Glenn "Tiny" Hartranft participating in the discus throw at the Coliseum, Los Angeles, 1922-1927

Title: Glenn "Tiny" Hartranft participating in the discus throw at the Coliseum, Los Angeles, 1922-1927
Date Created: [between 1922-1927]
Date: 1922/1927
Publisher: Los Angeles Times
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description: Photograph depicts Glenn Hartranft participating in the discus throw with track officials or referees in the background. In the distant background, runners can be seen on the track.
Glenn "Tiny" Hartranft was a well-known college track star for Stanford University, and from 1925 to 1928 held the world record distance in the discus throw. He participated in multiple track and field meets, primarily from 1922 to 1927.
Caption: Text on negative sleeve: Hartrouft[sic], Tiny Track
Handwritten on negative: Hartrouft[sic]

Genre: cellulose nitrate film
news photographs
Names: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Hartranft, Glenn, 1901-1970
Location: Los Angeles (Calif.)
Longitude: 34.014027
Latitude: -118.287992
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Track and field athletes--California--Los Angeles
Discus throwing--California--Los Angeles

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclamss_1429_5169
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002cv4vq
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Rights Country: US
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