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Title: Olympic hopeful
Alternative Title: Valley Times Photo Collection;
Contributor: This project was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian
Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation and Photo Friends
Date Created and/or Issued: 1964
Contributing Institution: Los Angeles Public Library
Collection: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information: Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
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Description: Photograph was edited for publication purposes.
Photograph caption dated September 18, 1964 reads "Armando Vega demonstrates his talents on the high bar as he hopes to nail down another Olympic Berth. The veteran gymnastic star will compete with nine others at Valley State College tonight and Saturday for the Tokyo berths." Vega was a member of the 1956 U.S. Olympic gymnastics team.
Type: Image
Format: 1 photographic print : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm.
Identifier: 00159511
Valley Times Collection;
HCNVT_d064_f15_i8
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/131850
Subject: Vega, Armando
Olympic athletes
Gymnasts
Men
Gymnastics
Horizontal bar
San Fernando Valley (Calif.)
Time Period: 1961-1970

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