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Title: Greatest miler in Valley
Alternative Title: Valley Times Photo Collection;
Creator: Siddon, Dave
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: 1957
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 May 11, 1957 reads, "Tim Roelen was being hailed today as the greatest miler ever to slip on a track shoe in Valley League circles as he posted a blistering 4:22.3 yesterday at Van Nuys High. In setting the new league record, the San Fernando High veteran also bested the current city mark by one full second."
Type: Image
Format: 1 photographic print : b&w ; 26 x 21 cm.
Identifier: 00162466
Valley Times Collection;
HCNVT_d065_f8_i29
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/132389
Subject: Roelen, Tim
San Fernando High School (San Fernando, Calif.)--Students
Runners (Sports)
Track and field athletes
High school students
Young men
Spectators
Van Nuys (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Time Period: 1951-1960

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