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Title: Woman track star nears world mark set 30 years ago
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: 1963
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.
Description: Photograph caption dated April 23, 1963 reads, "Stella Walsh - Olson, left, and Melody McCarthy display the trophies they received at the recent Hanford Track Invitational. Stella was timed at 8.7 in the 60-meter dash, only slightly under her world record of 8.3 set 30 years ago."
Type: Image
Format: 1 photograph :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier: 00052438
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d062_f29_i30
CARL0000059427
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/41609
Subject: Walsh, Stella
Hurdling (Track and field)
Track and field
Track and field athletes
Track and field for women
Women
Awards
Award winners
San Fernando Valley (Calif.)
Valley Times Collection photographs

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