View of the track and people preparing for a track event at the Olympic Games, Los Angeles, 1932

Item Overview

Title

View of the track and people preparing for a track event at the Olympic Games, Los Angeles, 1932

Photographer

West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958

Date Created

[July 30-August 14, 1932]

Date

1932-07-30/1932-08-14

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

West (H. H.) Collection

Notes

Description

The Summer Olympic Games took place in Los Angeles in 1932, not 1934 as the negative sleeve states.
View of the track and people preparing for a track event at the Olympic Games. What appears to be a large tarp is visible on the ground in the foreground. In the background, people stand by the track, including athletes in shorts. The seats of the stadium are visible in the background.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 1941. Los Angeles, California. The Olympic Games, 1934 [sic]. 1. 2. Looking down on the track over the heads of the spectators. A foot race. 2 small films. 3. A foot race is starting, or rather the runners are jumping a hurdle. 4. The Judges stand across the track from us. 5. Horizontal film; the swimming pool. 6. Vertical film. The business end of the swimming pool. The judges are in those little square looking booths on the other side of the pool near the jumping off places. 6 films.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs

Names

Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Olympic Games (10th : 1932 : Los Angeles, Calif.)

Location

California--Los Angeles

Longitude

34.012114

Latitude

-118.290083

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Track athletics--California--Los Angeles