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Louis Zamperini standing on Bovard Field, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, 1938

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Title: Louis Zamperini standing on Bovard Field, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, 1938
Date Created and/or Issued: [circa June 7, 1938]
1938-06-07
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 Arcadia funds.
Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds.
Louis Zamperini stands on the track of Bovard Field, University of Southern California, photographed from the waist up. He is wearing a Torrance High School track uniform.
Louis Zamperini ran track and field for Torrance High School and USC. He qualified in the 5000 meters race for the 1936 Olympics in Berlin. While attending USC in 1938, he set the national collegiate mile record.
Handwritten on negative sleeve: 5608. Louie Zamperino [i.e. Zamperini]. U.S.C. runner. [stamped:] Jun 7 1938.
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_14326
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Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Track and field athletes--California--Los Angeles
Olympic athletes
University of Southern California
Zamperini, Louis, 1917-2014
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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