Pomona College and Occidental College runners sprint to the finish line during a duel track meet, Los Angeles, 1932

Item Overview

Title

Pomona College and Occidental College runners sprint to the finish line during a duel track meet, Los Angeles, 1932

Date Created

[circa March 12, 1932]

Date

1932-03-12

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

Possibly related to the article, "OXY TRACKMEN DEFEAT POMONA: Tigers Vanquish Old Rivals 97 2-3 to 42 1-3 Pollard Springs Surprise to Capture Half-Mile Four Bengal Athletes Score Double Victories OXY TRACKMEN DEFEAT POMONA," Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 1932: E1
A similar photograph of a different race at the same meet appears under the title, "SURPRISE VICTOOR IN HALF MILE," and with the caption, "Here's Dick Pollard, left, as he hit the tape to win the 880 for Pomona in yesterday's meet with Occidental. The Sagehen sophomore has just nosed out Mel Caldwell of Oxy at the finish. Bob McKee is the man to the rear, while Nord, who finished third, is hidden by Caldwell. [photo by Fred Coffey, Times staff photographer]," Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 1932: E3
The Patterson Field track at Occidental College occupies the bottom half of the image and stretches back on an angle to the right. In the mid-ground, several runners sprint towards the camera and to the finish line. At center, and first to the tape, is Don Plumb of Pomona College. He pumps both fists in the air as he approaches the line. Following behind him at right are Occidental College runners, Ivan Belman and Sid Todd (rightmost). A few other runners are behind and to the left of Don Plumb. Crowded stands line the left side of the track. Swan Hall stands beyond the far end of the bleachers in the background at right.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: TRACK, OCCIDENTAL VS. POMONA, 1932

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Names

Plumb, Don
Pomona College (Claremont, Calif.)
Belman, Ivan
Occidental College
Todd, Sid

Location

Eagle Rock (Los Angeles, Calif.)

Longitude

34.128071

Latitude

-118.213092

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Track and field athletes--California--Los Angeles
Running races--California--Los Angeles
Runners (Sports)--California--Los Angeles
Track athletics--California--Los Angeles