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Title
Statue depicting a discus thrower for the Tenth Olympic Games, October, 1932
Date Created and/or Issued
1932-10
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
California Historical Society
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Rights Information
Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California
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Description
Photograph of a statue depicting a discus thrower for the Tenth Olympic Games, October, 1932. The statue resembles a Greek figure as the discus thrower is nude. He has short, curly hair and his muscular body is bent at the hip and twisted toward the foreground. His left arm holds his knee for support as his right arm winds back the heavy discus for leverage. The statue is displayed on a circular, stone pedestal which reads " -of the Xth Olympics- Los Angeles U.S.A- 1932".
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : photonegative, b&w
18 x 13 cm.
negatives (photographic)
photographs
Identifier
chs-m23476 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-48100~1...~2
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m23476
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-48100~1.jpg
Subject
Discus throwing
Track and field athletes
Track-athletics
Olympics
Sports facilities
Time Period
1932-10
Source
48100 [Accession number]
CHS-48100 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection, 1890-1960
USC
chs-m825

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