands, including a man in a hat who is in the foreground of the photograph.
The Summer Olympic Games took place in Los Angeles in 1932, not 1934 as the negative sleeve states.
Text from negative sleeve: 1941. Los Angeles, California. The Olympic Games, 1934 [sic]. 1. 2. Looking down on the track over the heads of the spectators. A foot race. 2 small films. 3. A foot race is starting, or rather the runners are jumping a hurdle. 4. The Judges stand across the track from us. 5. Horizontal film; the swimming pool. 6. Vertical film. The business end of the swimming pool. The judges are in those little square looking booths on the other side of the pool near the jumping off places. 6 films.
Type

Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1998_1941_003
ark:/21198/zz002hvhnk
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Track athletics--California--Los Angeles
Sports spectators--California--Los Angeles
Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Olympic Games (10th : 1932 : Los Angeles, Calif.)
Source
West (H. H.) Collection

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