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Title: Wrestling match between Man Mountain Dean and Vincent Lopez, Los Angeles, 1936
Date Created and/or Issued: March 31, 1936
Publication Information: Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information: 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 Haynes Foundation funds.
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Man Mountain Dean (Frank Simmons Leavitt), left, kicks Vincent Lopez, right, in the stomach, causing him to fly into the air. The wrestling match took place in the Grand Olympic Auditorium.
This photograph is likely related to the article, “Lopez Faces Giant Rival,” Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr 1936: A15.
Text from negative sleeve: 4791 – Man Mountain Dean v.s. Vincent Lopez wrestling match championship March/31/1936 held at Olympic Aud. [stamped:] APR 14 1936
Type: Image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_14036
ark:/21198/zz002j7jjv
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Wrestling--California--Los Angeles
Lopez, Vincent, 1908-1980
Man Mountain Dean, 1891-1953
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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